Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Cisco Global Cloud Index Forecast

Cloud Computing & Cloud Hosting by Rackspace
Cisco Global Cloud Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2010-2015 ...
This report forecasts global data center and cloud-based traffic growth, including major trends related to data center virtualization and cloud computing.
www.cisco.com/en/US/.../Cloud_Index_White_Paper.html
Cloud Computing, Cloud Environment, Virtual Cloud Computing ...
NEI offers a virtual cloud computing environment perfect for deploying applications in the cloud with an architecture that is easily transferable, manageable and ...
www.nei.com/?LINKNAME=CLOUD_COMPUTING

The Five Signs That an Application is Ripe For the Cloud
ReadWriteWeb
By Bert Huelman / November 29, 2011 2:00 PM 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 case study about how ...
Cloud Computing to Grow 1200% by 2015
Technorati
According to the first Cisco Global Cloud Index, cloud computing traffic globally is expected to grow 1200% from 130 exabytes to 1.6 zettabytes annually by 2015. This is about a sixty-six percent growth rate per year. One zettabyte is a sextillion ...
Review: iTunes Match wins cloud music war by wisp
San Jose Mercury News
By RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer This screen shot provided by Amazon.com, shows a page from the Amazon Cloud Player. Released in March, Amazon s cloud storage system is free for up to 5 gigabytes of storage _ roughly 1250 songs. ...
Creative disruption: Cloud enables CIOs & service providers to focus on ...
ZDNet
'Cloud' refers to a method of IT service delivery and consumption where compute power and storage are accessed remotely in a scalable 'on-demand' manner, that allows the enterprise to provision, use and pay for exactly the volume they actually use. ...
Microsoft Cloud Services Get Major Service Updates, New Customers
Wall Street Journal
(MSFT) expanded the mobile capabilities of its cloud-based Office 365 software Tuesday, a move designed to help the company use its dominant position in business applications to carve out a similar role in the market for smartphone and tablet apps. ...
Cloud Computing's Unintended Consequences
InformationWeek
By Alistair Croll Just as enterprise IT comes to grips with the inevitability of cloud computing, the demands of the business are shifting. That's because every time the landscape shifts, new things are possible. In "Why Things Bite Back," Edward ...
Mohawk Fine Papers builds integration-in-the-cloud
Computerworld
Mohawk saves millions by using the cloud as a central integration point for all its B2B transactions. By Robert L. Mitchell Computerworld - Just two weeks after Mohawk Fine Papers made the decision to sell its products on Amazon.com, integration work ...
ADDING MULTIMEDIA Autodesk Introduces Cloud-based Product Lifecycle Management
MarketWatch (press release)
Autodesk is tapping into the cloud to deliver a new approach to product lifecycle management (PLM), which enables companies to capture and manage product information and processes to continuously improve the products they manufacture. ...
Private Cloud Choices Grow For SMBs
InformationWeek
Public cloud-wary midsize businesses can leverage KnowledgeTree's document management tools for online file sharing and storage. By Kevin Casey InformationWeek Companies that want to embrace online file sharing and storage--but can't shake the cold ...
Cloud computing can leave companies vulnerable
Milwaukee Small Business Times
By Alysha Schertz The term “cloud” for business is sometimes thought of as overused and even diluted. Most companies are already using some form of cloud service but defining the term “cloudcomputing” can be difficult. Plus, using different types of ...
WSO2 Presents Technical Webinars on Enterprise Cloud Computing Models, From ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Cloud computing provides enterprises great opportunities for enabling agility while reducing costs. However, there is no one-size-fits-all cloud deployment model for enterprises. Many organizations choose to implement a private cloud or host their own ...
Apple Needs a Cloud Strategy, So It Should Buy Hipmunk and Tripit
Wired News
The WSJ reports that Apple is looking to hire high-level cloud experts to help guide the company'scloud strategy. This is an encouraging move, because a fresh vision is exactly what Apple needs if it's going to pivot from offering device-centric user ...
