Tuesday, February 21, 2012

HP to boost cloud investment

HP to boost cloud investment
ITWeb
By Alex Kayle, Senior portals journalist Cloud computing is a big opportunity for HP and is core to its strategy, says the company's Frank van Rees. Over the next two to five years, 80% of enterprises in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will move into the cloud ...

ITWeb 

Savvis Launches Enterprise-Class Cloud Services in Japan
Sacramento Bee
"The Savvis Symphony suite of cloud services meets the rapidly increasing demand for enterprisecloud in the high-growth Japan market," said Mark Smith, managing director, Asia, for Savvis. "Savvis' proven, global cloud services enable organizations to ...

2X Software Wins the TMCnet Cloud Computing Excellence Award for 2X ...
Sacramento Bee
By 2X Software Ltd 2X Software, global leader in virtual desktop and application delivery solutions, today announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named 2X Software as a 2011Cloud Computing Excellence Award winner, presented by ...

CohesiveFT Selected as G-Cloud 'CloudStore' Specialist Cloud Services Supplier
MarketWatch (press release)
CHICAGO, IL and LONDON, Feb 20, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- CohesiveFT, leader in enterprise cloud control, was awarded a Framework Agreement to supply Specialist Cloud Services to the UK Government via its G-Cloud programme. The G-Cloud initiative ...

Connecting the Next Big Wave of Cloud Computing Infrastructure
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb 20, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ethernet Technology Summit 2012 -- Aquantia, the leading developer of High Speed Ethernet connectivity solutions for cloud computingand large scale data center deployments, announced today it will be ...

Government promises savings from CloudStore cloud computing
Telegraph.co.uk
The Government's new cloud computing service CloudStore has been introduced with promises it will allow public sector bodies to buy software and infrastructure more quickly, cheaply and with greater transparency. By Christopher Williams, Technology...

Telegraph.co.uk

Government launches G-Cloud store with 257 cloud computing suppliers
V3.co.uk
by Rosalie Marshall The first iteration of the G-Cloud store is now up and running with 257 suppliers offering the public sector around 1700 cloud computing services for year-long contracts. The G-Cloud initiative, dubbed CloudStore, aims to bring a ...

V3.co.uk

Cloud-Computing Risks: Due Diligence And Insurance
Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
Should a company be sending information to a third-party cloud site that hosts data for other businesses? And just what specific information is being sent: customer information? Trade secrets? Employee health information? Those selling cloud-computing ...

Skyscape Cloud Services awarded G-Cloud Framework Agreement
IT News Online
London - February 20th 2012 - Skyscape Cloud Services Limited, the easy to adopt, easy to use and easy to leave assured Cloud Services Company, today announced that it has been awarded the G-Cloud Framework from the Government Procurement Service, ...

Rackspace, AT&T Among Players in Cloud Computing
Cabot Wealth Advisory
The growing cloud-computing services field is becoming packed with companies both new and old, including Rackspace (RAX) and AT&T (T), Investor's Business Daily reported. AT&T hopes to acquirecloud-services customers by playing to its strong suit of ...

Redstone included in cloud computing initiative
Stock Market Wire
StockMarketWire.com - Redstone, the integrated ICT and Communications Solutions provider, has announced its successful inclusion on the G-cloud framework - a new government initiative to allow the public sector to more easily procure cloud services.

Some Recent Cloud Computing Acquisitions – I
CloudTweaks News
This is the second in a continuing series on cloud computing acquisitions. You can read the first one in the series here: Some Recent Cloud Computing Acquisitions. This article covers two recent acquisitions. IBM seems to be on an acquisition spree as...

CloudTweaks News

G-Cloud app store gives small businesses a lift
ZDNet UK
CloudStore opened on Sunday, with services from 257 companies offered to public-sector organisations in a browsable, GCHQ-vetted catalogue of cloud services, ranging from rentable infrastructure, applications and platforms to consultancy.

ZDNet UK

Governments Warming up to Cloud Computing
Infoboom
In 2011, the TechAmerica Foundation put together a group of experts in the hopes of establishing guidance for local and state governments to adopt cloud computing. The vision was to help use thecloud to increase collaboration and effectiveness while ...

