Wednesday, December 14, 2011

5 Worst Cloud Washers Of 2011

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5 Worst Cloud Washers Of 2011
InformationWeek
Want to be a cloud vendor? Just rename your existing product, after a few tweaks. Check out our list of 2011's top offenders. By Charles Babcock InformationWeek Many vendors want to be cloud vendors. The cloud has come to connote flexibility, ...
VMware Cloud Foundry cloud platform now supports .Net
ZDNet (blog)
Net support for its Cloud Foundry cloud platform, thanks to partner Tier 3. Cloud Foundry is a VMware's platform-as-a-service; CloudFoundry.com is the VMware-hosted implementation of CloudFoundry . To date, VMware has signed up and/or acquired a ...
CompTIA Cloud Essentials Targets Growing Need for Cloud Computing Skills
MarketWatch (press release)
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Dec 13, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- With the use of cloud computing expanding and the demand for information technology (IT) workers with cloud skills growing, CompTIA, the non-profit trade association for the IT industry, ...
Year of the Cloud: RightScale Reveals Top Trends From 2011 and Looks Ahead to 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
SANTA BARBARA, CA, Dec 13, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- As 2011 winds down, it's apparent that migrating business to the cloud reached a tipping point this year where it is no longer a trend, but has become an absolute business requirement. ...
Financing Cloud Services
Financial Times
As significant interest in cloud grows, so does fear, especially in companies that worry the cloud will make their business models obsolete. But in the end, this may turn out to be an advantage for cloud providers and consumers alike. ...
Cloud News: IBM, CA, Logicalis, HP, Microsoft
Data Center Knowledge
DemandTec will bring cloud-based analytics software to IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative and addcloud-based price, promotion, and other merchandising and marketing analytics. IBM estimates the market opportunity for Smarter Commerce at $20 billion in ...
Clouds with a silver lining
Sydney Morning Herald
Last Thursday, IBM announced it would buy DemandTec, a cloud-based vendor of data analysis software for retailers, for $440 million. A week before that, SAP of Germany, one of the largest providers of traditional enterprise software, said it was paying ...
Cloud-Based Solutions to Reduce IT Costs in 2012: Report
eWeek
Hubspan predicted TCO would continue to be the primary driver of cloud adoption due to scalable costs. The increased adoption of cloud computing will shift how companies implement solutions, andcloud integration will become a way to boost efficiency ...
Microsoft Exec Discusses Enterprise Benefits of HP Cloud Partnership
NewsFactor Network
By Jennifer LeClaire The Microsoft-HP alliance "will benefit enterprises and governments by providing efficiencies and flexibility with public and private cloud solutions, delivering Microsoft's messaging and collaboration applications via HP's global ...
Cloud wars: Microsoft SkyDrive now native on Apple's iPad and iPhone
ZDNet (blog)
Today it's SkyDrive, Microsoft's consumer cloud service. Yesterday, it was OneNote and a “real soon now” commitment on its Lync unified-communications client for the iPad. Microsoft also announced this week that its Kinectimals game is now available ...
Egnyte CEO Predicts 5 Major Themes for the Cloud in 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Dec 13, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Vineet Jain, CEO of Egnyte, a leading provider of hybrid cloud file server solutions, today shared his thoughts on major themes for 2012 in the Cloud Market. Throughout next year, he believes ...
ConteXtream Launches Software-Defined Network Virtualization Solution for ...
Sacramento Bee
13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ConteXtream, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-scale network virtualization, today announced the availability of ConteXtream Grid for Cloud and Managed Hosting providers. ConteXtream Grid fundamentally changes the way cloud ...
ScaleXtreme Named Finalist for 2012 Cloud Awards Program
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec 13, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ScaleXtreme, a cloud-based server management company, has been recognized as a finalist in the inaugural 2012 Cloud Awards Program in the Best Cloud Infrastructure category. The Cloud Awards recognize ...
Cloud biz ASG unwraps early Xmas gift: Atempo
Register
"ASG provides Atempo a platform for growth and expansion into the cloud market and a wider global reach," he said. "Atempo's current customers and partners can benefit from ASG's broader cloudsolutions, as well as their expertise in other key areas, ...