The real cloud revolution is all about consumerization
VentureBeat
Everyone is talking about the “cloud,” but is there anything new here? How is the “cloud” different from “internet” or “web?” There is something new — and it's a big deal — but it's not what everyone usually talks about. A few years ago, when someone ...
ATandT, Accenture Collaborate on Cloud Medical Imaging
eWeek
AT&T and Accenture have launched Accenture Medical Imaging Solution, a cloud database that will allow hospitals to centrally manage access to medical images and allow doctors and radiologists to collaborate on care. Accenture is an IT consulting and ...
Cloud computing and shifting business
Fiji Times
LAST weekend I was approached again with the question "I want to shift my existing business into a "Private Cloud", can I shift my existing server and data?" I wish the answer is a simple yes or no, but I told the truth; "it depends on what you have ...
QNAP Partners with Symform to Offer Customers Free Cloud Backup
MarketWatch (press release)
TAIPEI, Taiwan & SEATTLE, Nov 29, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- QNAP(R) Systems Inc. today announced a partnership with Symform to provide QNAP customers with up to 200 GB of free cloudbackup and unlimited cloud backup for a low flat monthly fee. ...
Equation Technologies Adds Intacct to Expand Cloud Computing Across Canada
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JOSE, CA, Nov 29, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Intacct, a leading provider of cloudfinancial management and accounting software, today welcomed Equation Technologies to the Intacct Business Partner Program. Based in Toronto, Equation is one of ...
e-Discovery in The Cloud Not As Simple As You Think
Forbes
Cloud computing is a hot and controversial topic. One recent event highlights the issue that the cloud may not be worth the initial hype. Two years ago, the City of Los Angeles approved a $7.25 million budget to move its e-mail and productivity ...
5 things entrepreneurs should know about the cloud
OCRegister
By IAN HAMILTON / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER The “cloud” – a term broadly used to define always-updated software and services delivered to any device with an Internet connection – and how it can transform businesses was the focus of an event co-hosted ...
Cloud Computing Speeds Problem Solving and Saves Energy
Product Design & Development
By Aalto University This work studies how grid and cloud computing can be applied to efficiently solving propositional satisfiability problem (SAT) instances. Propositional logic provides a convenient language for expressing real-world originated ...
Surviving the cloud security minefield
ZDNet Australia
Moving to the cloud can seem like a security minefield, but it may actually be more secure, according to Bernie Bengler, Kaspersky Lab Asia-Pacific director of cloud services/software as a service. According to Bengler, analysts — whether they are ...
FedRAMP cloud security memo makes it past OMB director's review
FederalNewsRadio.com
By Jason Miller Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew has approved the cloudsecurity memo and guidance, known as FedRAMP, pushing it to the brink of public release, Federal News Radio has learned. Multiple sources have confirmed Lew ...
Growth in Cloud Doubles iomart Group Pre-tax Profits
Sacramento Bee
By iomart Group plc iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM), the cloud computing and managed hosting services company, has reported a rise in both revenue and pre-tax profits in its half yearly results. The Group announced a 36% growth in revenue to £15.4m (H1 ...
nScaled Selects Equinix to Support the Expansion of Its Cloud Disaster ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Part of Equinix's growing ecosystem of more than 800 cloud and IT service providers, nScaled provides hybrid cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for the enterprise. nScaled offers risk-averse customers multiple cloud solutions, including primary ...
Cloud Automation Leader VMTurbo Secures $10 Million Funding
MarketWatch (press release)
"VMTurbo is emerging as the leader in automating the management of virtualized cloudinfrastructures," said Peter Bell, General Partner at Highland Capital Partners. "Both service providers and enterprises are embracing VMTurbo's platform to realize ...
Learning Tree International Introduces a New Course: Cloud First: Overview ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This course is designed for Government IT managers interested in understanding the benefits ofcloud computing and complying with Cloud First. "As cloud computing revolutionizes IT, government agencies are searching for the right cloud solution to ...
SublimeVideo's Cloud-Based HTML5 Player Goes Freemium
TechCrunch
Learn More Jilion, the makers of the cloud-based HTML5 video player SublimeVideo, are today making the product more accessible through the introduction of a freemium offering. When the service launched earlier this spring, commercial plans were ...
