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Microsoft and Oracle part ways over multitenancy

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Microsoft and Oracle part ways over multitenancy in the cloud
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | October 11, 2011, 9:08am PDT Summary: Microsoft and Oracle are on opposite sides when it comes to the importance of multitenancy support to their respective public-cloud platforms. After years of ridiculing the idea of cloud ...
cloud security companies to watch
Computerworld
By Christine Burns Network World - Security is one of the major impediments to enterprises moving their resources into the cloud. So, it's not surprising that numerous cloud security companies are springing up, attempting to address specific cloud ...
OS33 Unveils Cloud Drive for MSPs
eWeek
IT-as-a-service delivery specialist OS33 announced the Cloud Drive, a technology that creates a unified file system by bringing together storage from different private and public cloud technologies. OS33's Webtop with Cloud Drive technology is designed ...
Skyfire Lightens Up Online Video by Transcoding in the Cloud
Wired News
“Client-aware cloud” is one of the buzzwords that Intel was pushing at IDF 2011, and despite the chipmaker's ulterior motive for wanting to see synergy (read: “vendor lock-in”) between (x86-powered)cloud clients and (x86-powered) cloud servers, ...
BlueStacks Announces Cloud Connect Service
MarketWatch (press release)
CAMPBELL, Calif., Oct 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BlueStacks today announced CloudConnect, a cloud-based service that enables a Windows PC to become an extension of an Android mobile device and vice versa. With Cloud Connect, any application on an ...
DatacenterDynamics Census Forecasts Data Center Outsourcing to reach $8b ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The data center market is still cautious as far as Cloud adoption goes. While security issues, regulation and legal responsibilities have dampened the appeal of Public Cloud, variants of PrivateCloud remain attractive. Outsourcing is a critical option ...
Cloud-savvy iTunes sails in ahead of iOS 5
CNET (blog)
The free service enables you to store music and video purchases in Apple's cloudservice, and make them available across your iOS devices or computers with iTunes installed. Automatic downloads are also supported in this version, which means that when ...
Ubuntu Server Aims to Own the Cloud
eWeek
With a lack of any license fees and a focus on cloud features from its primary sponsor, Canonical, Ubuntu has flourished in the cloud, becoming a popular guest operating system on Amazon EC2 and other infrastructure-as-a-service options. ...
Riverbed Expands Cloud Storage Ecosystem to Give Organizations Unparalleled ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Riverbed has grown the number of cloud storage, backup software, and critical database protection solutions supported by Whitewater to more than 15, tripling the size of the ecosystem in the last six months. Added to the Whitewater gateway ecosystem ...
Cloud Storage Platform Box.net Raises $81M From Salesforce, SAP At $600M-Plus ...
TechCrunch
Learn More Cloud storage platform Box.net has raised $81 million in Series D funding from strategic investors Salesforce.com and SAP Ventures with Bessemer Venture Partners, NEA, and prior investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Draper Fisher ...
Backed by HP, SAP Jumps On Cloud Bandwagon And Rides To $62
Forbes
It competes with heavyweights like Oracle, Microsoft and IBM as well as Salesforce.com, the new leader in cloud based software. SAP announced a partnership with HP, to provide cloud based delivery of SAP applications via HP's enterprise cloud platform. ...
Enterhost's Cloud Computing Deployment and Other Services Featured in Dell ...
MarketWatch (press release)
FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- After deploying their new cloudcomputing solutions to customers worldwide, Enterhost, a web hosting solutions and Microsoft(R) Windows(R) application specialist founded in 2000, became the subject of ...
NETSUITE AND GOOGLE TO HOST CLOUD COMPUTING EVENT FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The event, "Cloud Blueprint: How the Business Cloud Transforms Financial Services," will feature C-level speakers from Accenture, Google and NetSuite unveiling the blueprint for leveraging the power of business cloud technology and services in the ...
Cloud providers warn against EU 'over-regulation'
EUobserver.com
By Valentina Pop The EU should not attempt to "over-regulate" the constantly changing market of "cloud computing" - a buzz-word applied to a growing industry of outsourced data-storage centres and computing facilities that can cut costs for businesses ...
IBM Brings Integration, Management & Security to Hybrid Clouds
Integration Developers
As IT staffs get more familiar and skilled with SaaS, private cloud and virtualization, demand will grow for hybrid cloud solutions, according to growing research. With that in mind, IBM is set to ship this year a new offering to deploy, connect, ...
Investing In Cloud Computing Without Getting Rained On
Seeking Alpha
But with cloud computing, companies can outsource their computing needs to an outside entity offering computing resources via the cloud. This way the company can focus on the company's core elements instead of having to spend time, resources and money ...
LiveVox Adds Integrated ACD/PBX to Cloud Contact Center Suite
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- LiveVox Inc., the provider of the Private VoIPCloud(TM) and integrated contact center applications, today announced that it has developed an integrated ACD/PBX for its highly scalable cloud call center ...
Cloud Computing, Data Center Consolidation and Mobility Poised to Reshape ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Transformational investments in areas such as cloud computing, consolidation and mobility are gaining traction to enable the government to operate more efficiently and reduce costs. Deltek expects this to foster near-term gains in the IT hardware and ...
Layered Tech Furthers its Commitment to Cloud and Operational Excellence with ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This recent expansion of Layered Tech's executive team reflects the company's accelerating growth in the cloud computing and managed hosting industries and the advancement of its PCI- and HIPAA-compliant services. Van Mondfrans brings to Layered Tech ...
