msnbc.com
LONDON — Microsoft announced its biggest-ever customer for cloud computing — software that it hosts on behalf of clients and delivers over the Internet — after winning a contract to provide free services to a major Indian education body.
VMware Cloud Foundry Plays Disruptive Role
InformationWeek
On Cloud Foundry's first birthday, VMware CTO Steve Herrod likened it to the Linux of cloud computing. That's not quite right, but this open source platform for developers could slay worries about cloud vendor lock-in. VMware celebrated the first ...
LogMeIn Launches Beta for Cubby Cloud Data Sharing Service
eWeek
The Cubby beta, includes 5GB of cloud storage, free unlimited syncing across devices, and apps for iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows. Remote access service provider LogMeIn Inc. announced the opening of the beta version of Cubby, a cloud data ...
3 Reasons This Cloud-Computing Stock Is a Winner
DailyFinance
Shares of the cloud-computing specialist are up more than 27% year-to-date -- triple the return of the S&P 500 over the same period. And that's despite a recent broad-market sell-off that's taken an especially large toll on tech.
DynamicOps Named a Finalist in Cloud Computing for the 2012 Best Products ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BURLINGTON, Mass., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- DynamicOps, pioneer of the Operations Virtualization(TM) platform that enables unified cloud automation and management, today announced that Networks Product Guide, a leading technology ...
Brocade and EMC Accelerate the Journey to Cloud Computing With EMC VSPEX ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JOSE, CA, Apr 12, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Brocade (NASDAQ:BRCD) today announced its participation in a new EMC initiative to deliver Proven Infrastructure solutions for customers looking to make the transition to virtualization and cloud.
Microsoft Lands its Biggest Education Cloud Services Customer: The Indian ...
CMSWire
By J. Angelo Racoma (@jangelo) Apr 12, 2012 Microsoft has found itself a big market for cloud services in India's national government. Starting this year, the Indian government will deploy Microsoft Software-as-a-Service solutions to about 7.5 million ...
CMSWire
Infinitely Virtual CEO to Explore Cloud Computing Reliability and Security at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
At the Cloud Computing in the Public Sector Conference, to be held in Miami on April 16-17, Infinitely Virtual CEO Adam Stern will explore how public sector organizations can ensure high-level security and reliability as they increase their investment ...
LogMeIn throws its hat into cloud storage ring
GigaOM
By Barb Darrow Apr. 12, 2012, 5:03am PT 3 Comments And the latest entry into thecloud storage sweepstakes is … LogMeIn, the company that built its business around its popular, easy-to-use remote access service. LogMeIn will woo both consumers and ...
GigaOM
New platform helps port COBOL apps to Amazon, Rackspace, and other clouds
InfoWorld
ELPaaS provides a runtime environment for the applications, which can then run without any changes on a variety of cloud service platforms, such as VMware's Cloud Foundry, Red Hat OpenShift, and CloudBees, presuming they are "Java-friendly," said ...
LogMeIn launches Cubby cloud-storage service
Macworld
by Joel Mathis, Macworld.com LogMeIn, which lets users remotely access their desktop computers, has launched a new collaborative cloud-storage service. Cubby debuted Thursday as an offering still in beta testing. The company also launched a free iOS ...
Macworld
OpenStack Foundation Launches With Help from IBM, Red Hat
eWeek
A group of 19 companies operating in the cloud space have launched the OpenStack Foundation to promote the use of the OpenStack cloud operating system. Backers of the OpenStack open source cloud platform have joined forces to announce the formation of ...
EMC unveils preconfigured private cloud tools
InfoWorld
EMC learned not to compete with its channel partners after many were not happy when the storage vendor also offered its Atmos public cloud storage service through its direct sales force. The new VSPEX Proven Infrastructure includes EMC's VNX and VNXe ...
CSC Selects Q9 to Host Cloud Solutions for Canadian Companies and Government ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Today, Q9 Networks (Q9) announces that it has been selected by CSC to host cloud computingservices for Canadian organizations interested in deploying real business applications in thecloud. CSC cloud services, already available in the United States, ...
Cloud Computing: IBM and Red Hat Join OpenStack
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Cisco, ClearPath Networks, Cloudscaling, Dell, DreamHost, ITRI, Mirantis, Morphlabs, NetApp, Piston Cloud Computing and Yahoo are coming as gold members. That gives it 19 members altogether. The Platinums will pay $500000 a year and have to make a ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Amazon Builds Search Into The Clouds
Wired News
By Caleb Garling Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing division of the online retail giant, introduced Amazon CloudSearch today, which lets companies add search functionality to applications hosted in AWS's cloud environments.