Cisco: Cloud traffic fast approaching the zettabyte era — Cloud ...
By Derrick Harris
According to data released today as part of Cisco's Global Cloud Index, traffic over data center networks will reach 4.8 zettabytes a year by 2015, and cloud computing will account for one-third of it, or 1.6 zettabytes. That's more than all the ...
GigaOM
The Cloud on Your Terms: Preparing for The Cloud | Cloud ...
If you are looking for Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 R2, System Center, Private Cloud components one great location to start is http://aka.ms/evaluations yep, just going to take you to another part of this blog, but boom, right there you can start ...
Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal
Joomla on Cloud | CloudWays Launches Managed Joomla Cloud ...
By CloudWays Intl.
Cloudways Launched Completely Managed Joomla Cloud for customers that does not want to get in to hosting Joomla and Managing the Hosting. Get on Joomla Managed...
Blog
Cloud Infographic: Cloud of the Internet | The Cloud Infographic
By Ivan
Pragmatix cloud service released a useful cloud computing infographic to brief you on cloudcomputing basic concepts and usages.
The Cloud Infographic
Attention CxOs: What's your cloud adoption strategy? | Thoughts on ...
By Doug Kinnaird
“Cloud” is one of the 2011 top technology priorities. Its self-service, rapid scaling, and “pay-as-you-go” characteristics appeal to a wide audience of business and technology executives. When deciding where to run your applications – public, ...
Thoughts on Cloud
Dark Cloud Rising: Cloud Services are Becoming the Attackers ...
By Jeffrey Carr
Dark Cloud Rising: Cloud Services are Becoming the Attackers' Preferred Target. The largest Cloudproviders today are Google, Microsoft, and Amazon; each offering multiple services and platforms for their respective customers. For example ...
Digital Dao
Understanding Cloud Servers and Cloud Deployment | GMO Cloud ...
By GMO Cloud America
E-commerce Times takes a look at the cloud computing deployment model and shows how the cloudserver model differs from other models when it comes to business.
GMO Cloud America
Cloud Security: An Oxymoron? : Cloud Security Alliance Blog
By Zenobia Godschalk
In their eagerness to adopt cloud platforms and applications, organizations are neglecting to recognize and address the compliance and security risks that come with implementation. Often the ease of getting a business into the cloud – a credit ...
Cloud Security Alliance Blog
Cloud Infrastructure Equipment to Exceed $33B in 2011 : VMblog ...
By David Marshall
Synergy Research Group announces the publication of its Cloud Market Share Report, which provides quarterly market shares, sizing, and forecasts for the Public and Private Cloud equipment markets. The foundation of Synergy's ...
VMblog.com - Virtualization Technolog...
HP Blogs - Is your network infrastructure cloud-ready? IDC we ...
By HPNetworking
Wherever you are in the cloud journey, upgrading or redesigning traditional network infrastructures to take full advantage of the cloud and to support enhanced automation, orchestration and provisioning is typically challenging and costly. ...
HP Networking articles
Small businesses embrace Microsoft's cloud, while enterprises wait ...
By Joe Wilcox
If you live in Seattle, it's hard not to think about clouds. The mean number of cloudy days a year is 255.5, with another 81.6 partly cloudy. That's a whole lot of overcastness (go ahead, tell me that's no word). Perhaps the skies above remind ...
BetaNews
The term 'cloud' is about to become obsolete
By clarejacobson
The term 'cloud' has become so commonplace, it's about to become obsolete. While businesses used to have to invest in expensive hardware to grow, scaling today has become affordable and seamless. Want to add 10000 more users to your ...
Under the Radar
Web Host 8x8 Launches Windows Cloud Server Hosting Solution ...
Web Host 8x8 Launches Windows Cloud Server Hosting Solution | The Web Host Industry Review - Web Hosting News.
theWHIR.com - Daily Web Hosting News
9th International Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo Silicon Valley – Photo ...