TransGaming, Inc. Gets Product to Market Faster With Apica LoadTest
MarketWatch (press release)
Apica, a leading load testing and performance-monitoring provider for cloud and mobile applications, today announced that TransGaming Inc. /quotes/zigman/399476 CA:TNG +1.85% , the global leader in the multiplatform development of electronic ...
Growing Concerns with Data in the Cloud
Business Finance Magazine
by Leona Y. Johnson The promise of cloud computing might seem limitless, but the challenges it presents are significant, especially in the area of information management, according to a recent study. The applications and software tools that enable ...
Survey: Government IT Leaders Show Strong Support for Cloud Solutions to Save ...
PR Newswire (press release)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new survey of government information technology managers and influencers found that the more familiar they were with Cloud Computing, the more they supported Cloud initiatives and recognized its ...
Touch technology, bigger cloud coming to Cerner
Kansas City Star
So on Tuesday he unveiled — albeit in prototype form and with scant details — plans to bring richer cloud computing to the company's Millennium electronic medical records. Doing so would better coordinate all the information doctors and nurses and ...
Cloud-based DNS outperforms in-house systems, study shows
Network World
By Carolyn Duffy Marsan, Network World A new vendor-sponsored study of the 1000 biggest websites quantifies how much better third-party managed service providers are doing at operating DNS services across the Internet cloud than enterprises that run ...
New AItype Cloud-Based Keyboard for Android Smartphones and Tablets!
MarketWatch (press release)
It's intelligent -- employing a cloud based multi-tiered language modeling system. It's accurate -- a real "blind-typing" system which automatically corrects (and doesn't miscorrect) typos and misspellings. It's cool -- offering fully customizable ...
IBM nabs Platform for cloud control freakery
Register
Starting today, with the absorption of cluster management software pioneer Platform Computing, IBM is borging 2000 customers and 500 people who know cluster and cloud management – including high-speed messaging for financial systems – better than any ...
Hipskind Delivers Flexible, Secure and Easy-to-Deploy Replication and Backup ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Hipskind Technology Solutions Group, a US Midwestern IT solutions provider, has combined its backup and replication cloud service-- EquaSafe -- with Certeon's aCelera for replication and backup optimization to create the most flexible, ...
AT&T, Sprint and Verizon: The cloud-connected device era changes everything
BetaNews
Cloud-connected apps and services was the undercurrent to all three execs' presentation. It was the one unifying theme other than boasting about the importance of wireless in general. CTIA Enterprise & Applications continues through October 13, ...
Cloud-Based MaaS360 Replaces Servers for Enterprise Mobile Application Management
MarketWatch (press release)
Through the MaaS360 AppCloud, organizations can now host their enterprise applications in thecloud on a secure, globally optimized application distribution network delivering maximum scalability. MaaS360 AppCloud handles all storage, bandwidth, ...
Stallergenes Moves to the Cloud With Veeva CRM
MarketWatch (press release)
Veeva CRM is today's #1 selling cloud-based CRM solution for the global pharmaceutical and biotech industry. Previously, Stallergenes utilised four different Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems across 14 countries before selecting Veeva CRM. ...
Cloud Save Downloads Files Directly to Popular Cloud-based ...
By Jason Fitzpatrick
Cloud Save is open source and works with Google Docs, Box.net, Dropbox, Amazon Cloud Drive, Windows Live SkyDrive, SugarSync, Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, Min.us, Twitpic, and more. Once installed it adds a new entry to your right-click ...
the How-To Geek
BlueStacks Releases App Player And Cloud Connect Service To Let ...
By Rip Empson
Along with its app player, the company is also launching a product it calls “Cloud Connect”, which is, well, a cloud-based service that allows PCs to become a veritable extension of any Android-based mobile device — and vice versa. ...
TechCrunch
Remove Cloud Protection (Uninstall Guide)
By Grinler
This page contains free removal instructions for Cloud Protection. Please use this guide to uninstallCloud Protection and any associated malware.
Virus, Spyware, and Malware Removal...
DHS CIO discusses 12 Cloud Services
By RyanKamauff
Richard Spires, CIO of DHS, provided written testimony on 12 services that they have moved to thecloud. The first service often moved to the cloud is email, which DHS has started by putting FEMA's email to the cloud. They have 8 private ...
CTOvision.com
Apply To TechStars Cloud Now
By Brad Feld
Are you building a cloud startup? If so, apply to TechStars Cloud today! Earlier this month TechStars announced its newest accelerator program, TechStars.
Feld Thoughts
The cloud's pressing question: Tenancy
By Alex Wilhelm
With Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, VMWare, SalesForce, and even Dell all in the private and publiccloud game together, you knew that there were going to be clashes. And there have been. Canceled speeches, spoofs, mockery, and downright ...
The Next Web
Cloud Driving Microsoft To Open Source? - Slashdot
Julie188 writes "Sam Ramji thinks the days where Microsoft's, (and Apple's, and Oracle's) love-hate relationship with open source are numbered, thanks to the ...
news.slashdot.org/.../cloud-driving-microsoft-to-open-source
Red Hat | Find a partner | Cloud
Through the Certified Cloud Provider Program, Red Hat has established the industry's first program to certify that vendors have tested the cloud and have ...
www.sistina.com/partners/find/cloud/
Citrix Systems » Citrix Optimizes XenServer for the Cloud Era
XenServer 6 Delivers Innovations for Cloud Computing, Desktop Virtualization and Networking.
www.citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID...

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