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Oracle embraces cloud to fuel growth without buys
Business Standard
Oracle Corp, the world's second-largest software maker, aims to eschew big acquisitions and promote growth from within, relying on hardware sales and a new cloud-computing service to broaden use of its products. After gobbling up more than 70 companies ...
Role of Telecommunications & Benefits of Cloud Computing (ITU-T FG Cloud)
The Viodi View
By Alan Weissberger Editors Note: This article is based entirely on the October 7, 2011 ITU-T FGCloud document ”Cloud Benefits” which is based on their recent meeting in... By Alan Weissberger Introduction In a pure Public Cloud based model, ...
Moving Businesses to the Cloud
Manila Bulletin
By TRICIA V. MORENTE MANILA, Philippines — These days, it is commonplace to hear talk of businessmen moving their investments and business processes “into the cloud.” Those in the know would immediately relate this to that widespread phenomenon called ...
The Internet of Things and the cloud
GigaOm
Yes, it sucks when your Netflix subscription goes dark in a big cloud outage, and it's bad when your cloud provider loses user data. But its far worse when a fleet of trucks can no longer report their whereabouts to a central control system designed to ...
Government to provide subsidised cloud computing to SMEs
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Government will provide liberal subsidy to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for using modern IT tools like cloud computing and improving their performance, Secretary in the MSME Ministry Uday Kumar Varma said. The Ministry of Micro, ...
A new Indian OS on cloud
The Hindu
A system crash one year ago forced Deepak John, a second-year engineering student, to devise a portable operating system on cloud, which can solve many problems of travelling professionals, who seek access to secure computers. ...
Telecoms operators eyeing cloud technology business
Taipei Times
Major telecoms operators in Taiwan are gearing up to move into the booming cloud technology-based business by marketing products ranging from medical services to logistics management systems, market sources said on Saturday. The size of the local cloud ...
STI buys stake in cloud-computing firm
Inquirer.net
Businessman Eusebio Tanco has invested in Los Angeles-based cloud computing firm Morphlabs Inc. through his STI Colleges, creating synergies in pooling manpower for the IT firm's operations in the Philippines, Japan and Australia. “I think cloud is not ...
The Benefits of Online Storage and the Offline Security Myth
RisMedia.com (press release)
Working in the cloud is efficient, inexpensive and convenient. Having an additional copy of all of our data has allowed us to sell our servers and throw our IT guy's business card away—and what a joyous experience that was. Utilizing cloud technology ...
Cyber-War, SIEM, Web Scams, Cloud Security Top Week's Security News
eWeek
A recap of the past week's IT security news features surprising security acquisitions by McAfee and IBM along with increasing concerns about cyber-war and cloud security. As the Department of Homeland Security launched events around the country to kick ...
Microsoft to focus on cloud at Gitex
Trade Arabia
Microsoft Gulf will showcase its latest innovations focusing on Cloud Computing and Consumerisation of IT at the Gitex Technology Week opening tomorrow (October 9) in Dubai. Gitex 2011 will run until October 13 at Dubai International Convention and ...
Designers Respond to Adobe's Acquisition of Nitobi, TypeKit
PCWorld
The TypeKit announcement, which came early on in the first keynote session, to a huge cheer from the creatives in the audience, means that Typekit fonts will soon be offered as a standalone service and over time as part of Adobe Creative Cloud. ...
Internet2 NET+ Services to Deliver Cloud Services to University Faculty, Staff ...
TMC Net
"These partnerships benefit our members by making secure and very affordable cloud computing services available anywhere, anytime," said Dave Lambert, President and CEO, Internet2. "By leveraging existing community investments, Internet2 provides ...
HP ready for Cloud transformation
ITP.net
IT giant HP is promoting the value of its Instant On Enterprise solutions, and its capabilities in cloud computing at this year's GITEX Technology Week Cloud Confex. By ITP.net Staff Writer Published October 9, 2011 IT giant HP is promoting the value ...
Private cloud brings Dimension Data and Microsoft together
Reseller News
By Vera Alves, Auckland | Monday, 10 October 2011 Dimension Data and Microsoft have joined forces to deliver a private cloud solution to enterprise customers. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which they will ...
Joyent and NavLink announce strategic partnership
AME Info
Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing software and services, and NavLink, a provider and enabler of managed Information Communication Technology (ICT), enterprise networking and cloudservices in EMEA, announced a two-pronged partnership: ...
Hotmail Tweaks, Yahoo Rumors Marked Microsoft Week
eWeek
It's an open question, however, whether the company has an appetite to swallow yet another huge property—especially since many Yahoo's cloud services, including email, are already part of Microsoft's own portfolio. ...
