Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Google Drive, or GDrive, Takes Aim At Amazon, Apple iCloud For Cloud Storage

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Google Drive Takes Aim At Amazon, Apple For Cloud Storage
CRN
By Andrew R Hickey, CRN Google is arming itself for cloud storage battle against Amazon and Apple iCloud with the upcoming of Google Drive, or GDrive, reports indicate. Google is on the verge of launching Google Drive, according to an image posted by ...
How Virtual Can Your Private Cloud Be?
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
The advent of the game-changing cloud paradigm has only given virtualization an increased impetus. Virtualization provides the foundation for cloud computing, thus making it the building block of today's agile infrastructure and an integral part of the ...
Cloud computing's secret sauce: service oriented architecture
ZDNet (blog)
By Joe McKendrick | September 26, 2011, 1:39pm PDT Cloud computing doesn't fall into place by accident, it requires an architecture that is designed for the interchange of loosely coupled services. Dave Linthicum reminds us that if you want a ...
Amazon Kindle Tablet further cloud clues emerge
SlashGear
Amazon's Kindle tablet may be the most cloud-centric slate we've seen to-date, reports indicate, ironically making it perhaps the purest implementation of Google'scloud ambitions, despite the search giant reputedly having zero involvement in its ...
Cloud computing rewrites rules for network managers
The Australian
THE proliferation of cloud computing and web-based applications in the corporate environment has rewritten the ground rules of enterprise network security. Businesses have cut costs and increased efficiency by using cloud computing, such as web-based ...
Data Management: Reaching Into the Cloud
Smart Data Collective
In a form of “shadow IT”, Line-of-Business groups have been turning to cloud-based services to quickly set up technology solutions that support their business needs and objectives. IT teams are already carrying heavy workloads with ever-shrinking ...
Survey Tells New Federal CIO: 'No Clear Leader at the Helm'
ReadWriteWeb
By Scott M. Fulton, III / September 26, 2011 2:58 PM / 0 Comments This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. ...
SDSC Launches High-Performance Data Storage Cloud
Hot Hardware
It sounds like a pretty awesome venue, and they just announced the launch of what is believed to be the largest academic-based cloud storage system in the US, specifically designed for researchers, students, academics, and industry users who require ...
Moneris Solutions Brings Cloud-Based Point-Of-Sale Solution to Independent ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Developed as cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) model, Morris offers retailers the ability to not only process transactions, but provide additional POS features including inventory management, customer management, and real-time reporting. ...
The Cloud, Now Part of BSkyB, Standardizes on New Wi-Fi Gear from Ruckus ...
PR Newswire (press release)
26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BROADBAND WORLD FORUM -- Ruckus Wireless™ today announced that it has been selected by The Cloud, the UK's largest public access Wi-Fi provider, to supply advanced indoor wireless products and technology to support the ...
Some companies view cloud computing as a threat to their IT security
Infosecurity Magazine
Davey Winder investigates Research just released by Kaspersky Lab claims to show that around a quarter of companies (23%) see the cloud as a threat to their IT security. David Emm, senior security researcher with Kaspersky Lab, said there are two key ...
Cloud Computing Experts Set to Spark Price War
PR Web (press release)
September 21, 2011 (PRWEB UK) 26 September 2011 -- The evolution in cloud computing took another twist today as a UK firm dropped its prices to what is believed to be the lowest in the global industry. Giacom ThinkCloud, which has clients across the ...
Making Cloud Telephony Easy and Affordable for Small Businesses
TMC Net
By Mae Kowalke Using the cloud concept to enable flexible, affordable, feature-rich phone and integrated communication systems for small businesses should be easy – but it isn't. That's the stance of Mike Ross (News - Alert), President at 4PSA, ...
From Under the Desk to the Cloud | Tokutek
By Lawrence Schwartz
LinkedIn, like many other social network sites, eventually would face enormous growth and have to develop new processes and procedures that would allow them to be an effective cloud repository for people's work contacts and resumes. ...
Tokutek
Cisco Survey: The Mobile Cloud Office Generation | CloudTweaks ...
By kiril
The Internet Is Fundamental Resource for the Humankind, Cisco Survey Future leaders, workers, and customers will rely increasingly on cloud resources More.
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...
Rethinking the Outsourced Cloud, Part II: 2011 Benefits of Cloud ...
By onlinetech
A recent Wall Street Journal article reporting on cloud security details the trends of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) when it comes to benefits of cloud adoption and the overall trend of outsourcing the cloud.
SmartData Collective - The world's...
Dome9 Unveils Cloud Server Security Management Service for ...
By Martin Tantow
Previously available under beta, Dome9's new commercially available service introduces two new service plans and many new capabilities.