European Commission cloud data rules 'may drive away business'
ITworld.com
February 20, 2012, 7:01 AM — 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 acloud environment, according to cloud legal experts.

Icelandic Steam, French Bidding Wars: Europe and Cloud Computing in Early 2012
CloudTweaks News
putting cash where its proverbial mouth is regarding the presence of cloud computingthroughout the EU. At Switzerland's World Economic Forum, Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes announced that Europe is ready to pledge 10 million euro to a ...

CloudTweaks News

Rackspace targets government G-Cloud contracts in the UK
CTR
Rackspace Hosting, provider of cloud computing offerings, announced Monday that the company has been selected as a vendor to the government's £60m G-Cloud framework. Rackspace can now supply Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and higher level ...

China Telecom to establish cloud-computing base in Chengdu
China Daily
By Zhao Qian (chinadaily.com.cn) Chengdu and China Telecom signed on Feb 10 to co-establish a western cloud-computing base in Chengdu. This marks Chengdu as the third core node of the Internet Data Center (IDC) and cloud computing operation center of ...

Francis Maude leads all-star speaker line-up at the Cloud Computing World ...
IT News Online
With a second round of procurement due within the coming months and a number of issues still related to the on-going development of governmental cloud services, the Cloud Computing World Forum promises to be a vital platform for both public and private ...

Making The Leap From Public To Hybrid Cloud Computing
CloudTweaks News
While the Private vs Public Cloud debate continues to plod along, a major PublicCloud user struck an equally massive blow for Hybrid Cloud when Zynga decided to make the move from AWS to their own zCloud private servers. In a move which flipped 80% of ...

CloudTweaks News

ClearDATA Provides HIPAA-Compliant Healthcare Cloud Hosting Services with HP
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
ClearDATA Networks, Inc., the fastest-growing provider of cloud computing services for the healthcare industry, today announced it is offering HIPAA-compliant cloud hosting services with HP. ClearDATA will provide specialized healthcare-as-a-service ...

Government invites submissions on provision of public cloud services
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
"The Government has formulated a strategy to adopt cloud computing in delivering its e-services. We aim to establish a government cloud environment progressively over the next few years to support a range of government-wide applications," a spokesman ...

How Setting the Cloud Free Could Change the Internet Forever
Mashable
In reality, however, cloud computing is very much tethered to the physical world, through football-field-sized warehouses of connected servers that enable it. A computing job, though it can be accessed from anywhere in the world, can't be easily moved ...

Virtustream Approved as G-Cloud Supplier - Offers Secure, Government-Class ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Public sector organizations worldwide are demanding cloud services to take advantage of the significant cost and operational efficiencies possible with cloud computing. However, government organizations are also held to very rigorous data security and ...

Cloud Computing and the Drummond Report
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Our next best practices white paper and workshop is going to be 'Cloud Computing and the Drummond Report'. This is a dramatic report recently published to chronicle the fiscal position of the Province of Ontario, with a comprehensive list of ...

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)

NTT Communications Ticks All the G-Cloud Tender Boxes
MarketWatch (press release)
NTT Communications, provider of consultancy, architecture, security and cloud services to optimize the information and communications technology (ICT) environments of enterprises, announced today that it has been selected to join the government's £60 ...

CloudStore: public sector Cloud purchasing leads to other questions
BusinessCloud9
Now UK public sector buyers have their own catalogue from which to select Cloud services and providers, but that doesn't of course mean that they're going to know how to deploy them most effectively. That's one of the challenges addressed by new ...

Rackspace Eyes Government G-Cloud Contracts
Business Wire (press release)
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the service leader in cloud computing, has been selected as a vendor to the government's £60m G-Cloud framework. Rackspace can now supply Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and higher level ...

