Wednesday, March 14, 2012

CFOs and Cloud Computing: a Love-Hate Relationship?

Why CFOs and Cloud Computing Have a Love-Hate Relationship
Computerworld
By Bernard Golden CIO - As I've noted a number of times, cloud computing promises both greater IT agility and reduced costs. No one disputes the agility issue. Compared to traditional resource deployment that can drag on for weeks or months, cloud ...

New Normal News: The New Normal by Peter Hinssen [video]: "Peter Hinssen, Managing Director, Across Group, describes how IT is evolving in the "New Normal" world of virtualization. CIOs must become masters of systems that are "designed to change," unlike those of the past that were "built to last," he says. . . . Masters of the Cloud or Concierges of the Cloud?"

Broadview Networks Receives 2011 Cloud Computing Excellence Award
MarketWatch (press release)
RYE BROOK, NY, Mar 13, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Broadview Networks, a leading provider of hosted voice, data and cloud computing solutions, announced today that TMC, the global media company, has named Broadview's Cloud Backup and Recovery and Hosted ...

Concerto Cloud Services Announces the Release of Concerto PSA
MarketWatch (press release)
TAMPA, Fla., Mar 13, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Concerto Cloud Services(TM) (Concerto), the preferred choice for integrated Microsoft Dynamics(R) ERP solutions in the cloud, today announced the release of Concerto PSA(R), the first end-to-end, ...

FailProof Technology Now Distributes Hexagrid Cloud Computing Platform to VARs ...
Houston Chronicle
Hexagrid, a leading developer of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing solutions, announces a collaborative partnership with FailProof Technology, a full-service provider of cloudsolutions to VARs and MSPs. As a Value Added Distributor of ...

NJVC's Kevin L. Jackson Co-Authors INSA White Paper on Cloud Computing for the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The white paper, "Cloud Computing: Risks, Benefits and Mission Enhancement for the Intelligence Community," was developed by Jackson and other members of INSA's Cloud Computing Task Force: Bob Gourley, task force chairman, Crucial Point, ...

Analyst Firm Recognizes AT&T as an Industry Leader for Enterprise-Class Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"As we continue to evolve our cloud services for businesses, Gartner's recognition of our strengths in managed hosting, cloud, and support services underscores our commitment to delivering industry-leading enterprise-class solutions," said Caniano.

Wal-Mart Will Start Selling Cloud Storage At 3500 Stores Next Month
paidContent.org
Under its new “Disc to Digital” service, Wal-Mart will begin shepherding consumers through the process of converting their DVD and Blu-ray collections to digital cloud storage starting next month at more than 3500 Wal-Mart stores.

The Cloud Computing Paradigm Shift Is Bigger Than IT
TechNewsWorld
"Cloud computing presents a paradigm shift that is larger than IT, and while there are technology changes with cloud services, the more substantive issues that need to be addressed lie in the business and contracting models applicable to cloud services ...

IT stressed over cloud and video bandwidth demands
Computerworld
By Brandon Butler Network World - IT executives understand the value of cloud services and videoconferencing tools, but one of the chief concerns remains the strain those services put on network bandwidth, according to a study released today.

Oni Launches New Cloud Services for Enterprises Using CA Technologies Cloud ...
Sacramento Bee
"The CA AppLogic platform is a unique, turnkey solution that addresses the disruptive nature ofcloud computing. By selecting this platform, we will be able to help our large enterprise customers reap the full benefits of cloud services," said Miguel ...

Storm Clouds: The Coming Turf Wars Over Cloud Computing
AOL Defense
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. There's lots of happy-happy hype about "the cloud." If you press the experts, though, they'll admit that the savings from adopting cloud computing will come in the long run, not the near term, and only after a lot of hard ...

Lenovo and SugarSync Open Cloud Service to Consumers Worldwide
MarketWatch (press release)
"Lenovo Cloud Storage plays a fundamental role in our plan to expand Cloud services, bringing even more new capabilities to consumers and businesses around the world." Lenovo Cloud Storageby SugarSync will allow users to choose any of their data and ...

Cloud and Bandwidth Demands Challenge IT Teams
MarketWatch (press release)
The results suggest a potential management storm as IT teams face significant monitoring challenges from multiple forms of cloud computing, as well as substantially increased bandwidth demands. Increased bandwidth demands: 33% expect bandwidth ...

What the cloud really means for your IT job
Computerworld
For example, a study by Microsoft and IDC recently predicted that cloud computing will create 14 million jobs internationally by 2015. But those aren't just IT jobs, they are jobs spread around the entire world, across all industries.

