Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Report: Google Drive to Launch Next Week

Google Drive to Launch Next Week: Report
eWeek
In order to expand its business-class offerings, the company released OneCloud, a mobilecloud for the enterprise to unify business information across devices and applications. The platform launched in March and provides a suite of more than 30 ... 

Online Cloud Services Rely on Coal or Nuclear Power, Report Says
New York Times
The North Carolina data center powers Apple's iCloud — one of several cloud computingservices offered by companies that allow consumers to store large amounts of data, including photos and videos, and perform other digital tasks.

Cloud Computing At NAB: The Media And Cloud Businesses Are Evolving To The ...
ZDNet (blog)
By James Staten | April 17, 2012, 9:53am PDT Summary: While the bulk of the enterprise IT market grumbles about the maturity and security of cloud computing services, it looks like the media & entertainment segment is just doing it.

Appcelerator's Development Tool Titanium Now Comes With Cloud Services
PCWorld
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Appcelerator has announced version 2.0 of its cross-platform mobile development platform Titanium, which includes integrated cloud services that will make it easier for developers to build feature-rich apps for iPhone and ...

Appcelerator Launches Suite of Mobile Cloud Services as Part of New Titanium ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Appcelerator Adds Support for Mobile Web and Offers Most Comprehensive Set of Mobile Cloud Services MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. (PRWEB) April 17, 2012 Appcelerator®, the leading mobile platform company, today announced the launch of Titanium™ 2.0, ...

Apple defends green credentials of cloud computing services
The Guardian
In a report rating 14 companies leading the migration from local computers to cloud computing, Greenpeace gave failing grades to Apple, Amazon and Microsoft for their reliance on highly polluting coal to power their data centres.

Puppet Labs Tools Up For OpenStack Clouds
InformationWeek
Company's IT automation software for system administrators aims to help them launch and support cloud computing infrastructures. By Gary Hilson, Network Computing Enterprises deploying cloud computing infrastructures using OpenStack now have another ...

SpiderOak Releases Private Cloud Services for SMBs, Enterprise
eWeek
Cloud backup and storage provider SpiderOak announced the release of SpiderOak Blue, a private enterprise-class cloud storage system with a “zero-knowledge” privacy guarantee, online backup, and secure syncing and sharing capabilities.

Cleaner 'clouds' needed at tech giants, Greenpeace says
MiamiHerald.com
Cloud computing allows users to store and access data, programs and more on remote servers, preserving computing power. To offer this service, however, requires massive data centers that suck up electricity around the clock. Three tech companies with ...

eZ Systems at the 3rd Telecom Cloud Services Summit
MarketWatch (press release)
The 3rd Annual Telecom Cloud Services Summit in Berlin from the 23rd until the 25th of April will focus on the challenges for operators planning to move into the Cloud. Gabriele Viebach, CEO of the Norwegian software developer eZ Systems ...

Appcelerator gives devs a gateway to mobile cloud services with Titanium 2.0
VentureBeat
Now the company is also providing an easy way to implement cloud services in your mobile apps — even if you're not building your apps with Titanium. Appcelerator Cloud Services opens the company up to an entirely new audience, Appcelerator CTO and ...

VentureBeat

Microsoft, TechStars Unveil New Program for Azure Cloud Services
Xconomy
Today, the software company revealed that it's sponsoring a second startup program based around the TechStars model, this time for companies that use Microsoft's Azure cloud-computing service. I couldn't find any word about who will be running the ...

Rackspace Expands OpenStack Cloud
Sci-Tech Today
Having helped create OpenStack and the OpenStack Foundation, cloud computingand hosting vendor Rackspace is now expanding its use of the open-source software with its Next Generation Public Cloud services. The company described this move as "drawing a ...

Sci-Tech Today

Rackspace, Nicira Extend OpenStack Cloud
NetworkComputing.com
As the OpenStack organization gathers this week for its second annual conference, the open source initiative for developing cloud computing resources is gaining traction. Rackspace, thecloud service provider and a top corporate co-founder of the ...

Hybrid cloud
InfoWorld
The so-called hybrid cloud is one of the utopian dreams of cloud computing, a vision of seamless interoperability between the private cloud running in your data center and resources at your disposal in one or more public clouds.