Strong Sales Expected in Cloud Computing
CNBC.com
As we begin to look ahead toward 2012, one of the biggest opportunities in technology is the business of Cloud computing. In fact, respected technology research firm Gartner just released its top 11 predictions for 2012 which included not only a strong ...
NaviSite Advances AppCenter Cloud Management Portal
MarketWatch (press release)
User Interface Management Visibility - AppCenter now provides customers with the flexibility to map IT roles and processes to their cloud environment. Administrators can add and remove cloud users; define and manage cloud roles and responsibilities; ...
From Gateways to Cloud Testers? Nasuni Shifts Shapes Again
NetworkComputing.com
Nasuni is now doing this kind of marketing and it gives the appearance that they are getting desperate and now becoming a "cloud tester." First off, let's put things into context. Nasuni is a company that just did a major pivot a few months ago. ...
Numara Ships Cloud-Based Solution for End-to-End Mobile Device Management
Integration Developers
Numara Software Inc. has launched the Numara Cloud Mobile Device Manager (MDM), extending the company's cloud family of IT operations management solutions to enterprise mobility. Numara Cloud MDM aims to help enterprise IT securely manage smartphones, ...
SandForce Launches New Controller Aimed At Cloud Environments
Hot Hardware
The company is building on that success now with a new, enterprise-oriented chip designed for cloud computing environments. The SF-2481 is designed to offer SLC levels of reliability while using cheaper MLC NAND flash. "As the SSD market matures,...
Feds Aim to Lock Down the Cloud
TechNewsWorld
By John K. Higgins "Federal agency adoption of the cloud is inevitable. The only question is if it will be done in a secure or insecure fashion. The FedRAMP program could be the game-changer in this equation," said TechAmerica VP Jennifer Kerber. ...
VenyuCloud Virtualization Platform Accelerates Cloud Computing
MarketWatch (press release)
A leading provider of offsite business continuity, cloud backup and disaster recovery solutions, Venyu is further positioning itself as the premier technology solutions provider, accelerating customer adoption of next-generation cloud computing, ...
Red Cloud to Deploy 4.5 MW Modular Data Center, Adopts IO Technology as ...
Sacramento Bee
13, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- IO, the leading provider of next-generation modular data center technology and services, announced today that it has been awarded a multi-module contract with Red Cloud, an Australian-based data center and cloud services ...
Cloud Startup Embrane Launches Distributed Software, Reveals Strategy
Web Host Industry Review (blog)
By Justin Lee, December 13, 2011 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Cloudinfrastructure startup Embrane announced on Tuesday it has outlined its strategy to help cloud service providers and enterprises build more agile networks for deliveringcloud ...
Cloud adviser: Where's your data?
ITWorld Canada
There are still unanswered legal questions on data responsibility in cloud computing. An expert shows how to be prepared FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- (Editor's note: Although this column deals with US law, the principles can be useful to IT managers in Canada ...
Cloud Development Documentation Insanity
Network World
One cloud vendor now has over 7500 pages of documentation overall. A huge investment, consistently written, full of data...and little more than a starting point. The moment you try to really use a feature in a real-world system, it's off to Google and ...
Cloud Skirmishes: Microsoft Releases iOS Version of Skydrive
Gotta Be Mobile
Now, the folks in Redmond are aiming their sites on the Cloud by releasing an iOS App for its own Cloud strategy, Skydrive. The App isn't universal. It is an iPhone App, but you can use it on the iPad. You can use Skydrive to upload photos, docs, ...
TeleTech Resells Salesforce Service Cloud
MarketWatch (press release)
TeleTech has combined its integrated hosted contact center technology and advanced professional services together with salesforce.com's industry-leading cloud platform. TeleTech delivers technology-enabled solutions for many of the world's Global 1000 ...
.NET comes to Cloud Foundry — Cloud Computing News
By Derrick Harris
Up-and-coming Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider Tier3 has made a significant contribution to the Platform-as-a-Service world by releasing a .NET implementation of the Cloud Foundry PaaS project. A fork project called Iron Foundry will ...
GigaOM
Successful cloud service provider: Requirements (Part 1 of 2 ...