Hybrid Cloud Strategies at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley - All VoIP News
By AllVoIPNews
Hybrid Cloud Strategies at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley. All about VoIP solutions and small business telephone systems. VoIP providers, new PBX systems and IP phones.
All VoIP News
Infographic: Cloud Computing Startups & Crowd Funding ...
By cloudtweaks
Infographic: Cloud Computing Startups & Crowd Funding Here is an infographic that helps illustrate a little more about what Crowd Funding is, and how it.
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...
BayAreaTech » Blog Archive » Mtg: Savvis Converged Cloud ...
By admin
Cloud Computing promises to deliver many benefits, including: reduced costs, operational efficiencies and economies of scale. The cloud will drive many new business models. But all these promises can only be kept if the network is able to ...
BayAreaTech
Behind the Oracle-Salesforce Cloud Brawl
New York Times (blog)
Speaking at a trade show with 45000 registered visitors, Ellison announced his company's formal entry into the business of selling software via a “public cloud.” The cloud is a huge conglomeration of computer technologies. Clouds, and all that they ...
Security of cloud computing to be in focus
gulfnews.com
Dubai: Cloud computing and the security issues it poses are set to be hot topics at Gitex this week, experts and industry leaders say. While companies are keen to adoptcloud computing — which allows remote data storage and access to information from...
Symantec unveils new platform for cloud security at Gitex 2011
AME Info
Symantec Corp., is set to provide customers and partners at Gitex this week their first look at Symantec O3, a new cloud security platform designed to protect all enterprise cloud applications and cloud infrastructures. Symantec O3 combines access ...
Huawei demonstrates cloud benefits at Gitex
AME Info
Huawei, a global information and communication technology (ICT) solutions provider, is driving the uptake of cloud computing in the Middle East as enterprises across the region demand a smarter way of doing business. Many businesses recognize that ...
Week in IT: Etsy's poor choices, botnets, and carbon-neutral data centers
Ars Technica
Google puts MySQL in App Engine Cloud with Google Cloud SQL: Now in limited release, Google'sCloud SQL is a MySQL-based data service for Google's App Engine PaaS. The service will make it easier for customers to move their apps and existing databases ...
Mercury News interview: Mike Klayko, Brocade CEO
San Jose Mercury News
The satchat subject is cloud computing, which Brocade is deeply involved in as a networking company. (Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News) Brocade CEO Mike Klayko hasn't looked back since he took the helm of the San Jose storage networking company six years ...
The Open Group publishes cloud computing migration guide
ComputerworldUK
By Antony Savvas | Computerworld UK | Published 00:13, 08 October 11 Global standards group The Open Group has published a new book to help firms move into cloud computing. The CloudComputing for Business book takes an in-depth look at cloud computing ...
IBM and NC State Develop Cloud Security Layer
Tom's Hardware Guide
As passionate we are about cloud computing and its opportunities for the future, security remains a primary concern when pooled computing resources can expose potentially thousands of cloud users in a single attack. Researchers at North Carolina State ...
Cisco experiments cloud-based remote class near Bangalore
Microfinance Monitor
The solutions use network collaboration tools delivered over video out of a secure cloud. “Cisco's innovative technology will help the government of Karnataka to achieve its goal of making education accessible to everyone, and fulfill the Sarva Shiksha ...
Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop IV
Cryptome.org
SUMMARY: NIST announces the Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop IV to be held on November 2, 3 and 4, 2011. This workshop will provide information on the US Government (USG) Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap initiative. This workshop will also provide an ...
How to Configure Your DNS to Use Cloud Apps
TheHostingNews.com (press release)
One of the features of many cloud services gives you is the ability to run web-based applications that are hosted remotely on the provider's servers. Normally, to use these apps, you would open a web browser and point it to the service provider's ...
Kaspersky Lab launches Endpoint 8 for Windows security
Microfinance Monitor
Using enhanced, multi-layer, anti-malware protection, the suite is backed by a global intelligence network which uses cloud-based security for real-time protection. The software will also monitor application activity and can undo the damage caused by ...
Legal Reform Needed to Govern Data, Experts Said
PCWorld
That means law enforcement doesn't need a warrant to access emails from 180 days ago, or emails and other data stored in the cloud, experts said. Law enforcement and privacy advocates disagree on exactly how the law should be updated to accommodate ...
Oracle Java Cloud Service - A Public Cloud for Real World ...
The Oracle Java Cloud Service was announced by Larry Ellison at Oracle OpenWorld last week. I have been fortunate to be part of the Oracle team who is ...
blogs.oracle.com/rezashafii/entry/oracle_java_cloud_service_a
Red Hat | Cloud Computing
Red Hat's Cloud solutions are unique. Unlike other approaches, Red Hat delivers choice to customers. Choice of platform, choice of virtualization, choice of ...
www.redhat.com/solutions/cloud-computing/

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