Thursday, December 29, 2011

Microsoft's Cloud

Windows Phone, Kinect, Cloud, Windows 8 Prep: Microsoft's 2011
eWeek
By June, Microsoft also upped its forays into the cloud with the launch of the final version of Office 365, which combines Microsoft Office, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online into a common cloud platform costing between $2 and $27 per...

eWeek

Cloud provider says SOPA would lead to censorship
The Hill (blog)
By Gautham Nagesh - 12/28/11 04:39 PM ET A controversial online piracy bill in the House would force Web companies to censor their customers with limited legal oversight, according to cloud and hosting provider Rackspace. Rackspace CEO Lanham Napier ...

Cloud victors pave the way
Computerworld Australia
The first wave of Cloud pioneers are writing home with stories of success and calls for more people to migrate, David Braue writes. It's hard to swing the proverbial cat these days without hitting a half-dozen consultants urging you to move your ...

VA Plans Cloud Telephony Pilot
InformationWeek
By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) wants to migrate its in-house telephony infrastructure to the cloud in yet another move supporting the federal government's push to decrease costs and increase efficiencies ...

Cloud Could Rain On Microsoft's Profit Parade
Forbes
Most enterprise software giants have started offering cloud-based, on-demand versions of their software, aiming to capture market share in the rapidly growing cloud computing market. Microsoft itself has launched Office 365, a cloud version of the ...

5 Big Cloud Trends For 2012
InformationWeek
Cloud computing has made it easier for companies to experiment and innovate, and the trend will accelerate in the coming year. By Judith Hurwitz Cloud computing is no longer the curiosity it was a few years ago. Today companies are increasingly looking ...

OpenLogic's CloudSwing Ties Into the Rackspace Cloud and Announces Entry Into ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BROOMFIELD, CO, Dec 28, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- OpenLogic, Inc., provider of enterprise open source solutions for the cloud and the data center, today announced that CloudSwing can now deploy to the Rackspace Cloud and that they have entered ...

Cloud Trends in 2012
TheStreetTV
Cloud Trends in 2012.

What is cloud computing and is it right for me?
Daily Journal of Commerce
The term “cloud computing” is everywhere these days. It's not a new phenomenon, but rather it is continuing to evolve. The simplest, nontechnical definition of cloudcomputing is using an Internet browser to access software applications over the ...

Daily Journal of Commerce

Five trends that will dominate the “cloud” in 2012
VentureBeat
2011 has been an exciting year for the cloud. Companies are starting to accept the idea of using internet-based services instead of servers they control themselves. That in turn has driven a push to make the technologies more mature — and the tech ...

VentureBeat

Maximizing Cloud Uptime
IT Business Net
By Tim Kridel for Intelligence In Software For enterprises, the cloud can be as much of a problem as an opportunity. If employees can't access the cloud, or if the data centers and other cloudinfrastructure suffer an outage, productivity and sales can ...

Specter Haunts American Cloud Companies: The Patriot Act Deters Foreign Business
Technorati
The PATRIOT Act has been a concern for internet users for some time now, and the concern is rising for those dealing with American cloud computing, especially now with the latest passage of the National Defense Act and the newest provision which had ...

Technorati

Cloud droplets, ready for prime time
PhysOrg.com
Cloud "seeds" are sent into the cloud condensation nucleation chamber (CCNC). Under supersaturation, some particles make cloud droplets and are separated from the particles that don't make droplets in the pumped counterflow virtual impactor (PCVI). ...

PhysOrg.com

Mobile Security Touch, Data, Cloud, Security Are Key Enterprise Words for 2012
CIO Today
Charles King, principal analyst at industry research firm Pund-IT , said he expected "exploding data growth" in 2012 to further drive the growth of Big Data solutions, like EMC Greenplum and IBM Netezza, as well as "massively scalable 'cloud storage ...

Cloud computing issues have a familiar ring to them
ZDNet (blog)
By Joe McKendrick | December 27, 2011, 8:26pm PST eWeek's Howard Cohen reports that cloudadoption is running into some problems in enterprises, and the tone of these issues has a familiar ring to to them. “Education is always a big one, because people ...

CA Technologies, ECS Technology to Drive Cloud Adoption in China
Web Host Industry Review
By Justin Lee, December 28, 2011 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Cloudservices provider CA Technologies announced on Wednesday it has partnered with ECS Technology to promote cloud adoption in the commercial, retail, government, finance, insurance and ...

Web Host Industry Review

Price Spikes Impact Amazon Spot Cloud Market
Data Center Knowledge
Bidding for unused capacity on Amazon's EC2 cloud computing platform has become more competitive, causing periodic price spikes in the spot market Amazon has created. Prices for virtual machine deployments that normally cost less than a dollar an hour ...

Amazon makes its VPCs more agile
GigaOm
28, 2011, 6:45am PT No Comments Amazon's new Elastic Network Interfaces should enable companies to deploy workloads in Amazon's Virtual Private Cloud in a more flexible manner. As such, the technology helps move Amazon Web Services — built to provide ...

