Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Microsoft: SkyDrive cloud storage for Windows 8

Microsoft looks set to upgrade SkyDrive cloud storage for Windows 8
TabTimes
by Doug Drinkwater February 21 2012, 10:09 am Comment Announcing the news via the Building Windows 8 blog yesterday, Microsoft said that Windows 8 will bring about a desktop sync, a SkyDrive Metro app and a remote file retrieval solution for the ...

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Microsoft turns SkyDrive into cloud computing storage tool for Windows 8
V3.co.uk
by Daniel Robinson Microsoft has detailed plans to integrate its SkyDrive cloud storage service more closely with Windows 8, a move that will enable users to seamlessly access files on any computer and use SkyDrive as a remote access service to fetch ... 

Microsoft ties SkyDrive tightly to Windows 8
GigaOm
21, 2012, 6:05am PT No Comments Microsoft isn't taking the cloud storagechallenge lying down. The company plans to build in tight links from its upcoming Windows 8 client and its SkyDrive cloud storage, making it easy for users running WIndows 8 on ...

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Microsoft Prepping Windows 8 SkyDrive App
PC Magazine
By Angela Moscaritolo Microsoft is planning to expand its SkyDrive cloud storage service this year by tightly integrating it into Windows 8, the Redmond, Wash. computing giant announced Monday. For starters, Microsoft over the next several months plans ...

Leading Cloud Computing Services Company Etherios Hires Tucker MacLean to Lead ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CHICAGO, Feb 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Etherios, a leading cloud computing services company, today announced the appointment of salesforce.com veteran and former leader of that company's nonprofit programs, Tucker MacLean, as its new Nonprofit and ...

Cloud Services Go Mobile
Channel Partners
Increasingly, that means mobilizing cloud services. Mobile cloud computing means data storage and processing are done on a cloud platform, rather than on mobile devices. True mobile cloud services are device and OS neutral. An Internet connection still ...

Xerox Launches Business Cloud Services to Manage Mobile Devices
MarketWatch (press release)
The service is the latest in Xerox's suite of business cloud services. Cloud-based mobile device management (MDM) eliminates complicated technical implementation and oversight, as well as hardware and software costs. The benefits of Xerox MDM, ...

New Release of Unisys Secure Cloud Computing Solution Gives Clients Better ...
MarketWatch (press release)
21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) today announced release 2.1 of its Unisys Secure Private Cloud Solution. The new release addresses a key challenge facing IT management: lowering IT costs by managing resources more ...

Samsung S-Cloud cloud-based storage service delayed tips source
SlashGear
It seems like everyone is going to cloud storage today, and companies are rushing to get their own cloud storage solutions on the market. Microsoft is working on acloud storage solution. Apple has a cloud storage solution coming, and several others ...

SlashGear

Cloud Computing: Gartner Tracks Rapid Migration to SaaS-based BI, but Security ...
Formtek Blog (blog)
By Dick Weisinger, on February 21st, 2012 Increasingly Business Intelligence (BI) projects are being deployed into the cloud. A report from Gartner found that 17 percent of companies have already moved all their BI projects to the cloud and nearly ...

Attachments.me Goes Automatic, Adds Box To Its Cloud Storage Partners
TechCrunch
The addition of an automatic filtering feature underscores the growth of time-saving services that we're seeing around cloud storage — in other words, it's not just yet another set of dumb folders for filing things away. In this case, attachments.me ...

Latisys Rolls Out Cloud Services to Channel
Channel Partners
IT outsourcing company Latisys is set to launch its cloud services, and with a rebranded channel initiative, Pathways Partner Program. The company's new cloud services will be commercially available April 2, but will debut at the Channel Partners ...

Why corporate cloud storage doesn't add up
InfoWorld (blog)
In particular, the concept of outsourcing storage to a cloud provider puzzles me. I can see some benefits in other cloud services (though I still find the trust aspect difficult to reconcile), but full-on cloud storage offerings don't make sense ...

Connecting the Next Big Wave of Cloud Computing Infrastructure
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Ethernet Technology Summit 2012 – Aquantia, the leading developer of High Speed Ethernet connectivity solutions for cloud computing and large scale data center deployments, announced today it will be joined by Cisco and ...

