Monday, February 20, 2012

Cloud Computing Business Trends in 2012

Cloud Computing Business Trends in 2012
CloudTimes
Most business-to-customer (B2C) clamor is for companies to move to social networking, mobile cloud and cloud services. This trend enhances the agility on business-to-business applications. This also, pushes forward the consumer-as-a-service (CaaS) ...

CloudTimes

Google's Cloud Storage Service 'Drive' Spotted in the Wild
Tom's Hardware Guide
Just last week, rumors surfaced that said Google was close to launching its own cloud storageservice to rival existing products like DropBox and Box.net. Word on the street was that the service would offer both paid and free space for consumers ...

Cloud computing company unveils plans to go public
Lagonian.com
Foster City-based E2open Inc. has registered for an initial public offering to sell up to $86.2 million in stock. Founded in 2000, E2open is a provider of on-demand software solutions that enables companies to manage their supply chains.

Salesforce.com: 'Cloud computing debate Is over' for public sector
ITworld.com
By Kenneth Corbin, CIO | Cloud Computing Add a new comment February 17, 2012, 10:58 AM — WASHINGTON -- In the federal government, which carries a roughly $80 billion annual IT budget, the question of cloud computing is no longer a question of "if ...

Rackspace, Dell & HP play in cloud computing sandbox
ComputerWeekly.com (blog)
By Adrian Bridgwater on February 18, 2012 10:38 AM | No Comments Cloud computing has a problem. Well, it's not so much a problem; it's more of a question of perception. Potential cloudconverts appear to be put off by concerns over security inside ...

Large System Integrators Losing Their Hold on Government Contracts as G-Cloud ...
Sacramento Bee
By Memset Award-winning British cloud provider, Memset®, today awarded a Framework Agreement for the provision of G-Cloud Services, says large system integrators are starting to loose their hold on government contracts as the G-Cloud partners are ...

2 Incredible Ways to Play Cloud Computing
DailyFinance
The large growth it posted lends credibility to the cloud-computing investor thesis and gives the naysayers something to watch. Certainly there are other competitors in this space, including Amazon.com, Apple, and Google, but there will certainly be a ...

VMware to expand cloud operations in Gujarat
Business Standard
Having opened its office in Ahmedabad recently, VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, is now looking to tap the growing demand for virtualisation and cloud computing based solutions from Gujarat.

Dell, Siemens Collaborate on Cloud Medical Image Storage
eWeek
As the amount of medical data explodes, Dell and Siemens look to provide the health care industry with extra storage space in the cloud. Dell and Siemens are coming together to provide a massive amount of cloud storage space for medical images.

GovDelivery Chosen as Cloud Computing Supplier for UK Government G-Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, Feb 19, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- GovDelivery announced today that they have been accepted into the UK Government's G-Cloud programme and will be listed in the G-Cloudcatalogue. The government first proposed the G-Cloud initiative to ...

Arm of insurer turns to the cloud
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
The system, known as cloud computing, involves storing information and software applications on remote servers that are accessed through a secure Internet connection. In health care, this means a doctor does not have to go to a particular computer for ...

European Commission cloud data rules 'may drive away business'
ComputerworldUK
By Antony Savvas | Computerworld UK | Published 01:23, 19 February 12 The European Commission's draft changes to the existing EU Directive on Data Protection are likely to "drive business away from Europe" and not fully work in a cloud environment, ...

HP To Focus On Game-Changing Capabilities Of Cloud Computing At IDC's Middle ...
Middle East Events (press release)
HP will also be discussing the new Cloud Solutions that advance deployment of private, public and hybrid clouds, enabling enterprises, service providers and governments to capitalize on emerging market opportunities. With thousands of successful cloud ...

Domino's Pizza finishes last piece of cloud computing move
ITworld.com
The company is using the hosted RackConnect service from supplier Rackspace for its applications and platforms. Domino's, the world's largest pizza delivery firm, announced the completion of the switchover as it reported that online sales had rocketed ...

Google v Microsoft in the Cloud - round two, seconds out
BusinessCloud9
Microsoft picked up accreditation in all four lots in the catalogue: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and Cloudconsulting services. In practical terms that means users can buy from a package of public Cloud services including Windows Azure, Office 365, CRM Online and ...

Multitenancy and Cloud Platforms: Four Big Problems
Wired News
It feels a little blasphemous to type this while Cloud Connect, the cloud industry's premier conference, takes place just 30 miles away. But sometimes when you see a balloon rising from all of the hot air filling it, you gotta take aim with the BB gun ...

