Friday, December 16, 2011

An open-source cloud to call your own

OwnCloud: An open-source cloud to call your own
ZDNet (blog)
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | December 15, 2011, 11:12am PST Summary: OwnCloud, a Linux-based program that enables you to set up your own personal cloud, is on its way to becoming a commercial program under former SUSE executive Markus Rex. ...

Google Chrome Adds Cloud Print Option, Multiple Profile Support
PCWorld (blog)
By Ian Paul, PCWorld Dec 15, 2011 6:16 AM The newest version of Google Chrome now has an option to print any webpage using Cloud Print and multiple profile support for users on one computer to maintain separate settings. The additions are available in ...

VMware Partners Uhuru, Tier 3 Take .NET to the Cloud
eWeek
NET developers move their applications to the cloud with VMware's Cloud Foundry. VMware's Cloud Foundry is now open to .NET developers in more than one way. Dubbed an open platform as a service (PaaS), VMware's Cloud Foundry supported Java, Ruby, ...

Cloud Essentials Certificate Ushers in Need for Cloud Basics in Learning
Technorati
CompTIA, the non-profit trade association for the IT industry, has introduced a new educational direction for IT professionals with the developed training and competence testing necessary for its CloudEssentials Certificate program. ...
 
Technorati

Box.net Adds Enterprise-Class Security Access Controls to Cloud Storage
eWeek
Box.net has added four new security measures such as smart links to control who can click on a Box.net link to make the cloud storage platform more acceptable to enterprises. Cloud storage company Box.net unveiled a new set of tools and access controls ...

Salesforce Gets Into the HR Cloud With Rypple Acquisition
All Things Digital
Another company that builds human resources software that runs in the cloud has just been acquired, and the buyer is Salesforce.com. Salesforce just announced that it is buying Rypple, an oddly-named outfit that specializes in performance management ...

Microsoft's European 'cloud pact' still does not protect data against FISA ...
ZDNet (blog)
By Zack Whittaker | December 15, 2011, 10:31am PST Summary: Microsoft's cloudpact with Europe still does not protect EU citizens from US law, like FISA or the Patriot Act. Was it simply signed to quell fears, and prevent the loss of business? ...

NGINX Shortlisted for 2012 Cloud Awards Program
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Dec 15, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Open source web server developer NGINX has been shortlisted in the inaugural 2012 Cloud Awards Program in the category Developer of the Year. The Cloud Awards recognize and celebrate industry ...

There's a Cloud Over My Head
Patch.com
It's not visible to the naked eye, like Pigpen's little dust cloud, but there's some kind of a force field around me. The new iPhone 4S looks almost exactly like the iPhone 4. Apple I don't want to admit this. Nor do I want it to be true, ...

CORRECTING and REPLACING Symplified Expands Authentication, Mobile and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Symplified(R), the Cloud Identity Company, today announced the Winter 2011 release of its cloud identity and access management (IAM) service, a new entry-level version called Symplified ONE(TM) for businesses that only need to integrate with a single ...

Johan Andersson's Cluster and HA Blog: Walking on Cloud 9
By Johan Andersson
Severalnines DataCloud™ enables DBaaS for public, private and hybrid clouds. It extends the advantages of cloud computing to the database infrastructure layer by enabling on-demand access, automated management, managed availability ...
Johan Andersson's Cluster and HA Blog

Virtustream buys cloud pioneer Enomaly — Cloud Computing News
By Derrick Harris
Virtustream, a fast-growing enteprise cloud provider, is buying cloud-computing pioneer Enomaly for an undisclosed amount. Enomaly, which launched in 2003, sells one of the first private-cloud management products, Elastic Computing ...
GigaOM

Virtustream Buys Enomaly | Cloud Computing Journal
What obviously attracted Virtustream is Enomaly's Amazon-like cloud capacity brokerage, SpotCloud, a start-up global marketplace where compute and storage capacities can be bought and sold. The widgetry is now in beta, reportedly with ...
Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal

ESA Portal - Young star rebels against its parent cloud
Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 has captured this image of a giant cloud of hydrogen gas illuminated by a bright young star. The image shows how violent the end stages of the star-formation process can be, with the young object shaking up its ...
ESA Top News

Is the Cloud for Everything? | Mission Critical: Cloud
By Carl Meadows
Recently, Indu Kodukula, SunGard EVP and CTO, was interviewed by Smart Business Philadelphia. Here are a few of his remarks. - CM The #1 reason companies.
Blog Center

Why it's so hard to talk about cloud — Cloud Computing News
The world of words gets in the way of conversations between IT and the business all the time. Cloud computing is no exception. Words such as "application" and ...
gigaom.com/cloud/why-its-so-hard-to-talk-about-cloud/

10 Cloud Predictions For 2012 | Forrester Blogs
Cloud infrastructure services are getting highly commoditized with increasing margin pressure year over year. All cloud vendors are trying to move up the value ...
blogs.forrester.com/.../11-12-13-10_cloud_predictions_for_2...

Salesforce, a Leader in Cloud Computing, Draws Big Rivals ...
Cloud computing, which Salesforce.com has been marketing for years, is now seen as such a good idea that I.B.M., SAP, Oracle and others are acquiring their ...
www.nytimes.com/.../salesforce-a-leader-in-cloud-computing-...

Cloud Brokerage Has a “Green” Future – The Color of Money
In 2011, Cloud Services Brokerage (CSB) has grown from a minor curiosity into a major point of interest for cloud providers and consumers alike. The issues of ...
blogs.gartner.com/.../cloud-brokerage-has-a-“green”-future-–-...

Microsoft Pushes Back on EU Cloud Concerns as European Rivals Move In
In what appears to be an effort to ease the concerns of EU customers about the security of US-based clouds, Microsoft has launched the Office 365 Trust ...
www.wired.com/.../microsofts-pushes-back-on-eu-cloud-conc...



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