Thursday, December 1, 2011

Five Cloud Predictions for 2012

Cloud Computing & Cloud Hosting by Rackspace
Five Cloud Predictions for 2012
ZDNet (blog)
By Ken Hess | November 30, 2011, 1:00pm PST Summary: Everyone has predictions for the coming year but when the CTO of a major Cloud provider speaks, you should listen. John Engates, Rackspace CTO, gives his 2012 Cloud predictions. ...
Cloud Computing Traffic to Grow 12-Fold by 2015: Cisco
eWeek
In its inaugural Global Cloud Index (2010–2015), Cisco estimated global cloud computing traffic will grow 12-fold from 130 exabytes to reach a total of 1.6 zettabytes annually by 2015, a 66 percent compound annual growth rate. One zettabyte is equal to ...
The Cloud, Day 16: Stuck in Upload Hell
PCWorld (blog)
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld As I spend this 30 Days With the Cloud it has not been that difficult to find acceptable cloud-based alternatives for most tasks and functions I normally perform using local software. So far, the biggest roadblock to a complete ...
8x8 Simplifies Entry Into Cloud Computing For SMBs
CRN
By Brittany Danielson, CRN Hosted VoIP, UC and cloud provider 8x8 is again expanding its reach into the cloud computing space with a new Windows-based cloud hosting platform. 8x8's new Windows Cloud Server hosting solution has a variety of features, ...
Cloud services pick up steam, but IT execs still cautious (exclusive)
VentureBeat
Companies love to use the term “cloud” when hyping their internet-based services. But what do technology executives really think about the cloud? With our exclusive conference on cloudcomputing, CloudBeat 2011, starting today, we decided to ask. ...
BlueWater Communications Group Achieves Cisco Cloud Builder Designation
Sacramento Bee
30, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- To support the expanding role of the network in deploying cloudservices, BlueWater Communications Group announced today it has achieved the Cisco CloudBuilder designation within the Cisco Cloud Partner Program. ...
HP Powers Move to Cloud for Enterprises and Service Providers
MarketWatch (press release)
With thousands of successful cloud deployments, HP has helped clients get the best of a hybrid delivery approach without the complexity. By incorporating both in-house and externally sourced IT services, clients can pick the right method of delivery to ...
Android Owners Get 50 GB Cloud Storage From Box
InformationWeek
By David F. Carr InformationWeek Box is now offering 50 GB of free cloud storage to users of LG Android phones. "One of the reasons we're doing this is that after our big consumer announcement for the iPhone and iPad, we looked at the data for that iOS ...
TwinStrata Adds Support for Rackspace Cloud to Seamlessly, Efficiently Extend ...
PR Newswire (press release)
30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TwinStrata, Inc., the leading innovator of cloud-based data storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions, today announced that it has added support for the Rackspace Cloud Files online cloud storage solution to provide ...
ArcMail's New Cloud Storage Gateway Drives Secure Storage to the Cloud with ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
ArcMail Technology, Inc. today announced the ArcMail Defender Cloud Storage Gateway, a new breed of gateway technology that combines unparalleled storage platform flexibility with instant search and retrieval and datacenter cost savings to give ...
Cloud equipment market to exceed $33 billion in 2011
Cloud Pro
The latest quarterly market analysis of global public and private cloud equipment markets has prompted an analyst to forecast to exceed $33 billion (£21.1bn) this year alone. Synergy Research gave its forecast with the publication of its Cloud Market ...
The Cloud, Day 15: Dollars and Cents in the Cloud
PCWorld
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld Moving on down the list of things I normally do on my PC that I now need a cloud-based equivalent for, next is keeping track of my finances. I have been using Intuit's Quicken in some way shape or form for over a decade, ...
Finding the right cloud solutions for your organization
InfoWorld
They need to take advantage of a hybrid delivery model-one that truly optimizes the mix between traditional IT, private cloud, and public cloud. more If you manage technology today, you know the story: everything is mobile, connected, interactive, ...