Attachments.me and Box Team Up To Integrate Gmail and Cloud-storage
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Managing files across e-mail and the cloud has never been easier, thanks to a collaboration announced today between Box and Attachments.me. Box users can now save e-mail attachments directly from their Gmail accounts - via Google Chrome or their mobile ...

CLOUD COMPUTING DEAL BRINGS CHEAPER SERVICES TO PUBLIC SECTOR
PublicNet
The Cabinet Office has announced a deal with IT suppliers that gives all public sector organisations access to cloud based IT services. The G-Cloud framework is set to revolutionise the purchasing, management and delivery of public sector IT services.

Tier 3 Creates Federated Cloud, Welcomes CFN Services as Federated Cloud Partner
Sacramento Bee
CFN Services will leverage the Tier 3 platform to create a Global Financial Services Cloud (also announced today) and offer cloud services to the broader enterprise market. With the Tier 3 Federated Cloud, Tier 3 is now offering a global fabric of ...

Cloud Computing and Cloud Stocks Tiptoe Up 2 Percent
TalkinCloud (blog)
Before we take a look at a few notable winners, it's our standard disclaimer: We maintain the Talkin' Cloud Stocks Index to analyze cloud computing hype vs. real-world performance. We don't offer specific financial advice, and whether you buy, ...

BlueThread Technologies to Unveil Cloud Content Management Solution at the ...
Sacramento Bee
... an Enterprise-class Cloud Content Management solution at the Cloud Computing Conference & Expo 2012 to be held at the New York City Javits Center in June. Skybrary is a software-only solution designed to accelerate the adoption of Cloud Storage, ...

Cloud Computing Enables CIOs To Spend More Time On Strategy, Innovation: Report
Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 (Bernama) -- Cloud computing has enabled Malaysian Chief Information Officers (CIOs) to spend more time on business strategy and innovation, according to a global report released by CA Technologies Tuesday.

In Radio, Outlook for Cloud Is Unclear
Radio World
An alphabet soup of acronyms is associated with cloud computing, and those have been discussed in part articles here. But in a broad sense there are two services provided by cloud computing vendors: storage of data (like email and business records) in ...

Casino Cloud Built by Gaming Firm
PCWorld
By Antony Savvas, computerworlduk.com A casino-specific cloud has been built in the US, in a further sign of the trend towards industry-tailored software as a service solutions. International Game Technology (IGT) is using the AppLogic cloud computing ...

Daily Report: Taser's Next Police Weapon Is the Cloud
New York Times (blog)
By THE NEW YORK TIMES | February 21, 2012, 7:30 am Cloud computing is becoming popular in business and industry because it can cut costs and simplify information technology maintenance. There is no reason law enforcement agencies couldn't benefit too, ...

New York Times (blog)

Zumum Awarded a Governement Framework Agreement for the Provision of G-Cloud ...
PR Urgent (press release)
Zumum Awarded a Governement Framework Agreement for the Provision of G-Cloud Services, to help implement Google Apps in the UK Public Sector. To help the increase in adoption ofCloud Computing technologies in the UK Public Sector the UK Government has ...

Top 5 Distributors for Cloud Enablement
Channelnomics
If distribution has an undisputed king of cloud computing enablement of solution proiders, it's Ingram Micro. According to the forthcoming Cloud & Technology Transformation Alliance's (CTTA) State of the Channel Cloud Report, Ingram Micro led the field ...

Connecticut Business Leaders Congregate to Discuss Cloud Services
Sacramento Bee
20, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On March 1st, five panelists representing various business sectors will gather to lead a discussion on how cloud computing services are affecting businesses, both operationally and strategically.

vCider 2.0 With Cloud Cloaking Creates Secure Virtual Private Clouds Across ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Developers can use vCider VPCs to deploy secure cloud applications that span IaaS regions and platforms. No longer limited to working with a single Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider, developers can build applications that are faster, ...

CFN Services Unveils First Globally-Distributed, High-Performance Public Cloud ...
PR Web (press release)
The Alpha Platform On-Demand is the first public cloud tailored to global financial markets that is available beyond a single trading venue. CFN's on-demand public cloud services will initially be available in North America across key liquidity venues ...