By Maks Strajher
What are the requirements for a cloud provider to become successful, to manage effectively client expectation, ensure the required service level agreement, and at the same time manage a cloudenvironment? There are at least 10 ...
Thoughts on Cloud
Stratus Technologies: Cloud Predictions for 2012 : VMblog.com ...
By David Marshall
Half of the applications in my company run in the cloud, so when I say 2012 will be a year of "buyers' remorse" it's not because I view cloud computing negatively.
VMblog.com - Virtualization Technolog...
Tier 3 Contributes .NET Framework Support for Cloud Foundry ...
By haidn.foster@tier3.com
December 13, 2011—Tier 3, Inc., the enterprise cloud platform provider, today announced that has contributed to the open source community a .NET Framework implementation of the CloudFoundry™ Open Platform as a Service (Paas). ...
Tier 3 Company Blog
Clouds and Shadows – Managing Shadow IT with the Cloud | Eric D ...
By Eric D. Brown
Many IT professionals look at the cloud through fear-filled eyes. They see the cloud as their competition. They see the cloud as their job. This fear is natural and understandable…cloud services are a form of 'outsourcing'. But…IT Pro's ...
Eric D. Brown's Technology, Strategy,...
Is 2012 year of the cloud?
By Joe Wilcox
Forrester analyst Holger Kisker seems to think it is. Today he blogs:
BetaNews
5 Cloud Predictions for 2012 – Private Clouds, PaaS, & Hypervisor ...
By Floyd Strimling
As we say goodbye to 2011, it's been an incredible year of technology as the cloud continues to mature. Here's a few of my predictions for 2012. 1. PAAS Heats Up: Azure vs. Cloud Foundry vs. CloudShift In.
The Cloud Management Blog
Free Cloud Single Sign-on: Access All Your Cloud-Based Apps With ...
By cloudtweaks
Free Cloud Single Sign-on: Access All Your Cloud-Based Apps With Just One Password The very fact that cloud-based applications are so attractive to.
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...
CompTIA Cloud Essentials Targets Growing Need for Cloud ...
With the use of cloud computing expanding and the demand for information technology (IT) workers with cloud skills growing, CompTIA, the non-profit trade association for the IT industry, has introduced a new specialty certification focused on ...
Enterprise Communications and...
InfoQ: .NET Framework Support for Cloud Foundry Through Open ...
By Richard Seroter
Cloud service provider Tier 3 has released Iron Foundry, a .NET-friendly fork of VMware's CloudFoundry platform-as-a-service. Iron Foundry gives the sizeable number of .NET developers an open source alternative to Windows Azure and lets ...
InfoQ Personalized Feed for Fergus Neff
Cloud Computing Infographic: Cloud Trends during the Holiday ...
By Ivan
Rackspace released this interesting cloud computing infographic on holiday shopping, visualizing the numbers released by comScore, Deloitte and Google Trends.
The Cloud Infographic
Introducing the new Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud IaaS
By Lydia Leong
Lydia Leong is a research vice president in the Technology and Service Providers group at Gartner. Her primary research focus is cloud computing, together with Internet infrastructure services, such as Web hosting, content delivery networks ...
Lydia Leong
CRM Daily | Microsoft-HP Cloud Partnership Opens New Avenues ...
The Microsoft-HP alliance "will benefit enterprises and governments by providing efficiencies and flexibility with public and private cloud solutions, delivering Microsoft's messaging and collaboration applications via HP's global private and ...
CRM Daily
Cisco Packages the Cloud | Cloud Computing Journal
It's particularly important to Cisco since the cloud could be 20% of total IT spending next year and, based on Cisco's recently released Cloud Index, its study of ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2094966
Cloud - Overview - Cisco Systems
Learn the benefits of the cloud, a powerful combination of cloud computing, networking, storage, management solutions, and business applications.
www.cisco.com/web/solutions/trends/cloud/index.html
Cloud Computing Infographic: Small Businesses and the Cloud ...
Microsoft Office 365 releases an interesting cloud computing infographic on small business cloudcomputing usage growth. The infographic is designed by ...
www.thecloudinfographic.com/.../small-businesses-and-the-clo...


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