Thursday, May 5, 2011

Red Hat and the Cloud


Red Hat Cloud Platform Challenges VMware, Microsoft
InformationWeek (blog)
OpenShift provides an application development environment initially hosted on Amazon's EC2 cloud. Developers may work there in a variety of open source languages, including Ruby, Python, and PHP, and then target the application for deployment in the ...
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Out-tasking via the cloud
ITworld.com
Cloud computing may have its own risks, as the recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) service disruption illustrated. But, smart CIOs and IT departments can mitigate these risks by utilizing cloudservices to augment rather than entirely replace their ...
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SAP Says Amazon Crash Hampers Its Late Push Into Cloud Computing
Bloomberg
The executive said his appointment to a commission helping President Barack Obama's administration to come up with industry standards for cloud software may also help SAP rid itself of the image as the “antithesis to the cloud...
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Brocade Unveils CloudPlex Cloud Infrastructure Plans
CRN
Stevens said Brocade's CloudPlex approach to building cloud infrastructure has the advantage over vertically-integrated storage, server, and networking solutions. Those solutions may initially offer a performance advantage, but customers' ability to ...
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Amazon and PSN outages won't halt cloud revolution
Register
Yet no matter how problematic cloud security and resilience may be, there's arguably no going back to the good old days. Remember those days? You know, back when it wasn't Amazon's fault when your application went down, but rather your own? ...
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Internap Building First OpenStack-Based Public Cloud
GigaOm
By Derrick Harris May. 4, 2011, 6:13am PT No Comments Managed service provider Internap has announced that it will offer a public infrastructure-as-a-service cloud built atop the OpenStack platform. The service will be available in the third quarter of ...
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Cloud computing shift evidenced at Red Hat JBoss World in Boston
SearchDataManagement.com
Red Hat is emphasizing some of the open source aspects of cloud computing -- Hadoop was among examples cited -- suggesting that its open source lineage positioned it uniquely among cloudplayers. That may be important to Red Hat JBoss' prospects, ...
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Network Breaches, Social Media, Smartphones Worry Administrators: Survey
eWeek
“Significant gains in future adoption may require convincing network administrators that cloudcomputing can be 'very secure,'” according to the report. The 2011 online study, commissioned by VanDyke Software and conducted by Amplitude Research, ...
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What Happens When the Cloud Meets a Bandwidth Cap
GigaOm
By Mathew Ingram May. 4, 2011, 4:04pm PT No Comments The cloud is a wonderful thing, as you probably know from reading our coverage on the Structure blog and posts from my colleagues Stacey and Derrick — among other things, it allows us all to keep ...
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Five Considerations When Evaluating Cloud Computing Architectures
PR Newswire (press release)
WAYNE, Pa., May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- An excellent starting point for an organization looking atcloud computing platforms is to examine its IT architecture. Only by aligning the architecture – compute, network, data center, power and storage ...
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Datapipe Joins the Cloud Security Alliance
PR Newswire (press release)
JERSEY CITY, NJ, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Datapipe, a leading provider of managed services and infrastructure for IT and cloud computing, announced today that it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a non-profit organization formed to ...
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From Dot.Coms to Cloud Computing: What's Old Is New Again
Scientific American
By Larry Greenemeier | May 4, 2011 DEFINING THE CLOUD: The success of cloudcomputing as a marketing term has led technology companies to redefine and expand the definition to include most of what they already offer. Image: IMAGE COURTESY OF TRIVIAKING ...
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Scientific American
A cloudy day for endpoint management
ZDNet
If IT doesn't fulfill the need, the employee can easily use their credit card to buy inexpensive SaaS orcloud applications, without ever notifying IT. If, for example, IT refuses provide email access on an employee's tablet device, there's nothing to ...
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City considers use of cloud technology
San Jose Mercury News
Gershaneck reported that the only downside to cloud technology is the necessity of strong network connectivity. "If all your information is in the cloud, you have to make sure you can access it," he said. Before the council voted, vice mayor Mike ...
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Pollution fears cloud approval of Kennecott expansion
Salt Lake Tribune
... Kennecott a critical go-ahead Wednesday to enlarge its mine on the western edge of Salt Lake County — despite objections from anti-pollution advocates and a warning from the US Environmental Protection Agency that the expansion may not be approved ...
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Saugatuck Launches New Cloud-focused Subscription Research Service
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
All of these themes are central to Saugatuck's upcoming invitation-only executive conference entitled the Cloud Business Summit, to be held on May 10th at the Westin Times Square in New York City. "We are very excited about the launch of our newest ...