9th International Cloud Expo, held on November 7 - 10, 2011, in Santa Clara, CA, attracted more than 120 sponsors and exhibitors with over 7500 registered ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2066595


More Cloud News below--computing, storage, infrastructure, security

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Top 10 Cloud Predictions for 2012

Cloud Computing & Cloud Hosting by Rackspace
Top 10 Cloud Predictions for 2012: The awkward teenage years are ...
By James Staten
The market stepped significantly forward with big gains in adoption by leaders Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Rackspace, significant growth in the use of clouds for big data, training, test and development, the creation of landmark new ...
IT Infrastructure
The Secret to a RESTful Cloud | Cloud Computing Journal
The story of RESTful Clouds, therefore, isn't about RESTful APIs to the Cloud at all, useful though they may be. Instead, the fact that the REST architectural style ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2074733
What's a "Cloud Operating System"? (Dr Cloud's Flying Software ...
By now, most cloud computing professionals have at least heard of, if not adopted, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Definition of Cloud ...
blogs.oracle.com/drcloud/entry/what_s_a_cloud_operating
Cloud Security Alliance Releases Results of Cloud Consumer ...
Orlando, FL – Nov 16, 2011 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Cloud Data Governance (CDG) working group today introduced the results of its Cloud ...
trendmicro.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&type...
Press Release: Informatica Cloud Winter 2012 Expands ...
Informatica Cloud Winter 2012 Expands Functionality Of Award- Winning Cloud Integration Service.
www.informatica.com/.../11162011_cloud_winter_2012_hybr...
Cloud Provider vs Cloud Reseller | MSPAlliance
So, you think you are a cloud provider. Not so fast. The same issue of provider or reseller that plagued MSPs a few years ago is now affecting cloud companies ...
www.mspalliance.com/2011/.../cloud-provider-vs-cloud-resell...

Cloud Infrastructure Equipment to Exceed $33B in 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
RENO, NV, Nov 28, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Synergy Research Group announces the publication of its Cloud Market Share Report, which provides quarterly market shares, sizing, and forecasts for the Public and Private Cloud equipment markets. ...
Review: iTunes Match wins cloud music war by wisp
Atlanta Journal Constitution
This screen shot provided by Amazon.com, shows a page from the Amazon CloudPlayer. Released in March, Amazon's cloud storage system is free for up to 5 gigabytes of storage _ roughly 1250 songs. If you bought Lady Gaga's latest album, “Born This Way,” ...
VMware's Cloud Foundry Ranked Top Developer Platform
InformationWeek
New VMware kid on the PaaS block takes "best overall" honors, while Google App Engine is best public and IBM SmartCloud best private cloud platform in Evans Data survey. By Charles Babcock InformationWeek Developers cite many benefits to working on ...
Clouds Cannot Be Contained In A Box
NetworkComputing.com
A big part of the value proposition of cloud is to ensure that you have continuous access to your data, and that you've moved beyond the physical limitations of a single box or a single data center or a single geography. While the move to the cloud can ...
Cloud in 2012: The awkward teenage years are upon us
ZDNet (blog)
The market stepped significantly forward with big gains in adoption by leaders Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Rackspace, significant growth in the use of clouds for big data, training, test and development, the creation of landmark new services and the ...
Next-Gen Cloud Provider Gives Bus Company Budgetary Boost
CRN
By Andrew R Hickey, CRN Cloud provider IndependenceIT has given a global school bus company the cloud ecosystem it needed to grow its business by astonishing proportions while eliminating the complexity and added costs of running a multi-million dollar ...
The Great Cloud Computing Pricing Debate
Computerworld
By Bernard Golden CIO - A continuing controversy in cloud computing is its putative cost benefits; specifically, whether public cloud computing can provide cost advantages over computing carried out within a company's own data center. ...
Dell Sees Continued Growth in Cloud-Based Medical Archive
MarketWatch (press release)
With the acquisition of InSite One in December 2010, new strategic alliances and plans for global deployment, Dell is enabling more healthcare providers to efficiently store, manage and share medical imaging data through one of the largest cloud-based ...