Customers Find Success With Microsoft Private Cloud
MarketWatch (press release)
Anderson also discussed how IT professionals can evolve their roles with cloud computing to help their businesses be more competitive. "Cloud computing gives IT professionals an opportunity to increase their strategic value to their businesses while ...

Microsoft Delivers Windows Azure Media Services
eWeek
At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2012 conference, Microsoft announced new media services and guidance to better enable content providers and customers to tap into the power of cloud computing. Microsoft's new cloud-based Windows Azure ...

Report says Apple iCloud isn't green
USA TODAY
By Scott Martin, USA TODAY Greenpeace has issued a report that slams the cloud computing efforts of Apple, Amazon and Microsoft for consuming too much energy that's harmful to the environment. The environmental group's report says that the three ...

USA TODAY

Amazon, Microsoft low on Greenpeace clean-energy 'cloud' index
The Seattle Times
Greenpeace's report looks at 14 big tech companies' cloud-computing data centers and estimates how much power they need, as well as what type of energy — "clean" or "dirty" — is used to supply that power. By Janet I. Tu anybody else think Amazon ...

Comodo updates PC and cloud storage apps
BetaNews
COMODO Backup 4.1.2 allows users to back up selected files and entire drive images to just about any location, including external drives, optical discs, network, FTP and, of course, Comodo's own cloud-storage servers, with 5GB of online storage ...

BetaNews

Mobile and Cloud Computing Converge in the Enterprise
IT Business Edge (blog)
That's exactly the goal that the folks at Appcelerator, providers of the Titanium integrated development environment (IDE) for building mobile computing applications, have in mind with the launch of Appcelerator Cloud Services, which developers using a ...

Google Drive Cloud Storage To Launch Next Week?
NASDAQ
(RTTNews.com) - Google may be prepping to take a bite out of the cloud-based storage market by launching Google Drive next week. The news came on Tuesday, April 17 via thenextweb.com, who claim to have secured leaked documents from a Google Drive ...

Broadcasters Jump On Cloud to Fend Off Netflix, Amazon
Wired News
And it looks like Salesforce.com and IBM Global Services will both have talking heads on the panel, “Years Ahead for Cloud Computing,” ending the single-day event with “Disruptive Effects of Cloud Computing will Continue.” There are no ostriches here ...

Google Drive Cloud Service Coming Next Week?
PC Magazine
The data revealed that Google Drive includes 5GB of cloud storage and could launch next week, with the blog speculating that Tuesday or Wednesday could be the day. As TNW noted, the 5GB of storage trumps the 2GB provided by Dropbox, which will likely ...

Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud Selected by Data#3 for Its Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This decision supports the Data#3's commitment to delivering industry-leading data centre solutions and meeting the growing demand for hosted managed services and cloud services in Australia. "Data#3 is pleased to provide its customers with a range of ...

The Rebirth of the Next Big Cloud Provider
Wired News
While cloud computing definitely shifts the balance of computing power from on-premise to off-premise, you still need devices such as computers and laptops, as well as thin client devices, ie Dell's core business. With the acquisition of Wyse they now ...

Cloud Computing: SoftLayer Adds High-Performance Computing to Platform
SYS-CON Media (press release)
SoftLayer is looking to help them out by offering a new high-performance computing (HPC) cloud-enabled solution consisting of servers powered by the latest GPUs (graphics processing units) from NVIDIA. SoftLayer's new offering provides an on-demand, ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

TELUS launches Virtual Private Cloud service for Canadian businesses
MarketWatch (press release)
"TELUS has taken a quality-based approach to cloud computing by providing customers with secured, guaranteed capacity of computing power while maintaining the flexibility to create, change or suspend their computing jobs as required through a ...

Newvem pulls back the curtain on Amazon cloud usage — Cloud ...
By Barb Darrow
Many companies appear to be flying blind with Amazon's cloud services and companies like Newvem, Cloudability, and Cedexis, are trying to shine a light on what exactly is happening with their Amazon EC2 instances. Cloudability offers data ...
GigaOM

Cloud Computing Q&A: IBM SmartCloud | CloudTweaks.com ...
By cloudtweaks
Cloud Computing Q&A: IBM SmartCloud A few questions have been put together for Rebecca Buisan, who is the Director of Product Marketing for IBM. When.
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...

