Thursday, December 8, 2011

Riding the Cloud from the iPad

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The Cloud, Day 18: Riding the Cloud from My iPad
PCWorld (blog)
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld There are a number of advantages and benefits to using cloud-based tools from a PC, but when it comes to mobile devices like my iPad 2 tablet, the cloud is essentially a requirement. For today's 30 Days With the Cloud post, ...
Dell Adds Salesforce Service Cloud to Integrated CRM offering
MarketWatch (press release)
ROUND ROCK, Texas, Dec 07, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dell is expanding its Integrated CRM solution for growing businesses, Dell Cloud Business Applications (DCBA), by adding Salesforce Service Cloud, the industry-leading customer service application from ...
Rumble in the cloud: 5 cloud storage services compared
Computerworld
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Computerworld - It used to be that when I said "cloud services," people's eyes would glaze over and in minutes they'd be gently snoring. That was then. This is now. While CIOs and CTOs still debate about what role the cloud ...
Cisco Storms Into The Cloud Market
NetworkComputing.com
CloudVerse, codenamed Hurricane, is a framework that combines unified data center, cloudintelligent networks and cloud applications, is Cisco's cloud coming-out party, say company officials. One of the company's top five priorities, ...
Cloud Computing Takeover Targets
Seeking Alpha
The deal greatly accelerates SAP's cloud strategy as a provider of cloud applications, platforms and infrastructure. Under the category of “everything old is new,” cloud computing is perhaps the hottest computing segment in tech land. ...
IGT Cloud Partner Program Innovates Casino Floors
Sacramento Bee
7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on today's announcement of the IGT Cloud, International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT) is debuting the IGT Cloud Partner Program. IGT Cloud is a breakthrough casino management solution that empowers operators to optimize ...
Hybrid cloud: The best of public and private clouds
SearchCloudComputing.com
While the term “private cloud” means custom cloud technology for enterprises, most believe their own data centers already provide private clouds services. Since these companies also expect to adopt at least some public cloud services, the next step ...
Cloud security evaporates in testing
Sydney Morning Herald
The company found major security vulnerabilities in the cloud. Pen test shows it is possible to attack co-tenants in a cloud. Major security vulnerabilities found at a large cloud provider meant that attackers could potentially gain unrestricted access ...
Public Vs Private Cloud Debate Goes On
NetworkComputing.com
While there are important differences between a public cloud and a private cloud computing environment, industry leaders say the pros and cons of each aren't as significant as the fact that both options are available for businesses and enterprises. ...
Cloud Technologies, Inc. is Taking Small Businesses to Great Heights
MarketWatch (press release)
Cloud Technologies was founded in 2009 by partners Jeff Freeman, Steve Jager, and Brad McLean, who during the economic downturn had an opportunity to obtain significant technology hardware equipment for an attractive cost. Sharing the foresight of ...
Survey: Consumerization of IT a big driver to the cloud
InfoWorld
By Ted Samson | InfoWorld Though cost-savings is often the biggest sales pitches for embracing thecloud, 33 percent of respondents in a survey titled "CSC Cloud Usage Index," conducted by research company TNS on behalf of CSC, say they've moved ...
Hubspan Forecasts Top Five IT, Cloud and B2B Integration Predictions for 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
SEATTLE, WA, Dec 07, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Hubspan Inc., the leading provider ofcloud-based business integration solutions, today announced its top five predictions for 2012 in the area of cloud computing, business integration and enterprise ...
Egnyte Awarded "Most Promising Start-Up Cloud Provider" at UP 2011 Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Dec 07, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Egnyte, a leading provider of hybrid cloud file server technology, was announced "Most Promising Start-Up Cloud Provider" at Cloudcor's UP 2011 Cloud Computing Conference in Mountain View, ...
Virtustream Assists Autism Speaks with Cloud Readiness Assessment and Best ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 07, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Virtustream, Inc., a leading cloud solutions provider, today announced that Autism Speaks, North America's largest autism science and advocacy organization, leveraged Virtustream's Cloud Advisory Services ...
inContact Announces Availability of European Cloud Network
MarketWatch (press release)
The European cloud network features redundant data centers in Munich and Frankfurt, Germany, a replica of the best-in-class network in the United States. The new European facilities will enable inContact to provide multi-national customers with ...