New KnowledgeTree Private Cloud Edition Lets Companies Manage Business ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Today KnowledgeTree announced the availability of the Private Cloud edition of its Document Management tools. This new technology allows companies to choose the deployment model that makes sense for their organization: software-as-a-service in a secure ...
Q&A: Oracle' s Hurd On Public Cloud, Salesforce.com, And Sales Strategies
CRN
By Steven Burke, CRN Oracle President Mark Hurd, who has revamped the company's direct/indirect sales strategy, spoke with CRN's Editorial Board about the integrated hardware -software maker's public cloud, the drive to build a long term sustainable ...
Telcos Promise Business-Class Flight Through the Clouds
Wired News
By Eric Smalley Telco carriers promise an upgrade to business class with their cloud services. (Photo: Flickr/Luke Lai) The telco carriers want to put you in business class when you fly through the clouds. Coach may be fine for your digital vacation ...
Cloud Storage, Communications Making their Way to Europe
The Complete Managed Services Resource
By Carrie Schmelkin Whether we are talking about cloud hosting, cloud storage, or cloud communications, cloud is ubiquitous – crossing over all verticals, business sizes and even geography. Businesses everywhere are looking to develop cloud strategies ...
ShieldLock AnnounceS - Cloud-Guardian Innovative Security Licensing Solution
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
ShieldLock, a company in the field of information security. announce "Cloud-Guardian" a new innovative Mobile technology product helping developers to secure and protect their applications against Piracy by helping to manage licenses user efficiently. ...
The Cloud, Day 14: Don't Trust All Your Eggs to One Basket
PCWorld
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld There are many reasons I might choose one cloud photo storage service over another. However, there are also some good reasons why I should not choose just one cloudphoto storage service at all—that is a lot of faith to put in ...
Cloud computing: from consideration into action
Dynamic Business
A recent survey reveals that transitioning to the cloud can indeed be one of the more challenging IT innovations. The 2011 State of Cloud Survey from Symantec and Applied Research set out to examine exactly how organisations, both large and small, ...
Maildistiller's Exciting MSP Commercial Model Attracts First American Cloud ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
3t Systems based in Greenwood Village, Colorado is the first North American MSP to reap the benefits of Maildistiller's new MSP platform which combines purpose built cloud email security technology with a commercial model designed specifically to ...
Cloud computing set for IT industry baptism
The Australian
AS cloud computing moves beyond the hype and into the realm of tangible products, services and prices, enterprises are gearing up for a major shift in the way technology is used and consumed. The next 18 to 24 months will be a critical time for the ...
Taking Cloud Computing to a Higher Level
IT Business Edge (blog)
By date: IT and compliance executives are not on the same page when it comes to cloud security.Cloud computing is on the minds of almost everybody involved in IT these days, but what many people may not realize is that it's also a topic of a ...
Cloud Firm OnApp Appoints Chairman, Several Management Positions
Web Host Industry Review
By Nicole Henderson, November 28, 2011 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Cloudsoftware and CDN provider OnApp announced on Monday that it has appointed a new chairman, and four other senior management positions. Three of the five appointments worked at ...
Open Cloud Frees Vendor Lock-In
Developing Telecoms (press release)
As the debate between private and public clouds moves on to hybrid cloud adoption, a presumably more flexible form of cloud computing model, there is no denying that the fear of vendor lock-in persists, as most cloud services are still proprietary in ...
The Cloud: A Security Solution for Small Business
Broadcast Newsroom
Fortunately, cloud solutions make it easier than ever before to have a disaster recovery (DR) plan to minimize your downtime should something happen. “Small firms are very much aware of the need to back up regularly, but it's kind of like flossing; ...
Symplified and CipherCloud Cloud Identity and Data Security Webinar
MarketWatch (press release)
Mr. Merrick manages technology partnerships for Symplified's cloud identity and access management service. Varun Badhwar, vice president of product strategy for CipherCloud. Previously, Mr. Badhwar was responsible for ensuring the security of the ...