Wired News
En Pointe Achieves Cisco Cloud Provider Certification With Cisco Powered Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LOS ANGELES, CA, Apr 12, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- To support the expanding role of the network in deploying cloud services, En Pointe Technologies announced today it has achieved the Cisco Cloud Provider Certification with a Cisco Powered Cloud ...
Cloud Computing: Windstream Opens Little Rock Data Center
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Elizabeth White "As more companies realize the benefits of cloud-based services, the demand for data centers that provide enhanced offerings and greater security has skyrocketed," noted Kip Turco, Windstream Hosted Solutions' senior vice president ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Cisco Expands SMB Networking, UC Portfolio
eWeek
Cisco's new switches, routers and UC offerings are designed to enable smaller businesses to leverage the growing trends of mobililty and cloud computing. Cisco Systems is growing its networking and communications offerings for smaller businesses, ...
AICTE becomes Microsoft's biggest cloud computing client
Firstpost
O) announced its biggest-ever customer for cloud computing – software that it hosts on behalf of clients and delivers over the Internet – after winning a contract to provide free services to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
Firstpost
OpenStack: Moving From Inflection Point to Business as Usual
Wired News
OpenStack is a global collaboration of developers and cloud computing technologists that seeks to produce a ubiquitous Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) open source cloud computingplatform for public and private clouds. OpenStack was founded by ...
'Infinity Blade II: ClashMob' Uses the Cloud, Crowd-Sourcing For Group-Based ...
Wired News
By Christina Bonnington Tapping into the unique properties of cloud computingand iOS 5, Epic Games is adding a clever new community feature to its Infinity Blade II action-fantasy game. Infinity Blade II: ClashMob lets players earn special rewards for ...
Wired News
Does Cloud Computing Hurt Apple?
DailyFinance
By Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool If the central thesis of the cloud-computing movement is that hardware is largely irrelevant -- made obsolete by browsers that can run applications anywhere, on any device -- and if Dell's (NAS: DELL) recent purchase of ...
IBM offering companies their own cloud
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The new computers, designed for smaller corporations, deliver cloud computing without the Internet's security concerns. IBM thinks it's possible to have your head in the clouds and still have your feet on the ground. On Wednesday, IBM introduced its ...
HP unveils 'converged cloud' services
Hindu Business Line
This hybrid environment can be used by enterprises to incorporate cloud services into their existing technology. “There is an increasing adoption of the cloud. The cloud computing industry is around $69 billion globally and about $ 2-3 billion in India ...
'Tad' Talks Cloud Computing for Microsoft - AgencySpy
mediabistro.com
By Bob Marshall on April 12, 2012 3:56 PM From Deutsch NY comes a new campaign for Microsoft focusing on the software company's cloud computing solutions. The spots star “Tad,” a phony Ron Burgundy-esque salesperson for fictional IT company VMlimited ...
In the Great White North, an on-premise private cloud
ZDNet (blog)
By Andrew Nusca | April 12, 2012, 7:24am PDT Summary: Canada finally gets CSC's BizCloud on-premise private cloud offering, joining the US, Europe, Australia and Asia. American tech company CSC announced this morning that it would expand cloud services ...
For Cloud Computing to Thrive, We Need Open Standards and ...
By Guest
(We'll discuss these issues on Twitter today from 4-5 p.m. ET. Join me (@angelluisdiaz) and Rackspace leaders by tagging your tweets with the hashtag #cloudchat (Twebevent makes it easy to participate). Feel free to send us your questions ...
A Smarter Planet Blog
Cloud computing: Still too risky for government CIOs? | TechRepublic
By Nick Heath
Cloud computing: Still too risky for government CIOs? By Nick Heath. April 12, 2012, 3:42 AM PDT. Takeaway: Plans to encourage the use of cloud computing across government have got off to a slow start. A store offering cloud services to UK ...
European Technology Blog | TechRepublic
Global Services - Japan Leads the World's Way to Cloud Computing
For long, we all have been hearing a lot about cloud and it's super cloudy capabilities. But ever imagined, which country leads the cloud-era. In the wildest of your guess you won't name it correctly.
Global Services - Latest Stories
Parallels - Cloud Service Provider Blog - SMB Cloud Services and ...