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Breaking through the clouds
BusinessWorld Online
The difference between free and paid cloud computing services is that the latter is covered by contracts and service level agreements and have a lot more options. For example, you may decide to outsource your payroll application or the entire financial ...
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Logicalis Brings IBM Business Analytics to the Cloud
PR Newswire (press release)
SLOUGH, England, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- International solutions provider, Logicalis, today announced the launch of its IBM Power 795 cloud platform, featuring a range of business analytics hosted services based on IBM Cognos. ...
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CGI Announces Built-for-Government Cloud Solution for AMS Advantage® ERP
PR Newswire (press release)
FAIRFAX, VA, May 4 /PRNewswire/ - CGI Group Inc. (NYSE: GIB) ( TSX: GIB.A), a leading provider of information technology and business process services, today announced a built-for-governmentcloud computing solution for its AMS Advantage enterprise ...
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Federal Cloud Could Leave VARs Behind
Channel Insider
VARs and Systems Integrators who sell to the Federal government may face a shrinking universe of sales opportunities, but don't blame the budget directly. It's the cloud's fault. The cloud and a reduced IT footprint have been goals of the Executive ...
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Force10 Networks Uses Intel Expressway Cloud Access 360 to Enhance Security ...
Sacramento Bee
"Working with Intel enables us to extend our network automation capabilities for Enterprises to leverage public clouds and/or deploy SaaS applications so that our customers can easily and quickly deploy secure cloud solutions. ...
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Google Gaming Console? Android, Google TV, and The Cloud Could Rain Down ...
Phandroid.com
by Rob Jackson on May 4th, 2011 at 4:13 pm We already know (or think we know) that Google TV will play a big role at Google IO next week, under the veil of Android. But if you connect the dots it seems like Google may be planning a powerful foray into ...
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10000+ to Attend the Biggest-Ever EMC World, Where Cloud Meets Big Data
PR Newswire (press release)
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) will host its 11th annual EMC World conference for more than 10000 customers, partners, technologists, press, bloggers and analysts from around the globe from May 9-12 at The Venetian in Las Vegas. This year's theme, "Cloud ...
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Symantec shifts Backup Exec to the cloud
IT PRO
Backup Exec gets new delivery models, with the option to get solutions over the cloud. By Tom Brewster, 4 May 2011 at 14:21 Symantec has unveiled cloud and appliance-based delivery models for its Backup Exec technologies, in a bid to cater to small and ...
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Axeda Named "Cool Vendor" by Leading Analyst Firm
PR Newswire (press release)
FOXBORO, Mass., May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Axeda Corporation today announced it has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the Cloud Services Brokerage (CSB) report by Gartner, Inc. Axeda is the leading cloud platform provider for M2M ...
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Online 24/7: "Life Logging" Pioneer Clarifies the Future of Cloud Computing
Scientific American
By Larry Greenemeier | May 4, 2011 | 2 HEAD IN THE CLOUD: Microsoft researcher and "life logger" Gordon Bell considers cloud computing to be a new chapter in the eponymous Bell's Law, which describes how different approaches to computing arrive,...
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Scientific American
Force10 Networks Uses Intel Expressway Cloud Access 360 to Enhance Security ...
PR Newswire (press release)
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Force10 Networks, Inc., the leader in high-performance data center networks, announced today that it has entered into an agreement designed to integrate cloud single sign-on (SSO) with Force10 top-of-rack ...
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The Amazon Cloudburst (by SuperCFO)
Online PR News (press release)
But startups do not have the wherewithal to hire multiple cloud systems. The Foursquares and Reddits of the world reposed their faith in Amazon's unburstable cloud, in vain. One may argue that instances of this nature cannot be totally prevented but ...
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CA Technologies and VCE Form Global Strategic Alliance to Enable Private Cloud ...
PR Newswire (press release)
ISLANDIA, NY and DALLAS, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) and VCE, the Virtual Computing Environment Company, today announced a global strategic alliance to deliver integrated private cloud solutions for VCE's Vblock™ ...
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Sonexis Technology, Inc. to Conduct Cloud Collaboration Breakout Session at ...
PR Newswire (press release)
... to conduct a breakout session at IAUG Global 2011 in Las Vegas, NV on May 25th, 2011. The breakout session title "Collaboration Services: Public Cloud vs. Private Cloud" will be presented by Frank Segarra, Sales Vice President-Eastern Region. ...
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Dell's Strategy: Embracing Cloud, Consumerization of IT
Datamation
It's clear Dell that is positioning itself to aggressively move from the PC company it once was to one focused on the consumerization of IT, software, and cloud services that they will eventually need to be. The underlying concept Dell is attempting to ...
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