ATandT, Akamai, Juniper Vie for Web Accelerator Cotendo: Report
eWeek
Cloud-based Web and mobile acceleration services specialist Cotendo is being wooed by three companies, according to a report in the Calcalist financial daily reported on Sunday. Cotendo customer AT&T, Juniper Networks and Akamai, a company that ...
Barracuda Pub Group Uses Panda Cloud Office Protection to Easily Manage ...
Sacramento Bee
28, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, today announced that Barracuda Pub Group, a leading UK pub company, has chosen its cloud-based managed security service, Panda Cloud Office Protection, to instantaneously and ...
The Advantages of Moving Your Call Center to the Cloud
MarketWatch (press release)
RED BANK, NJ, Nov 28, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Q: What do you mean by implementing a customer service and support center in the cloud? EM: Simply said, it's a significant improvement in customer service through new age manner and ways. ...
2012: Cloud computing hits adolescence for better or worse ...
By Barb Darrow
Here's hoping 2012 will be the year we separate the wheat from the chaff in cloud computing. At the very least, more businesses will know about the potential benefits and pitfalls of cloud computing so they can differentiate the real from the ...
GigaOM
iPad Supplier Building Cloud Container Farm » Data Center ...
By Rich Miller
Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer known as a supplier for Apple's iPhone and iPad, is entering the cloud computing market and will invest $63.3 million over the next five years to construct a campus to support its efforts. ...
Data Center Knowledge
A Cloud You Can Trust - IEEE Spectrum
How to ensure that cloud computing's problems—data breaches, leaks, service outages—don't obscure its virtues.
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
Event Report: The 8th Cloud Circle Forum | Thoughts on Cloud
By Neil Weightman
At 10:10 we moved on to security with IBM's Global Cloud Security Lead, Nick Coleman – a man with a very convincing track record in the security field, to say the least. Nick's presentation covered a wide spectrum, confirming that security is a ...
Thoughts on Cloud
Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money: UPDATE 2 ...
By sourya
Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money: UPDATE 2 This is the third in a continuing series on startups raising funding. You can read the first two in the.
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...
Public Vs. Private Cloud (yes, that old debate) - Thinking Out Cloud
By Geva Perry
Hope everyone in the U.S. had a great Thanksgiving. This is a quick follow up on my previous post, 10 Predictions About Cloud Computing, which received quite a bit of attention in the cloudosphere. Specifically, my second point there, which...
Thinking Out Cloud
GovCloud.com: New Hub for Government Cloud Computing
GovCloud.com: New Hub for Government Cloud Computing GovCoud is the “go to” place for everything related to federal cloud computing. Our mission is to help federal organizations learn about, try and securely adopt cloud computing ...
Infosec Island Latest Articles
The Design and Implementation of Cloud Computing Access Control ...
By paper
Cloud computing is growing rapidly, global sales of the top five software company's main products are included cloud computing technology. Now Amazon's EC2 and Google's Google App Engine is a typical cloud computing services, they use ...
IT Research Paper
Governments to benefit most from cloud services | Enterprise ...
By a38c77c84a68365538a62009357af1e9
Governments stand to benefit most from the cloud because of the recent strides in e-government across the region and the pressure to cut down corruption.
Enterprise Innovation RSS feed
Beyond Virtual Servers, Great Cloud Tools for SMBs | GMO Cloud ...
By GMO Cloud America
PCMag recently published a list of free or low-cost cloud server-based productivity tools that can help small businesses in storage, productivity, finance, CRM and IT.
GMO Cloud America
More Cloud News below--computing, storage, infrastructure, security

Monday, November 28, 2011

Storing and Managing Pictures in the Cloud

Cloud Computing & Cloud Hosting by Rackspace
The Cloud, Day 13: Storing and Managing Pictures in the Cloud
PCWorld (blog)
As with most things cloud, the “best” choice for an online picture storing and managing solution is subjective. The primary factor that makes one better than the next seems to be based on my other cloud decisions, and selecting the cloud-based photo ...
