Saturday, January 7, 2012

Cloud Computing Skills in Demand

Cloud Computing Skills in Demand, Even Among Non-IT Positions
Forbes
Cloud computing skills are now in great demand — but not just among information technology professionals. A new analysis of national help-wanted ads finds cloudcomputing is now entering the job descriptions of a range of non-IT positions, ...

Forbes

Delivering the cloud business agenda
Financial Times
By Bryan Cruickshank Any business executive that is not on top of the cloud had better get there... and quickly. Simply put, cloud technology promises to change the very way business is conducted. Indeed, the question is no longer whether or not the ...

NexJ Systems to Deliver Hosted CRM Desktops via Private Clouds
eWeek
NEWS ANALYSIS: NexJ Systems has partnered with Winfund to create a cloud-based offering of hosted desktops for financial services markets. CRM solutions vendor NexJ Systems is aiming to extend its footprint into mutual fund dealers, brokers and life ...

AIS Network Primes SharePoint Cloud Hosting Services for Federal, State and ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
AIS Network is expanding its focus on SharePoint hosting and cloud-based services for federal and US civilian markets as well as state and local organizations. Hosting pioneer AIS Network, a proven leader in enterprise-class hosting solutions for ...

Watch Out Dropbox: Up-And-Comers Want Cloud Storage, Share Of The Spotlight
CRN
By Andrew R Hickey, CRN A handful of cloud storage and file sharing players have emerged looking to unseat Dropbox and others of the world, claiming that consumer-focused cloud storage options lack the security and feature set required for small ...

Appirio Selects NetApp as Cloud Pioneer of the Year
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN MATEO, CA, Jan 06, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Appirio announced today it has selected NetApp, Inc. as its Cloud Pioneer of the Year, an annual award given by Appirio to companies and individuals that demonstrate leadership in cloud computing ...

Cloud Data Security Provider Gazzang Joins Amazon Web Services
The Complete Managed Services Resource
By Erin Harrison With data security a major concern for IT professionals and C-level executives, security applications for the cloud are critical to those considering shifting their IT infrastructure or communications to the cloud. ...

Inkspot releases cloud computing platform for universities
ZDNet (blog)
Inkspot has released a portable web-based platform designed to assist universities in data analysis and providing secure cloud storage for researchers. Co-founded by Professor Paul Watson of Newcastle University in 2008, Inkspot is also known as ...

Get ready for more cloud consolidation
GigaOm
6, 2012, 10:55am PT No Comments The wave of M&A activity swelling the cloudservices sector won't stop with the software-as-a-service (SaaS) arena. Internap's planned $30 million purchase of Voxel, announced early this week, signals a land rush for ...

GigaOm

Europe's cloud over the sunny US jobs report
Washington Post (blog)
The jobs numbers are significantly better than expected, spawning hopeful predictions about the US economy in 2012. But as the good news came out this morning, stocks went down across the board. Why? Confidence has plummeted once more in Europe, ...

The cloud market in 2012: Through the eyes of experts
SearchCloudComputing.com
In this round-up, we asked our cloud experts these two questions: What changes can we expect in the cloud computing market in 2012? Which cloud vendors will be the big winners of 2012? So now that we've swept up all the glitter and confetti, ...

Inside the Cloud Computing ETF
Minyanville.com
One such segment that has great promise from both a practical and investment standpoint undoubtedly has to be the cloud computing industry, an increasingly important part of the tech world (also read Intel Report Crushes Semiconductor ETFs). ...

Get to the private cloud: Change people, process, technology
Computerworld (blog)
In the last installment on the benefits of cloud computing, we started focusing on the private cloud. For most enterprises, this seems the most logical starting point as all uncertainty, doubt and risk is contained within the corporate data center. ...

Logicalis Enterprise Cloud Attains VMware vCloud Powered Validation
WebHosting.Info
Logicalis, a provider of integrated information and communications technology (ICT) solutions, recently announced that its Logicalis Enterprise Cloud (LEC) public cloud service has achieved VMware vCloud Powered status, illustrating to customers that ...

Cloud Storage Firm IceWEB Names Chief Marketing Officer
Web Host Industry Review
By Justin Lee, January 06, 2012 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Cloud storage provider IceWEB announced on Friday it has named Steven Toole as chief marketing officer. Toole is a cloud storage industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in all ...

Web Host Industry Review

KIT digital buys cloud TV service Sezmi for $27M
VatorNews
The cloud-based TV delivery platform company, Sezmi, was recently acquired by KIT digital for approximately $27 million (in a mixture of stock and cash), according to the company Friday. Founded in 2007, Sezmi had raised more than $75 million in ...

Cloud Computing and the 2012 National Defense Appropriations Act
govWin (blog)
I have to admit that I am basically an idealist and naively believe that government agencies progress through data center consolidation to the eventual cloud computing service delivery model should be based upon a carefully developed business case ...

ZapThink Announces Cloud Computing and Training Events in London, UK
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
ZapThink, a Dovèl Technologies Company, will be involved in three separate events in London, England, this March: Virtue Insight's 4th Annual Cloud Computing Summit 2012, IRM UK's CloudComputing for Architects, and ZapThink's Licensed ZapThink ...

Rackspace Cloud Will Expand in Dallas
Data Center Knowledge
Rackspace Hosting has leased a large chunk of data center space in Richardson, Texas to expand its growing cloud computing operation. On Dec. 29 the company leased 58200 square feet of data center space at Digital Realty Trust's huge Datacenter Park ...

Data Center Knowledge

US Army to put cloud in containers
DatacenterDynamics
The US Army has awarded a US$250m contract to four companies to build a cloud environment that will reside in both traditional and mobile data centers. MicroTech – one of the awardees – says this is the army's first cloud computing contract. ...