Cloud Calling
Indian Express
In such a scenario, it is only natural to abandon local storage and live off the cloud. Enter Huawei's cloud phones Sonic and Ideos X3, which come with 16GB of cloud storage. Compare this with existing services like Dropbox, which offer only 2GB of ...

Google promises less frustrating Chromebooks
SlashGear
Google's Chromebooks, web-centric ultraportables intended to drive adoption of cloud-computing, are set to get faster, the company has confirmed, as it makes a second try at the notebook market. “We are really looking forward to the next generation of ...

SlashGear

Press Release: HP to focus on game-changing capabilities of cloud computing at ...
MEED (subscription) (press release)
HP is partnering with IDC in the 2012 Middle East CIO Summit as Summit Partner , to discuss the ever-increasing role of ICT to grow businesses in the region, and the importance placed on technology from the boardroom. Daily online access and weekly ...

Google Drive Could be for Music Entertainment System, Google TV
Spacelab
The new Google Drive could be a cloud storage drive for Google Music or Google TV, as well as the interesting Google entertainment device that's been talked about. It appears to be a Google clouddrive, or file storage for music, media files and other ...

Doing more with Dell efficient IT solutions
Philippine Star
Cloud computing. In cloud computing, IT resources are virtually pooled and delivered as services shared by many applications. Users provision these services from the pool, consume them, and then return them to the pool, where they can be used by other ...

This Week's 5 Headline Making Stocks That Are Poised To Move
Seeking Alpha
As noted in the article: The deal suggests the industry's recent buying streak for Web-based software, commonly referred to as cloud computing, is continuing; however, the mild 18% premium over Wednesday's close raises questions about what tech giants ...

Martin Roll: Is Gooooooooogle Stretched Too Thin?
Jakarta Globe
However, starting with the technological revolutions in the early 1970s and followed by the many crowd- and cloud-based media and computing innovations ushered in by the Internet explosion of the early 1990s, many new companies have come to prominence.

Jakarta Globe

The future of the channel
ITP.net
Aptec Distribution's move into the MSP and cloud computing initiatives through its Datacenter Partner Alliance Program is a great example of how distribution can transform and play a critical role. When you factor in private cloud growth, ...

SkyDrive premium plans, new Windows and Mac apps revealed ?
Technology Bites
The site also refers that this offering is not related to Live Mesh product, which is acloud storage option from Microsoft and offers 5GB of free storage. It doesn't make sense to have two cloud storage services with different offerings so we can ...

Technology Bites

Limpag: Is this the end of SMS?
Sun.Star
One of the things to look forward to in the new OS is the integration of Reminders and its working with the cloud. Items you add in Reminders in OS X will be added to your Reminders in your iPhone or iPad. This would be a great way to centralize to-do ...

OS X Mountain Lion: A big cat for business?
CIO Magazine
In Mountain Lion, iCloud will put cloud storage front and center. Mountain Lion's open and save dialogs will include an iOS-like view of a user's iCloud storage space, including iOS-style "folders" for grouping documents. Any documents stored in this ...

Mohamed Rafik Babu – Winner of 15 Min Session at Microsoft Open Door Kuwait
MicrosoftFeed
Mohamed Rafik Babu, Director of Information Technology of PMI Arabian Gulf Chapter (Kuwait) won the 15 min session at Microsoft Open Door Kuwait where he presented about “Program and Portfolio Management in Cloud Computing Era!”.

MicrosoftFeed

78 New APIs: Microsoft Bing, Bloomberg, Gilt Groupe, Navteq and PayPal
ProgrammableWeb (blog)
Fabasoft Folio API: Fabasoft Folio Cloud is cloud based software that offers enterprises a number of business applications within a single cloud computing environment. Developers can use FolioCloud as a platform on which to develop their own apps.

After first Anon hack, PR firm failed to update other .gov websites
Ars Technica
Both of the attacked servers were set up for the FTC by the public relations firm Fleishman-Hilliard under the same contract, and ran on servers the firm provisioned from web hosting and cloud services provider Media Temple. But even after the server ...

Apple OS X 'Mountain Lion': Five Features for Small Businesses
eWeek
As more small businesses turn to cloud computing to reduce costs and increase the availability of company data and documents, Apple's new OS helps midmarket companies easily connect to thecloud. Mountain Lion makes it possible to set up iCloud and ...