Brightcove Announces App Cloud General Availability
MarketWatch (press release)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov 30, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Brightcove, a leading global provider ofcloud content services, today announced the general availability of Brightcove App Cloud(TM), a content app platform for building and operating engaging native ...
Zynga's hybrid infrastructure highlights challenges of cloud-based gaming
VentureBeat
Social gaming company Zynga has learned a lot in the last few years and its embrace of gaming built on top of the cloud has drawn attention from cloud experts. Allan Leinwand (pictured), CTO for Infrastructure Engineering at Zynga, talked at the ...
Autodesk buys Horizontal Systems for cloud program
Sacramento Bee
Design software maker Autodesk Inc. said it will buy software company Horizontal Systems to boost its presence in cloud-based computing and modeling software. Autodesk Inc. said the deal should close by Jan. 31, 2012, but the company did not disclose ...
Employers Seeking Applicants with Job Skills Related to Cloud Computing: The ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The Art of Service's newly expanded Cloud Computing Complete eLearning Bundle helps IT professionals become certified experts in cloud computing, opening up the possibilities for promotions and new and better jobs. Two of the top 10 skills that ...
Cloud AV 2012 Makes for a Cloud Day on your PC – How To Remove Cloud AV 2012
Automotive Addicts
Cloud AV 2012 is yet another bogus anti-virus program that targets PC users. Cloud AV 2012 are in the business of taking advantage of gullible PC users and their inability to decipher whether they need to purchase Cloud AV 2012 in order to remove ...
Customers Leverage the Saba People Cloud to Collaborate Across their Extended ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Saba People Cloud Applications include Learning Management, Talent Management, Enterprise Social Networking and Real-Time Collaboration, all of which help organizations become more competitive through increased visibility, speed, and agility. ...
PATRIOT Act clouds U.S. tech edge
Politico
Cloud computing is a gold mine for the US tech industry, but American firms are encountering resistance from an unexpected enemy overseas: the PATRIOT Act. The Sept. 11-era law was supposed to help the intelligence community gather data on suspected ...
Salesforce Puts Social Marketing In The Cloud With Radian6
CRN
A lynchpin of Salesforce's overall social enterprise vision, a drum on which Salesforce has banged since Dreamforce 2011, the Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud gives companies insight and analysis into what's being said about them and their products ...
Office 365 Gets 30 New Features
InformationWeek
By Paul McDougall InformationWeek Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a slew of upgrades for its Office 365 cloud productivity suite, including support for some new functions on Windows Phone and Mac clients. The software maker also rolled out the service in ...
Onboard Informatics Leverages Virtustream's xStream Enterprise Cloud to Host ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 30, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Virtustream, Inc., a leading cloud solutions provider, today announced that Onboard Informatics, a leading provider of trusted real estate information and technology solutions, will leverage Virtustream ...
TappIn Offers Predictions for Cloud, Mobile, Social in 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
SEATTLE, WA, Nov 30, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- TappIn, the leading innovator in digital content access and file sharing for the mobile community, today announced its predictions for thecloud computing, mobility, and social media sectors in 2012. ...
Cloud Strategy: Look Before You Leap
Campus Technology
By David Raths, Rama Ramaswami, Dian Schaffhauser While the idea of saving money and streamlining IT operations on campus is very attractive, institutions need to be aware that cloud computing is still an emergent technology, with some very real ...
FinancialForce.com Launches Timecard App for the iPhone on Salesforce.com's ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Collaborative businesses, such as professional services, must leverage the new mobile and social capabilities that the cloud enables in order to provide a high level of service, stay competitive and grow. FinancialForce.com is continuing to provide ...
Host Virtual Adds Dallas, TX Cloud Location
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Cloud Hosting provider Host Virtual, Inc has selected Dallas, TX as its sixth US cloud location, bringing the total number of geographic clouds to 11 throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.Cloud Hosting provider Host Virtual, Inc has selected ...