NetSuite 'cloud' gets bigger in Phl
Philippine Star
By Alma Buelva (The Philippine Star) Updated November 28, 2011 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - What do clouds have to do with those red roses you received today or with the burgers and fries you had at the cafeteria for lunch? ...
Foxconn takes to the cloud with US$63m
Register
By Natalie Apostolou • Get more from this author Apple's Taiwanese gadget manufacturer Foxconn is moving into cloud computing, announcing that it will invest $US63.3 million over the next five years, in at least two cloud computing facilities. ...
The adoption of cloud computing in the Middle East is a widening route to a ...
ITP.net
The adoption of cloud computing and other cloud-based managed services, although not yet widely accepted in the region, is growing and opening opportunities to a new channel which will call for extensive work by channel partners if they are to remain ...
“Mobility will dictate the form factor of computing devices”
Hindu Business Line
A look at the changing IT storage trends in most companies will tell you that everyone wants to move, at least a part if not all of their IT needs, to the cloud. To serve this purpose, they look for companies that take care of all their network storage ...
[Review] Adobe Photoshop Touch Is The (Almost) Perfect Tablet-Friendly ...
Android Police
Essentially, Photoshop Touch is a more basic version of the desktop software, with Creative Cloudconnectivity and Android 3.1+ compatibility thrown in. Its simplicity is not a bad thing, however. PS Touch shares the same sleek, intuitive interface ...
Allied Telesis Showcases Networking and Storage Solutions Optimized for ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In the Allied Telesis booth at RSNA, the Company is demonstrating a complete EMR network solution to support the demands of radiology for moving, accessing, and archiving PACS imaging from the workstation to the cloud. The purpose of the demonstration ...
NewVoiceMedia – 20 Reasons to Host Your Contact Centre in the Cloud
Contact-centres.com
On a flight back from Germany Rob Lambert from NewVoiceMedia was speaking to a gentleman who has a passion for cloud based systems. He was telling me a story of his wife's charity organization who have embraced “cloud” tech to enable them to offer ...
Voyantlink™ By Brainlab Enables Hospitals And Surgeons To Move Beyond Image ...
PR Newswire (press release)
VoyantLink is the first service/product of its kind to move beyond image sharing to an effective cloud-based workspace, where users are able to access their images in the cloud, as well as launch and employ clinical planning tools and push completed ...
Candelis and Microsoft Team Up to Empower Patients
Sacramento Bee
27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Candelis announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) whereby Candelis' ASTRA cloud-hosted suite of services will provide for the secure transferring of patient digital medical images ...
Asustek enters race on cloud services
Business Recorder (blog)
Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc, known foremost for making laptops, said on November 23 that it had branched out into cloud computing services as it seeks to keep up in a highly competitive technology market. The world's fifth-largest personal-computer ...
Modification to a Previous Presolicitation Notice - EDCAPS Cloud Request for ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
Current plans include transitioning G5 to a fully enabled Federal cloud computing solution consistent with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) definition for cloud computing. It is anticipated that future enhancements to the ...
Autodesk CEO Carl Bass talks about 3-D and more
San Francisco Chronicle
A: We'll be sharing a couple of things around the cloud. We're going to be shining a light on Project Pandora, which is our rendering capability related to our work with media and entertainment, moving some of the (processing of media files) into the ...
Economic plan targets fiscal diversity
Poughkeepsie Journal
A cloud computing center at Marist College that leverages support from IBM. A biotechnology incubator at New York Medical College in Westchester County. A high-risk assessment clinic at the Sullivan County-based Center for Discovery, which works with ...
Would you heat your home with a data furnace?
TECH.BLORGE.com
According to The New York Times, the paper, The Data Furnace: Heating Up with Cloud Computing was presented at a recent Usenix conference. Basically, your home could become a mini data center with one to three cabinets of servers hooked up to your ...
Oracle eyes RightNow Technologies buyout
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
(MENAFN) Oracle Corp. said that it would acquire RightNow Technologies Inc, the cloud-based customer service provider, for USD1.5 billion, reported Xinhua News. The business software giant added that as part of the Oracle Public Cloud, ...
