Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Counting on a Rush to the Cloud

Counting on a Rush to the Cloud
New York Times (blog)
In effect, Mr. Georgens is predicting a much faster move to cloud computing than most of his peers and industry analysts. Information technology, he says, “is where manufacturing was 30 years ago, when people said, 'I can't outsource my process, ...

New York Times (blog)

Windows on an iPad: OnLive Desktop rents you PC in the cloud
CNET
by Scott Stein January 9, 2012 2:43 PM PST Follow @jetscott The limitations currently make such a proposition unlikely, but OnLive's announcement of a cloud-based Windows environment for the iPad provides an alternative to the App Store. ...

Cloud Services Emerge as CES Trend
PCWorld
By Ian Paul, PCWorld Jan 9, 2012 6:32 AM Lenovo and Acer are following software giants such as Apple, Google and Microsoft into the cloud with services that make your music, videos, photos, and documents available instantly across all your devices. ...

Cloud, APIs, LTE: AT&T Makes the Biggest Splash On Day 1 of CES 2012
ReadWriteWeb
The carrier is hosting its annual developers' summit in Las Vegas and made a bevy of announcements today including new HTML5 APIs for developers, six new Android phones and one, enormous, Windows Phone, a partnership with an important cloud operator. ...

Lenovo's cloud vision could use a tailwind
CNET
First Acer outlined its cloud plan, which revolves around basically copying other services. Sync your documents and pictures across devices—as long as they're Acer. Sound familiar? You bet. Acer cribbed everything that Apple, Amazon, Google, ...

CNET

Cloud Computing Report Card: Grading Our Predictions
Network World
By Bernard Golden, CIO A year ago I laid out my predictions for cloud computing in 2011. In the spirit of honesty and willingness to display my errors in public, I thought it would be useful to recap those predictions, grade them, comment on them and ...

Netgear unveils Smart Network Cloud App Platform, invites developers
CNET
by Dong Ngo January 9, 2012 10:49 AM PST Follow @riceandstirfry LAS VEGAS--Netgear announced today at CES 2012 its Smart Network Cloud Application Platform (SNCP), which enables consumers to purchase and download apps from the cloud to optimize and ...

CNET

D-Link Cloud router gets down-to-earth pricing
CNET (blog)
by Dong Ngo January 9, 2012 2:00 PM PST Follow @riceandstirfry LAS VEGAS--D-Link today unveiled a portfolio of Cloud Services that includes a new router that costs just $40. The device in question is the Cloud Router (model DIR-605L), ...

CNET (blog)

Army Awards $250 Million Cloud Contract
InformationWeek
IBM, Lockheed Martin, and HP will help the military consolidate data centers and provision IT via a private cloud. By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek The US Army has awarded nearly $250 million to a group of contractors to consolidate data centers ...

Siemens Enterprise Communications' OpenScape Cloud Services Leverage Fortinet ...
MarketWatch (press release)
When Siemens Enterprise Communications launched its OpenScape Cloud Services to extend its voice and UC services to customers using a public cloud, the company looked at setting up secure and reliable IT and communications infrastructures as well as ...

Mobile, Cloud, App Wish List for 2012
eWeek
NEWS ANALYSIS: Wishing for things that should be fixed or would like to see happen in mobile, wireless and cloud computing. Recently, I stated my predictions for 2012. Here, I provide my wish list. The difference is simple: In my earlier column, ...

AT&T Joins OpenStack
PCWorld
By Nancy Gohring, IDG News AT&T became the first US telecom service provider to join OpenStack, the organization that has developed an open-source cloud software stack. Having a major carrier like AT&T backing OpenStack will help drive the project ...

Cloud systems 'increasingly popular for up-to-date security'
Hostway
Cloud computer anti-virus software is soon to become the most sought-after security option for protecting sensitive data and private information. This is according to a representative from Techworld, a website offering news and features on technology ...

Hostway

Cloud Computing Lifting Hewlett-Packard Stock To $42
Forbes
The increasing adoption of cloud computing and penetration of mobile devices are the two biggest trends shaping the IT industry today. While a lot is said about the rapid pace at which these technologies are being embraced by consumers and enterprises ...

Army's cloud email move delayed at least 45 days
FederalNewsRadio.com
By Jason Miller It will take the Army at least 45 more days to complete the migration to email in the cloud. Army Deputy Chief Information Officer Mike Krieger wrote in a blog post Jan. 5 the requirement in the 2012 Defense Authorization bill for a ...

Cloud computing in healthcare: the question is not if, but when
FierceHealthIT
comes the drumbeat of exhortations: "to the cloud, to the cloud!" Some industries have already decided that that's the way to go. But healthcare providers aren't so sure, according to a recent report by KLAS Research. When you examine their reasons, ...

CSC unveils a cloud for federal agencies
GCN.com
By Rutrell Yasin CSC has unveiled a cloud computing platform designed primarily for federal agencies, which provides infrastructure-as-a-service offerings. Built using National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines, the CSC CloudCompute for ...

KTL Solutions Adds Acumatica, Award-Winning Cloud ERP
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
KTL Solutions partners with Acumatica Cloud ERP to offer mid-sized businesses cloud ERP software with deployment flexibility, robust customization, and real-time dashboards. KTL Solutions, Microsoft Silver Dynamics ERP Partner, announced today that ...

Omek and Ubitus Announce Collaboration to Develop Cloud-Based Gesture-Enabled ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The service combines Omek's Beckon(TM) technology, which enables gesture gaming experiences across all of the major 3D cameras, and Ubitus' GameCloud technology, which renders games that require graphical processing on the cloud server and processes ...