Appcelerator aims to become a complete mobile platform with new ...
By Kathleen De Vere
Mobile app development platform Appcelerator today unveiled its new offerings, AppceleratorCloud Services and the latest version of its development platform, Titanium 2.0. With Titanium 2.0, developers using Appcelerator's platform can ...
Inside Mobile Apps

The Data Center Journal DATA#3 Selects Cisco For Cloud Services ...
By Rakesh Dogra
Cisco has announced that its intelligent automation solutions have been selected by Data#3, a leader in ICT in Australia. Cisco's solutions will help the company with their data center andcloud services. Data#3 is committed to offering industry ...
The Data Center Journal

Google Apps Lets Businesses Harness The Power Of Cloud ...
By Paul. Kelsall
As a global leader in cloud computing, Google has devised ingenious ways to allow businesses take advantage of cloud computing, no matter their size. As a global leader in cloud computing, Google has devised ingenious ways to allow ...
Beneficial Function

ElasticVapor: #DigitalNibbles On The Road: Cloud Computing in ...
By Reuven Cohen
#DigitalNibbles On The Road: Cloud Computing in China with Intel's Billy Cox. Chatting with Intel's Billy Cox outside Olympic Park in Beijing. We discuss the cloud computing marketing in China.
ElasticVapor

Video: Management Strategies for Cloud Computing | Inside-Cloud ...
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Inside-Cloud

Google Drive cloud storage launch next week? | The latest news ...
Leaked details suggest that Google will launch a Dropbox rival offering 5GB of storage for free.
PCR: Stream

Cloud computing (an intro) | Artificial Intelligence SEO . com
By ShieldsKathlene827
www.nma.tv With the announcement of iCloud this week, many of us are left confused about howcloud computing works. It's actually something we use any time we open our email. This is Li Anne's quick and fun introduction to cloud ...
Artificial Intelligence SEO . com

Would you like to resell Instance.com's services? | Instance Cloud ...
By cshaffer
News and Updates in the World of Cloud Computing. ← Storage ... Clients will have the ability to initiate support requests from within their cloud portal; Customized login and header pages available for increased branding. We hope to have ...
Instance Cloud Computing: Cloud...

Economics of cloud computing « Mostly Economics
By Amol Agrawal
Cloud computing is often called a 'game-changer', something that will dramatically change the industry, yet there is virtually no research on the economics of it. The literature that exists has primarily focused on the technical aspects of cloud ...
Mostly Economics

Second International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services ...
By admin
2012-04-18 The Second International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science will take place from 18 to 21 April 2012 in Porto, Portugal. Emerging enterprise technologies are changing the way that some look at information ...
CE.RE.TE.TH

SoftLayer Targets GPUs in the Cloud | Cloud Computing Journal
Roger Strukhoff is a writer for Cloud Computing Journal, Computerworld ... There is no longer any question that the cloud computing model will be the prevailing ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2248797

Alive in the Cloud: Cloud Computing: Cloud storage wars continue
“NTT DATA Cloud Services demystifies cloud computing and offers enterprises ... Nirvanix Offers Cloud Storage Test Drives at NAB Sacramento Bee By Nirvanix ...
www.aliveinthecloud.com/.../cloud-storage-wars-continue.htm...

HP Communities - Cloud computing a hot topic at HP Discover ...
Data center readiness is a critical factor for successfully implementingcloud computing, and ...
h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Grounded-in.../5608217

Apple among the worst coal-powered cloud services: Greenpeace ...
Apple among the worst coal-powered cloud services: Greenpeace ... Cloud computing via Jirsak / Shutterstock. Topics: Apple ♦ greenpeace. Apple disclosed ...
www.rawstory.com/.../apple-among-the-worst-coal-powered-c...

Cloud Computing | HHS.gov
Cloud Computing. ... information technology through cloud services, improving coordinated program management and implementing cloud-specific well-aligned ...
www.hhs.gov/ocio/ea/cloudcomputing.html



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