Cloud Storage in the Age of SOPA and Megaupload — Slaw
By Ben Schorr
Be thoughtful about what cloud services you use to store files. New file sharing/storage services are cropping up all the time. It seems like every week I get lawyers asking me about (or worse, boasting about) using some new cloud storage ...
Slaw

Big Data on the Cloud: A better path to deeper business insight ...
By Andrea Ames
Cloud computing. Two of the hottest topics in IT today. Separately they are changing the face of IT, and together they can provide the deep business insight you need from your massive amounts of data in an affordable, flexible infrastructure ...
Smarter Computing Blog

Savvis Launches Enterprise-Class Cloud Services in Japan ...
By editor
“The Savvis Symphony suite of cloud services meets the rapidly increasing demand for enterprise cloud in the high-growth Japan market,” said Mark Smith, managing director, Asia, for Savvis. “Savvis' proven, global cloud services enable ...
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Hostreview.com 7 Emerging Cloud Computing Vendors Providing ...
Gartner predicts that by 2012, 20% of businesses will own no IT assets because of cloud computing.,Cloud Computing,7 Emerging Cloud Computing Vendors Providing Performance & Optimization Services.
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Cloud Computing - The Challenges Small Businesses must know ...
By Charles Costa
With cloud services, the catch is simple – in exchange for convenience, you significantly increase the risk exposure of your company by placing significant trust into systems which you have no control over – period. Although there are many ...
Small Business Technology

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Ken Stephens, Senior Vice ...
By candicearnold
Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Ken Stephens, Senior Vice-President of Cloud Services, Xerox (Part 2) ... The reality is smaller companies have just as much, if not more, to gain fromcloud computing than their larger competitors. So, it's ...
Sramana Mitra

Microsoft Homing in on SMB Cloud | Cloud Computing Journal
The term cloud computing came from the ubiquitous use of a nice, fluffy cumulus cloud to represent the Intternet in a generation of presentations. Its most .... 2011 was a year of rapid adoption for public and private cloud services. Instant and ...
Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal

Why start up in Boston? — Cloud Computing News
By Barb Darrow
It may not be Silicon Valley but the Boston-Cambridge metro area has a lot going for it -- infrastructure expertise, a deep talent pool, and VC funding. Facebook famously went elsewhere, but here's why other local companies started here (and ...
GigaOM

Cloud Computing: Giving Up Control In The Name Of Simplicity
By Krishnan Subramanian
Krish is an analyst and researcher focussed on high impact topics in the areas such as Cloud Computing, Open Source and the interface between them. Krish also evangelizes Open Source and Cloud Computing on various media outlets, ...
CloudAve

Jadu signs up for UK Government Cloud Computing framework with ...
By Mike Johnston
G-Cloud is the Government's formal channel for procuring cloud services. Jadu was among over 600 companies bidding for a place on the G-Cloud catalogue and is now one of the 255 successful suppliers selected for the framework.
Content Management System (CMS)...

Cloud Computing Adoption is Bottom-Up - Thinking Out Cloud
By Geva Perry
Last week I gave a keynote presentation at the CloudConnect conference in Santa Clara. The title of the presentation was: "Surprise! Your Enterprise is Already Using the Public Cloud." Regular readers of this blog (or those who work with me).
Thinking Out Cloud

Aditi Open Talk - Introduction to Cloud Computing - Aditi ...
By Vishnu
Aditi Open Talk - Introduction to Cloud Computing. Author: Sahil Sagar Published: February 21st, 2012. Category: Cloud Introduction to Cloud Computing - It is a nice weather around.
Aditi Technologies Blog

How Western European Telcos Meet the Cloud Computing Needs of ...
By jeffowen
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “How Western European Telcos Meet the Cloud Computing Needs of Enterprises …
Telecom Reseller

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How The Megaupload Shutdown Has Put 'Cloud Computing ...
Of course it hurts cloud computing business plans, because it adds a basic .... to cause a "chilling effect" across the whole hosting and cloud services market.
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