Small Business Empowerment Through Cloud Computing | GMO ...
By miccilopez
Of all the usual benefits that cloud computing gives to small businesses, the best yet is that it allows them to focus on transforming their business operations rather than on IT.
GMO Cloud America

Company RSS The Latest Reports || Cloud Computing Market in ...
There are not many decision makers who understand the terminology of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS and the differences between Public Cloud, Private Cloud and Hybrid Cloud. One of the major drivers forcloud services in India is reduced capital ...
BriefingWire.com

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Ken Stephens, Senior Vice ...
By Sramana Mitra
Monday, February 20, 2012 53756No --thought-leaders-in-cloud-computing-ken-stephens-senior-vice-president-of-cloud-services-xerox-part-+ ...
Sramana Mitra

Cloud Storage Choices on Windows Azure | Janakiram MSV
By Jani
Many architects face the challenge of mapping and aligning the physical architecture with the Cloudarchitecture. This is primarily due to the wide array of choices on the Cloud and also due to some of the constraints introduced by the Cloud.
Janakiram MSV

2X Software Wins the TMCnet Cloud Computing Excellence Award ...
2X Software, global leader in virtual desktop and application delivery solutions, today announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named 2X Software as a 2011 Cloud ComputingExcellence Award winner, presented by Cloud Computing Magazine. 2X Software earned this industry award for the 2X ApplicationServer XG ... Savvis Launches Enterprise-Class Cloud Servicesin Japan (02/20/12) · Savvis Launches Enterprise-Class Cloud Services in Japan (02/20/ 12) ...
ITbriefing.net

Video: Ethical Cloud Computing for Legal Professionals | Inside ...
While ethics opinions are still forming, early indicators from the ABA and California state that lawyers must use due diligence to use the cloud responsibly. Know the questions to ask, what the risks are, and what you can do to maximize your ...
Inside-Cloud

DB2 and Informix partners realize new business value through “the ...
By Bernie Spang
Last post I wrote about the value of “Cloud” technologies to improve an organization's agility and IT economics. But I forgot to mention the impact that this technology evolution can have for business application providers. There are two stories I ...
Smarter Computing Blog

Virtustream Approved as G-Cloud Supplier – Offers Secure ...
Public sector organizations worldwide are demanding cloud services to take advantage of the significant cost and operational efficiencies possible with cloud computing. However, government organizations are also held to very rigorous data ...
Enterprise Communications and...

Cloud Computing and the Drummond Report « Cloud Computing ...
By Neil McEvoy
Our next best practices white paper and workshop is going to be 'Cloud Computing and the Drummond Report'. This is a dramatic report recently published to chronicle the fiscal position of the Province of Ontario, with a comprehensive list of ...
Cloud Computing Best Practices

Cloud Computing – TO BE OR NOT TO BE SECURE! | Macbeth ...
By scott
As cloud computing popularity soared through 2011 and is continuing to gain momentum in 2012, will last year be remembered as the year of the Cloud or the year cyber-attackers jumped for joy! Businesses are having to be concerned with ...
Macbeth Chartered Insurance Brokers...

British Government launches Government Cloud Store with 257 ...
By Albin Paul
UK Government launches G-Cloud store with 257 cloud computing suppliers. Offering the public sector around 1700 cloud computing services for year-long contracts. The G-Cloud initiative, dubbed CloudStore, aims to bring a broader range ...
Clinical Research Clinical Trial and ...

Atos, EMC and VMware to form open cloud computing alliance ...
By vendorpageid_443
Interop_logo_2011_small_medium. INTEROP Mumbai. Atos, EMC and VMware to form open cloud computing alliance. February 19 - 11:16PM. Atos to create Canopy, a one-stop-shop company for advanced cloud services; EMC and VMware ...
Spiceworks Community

Government Moves Toward Cloud Computing 'Perfect Storm ...
As FedRAMP initiative ramps up, cloud service providers can look forward to clearer guidance from federal clients and a robust market as administration tech ...
www.computerworld.com/.../Government_Moves_Toward_Cl...

Future of Cloud Computing : From a Broad Perspective | Windows 7 ...
Future of Cloud Computing from a broader aspect is quite glorious from ... Within past two yearsCloud Computing the growth of Cloud Computing is quite sharp ...
thecustomizewindows.com/.../future-of-cloud-computing-fro...

Cloud Computing: An Overview - YouTube
What does "cloud computing" mean? What is the ... Cloud Computing: An Overview. Oracle ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=19EmMaM3q8Y

Cloud Computing in the Medical Field « EHRScope.com
Access to medical records is an important factor in patient care. Electronic Medical Records (EMR) give physicians, labs, and other health care providers access ...
www.ehrscope.com/cloud-computing-in-the-medical-field



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