Nemours Leverages Saba People Cloud Applications for Enterprise-Wide ...
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Saba (NASDAQ:SABA), the premier People Cloud provider, today announced that leading pediatric healthcare system Nemours, is using Saba People Cloud Applications to accelerate enterprise-wide learning and compliance with its Electronic ...

The Aldridge Company Signs MOU to Move Chinese Companies to the Cloud
MarketWatch (press release)
HOUSTON, TX, Jan 09, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Aldridge Company, a leading provider, consultant and integrator of Information Technology and Cloud Computing solutions for SMBs, today announced it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ...

Samsung Debuts a Boatload of Wi-Fi Cameras, Plus Cloud Storage
Mashable
Having Wi-Fi built right into the camera enables quick and easy sharing, and Samusng's also debuting a cloud storage service so you'll have a place to put them. Three Wi-Fi point-and-shoot cameras join the DualView DV300F, which debuted a few days ...

LAPD retreats from the cloud
Police News
A little over a year ago, we reported the bold decision of the City of Los Angeles to move much of its internal communications and records structure to “the cloud,” namely, Google Apps. This decision portended what many viewed as a trend away from ...

Polkast(TM) to Extend Personal Cloud to NAS Devices
MarketWatch (press release)
LAS VEGAS, NV, Jan 09, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Polkast, a revolutionary personalcloud service that securely connects a user's computers and mobile devices directly, is demonstrating a prototype of its latest advancement on the ZyXEL Media ...

Contractors dealt blanket cloud security specs
Nextgov
The White House is speeding ahead on a program to expedite security clearances forcloud products, having just notified contractors of about 170 specific protections soon to be required. The security controls, released Friday, are intended to prepare ...

Nextgov

Rovi Unveils Solution for Providing Cloud Access to DVD and Blu-Ray Disc ...
MarketWatch (press release)
According to Forrester Research, by 2016 the personal cloud services market will hit $12 billion and be used by 196 million consumers; yielding a new computing experience that is focused on seamless access to virtual libraries from across personal ...

AT&T Cloud Architect: lets devs build their own clouds -- Engadget
By Daniel Cooper
We're here at the AT&T Developers keynote and CTO John Donovan just revealed that the network is building AT&T Cloud Architect. It's a deve.
Engadget

eNlight Cloud – Cloud Computing as it should be. Auto Scaling and ...
By Ben
Today, eUKhost Ltd. introduces an entirely new cloud computing product called “eNlight Cloud” - a cost-effective, auto-scaling, pay-per-use cloud hosting.
Official Web Hosting Blog by...

Bridging the Sign-On Gap in the Cloud (Identity Management)
By B Shashikumar
Adding multiple cloud applications to the mix makes it even more difficult for end users and increases the help desk call volume. Single Sign-On can bridge the gap between the enterprise and the cloudwhile reducing user frustration. ...
Oracle Blogs

Is Cloud Computing Green? – GreenMonk: the blog
By tom@redmonk.com (Tom Raftery)
I started the talk by explaining what Cloud Computing is and the many advantages it can bring to companies. However, because none of the Cloud providers are publishing energy figures aroundCloud computing, we can't say whether or not ...
GreenMonk: the blog

Sam Johnston: Cloud computing's concealed complexity
By Sam Johnston
James Urquhart claims Cloud is complex—deal with it, adding that "If you are looking to cloudcomputing to simplify your IT environment, I'm afraid I have bad news for you" and citing his earlier CNET post drawing analogies to a recent flash ...
Sam Johnston

CES 2012: Acer Announces New Cloud Storage Service ...
By Zach Walton
Cloud storage is everywhere, and one of the biggest PC manufacturers just threw their name in the ring. Acer announced at CES the AcerCloud service which.
WebProNews

(Super)computing On the Cloud | CloudTweaks.com - Cloud ...
By cloudtweaks
(Super)computing On the Cloud $1279 an hour – seems a lot to hire a computer, right? What if it's a supercomputer capable of performing 240 trillion.
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...

OnLive Goes Beyond Gaming: Announces Cloud-Based Windows 7 ...
By Frederic Lardinois
Here is some unexpected news from CES: OnLive, the company best known for streaming video games over the Internet, just announced that it will release a new...
SiliconFilter

linux - Cloud Hosting for PHP - Explain away my fears? - Stack ...
By AlishahNovin
The time has come (or maybe it came long ago) for me to consider the cloud. But with the cloudcome a few concerns (all arising out of my own ignorance) and I'm hoping StackOverflow can put my fears to rest. While I've heard some answers ...
Recent Questions - Stack Overflow

CIOs' Challenges in Transitioning to the Cloud | Guest Opinions ...
By sadagopan.s@hcl.com
Sadagopan Singam is Global Vice President, Cloud Computing, HCL Technologies . Cloudcomputing has cast a shadow over the IT landscape in the past several year.
Guest Opinions

The secret behind all those shiny CES gadgets? Cloud computing ...
By Barb Darrow
As usual, a big chunk of the news out of the Consumer Electronics Show this year revolves around bright-and-shiny devices. But this time out, those devices are acting as the trojan horses for the hardware makers' cloud vision. The battle's all ...
GigaOM

Forrester: As Growth Slows, Apple to Be More Influential than Cloud ...
By Scott M. Fulton, III
A devastating assessment of the course of technology growth last Friday from technology analyst Forrester flies in the face of what competitive firms would consider.
ReadWriteWeb



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