Mimecast named Security Vendor of the Year at 2011 CRN Channel Awards
ITWeb (blog)
Cloud-based e-mail management provider scoops prestigious award in recognition of its channel programme and security products. Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based email archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, ...
How Spanning built a backup based on clouds — Cloud Computing ...
By Stacey Higginbotham
Spanning is a backup service for Google Apps that's completely hosted and run from Amazon's web services. The idea of backing up one cloud service via another was intriguing enough that I asked Mike Pav, the VP of engineering at ...
GigaOM
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By Mira
Cloud Computing. November 27, 2011 at 8:25 pm · Filed under Computing. I've spent this weekend reorganising the way I use cloud computing to store and backup data. Email. I use gmail, but I'm getting concerned about security. I know of ...
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Big Fish Games rolls out Play Instantly! cloud gaming service ...
By Edwin
Big Fish Games rolls out Play Instantly! cloud gaming service. by Edwin - on November 27th, 2011. Casual games seem to be all the rage these days, starting off with Bejeweled on the desktop computer all those years ago, where hours upon ...
Coolest Gadgets
The Cloud on Your Terms Part 27 of 30: Windows Small Business ...
By Matt Hester
SBS 2011 Essentials has been designed to facilitate the connection to the cloud with its integration between on-premise and online services. SBS 2011 Essentials is not your typical version of SBS it has none of the traditional server ...
Matt Hester's WebLog
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A cloud computing center at Marist College that leverages support from IBM. A biotechnology incubator at New York Medical College in Westchester County. A high-risk assessment clinic at the Sullivan County-based Center for Discovery, ...
The Review For EHR
Guidance to Move to the Cloud on Your Terms | SharePoint Hive
By Tony
Specific to SharePoint, are you planning for full cloud adoption within your firewall, or will you begin your move to the cloud with a mixed deployment across SharePoint environments – both on-premises and online within Office 365? ...
SharePoint Hive
How Government of Canada Shared Services can utilize Amazon ...
By Lotus CSP
Canadian Government Shared Services standards envision inclusion and usage of public Cloudproviders like Amazon Web Services in Government infrastructure. Government documents ( IT Shared Services Security Domain & Zones ...
Cloud Computing Best Practices
Cloud Feed » Blog Archive » Daily Cloud Feed - Nov 26, 2011
By daily
Enterprise cloud computing and SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) are more aproduct of business evolutionary necessity than invention. Economicrealities have …(more). No liftoff for SaaS Web CMS < Real Story Group Blog. Every few years ...
Cloud Feed
Research on Virtualization Intrusion Tolerance Based on Cloud ...
By paper
Cloud computing distributes computing tasks to virtual resource pool which is constituted by a large number of computers, cloud computing ensures that various applications can access computing power, storage space and various software ...
IT Research Paper
Windows Azure Cloud Drive and Snapshots limit - Avkash ...
By Avkash Chauhan - MSFT
This blog is dedicated to provide deep details about Windows Azure and related cloud technology. ...Windows Azure, Windows 8, Cloud Computing, Big Data and Hadoop: All together at one place.. One problem, One solution at One time. ...
Avkash Chauhan's Blog
Perspectives - High Availability for Cloud Computing Database ...
By James Hamilton
High Availability for Cloud Computing Database Systems. While at Microsoft I hosted a weekly talk series called the Enterprise Computing Series (ECS) where I mostly scheduled technical talks on server and high-scale service topics. ...
Perspectives
Cloud Computing Helps Project Management - Voices on Project ...
When project management clouds (PM Clouds) are available at an affordable price, as and when needed, they can impact project management in the following ...
blogs.pmi.org/blog/.../cloud-computing-helps-project.html
Cloud Infographic: Federal Cloud Computing – is Cloud the Way to ...
By admin
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Infographipedia.com
Google Chrome will add native gamepad support, more video and ...
By Mike Schramm
At this point, developers are basically just lining up APIs to work together, but setting up these built-in solutions could eventually help bring cloud gaming services right into a native Internet browser. Source: Edge. Tags: browser, cloud ...
Joystiq
 

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