Discover the Power of Cloud Computing - Info Edu Day 2012 ...
By Lara Khoury
What is info Edu Day? The place to explore all the latest technology and professional knowledge. The biggest professional educational all day event hosted under one roof. Covers a wide range of technologies through 36+ different free ...
MSDN Blogs

beamtenherrschaft: Special Issue on: "Cloud Computing and Web ...
By Ralf Klamma
By offering computing as a utility at a high economy of scale, cloud computing has great potential to reshape the landscape of the IT industry. Following a service-oriented paradigm, cloud computing enables customers to build scalable ...
beamtenherrschaft

"Open" For Business: The Debate Begins - Cloud Computing ...
We have technical and strategy sessions for you every day from June 11 through June 14 dealing with every nook and cranny of Cloud Computing and Big Data, but what of those who are presenting? Who are they, where do they work, what else h... Feb. 18, 2012 08:30 AM EST Reads: 645. CloudExpo New ... 2011 was a year of rapid adoption for public and private cloud services. Instant and on-demand server provisioning was the driving force behind the massive growth. On top ...
Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal

Graphic proof of big demand for big data talent — Cloud Computing ...
By Barb Darrow
If you want proof of a skills gap in big data, check out these charts. In the past 12 months, demand for "big data" specialists, including the relataively new data scientist category, have exploded, according to Indeed.com listings.
GigaOM

CSA Italy supporterà l'organizzazione del primo corso EMEA CCSK ...
By Alberto Manfredi
“We're also happy to be able to provide the CCSK Basic and Plus training options for those that want to learn about cloud computing and have the opportunity to learn about the cloud via hands-on exercises. And we thank our friends at CA ...
Cloud Security Alliance - Italy Chapter

GovDelivery Chosen as Cloud Computing Supplier - All VoIP News
By AllVoIPNews
GovDelivery Chosen as Cloud Computing Supplier. All about VoIP solutions and small business telephone systems. VoIP providers, new PBX systems and IP phones.
All VoIP News

Leading IT optimisation consultancy Intergence, announced as ...
By admin
Leading IT optimisation consultancy Intergence, a business focused on people and performance in IT infrastructure, has been announced as one of the suppliers of the UK Government's cloud computing procurement initiative, G-Cloud. The framework will feature services divided into four segments, with Intergence as part of the specialist cloud services. Other supplier segments include infrastructure as a service, software as a service and platform as a service. As part of the £60m ...
CGMETP

TechAmerica Foundation calls Governments move to the Cloud ...
By lidia
TechAmerica Foundation's Cloud Commission for State and Local Government examined five key aspects of cloud: Issues for State and Local Government – Key concerns and benefits of cloud computing for governments. Technology for ...
PapiTV

BT: Beyond Security – How the cloud will (and won't) impact your ...
By JamJam
It asks what are the most important security issues today? And how, if at all, will these be impacted by the cloud? It looks at what a CEO should be asking his CIO about security to ensure his enterprise adopts cloud services appropriately and ...
Black People In Business - World Wide

Government Moves Toward Cloud Computing 'Perfect Storm' CIO.com
As FedRAMP initiative ramps up, cloud service providers can look forward to clearer ... tech chiefs press on toward a 'Perfect Storm' in cloud computing. ... McClure explained that developing a common set of controls for cloud services across ...
www.cio.com/.../Government_Moves_Toward_Cloud_Compu...

NSF Releases Cloud Computing Report | Cloud Computing Journal
The National Science Foundation released their report on cloud computing. It can be .... 2011 was a year of rapid adoption for public and private cloud services.
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2159895

David Nielsen on the State of Cloud Computing Development
Richard Campbell and Carl Franklin chat with David Nielsen about the current state of application development in the cloud, including his thoughts on Windows ...
www.devproconnections.com/.../cloud-development-141033

Google's Rumored Cloud Storage Service Would Complement ...
It's been rumored for years now that Google will launch a cloud-based ... the rise of 'cloud computing,' or storing files online so that they can be retrieved from ...
https://www.linux.com/.../544258-googles-rumored-cloud-stor...

How Managed IT Services Can Help ... - Cloud Computing Topics
A cloud. Cloud computing for business is essentially software and application ... To see the benefits of cloud computing, some managers may want to try other ...
cloudcomputingtopics.com/.../how-managed-it-services-can-h...



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