AT&T and Accenture apply cloud to medical imaging
FierceTelecom
Not to be outdone by Internet-based cloud computing giants, traditional telecom service providers are pushing into the space and leveraging their reputations for reliability and scalability to make an impression with corporate enterprises. ...
Wyoming cloud seeding research needs 2 more years, $2.4M
Casper Star-Tribune Online
A cloud-seeding research project in Wyoming needs two more years and another $2.4 million to be considered scientifically complete, project officials say. The state has invested about $11 million since 2005 in the project, which seeks to determine ...
Calculating the ROI on Cloud | CloudTweaks.com - Cloud ...
By cloudtweaks
Calculating the ROI on Cloud IDC calls cloud computing “one of the most potentially transformative developments in the information technology world in the.
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...
HP Powers Move to Cloud for Enterprises and Service Providers
HP today announced new Cloud Solutions that advance deployment of private, public and hybridclouds, enabling enterprises, service providers and governments to capitalize on emerging market opportunities.
Hewlett-Packard News Releases
HP Launches New Cloud Solutions for Enterprises and Service ...
HP Launches New Cloud Solutions for Enterprises and Service Providers | The Web Host Industry Review - Web Hosting News.
theWHIR.com - Daily Web Hosting News
Despite security concerns, businesses moving to the cloud (Op/Ed ...
By Simply Security
Many businesses are still not comfortable with the idea of storing sensitive and mission-critical data in the cloud, even as more experts claim that cloud-based services can provide equal, if not better, data protection than most on-premise ...
Simply Security
Difference between Public Cloud & Private Cloud
By CloudWays Intl.
Gives you clear difference between Public Cloud and Private Cloud on all factors and helps you in making decision which cloud is better for you. Public Cloud...
Blog
Cisco Forecasts Massive Cloud Growth by 2015 | SiliconANGLE
By Maria Deutscher
Networking gear provider Cisco released its first Global Cloud Index study, a new series that focuses on future global datacenter and cloud traffic. According to the inaugural issue, cloud traffic will multiple by 12 within the next 3 or so years at ...
SiliconANGLE
The Final Word on Cloud and SaaS: They're Not the Same ...
By Brian Bolton
The differences are plain, but still the industry has trouble shedding light on them, and the term is now a buzzword for both, and for neither.
Bridgeline Digital
BrightCove App Cloud Available - Website Magazine - Website ...
By Administrator
Wouldn't it be nice if you could develop that next killer app in the cloud? Well you can! Cloud content service Brightcove has made App Cloud, an end-to-end platform for the development, deployment and operation of native apps for iOS and ...
Website Magazine
5 Cloud Computing Statistics You May Find Surprising | Cloud ...
By Olafur Ingthorsson
Cloud Computing has become one of the most popular topics of conversation among the IT community. There have been countless polls and surveys conducted to find out more understanding on the market information and industry trends.
Cloud Computing Topics
Storage, Virtualization and Enhancing the Cloud
By Kevin Normandeau
The subject matter experts at Dell present “The cloud awaits: Storage for the growing virtualized infrastructure.” This technical whitepaper explains the benefits behind the integration of Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI SANs and ...
Data Center Knowledge
Demoing an Enterprise Cloud Platform at Cloud Expo: ServiceMesh ...
By David Marshall
Earlier this month, ServiceMesh was exhibiting, speaking and providing demos of the company's Agility Platform at Cloud Computing Expo 2011 in Santa Clara. At the show, ServiceMesh was able to demo the Agility Platform with real world, ...
VMblog.com - Virtualization Technolog...
New Cisco Global Cloud Index Projects Cloud ... - News@Cisco
29, 2011 – In the inaugural Cisco® Global Cloud Index (2010 – 2015) issued ... Cloud is also estimated today to be 11 percent of data center traffic, growing to ...
newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?type...articleId...
Cloud Computing: Cloud Security Concerns | TechNet Magazine
While maintaining appropriate data security continues to be a prevailing concern, a cloud computing infrastructure can actually increase your overall security.
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/hh536219.aspx
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