Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Federal Push for Cloud Technology Faces Skepticism

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Federal Push for 'Cloud' Technology Faces Skepticism
New York Times
Vivek Kundra, the former White House chief information officer, pursued “cloud computing” services. Some agencies were wary. But even as Mr. Kundra returns to academia after a two-and-a-half-year run, his vision for a leaner and more Internet-centric ...
6fusion Raises $7 Million For Cloud Infrastructure Management Software
Washington Post
By TechCrunch.com, 6fusion, a provider of cloud infrastructure management software and services, this morning announced that it has raised $7 million in a Series B round of funding led by Grotech Ventures. Previous backer Intersouth Partners also ...
Informatica Provides Cloud Integration for the Insurance Industry
MarketWatch (press release)
Informatica Corporation /quotes/zigman/64584/quotes/nls/infa INFA +3.31% , the world's number one independent leader in data integration software, today announced continued momentum in the adoption of Informatica Cloud across the insurance industry. ...
Solutionary and SHI Partner to Secure Cloud Infrastructure
PR Newswire (press release)
SHI, a leading IT hardware, software and professional services solution provider, built the IndustrialCloud to help clients benefit from cloud computing quickly and cost-effectively while not sacrificing security and reliability. ...
Cloud Growth Prompts Dramatic Shift in Enterprise Security Strategies
CIO
Because traditional approaches to security don't port easily to public or private clouds, the nonprofitCloud Security Alliance is working to help CIOs assess the security levels of various cloudproviders. By Patricia Brown CIO — What a different ...
Harris, Sendmail and BMC team up on Trusted Enterprise Cloud
ZDNet (blog)
By Dan Kusnetzky | August 22, 2011, 3:28am PDT Summary: Harris Corporation, Sendmail, and BMC have teamed up to present a service that they're calling the “Trusted Enterprise Cloud.” Their goal is to address the most commonly stated concerns about ...
Inspur's "in-cloud" strategy highlights industrial cloud
China Economic Net
By Wang Endong At present, cloud computing has stepped into the development stage with realization of application and service as the objective. In the stage, to practically develop technologies, products, application and service of cloud computing...
Is Cloud-Based Backup Safe?
PCWorld (blog)
By Lincoln Spector, PCWorld Aug 22, 2011 7:29 AM Melissa has her doubts about backing up online. "With hackers now able to hack into government and large holding companies' computers, wouldn't I also be at risk?" This is a legitimate concern, ...
Mobility and the Cloud: Klipfolio invited to iOpener innovation conference
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Klipfolio Inc today announced its participation in the iOpener 2011 conference, focusing on mobility and the cloud. Klipfolio will be represented by CEO Allan Wille and CTO James Scott. Wille and Scott are honoured to be invited to attend this special ...
Leading Building Products manufacturer selects Maxima Cloud service for ...
TMC Net
Maxima will initially host the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 application as a cloud service for initial development, before deploying the system to Kingspan's corporate data centre in Dublin where it will support between 160 and 200 Kingspan Insulation ...
HP puts its focus on cloud with demise of PC and rise of software business
DatacenterDynamics
HP is closing down its PC operations and is instead “sharpening” its focus on the Cloud and infrastructure solutions and software with a focus on commercial markets. It made the announcement last week at the same time as releasing its Q3 financial ...
Cloud Computing: More IT Leaders Turn to SaaS ERP
CIO
As cloud-based business applications enter the mainstream, objections to using SaaS-based ERP software are fading fast. By Rich Freeman CIO — In 2006, Epec Engineered Technologies found itself in a situation familiar to many in corporate IT. ...
The race to cloud standards gets crowded
Computerworld
By Patrick Thibodeau Computerworld - The rise of cloud computing has led to a strong push from IT leaders at many major companies to develop standards that address issues such as security and data portability in the cloud...
Cloud Foundry pushing more open PaaS capabilities
Cloud IT Pro
VMware is aiming to further broaden the open-source cloud deployment by collaborating with multiple software and hardware providers to promote the broader integration of Cloud Foundry, the open platform-as-a-service project it initiated. ...
The Receivables Exchange Announces Receivables Financing SuiteApp For ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
NetSuite's SuiteCloud is a comprehensive offering of cloud-based products, development tools, and services designed to help customers and commercial software developers take advantage of the significant economic benefits of cloud computing. ...
PLDT, Microsoft, Dimension take PHL companies to the cloud
GMANews.TV
(PLDT) is making an aggressive push to provide companies cloud computing services by adding Microsoft Enterprise applications into its PLDT AppFarm portfolio. At a press briefing on Monday, PLDT head of consumer sales and marketing group Ernesto ...
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff to Introduce the Social Enterprise at ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Free registration for all Dreamforce keynotes and the Cloud Expo is available atwww.dreamforce.com/freepass. Companies are completely changing the way they collaborate, communicate and share information with customers and employees in the cloud ...
CaseCentral Announces General Availability of Release 5 Cloud-Based eDiscovery ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
The CaseCentral eDiscovery Platform leads the movement of establishing eDiscovery as a strategic business process and leveraging the benefits of cloud computing. CaseCentral R5 securely connects the enterprise to the cloud, providing corporations and ...
Do you need a private cloud?
ZDNet (blog)
By Ken Hess | August 21, 2011, 2:53pm PDT Summary: Do you know what it means to have a private cloud? It isn't simply a virtual infrastructure. And, it isn't a plethora of virtual machines either. Asking most IT managers or techies whether they think ...
: Research and Markets: 2010-2011 Indonesia SMB State of the Cloud - Market ...
TMC Net
Multiple factors are giving Cloud adoption stronger momentum among SMBs. Key among these is the growing ubiquity of broadband, mobility and smart devices which have collectively raised the level of data & application access, collaboration and interest ...
Research and Markets: 2011 Australia SMB Cloud Playbook ...
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/be8621/2011_australia_smb) has announced the addition of the "2011 Australia SMB Cloud Playbook - Strategic and Tactical GTM Planning Guide" report to their offering.
Enterprise Communications and...
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