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NIST Details Federal Cloud Standards Roadmap, Suggested Cloud Architecture
CRN
By Andrew R Hickey, CRN The pair of documents were designed to help federal agencies identifycloud standards they should adhere to when moving to the cloud, the various categories of cloud services that can be used across government bodies and the ...
Cloud Services Summit to Explore Broadband Service Provider Cloud Strategies
MarketWatch (press release)
15, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The exploding business opportunity for broadband service providers presented by cloud and managed services will be discussed at the upcoming CloudServices Summit on October 25th. This inaugural event is co-located ...
Joyent arms cloud for death match with Amazon
Register
A month after open-sourcing what it calls "the first major hypervisor" to arrive in half a decade, cloud computing pioneer Joyent has added this hypervisor to its flagship service, allowing Linux and Windows applications onto the Joyent Cloud for the ...
5 costly cloud migration mistakes
ZDNet
As organizations migrate applications to the cloud, it is important to costly mistakes that could create serious risks. Commentary - As organizations migrate applications to the cloud, it is important to thoroughly evaluate the business implications. ...
Global Cloud Security Software Market 2010-2014
Sacramento Bee
15, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Technavio's analysts forecast the Global Cloud Security Software market to grow at a CAGR of 41.4 percent over the period 2010–2014. ...
Why Benioff was right about Government cloud sluggishness
IT PRO
There is little clarity in the Government's cloud strategy, even though that's what is needed most, argues Tom Brewster. By Tom Brewster, 15 Sep 2011 at 16:05 COMMENT Salesforce.com chief executive (CEO) Marc Benioff had some harsh words for the UK ...
Veddio's Nebula Cloud Control Dashboard Wins Best New Technology At MSPWorld
MarketWatch (press release)
LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sep 15, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Veddio's practical approach to managing a menu of cloud application through a single user interface for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their SMB customers has won The International Association of ...
Cloud Power: How to Save Energy with Cloud Computing
CIO
The solution is in the cloud. By Don Newell, CTO of Server, AMD CIO — In business discussions around technology, it can be easy to get lost in the weeds. As IT departments and media try to forecast the next new wave of applications, the viability of ...
Cloud Hosting Company FireHost Raises $10 Million
Washington Post
By TechCrunch.com, FireHost, a company that specializes in secured cloud hosting, has raised $10 million in Series B funding in a round led by family-owned private equity firm The Stephens Group, with earlier backers also participating. ...
EMC'S New Center of Excellence and Cloud Data Center Powers Company's Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
EMC Corporation /quotes/zigman/225273/quotes/nls/emc EMC +2.09% today announced its new 450000 square foot Center of Excellence (COE) in Durham, North Carolina, which will deliver on and demonstrate the promise of cloud computing and IT as a Service ...
Amazon cloud earns key FISMA government security accreditation
Ars Technica
By Jon Brodkin | Published September 15, 2011 10:38 AM Amazon has earned the FISMA security accreditation from the US General Services Administration, a key endorsement for its cloud security model that could increase adoption among federal agencies. ...
Cloud computing in simple terms
OCRegister
Q: I hear the phrase “cloud computing” more and more. Can you explain what this is in simple terms? I'm going to a computer club meeting and don't want to feel dumb. A: In simple terms, anyone who is using a program or service that is on the Internet ...
Windows Server 8: built for the cloud, built for virtualization
Ars Technica
By Peter Bright | Published September 14, 2011 7:20 PM Where Windows 8 is an operating system built for the tablet, Windows Server 8 is an operating system built for the cloud. Not the Windows Azure public cloud; rather, it's built for "private ...
NTT America Launches Cloud Backup, Archiving, Compliance Services
InformationWeek
VMware, Asigra, and ColdStor Data provide the technologies behind NTT America's cloud services for SMBs and enterprise data center customers. By Deni Connor Telecommunications vendor NTT America recently partnered with Asigra, storage newcomer Coldstor ...
Tech's future up in the clouds at DEMO Fall '11
Network World
By Brad Reed, Network World For years we've been subjected to endless amounts of PR describing the wonders cloud computing will bring. At this year's DEMO Fall, we finally got to see some of them. And if the offerings on display at DEMO are any ...
Heads up: 3 cloud performance gotchas
InfoWorld
By David Linthicum | InfoWorld Those moving to the cloud are weighing numerous factors, including the type of cloud and cloud brand to use, as well as the best path for migration. However, most IT organizations aren't considering performance, ...
NetApp India partners with Sai InfoSystem to provide cloud services
IT PRO India
CIOs are focussed on delivering IT on Demand and NetApp and Sai InfoSystem would help customers by enabling IT to be an accelerator of the business” said Rajesh Awasthi, director, telecom and cloud service provider, NetApp India in a statement. ...