Cloud computing to create 70000 jobs in Canada
Vancouver Sun
Cloud computing–the use of external systems to host data and even run software–may be at its tipping point: A recent study commissioned by Microsoft has revealed that cloud computing may create as many as 70000 jobs across Canada.

Hiring Demand for Cloud Computing Skills Skyrocketing
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Recruiters posted more than 5000 online job ads for jobs that require cloud computing skills in February, growing 92% year-over-year, according to WANTED Analytics™. During February, more than 5000 cloud computing job ads were posted online in the ...

The 20 Coolest Cloud Storage & Data Center Vendors
CRN
At the same time, an efficient, well-managed, and flexible data center is the foundation on which not only a cloud service is built, but on which all cloud services are delivered. Stay tuned for more of CRN's 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Vendors of 2012 ...

Infortrend at the Forefront of Cloud-Ready Data Storage
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JOSE, CA, Mar 13, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Cloud computing continues to gain momentum, with more and more organizations turning to the cloud to enhance IT efficiency. Infortrend(R) (tpe:2495) offers cloud-ready data storage solutions that ...

Amazon steps up competition in cloud services
InternetRetailer.com
Amazon recently said it is cutting its prices for web services from 10% to 42% in several areas: Amazon Compute Cloud, better known as Amazon EC2, for pay-as-you-go cloud computingcapacity; Amazon Relational Database Service, or RDS, for setting up ...

How cloud can improve intell community's analyses
GCN.com
By Rutrell Yasin The successful implementation of cloud computing could revolutionize the intelligence community's analytical and big data processing capabilities, according to a white paper released by The Intelligence and National Security Alliance ...

Jobs demanding 'cloud skills' increased 400% since 2010, says firm
BetaNews
By Tim Conneally Though it doesn't identify exactly what "cloud computing skills" actually are, business intelligence firm Wanted Analytics on Tuesday said more than 5000 US cloud computing job openings were listed online in February alone.

BetaNews

Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum set for revival
ComputerworldUK
By Nancy Gohring | IDG News Service | Published 14:15, 13 March 12 Cloud ComputingInteroperability Forum founder Reuven Cohen is working to revive the organisation, which fizzled out in 2010. Even though the group has been defunct for a couple of ...

National Geographic moves media archive to cloud
Computerworld
The organization chose Nirvanix's Cloud Storage Network because it was among a few companies that use physical tapes and disk drives to upload data rather than a public network. The 124-year-old NatGeo said its archive is in the 100TB range today, ...

PC deathwatch: Cloud to replace personal computers by 2014, says study
Digitaltrends.com
Cloud computing evangelists have been pronouncing the death of the PC for years; now Gartner, the world's leading IT research firm, has weighed in on the issue with a new report that predicts personal cloud services will replace the traditional PC as ...

Digitaltrends.com

SAP's Cloud Business Chief On Leave After SuccessFactors Deal
Wall Street Journal
XE) said Tuesday that Peter Lorenz, head of the company's cloud business, is taking leave following the acquisition of cloud software provider SuccessFactors. It is unclear whether Lorenz will return to the company, an SAP spokesman said, ...

Cloud will change intelligence community's business model
Nextgov
By Joseph Marks 03/13/2012 Cloud computing has the power to not only change the way the federal intelligence community manages information technology, but also to fundamentally change agencies' business models, according to a report released Tuesday.

Data Centers in the Cloud: Evolving Trends for 2012
Business Review USA
These ecosystems create larger communities of interest and give data center colocation customers the ability to directly connect to managed service providers, cloud computing providers, and communications services providers that make the most sense for ...

Join HP security expert Tari Schreider for a deep-dive live chat on cloud ...
ZDNet (blog)
Business leaders want to exploit cloud computing values fast, but they also fear the security risks in moving to cloud models too quickly. Just at the time that companies want to leverage cloud, they know that security threats are growing.

AppDirect Partners With Deutsche Telekom to Power New Business Marketplace
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Mar 13, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- AppDirect, the leading cloud services marketplace and management platform, announced today that it is providing the solution for Deutsche Telekom's new Business Marketplace.

NaviSite Adds Self-Service Storage to Cloud Management Portal
MarketWatch (press release)
ANDOVER, MA, Mar 13, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- NaviSite, Inc., a premier provider of enterprise-class hosting, managed application, managed messaging and managed cloud services, today introduced new self-service storage features allowing ...