DatacenterDynamics

BitTorrent-Powered App Shares Files With Friends
PC Magazine
By Mark Hachman A new sharing application, powered by BitTorrent, appears poised to offer an alternative to Dropbox and other cloud-based storage and distribution systems. Users can upload video files, zipped files of photos, or other large files into ...

New tech park to boost cloud computing: Siew
Taipei Times
Vice President Vincent Siew (蕭萬長) yesterday lauded Super Micro Computer Inc, a Taiwanese-founded US-based server system manufacturer, for boosting the development of cloud computing in the country by setting up a high-tech park in northern Taiwan. ...

Cloud HCM and the Rypple effect
BusinessCloud9
Whatever worldview you subscribe to, the reality is that Salesforce.com, the Cloud CRM champion, now has skin in the Cloud HCM market – which is looking increasingly competitive with SAP, Oracle and Workday also making a serious push to offer 'next ...

New Cloud Service Enables Storing, Accessing, Editing Photos and Videos From ...
imaging resource (press release)
New York, NY – January 6, 2012 – TriPlay, a multi-faceted technology company focused on providing globally-available multimedia services, today announced MyDigipack, a new cloud storage service that uniquely addresses the needs of users who want to ...

Huge cloud computing data breach waiting to happen - Inside ...
By Karl Flinders
This year promises to be one that will be remembered as the year that outsourcing to the cloudgained significant momentum. But it could also be the year that cyber-attackers target the cloud and send shockwaves through corporations by ...
Inside Outsourcing

Inside The Cloud Computing ETF (SKYY) - Zacks.com
By Eric Dutram
Inside The Cloud Computing ETF (SKYY)-With tech one of the few growth areas in the market, many investors may be well-served by taking a closer look at First Trust's Cloud Computing ETF (SKYY).
Zacks Investment Research - All...

Cloud Key Holder — ACCESSORIES -- Better Living Through Design
By Katie
Magnets hold your key ring in place under a little white cloud; hopefully it will help you avoid the frantic search when trying to find your keys. Keyholder with magnets in ABS and nylon. Designer: Duncan Shotton. Also available from his shop ...
Better Living Through Design

dailywireless.org » 02: Olympic WiFi Cloud
By Sam Churchill
BSkyB acquired The Cloud earlier this year, with more than 4000 hotspots. The Cloud now has over 5000 hotspots thoughout the UK. British Sky Broadcasting, a pay-TV company, says it will leave it to the pub and club owners to decide ...
dailywireless.org

Friday Cloud News Roundup | GMO Cloud America
By miccilopez
Cloud Computing News Highlights: Cloud BCP, Magnum Cloud, Mckesson Strategic Supply Sourcing, What is New About the Cloud, Cloud Fundamentals Video Series.
GMO Cloud America

“On your mark … Get set … CLOUD!” (Part 1) : Cloud Security ...
By Zenobia Godschalk
The same reality holds true for cloud processing. If we are to reap the benefits promised through the global computing utility model offered by the cloud, then we must get to the “GO” command and start competing for payoffs. To be sure ...
Cloud Security Alliance Blog

Great cloud providers furnished by oracle » OpenFire
By Helen
Oracle developers have designed the cloud computing. That is meant for organizations that take place to be interested in manifeste also as for private cloud atmosphere. Acquiring collectively pretty lots of cloud solutions from the oracle the ...
OpenFire

Private cloud computing enviroments | de-fotografen.com
By carolhuggins
Oracle programmers have made the cloud computing. That is often meant for organizations which might be looking for out manifeste and in addition for private cloud environment. Acquiring with each and every other plenty of cloud expert ...
de-fotografen.com

Federated identity management: Made for the cloud | Thoughts on ...
By Stephen Viselli
The motivations for moving your business' existing internal applications to the cloud, developing new applications in the cloud, or subscribing to cloud- based software as a service products are clear. But just in case you missed them, or this is ...
Thoughts on Cloud

Ping! Zine » Hiring for Cloud Computing Skills Grows 61%
By Ping! Zine Editor
Computer Specialists and Programmers are most commonly required to have cloud computing experience. However, as cloud-based software increasingly impacts additional areas of business, other fields are more commonly required to ...
Ping! Zine

Check Your Bandwidth on the Cloud | Blogs | ITBusinessEdge.com
By webadmin@itbusinessedge.com
Seven Signs You've Backed Your Cloud into a Corner There are many opportunities to make strategic errors that wind up doing more harm than good. The cloud is a.
Arthur Cole

CloudOn Returns Cloud-Hosted Office for iPad to App Store - Mac ...
By Jordan Golson
Earlier this week, stealth startup CloudOn released a free iPad app that aimed to bring the functionality of Microsoft Office to the iPad. One day...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...

Middleware for Your Cloud : Technical Viewpoints
By bglover
rPath Cloud Engine provides a full-lifecycle IT workflow modeling capability that tracks delivery of an application from an initial development project, through physical or cloud provisioning, and into continued management. Through standard ...
Technical Viewpoints

Virtual Storage in the Cloud | Cloud Computing Journal
The recent Cloud Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, was the largestCloud Computing conference ever produced with more ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2115846

SunGard: Four Predictions for Enterprises Cloud Services in 2012 ...
The past year saw the term "cloud" gain unprecedented visibility, moving it from the ... The cloud'sgrowth in popularity, however, didn't necessarily translate into ...
vmblog.com/.../sungard-four-predictions-for-enterprises-cloud...

The Link Between Browser Share, Cloud Computing, and Security ...
Some interesting ambient cloud news came out on January 1. Internet Explorer is continuing its decline and Google Chrome is benefiting. (And my old, formerly.
cloudsecurity.trendmicro.com/the-link-between-browser-share...



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