TriPlay launches MyMusicCloud cloud service
Ubergizmo
There are a couple of music cloud services available or soon-to-be available. As far as the big names are concerned, you have Google Music and the soon-to-be launched iTunes Match by Apple. With the never-ending Android versus iOS debate going on, ...
Recession to thank for cloud popularity
Cloud Pro
The CEO of Cordys says we shouldn't 'fool ourselves;' the reason cloud is popular is the recession. The adoption levels of cloud computing are on the rise, but it is the economic environment rather than the revolutionary technology driving it. ...
How Will Affiliate Taxes Affect Cloud Computing? [Infographic]
ReadWriteWeb
By Joe Brockmeier / September 15, 2011 9:00 AM / 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. Read the white paper about how ...
Western Digital's Mobile Apps Access Personal Cloud
NewsFactor Network
Western Digital has launched two new personal-cloud apps for mobile devices running iOS or Android. The apps provide mobile users with direct access to the personal digital content they've stored at home on one of Western Digital's My Book Live ...
Taking Your Digital Assets To The Cloud
Mediapost.com
Luckily, by combining the advantages of the cloud with those of traditional digital asset management systems, marketing and advertising teams spread across various offices, departments and vendors can access, share and collaborate on the necessary ...
What is your software to the cloud transition strategy? — Tech News ...
By Edit Staff
Join GigaOM Pro for “ISV to cloud: transitioning your software company to the cloud,” a free analyst roundtable webinar on Sept. 21.
GigaOM
How Online Services Define Cloud Computing | Online File Storage ...
By Admin
Not many of us know the many benefits of cloud computing these days and not everyone knows exactly what it is and what it does, unless they know much about the.
Online File Storage Review
Cloud Computing Standards – is it time? | Rickscloud
By Rick Blaisdell
In a previous article, Top 5 Cloud Computing Trends, I said that an alignment of standards in cloudcomputing is necessary, since cloud computing is at a relatively early stage of development and its evolution is moving at a high rate of speed. ...
Rickscloud
Cloud Hosting Company FireHost Raises $10 Million | TechCrunch
By Robin Wauters
FireHost, a company that specializes in secured cloud hosting, has raised $10 million in Series B funding in a round led by family-owned private equity firm The Stephens Group, with earlier backers also participating. The additional capital will ...
TechCrunch
Amazon boosts government cloud data protection with federal ...
By Matt Brian
Amazon Web Services, Amazon's Cloud-based storage and service platform, today received Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Moderate Authorization and Accreditation from the U.S. General Services Administration, ...
The Next Web
Cloud Case for the Insurance Industry | GMO Cloud America
By GMO Cloud America
When it comes to SaaS (Software as a Service) and PaaS (Platform as a Service) the insurance industry can see some real opportunities for new efficiencies that have many of the traditional carriers looking at moving some elements of their ...
GMO Cloud America
Tekedia » Cloud Computing Could Offer Opportunities For Wireless ...
By Tekedia Editors
Consumer and enterprise spending on the public segment of the cloud is projected to rise to $110 billion in 2015, up from $23 billion in 2010. Public cloud spending will climb to $35 billion this year, up 52 percent from 2010. The public cloud ...
Tekedia
Benefits of Private Cloud Computing: Compliant & Cost-Effective
By Thu Pham
When it comes to security and compliance, private cloud computing trumps the public cloud. According to a 2011 study by the Aberdeen Group, the private cloud saves a total of 12% combined annual cost savings over public clouds on a ...
Managed Data Center News, Trends,...
Private Cloud – An Ideal Business Solution | Official Web Hosting ...
By macwilson
The cloud computing solutions within companies seems to be a much preferred choice by IT managers in the public sector. In most of the cases, such as management.
Official Web Hosting Blog by...
Hong Kong is cloud ready, says industry body | Computer News ...
By IDG Reporter
Hong Kong is increasingly becoming the North Asia data hub with many cloud service providers setting up data centres in the SAR, said Asia Cloud Computing Association recently when releasing ...
Computer News Middle East
Battle of the cloud music players: Rdio goes free AND ad free. But ...
By Zee
What is clear is the music-in-the-cloud space, primarily dominated by Spotify, Rdio and Mog, has turned the competitive notch up to eleven, so much so that a company is willing to offer its product completely for free with no alternative source of ...
The Next Web
Surviving In The Cloud Application Performance, Scalability and ...
The public cloud promised fast deployments and near endless scalability at low costs. Whether that promise was too good to be true is yet to be seen. But recent ...
blog.dynatrace.com/2011/09/13/surviving-in-the-cloud/
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