By ParallelsCloud
Cloud computing is affecting the role of IT professionals who typically manage a business's technological infrastructure, and depending on who you ask the cloud is either an exciting new development or a serious challenge to job security.
Cloud Service Provider Blog
CloudFTP Turns Any USB Drive In Cloud Storage (video) | Geeky ...
By Julian Horsey
You might remember the Kickstarter project we featured back in November last year for the CloudFTP concept. Well after securing over $260000 to get the project rolling. Designer and creator of the CloudFTP device Daniel Chin has now ...
Geeky-Gadgets
LogMeIn Prepares To Take On Dropbox & Box With Launch Of Cloud
By Sarah Perez
LogMeIn, the company known best for its remote access tools, is today launching its own cloud storage service, as an alternative to those from Dropbox or Box, for example. With “Cubby,” as it's called, users can share files across Macs, PCs, ...
TechCrunch
Sign Up for the One and Only Cloud Computing Event Designed for ...
By David Marshall
The 2012 Telecom Cloud Services Summit will feature practical operator case studies, expert presentations, training masterclasses and informal brainstorming sessions that will enable delegates to find answers to their most pressing Cloud ...
VMblog.com - Virtualization Technolog...
Microsoft Wins Its Biggest Cloud Computing Client
By Reuters
Microsoft announced its biggest-ever customer for cloud computing - software that it hosts on behalf of clients and delivers over the Internet - after winning a contract to provide free services to a major Indian education body.
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WorkGreen: Cloud Computing and Sustainability: Beyond energy ...
By Erik Hansen
It is interesting to note that in the context of cloud computing, human rights doesn't necessarily equate to labor practices, but rather data privacy and protection of data by cloud service providers. This, of course, is an area that Workday prides ...
WorkGreen
CSC Expanding Cloud Computing Solutions to Canada : Digital Home
By Cliff Boodoosingh
(CSC) announced on April 12th, it would introduce its BizCloud solution to help Canadian government agencies and businesses quickly leap into public and private cloud computing. The BizCloud solution, already widely used in Europe, Australia, Asia and the US, gives ... Security · B.C. Film Industry Gets Digital Boost from 'RenderCloud' Computing Solution. Filed under All Stories, Computing · Tagged with cloud computing, cloud hosting, Cloud security, cloud storage, data centres ...
Digital Home
Cloud Computing in the Real World
By Chris Magiet
This video from vCloud Director Essentials features a guest instructor, vExpert Jake Robinson. Jake demonstrates how companies like his, Bluelock, typically use vCloud Director to deploycloud services that help enterprises and SMBs be ...
TrainSignal Training
HP Transitions Government Agencies To Enterprise Cloud Services ...
By Kelly Petty
At the federal level, agencies have the ability to implement Cloud First strategies based on the Federal Cloud Computing Strategy and Cloud First Policy issued by the U.S. Government CIO. At the same time, agencies can provide economic, ...
News & Insight for the DC Area Executive
How Cloud Computing Changes Startup Investing | Sandhill
A gap has grown between the traditional angel round of startup financing ( $250000 - $1 million) and the typical large-scale series A round ($4-$10 million).
sandhill.com/.../how-cloud-computing-changes-start-up-invest...
Cloud Computing Around Us
Cloud computing isn't something new, we've had it for a long time, and although is super beneficial in our lives, it still has some drawbacks.
bloggersnetwork.net/cloud-computing-around-us-simple-life-...
RightScale Support for HP Cloud Services to Deliver Multi-Cloud ...
HP Cloud Services announced the public beta availability of their cloud ... monitoring, automation, and governance of cloud computing infrastructure and ...
finance.yahoo.com/.../rightscale-support-hp-cloud-services-13...
Dell buys 'cloud' computing company Wyse
Dell on Monday said it is buying Wyse Technology to expand its business offerings in the Internet 'cloud' in the face of softening demand for traditional ...
phys.org/news/2012-04-dell-cloud-company-wyse.html
Bank of Montreal Study: Cloud Computing Still a Mystery to ...
The source for news and information about Cloud Computing, Virtualization Technologies, High Scalability, Data Center Technologies, Storage and Real Life ...
www.hostingtecnews.com/bank-montreal-study-cloud-comput...
BYOD and cloud services cause -- and ease -- IT security concerns
Many employees use their personal devices and cloud apps to work from anywhere, without any oversight or security controls. But IT can also use cloud ...
searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/.../BYOD-and-cloud-ser...
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