CloudTimes
Does Your Cloud Look More Like a Storm Cloud? That'll Cost You.
By Travis Balinas
That'll Cost You. Posted on 2011/09/26. Filled under: Cloud Operations. Share on Facebook. Post image for Does Your Cloud Look More Like a Storm Cloud? That'll. Can you guarantee Service Assurance in your company? Well you should. ...
The Cloud Management Blog
Juju in 11.10 beta2, LXC and OpenStack ... - Ubuntu Cloud Portal
By kim0
This means that juju can now target an openstack cloud just as it targets ec2. This is part of the effort needed to provide a seamless and integrated juju experience with “Ubuntu Cloud Infrastructure”, the new Ubuntu cloud product based on ...
Ubuntu Cloud Portal
San Diego Supercomputer Center launches world's largest ...
By Donald Melanson
A new cloud storage system may not exactly be big news these days, but it is certainly a bit more noteworthy when it's the San.
Engadget
You Want the Cloud? You Can't Handle the Cloud! | Everest Group
By Todd Hintze, Managing Partner, and Michael Hedegard, Engagement Director, Everest Group
If you can't measure it, you can't manage it. This oft-repeated mantra is one of the many cornerstones of IT governance.
Everest Group
DannySpace.com » Cloud computing advancements recognition
By admin
cloud service can both be a public cloud or a private cloud. Public cloud is actually a free of charge services that's open up for anyone on the internet. A personal cloud is actually a more individual data and network centre that caters hosted ...
DannySpace.com
Cloud Computing Certification and Training Businesses by ...
By Qudapearl1i33
Cloud computing is thought to be as the subsequent massive revolution in the IT industry. Protection, virtualization and cloud computing certification are the three most demanded careers in software package market right now. All this has ...
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Datapipe Tightens Cloud Security With PCI Compliant Cloud
CRN
By Andrew R Hickey, CRN Cloud managed service provider Datapipe Monday kicked cloud security up a notch with the launch of its PCI DSS 2.0 Level 1 Service Provider-compliant cloud computing platform, a move that the company said will help quell cloud ...
Data may actually be safer in the cloud: report
ZDNet (blog)
By Joe McKendrick | September 26, 2011, 2:23pm PDT Summary: Security has been a showstopper for cloud for some time. Is security now becoming cloud's best selling point? Ever since cloudcomputing became part of our lexicon a few years back, ...
StillSecure Launches Cloud Security Solution Aimed Directly at IaaS Users and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LAS VEGAS, NV, Sep 26, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- StillSecure(R), a managed network security solutions and certified compliance company, today at the Hosting & Cloud Transformation Summit announced the availability of an innovative, new cloud ...
Parallels Automation for Cloud Infrastructure Launches
eWeek
Hosting and cloud services enablement specialist Parallels announced the availability of Parallels Automation for Cloud Infrastructure, a scalable solution for service providers to deliver cloudinfrastructure as a service (IaaS) to small to ...
Nimbula Releases Nimbula Director 1.5 and Expands Cloud Partner Ecosystem
MarketWatch (press release)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Sep 26, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Nimbula, the Cloud Operating System Company, today announced the immediate availability of Nimbula Director 1.5, an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) for managing compute and storage resources ...
British SME Joins G-Cloud - Memset(R) Signed Up As G-Cloud IaaS Foundation ...
MarketWatch (press release)
GUILDFORD, England, Sep 26, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Award-winning British SME, Memset(R) has today announced they have been officially signed up as an IaaS/PaaS G-Cloud Foundation Delivery Partner. The announcement comes just days after the Westminster ...
Health care, cloud storage providers and data ownership
SearchHealthIT.com
One way of making this data available to those who need it is to store it in the cloud. However, several data ownership issues must be addressed prior to entering into a service level agreement with a cloud storage provider. For starters, the term data ...
Toshiba adds cloud-based backup option to consumer drives
Computerworld
By Lucas Mearian Computerworld - Toshiba Monday announced it is adding a cloud storage backup service as an option to its Canvio line of external hard drives. The company also upgraded the Canvio Basics and Canvio 3.0 lines to support the 6 Gbs USB 3.0 ...
Virtual cloud monkeys go bananas writing Shakespeare
Register
A developer and Simpsons fan has reported his first success in an experiment to test the infinite monkey theorem: that primates could produce Shakespeare by randomly pressing keys. Jessie Anderson set up software to generate random sets of nine ASCII ...
Sprint CTO discusses cloud opportunities, AT&T and unlimited plans
ZDNet (blog)
By Rachel King | September 26, 2011, 1:44pm PDT Summary: The power of 4G networks and more advanced mobile devices are presenting opportunities in the cloud, but are also changing the way these networks are built. Sprint is one of the last few major ...

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