GigaOm

Should Google buy BMC to secure its cloud?
TG Daily
I recently interviewed Harris, a company that is succeeding with cloud services which are almost identical to what Google is attempting to sell. The difference? Harris used BMC's Cloud Planning and Design program from the start to ensure positive ...

TG Daily

Cloud computing roars into 2012
InfoWorld (blog)
By David Linthicum | InfoWorld Rapid rise of data living in the cloud. I've called 2013 the year of data in the cloud, and I stand behind that. What about 2012? Consider the data problems faced by most enterprises, as well as the availability of newer ...

Cisco Expands Cloud Solutions into the Nigerian Market | WHIR ...
Cisco Expands Cloud Solutions into the Nigerian Market | The Web Host Industry Review - Web Hosting News.
theWHIR.com - Daily Web Hosting News

Cloud Computing Edge Can Lead VMware Sky-High | InvestorPlace
By Tim Biggam
After the big tech sell-off after Oracle's (ORCL) disastrous earnings, VMware's (VMW) low valuation and big earnings growth are attractive for call buyers.
InvestorPlace

Cloud Trends for 2012 (Part 2) » Data Center Knowledge
By Rich Miller
Today we continue with Cloud Computing Trends to Watch in 2012 with our reader predictions for 2012. Here's some of the trends our prognosticators see for cloud computing in the year ahead: a sharper focus on cloud management, growth ...
Data Center Knowledge

Enterprise Cloud 2012: Key Trends to Look Out For | SiliconANGLE
By Maria Deutscher
This year has been a significant one for enterprise cloud adoption, and 2012 will be even more so. There are a few predictions that outline the general direction towards which the industry is headed, highlighting a few key indicators that will ...
SiliconANGLE

Now streaming, Korea's first homegrown cloud music service ...
A new digital music service has come to town, introducing a more musician-friendly standard in digital music pricing. On December 22, Korea Telecom (KT) released Genie, Korea's first cloudmusic se.
HanCinema Daily News and Updates

G-Cloud Best Practices « Open Government Innovation
By Neil McEvoy
The headline theme of our webinar earlier in 2011 'Open Government Canada' was to ask where does 'G-Cloud', standing for Government Cloud Computing, overlap with Open Government directives, to make the public sector more ...
Open Government Innovation

What Happens When the Server Underneath My Cloud Fails?
By Andrew H.
When many people think of the Cloud, they think that their application is running on a nebulous collection of resources that's impervious to hardware.
Server Smarts® - The official...

Data Center Automation in the Cloud | Cloud Computing Journal
"We're one of the few companies out there that is helping customers federate multiple cloudstogether so they can manage all of their servers through a single web browser," notes Nand Mulchandani, CEO and Co-Founder of ScaleXtreme, ...
Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal

Great things about Cloud Computing - Shared Hosting Check ...
By admin
There exists a rising curiosity about cloud servers and cloud server hosting. Businesses need to host their web page, e mail, databases, storage plus much more if you take benefit of the cloud hosting solutions. There is also some reservations ...
Shared Hosting Check - Hints,...

Music Cloud For WP7: Search, Stream & Download Songs From ...
By Noor Sabah
We have all used SoundCloud at one point or another, either the web service, the extension, or on our Android or iOS devices. Windows Phone 7 users, however,
AddictiveTips

Cloud Computing Infographic: Office Technology Evolution | The ...
By Ivan
This cloud computing infographic by Insight UK shows you the office technology evolution from Telex Machines to the Cloud.
The Cloud Infographic

Technology and the Cloud :: Cloud Centrics Technology Blog
Cloud computing, cloud hosting and cloud storage have been around so long, but not all users really understand what they're about, or even know that they...
www.cloudcentrics.com/?p=1244

 
VMware Cloud Infrastructure and Management Solutions - YouTube
http://vmware.com/go/cloud -- Cloud computing provides a vastly more efficient, flexible, and ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=76br0pBLjSY

Hybrid Cloud Tips and Best Practices | CloudTimes
With the cost-savings, scalability and agility that cloud computing offers to organizations, it's no wonder the market opportunity is growing rapidly.
cloudtimes.org/hybrid-cloud-tips-and-best-practices/

Top five cloud security tips of 2011
Security was a major concern of cloud computing in 2011. This round-up of popular cloud security tips will help you get a handle on protecting your cloud.
searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/.../Top-5-cloud-security...

Cloud Fundamentals Video Series: Cloud Computing & Business ...
The Trustworthy Computing blog shares Microsoft perspectives about cloud computing. From security in the cloud to the evolution of IT, we show how Microsoft ...
blogs.technet.com/.../cloud-fundamentals-video-series-cloud-c...

CompTIA Cloud Essentials Exam Question - Comptia CompTIA ...
Using PassGuide CompTIA Cloud Essentials training materials, as Comptia CompTIA CloudEssentials Guide you can obtain the knowledge and skills of ...
www.passguide.com/CompTIA-Cloud-Essentials.html



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