Cern: Cloud computing joins hunt for origins of the universe ...
By Nick Heath
Swiss research lab Cern explains how cloud computing could help tackle the petabytes of data generated by the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerat.
on TechRepublic

Cloud Computing Benefits and Deployment Models for Private and ...
Cloud Computing Benefits and Deployment Models for Private and Community Use. Mar 13, 2012. Health Information Technology, Implementation, Insight, News, Spotlight, Today. Cloud computinghas steadily been climbing in popularity.
EHRScope.com

Hiring Demand for Cloud Computing Skills Skyrocketing – WA ...
By Abby Lombardi
Hiring Demand for Cloud Computing Skills Skyrocketing. Recruiters posted more than 5000 online job ads for jobs that require cloud computing skills in February, growing 92% year-over-year, according to WANTED Analytics™. New York, NY ...
WA: Press Room

AT&T Enterprise-Class Cloud Services Recognized as Industry ...
By Telecom News
Prominent analyst firm Gartner Inc. has named AT&T a Leader in its 2012 Magic Quadrant for Managed Hosting. “We feel this recognition is further verification that our strategy of embedding cloudsolutions into our network is translating into ...
Telecom News

Press Release: Lenovo And SugarSync Announce Joint Cloud ...
By Kevin Tea
Lenovo and SugarSync today announced Lenovo Cloud Storage by SugarSync, the first Cloud storage service to be integrated as an out-of-box experience broadly on Lenovo's PCs and tablets. Lenovo and SugarSync are working together to offer an ... Cohen, Distinguished Engineer & Vice President, Lenovo. “Lenovo Cloud Storage plays a fundamental role in our plan to expand Cloud services, bringing even more new capabilities to consumers and businesses around the world.” E ...
Web2, Cloud Computing, Social...

Cloud services firm Otoy buys Refractive Software | CG Channel
By Jim Thacker
YouTube Preview Image Refractive Software's Octane Render for 3ds Max plugin, currently in commercial beta. The developer has just been acquired by cloud services provider Otoy. Cloud services provider Otoy has acquired Refractive ...
CG Channel

IBM Study: Cloud Computing to Rewrite Corporate Business Models ...
By Jordi Collell
The number of enterprises turning to cloud computing to revamp existing business models will more than double in the next three years, as business leaders move.
eyeOS Blog

Windows Azure Cloud Computing Soup to Nuts Webcast Series ...
By PubSec
My colleague Mike Benkovich is hosting a webcast series - Cloud Computing Soup to Nuts. You can download and watch several recorded sessions and presentations, or join him every week on Tuesdays, to explore the possible with Cloud ...
Public Sector Developer Weblog

Dedicated and Cloud Computing Blog » Blog Archive » Cloud ...
By Paul Lopez
Cloud storage can also define priority access to storage setup on high-performance cluster file system which can read through the complexity of storage hardware from applications. With cloud storage, you can transfer your date from other disk ...
Dedicated and Cloud Computing Blog

Dropbox cloud storage (2.25 gb) for free - dropbox.com
Find and share deals and reviews on Dropbox cloud storage (2.25 gb) for free at dealspl.us. Dropbox.com offers this for Free. heyimdennise shared on March 12, 2012.
dealspl.us: Coupons and Special Offers

NJVC's Kevin L. Jackson Co-Authors INSA White Paper on Cloud ...
By Blackmere
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NJVC®, one of the largest information technology solutions (IT) providers supporting the U.S. Department of Defense, announces that a white paper addressing the risks and benefits of cloud computing for the intelligence .
Blackmere Consulting

Jackson Co-Authors INSA White Paper on Cloud Computing for the
By Kevin L. Jackson
The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) released the white paper in conjunction with Government Executive magazine at a cloud computing panel discussion at the National Press Club in Washington. ... We offer a wide breadth of IT and strategic solutions to our customers, ranging from strategic consulting to managed flexible services in five business areas: Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Data Center Services, IT Services and Print Solutions. Our global workforce ...
Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson

Get a Spider for Cloud Computing - Yanko Design
By Radhika Seth
I am still coming to grips with cloud computing and storing all my data online, however this seems to be the direction the tech-world is taking and so gadgets must follow suit. We have here the Spider Computer, a portable device that relies on a ...
Yanko Design

Cloud Computing: What To Do When It All Goes Wrong | Business ...
By Marc Saltzman
Marc Saltzman is a Toronto-based technology journalist who has written for many print and online publications, including USA Today, AARP and Yahoo!. His on-air segments on technology can be seen on CNN. ...less info. Tweet ...
Business Computing World

Cloud Backup to Google Cloud Storage Now Available from Zmanda
Sunnyvale, California, March 6, 2012 - Zmanda™, a leading provider of backup solutions, today announced availability of cloud backup solutions integrated with ...
www.zmanda.com/zmanda-cloud-backup-for-google-cloud-st...



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