Nifty Selects Gemini's Cloudian(R) for the Nifty Cloud Storage Service ...
MarketWatch (press release)
TOKYO, Dec 07, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Gemini Mobile Technologies KK (hereinafter "Gemini") announced that its Cloudian(R) software was selected to power Nifty Cloud Storage, a market leading cloud storage service provided by Nifty Corporation ...
Widespread Amazon EC2 Cloud Instance Reboots Spark Questions, Concerns
CRN
By Andrew R Hickey, CRN A massive reboot of perhaps thousands of Amazon EC2 cloud instances has Amazon Web Services users asking questions. AWS sent e-mails to Amazon EC2 customers this week notifying them of the reboot, which was necessary "in order ...
Energy Plus Deploys SunGard's Enterprise Cloud Services to Provide Secure ...
PR Newswire (press release)
7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For most organizations, a successful cloud computing implementation requires connecting the cloud to existing computing environments. Energy Plus Holdings LLC, one of the nation's fastest-growing energy companies, is adopting a ...
How I did with my 2011 cloud predictions
CNET
Does cloud mean "something out in the Internet" or does it mean something associated with a broader evolution in how computing is done? It depends on who you ask and the context of the question. Alas, I suspect that between complex topics and imprecise ...
Hybrid Cloud's Burst Bubble
NetworkComputing.com
One of the more hyped use-case examples for private cloud is cloud bursting, and why not, it's truly the have your cake and eat it too scenario. During normal business operations, your systems run in-house on private cloud infrastructure, ...
Defense giant ditches Microsoft's cloud citing Patriot Act fears
ZDNet (blog)
By Zack Whittaker | December 7, 2011, 1:30am PST Summary: BAE Systems has pulled the plug on a proposed outsourcing mission to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud solution, after data sovereignty could not be guaranteed. London-based defence contractor BAE ...
HP partners with Box to offer cloud collaboration on select PCs
eChannelLine
By Mark Cox HP and Box have announced a new partnership to provide businesses with an integrated collaboration experience for storing and managing content in the cloud. HP is offering the Box cloud content-management and collaboration platform on HP ...
Move to cloud makes DevOps even more important
GigaOm
7, 2011, 12:41pm PT No Comments As companies move more workloads to the cloud, DevOps, the practice where software developers actually work with the operations side of the house — becomes even more important, according to IT executives. ...
BMC Software and Cisco Deliver Superior Clouds Globally
Business Wire (press release)
BMC and Cisco have a broader strategic alliance with more than 25 successful joint cloudcustomers, including Telstra, QTS and Harris Corp. “Cisco is a leader in networking and BMC is the leader in cloud management solutions. Together we are creating ...
MARKETmatrix with IP Audience Zones Receives TRUSTe's TRUSTed Cloud Data ...
Sacramento Bee
7, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Semcasting announced today that MARKETmatrix with its IP Audience Zones data has received TRUSTe's TRUSTed Cloud Data Privacy Certification, the first online data privacy certification service for B2B cloud, SaaS and other ...
Development of the Customized Cloud
Baseline
By Guy Currier Cloud computing will continue on a tearing pace in 2012—no surprise there. But based on our data, we expect one development to quickly emerge as a significant story: the use of platform as a service. PaaS is essentially cloud-based ...
PCI DSS 2.0 Compliant Clouds Reference Architecture Updated By Industry Leaders
MarketWatch (press release)
Implemented and tested in a Savvis advanced-technology lab, the reference architecture is optimized to address the unique challenges of virtualization and cloud environments. The report alleviates the burden of the impending PCI DSS 2.0 deadline on ...
The Pitfalls of Cloud Computing | Cloud Computing Journal
There is no shortage of information concerning the 'right' way to do cloud. Don't believe me? Just google 'adopting cloud computing' or 'implementing cloud computing' and prepare to be bombarded with advice. Don't get me wrong. I am not ...
Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal
Cloud computing in China | Thoughts on Cloud
By Fang Feng
When I was in Chongqing, I heard and learned a lot about the “Internet Special District” (or “CloudDistrict”). Its full name is “International Offshore Cloud Computing Special Management District.”This area is 10 square kilometers in the ...
Thoughts on Cloud
Cisco Introduces CloudVerse, Its Unified Cloud Platform ...
By Maria Deutscher
Cisco has consolidated its data center, unified datacenter sharing and application portfolios under a new framework that is designed to solidify the company's cloud vision from the outside. “Because of our position in the network, ...
SiliconANGLE
Forthcoming webinar: What is a cloud database? — Too much ...
By Matthew Aslett
Cloud computing and big data are two of the hottest topics in the industry today, which makes clouddatabases a particularly hot prospect for 2012. What is a cloud database, however? On Thursday, December 15 at 12:00pm EST I'll be taking ...
Too much information
Cloud Infrastructure Management Firm enStratus Names New VP of ...
Cloud Infrastructure Management Firm enStratus Names New VP of Product Strategy | The Web Host Industry Review - Web Hosting News.
theWHIR.com - Daily Web Hosting News
10 must-have tools for cloud power users - internet, Google, cloud ...
By JR Raphael
For many of us, the cloud has changed the way we work and play. Thanks to well-known services like Gmail, Dropbox, Facebook and Instapaper, practically our whole lives -- photos, documents, contacts and more -- are online. So isn't it time ...
CIO - News RSS feed
Cloud Application Services Company Iron.io Raises $1.4 Million ...
By Sarah Perez
Cloud application services provider Iron.io has just closed a $1.4 million round of seed funding, led by Baseline Ventures, the same investors who led the seed rounds for Instagram, TaskRabbit, Heroku, Weebly and many others. Additional ...
TechCrunch
What's the main issue in cloud computing at the moment ...
By Karl Roche
As I mentioned yesterday I met with Frank De Gilio, one of IBM's cloud gurus, (or to give him his correct title "Distinguished Engineer, Chief Architect for Cloud") at the STG Smarter Computing Analyst Forum. Frank has a real passion and ...
Smarter Computing Blog
Coronating the Cloud as Today's Top IT Service Delivery Model ...
By Sharon Varalli
Submitted by Guest Blogger, Lacey Hautzinger, Manager, Cloud Marketing, ACS, a Xerox company Cisco's Dec. 6 worldwide webcast was titled “The World.
At the Crossroads of IT and Business
Rapid Adoption of Cloud Solutions & High Density Hosting Help ...
By jamesheller
Southern California-based Cloud Computing and High Density Hosting Provider – ScaleMatrix – has experienced exponential growth during the first year of operation, following the opening the company's flagship green Data Center and ...
San Diego Colocation | Private Cloud ...
The CIO's big cloud decision: On-premise or off? - Page 1 - Leadership
VIDEO Traditional IT outsourcing has been challenging enough, but what about moving infrastructure and data out of the organization to a third party? Our two debaters tackle their toughest question yet - Page 1.
Daily IT Newswire
Manage All Your Clouds with RightScale | MultiCloud Platform
RightScale Cloud Management enables you to manage of all of your clouds — public, private, and hybrid — and all of your resources — compute, storage, and ...
www.rightscale.com/products/multicloud-platform.php
Mohawk Fine Papers builds integration-in-the-cloud - Computerworld
The paper manufacturer says it has saved millions by leveraging a cloud service broker s service oriented architecture and by using it as a central integration ...
www.computerworld.com/.../Mohawk_Fine_Papers_builds_int...
SAP Starts Cloud Application Gold Rush - Seeking Alpha
Clouds offer a cheaper, better platform on which to host applications, which can scale quickly and reduce hardware expenses. But companies like SAP (SAP), ...
seekingalpha.com/.../312153-sap-starts-cloud-application-gold...
IGT Cloud | IGT Systems (United States)
The IGT Cloud empowers operators to provide seamless gaming experience across land-based, mobile, and online devices.
www.igt.com/Cloud
 

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