Thursday, May 10, 2012

Cloud Deployments: Some Pain, but Plenty to Gain

Some Pain, But Plenty to Gain, from Cloud Deployments: Survey
Forbes
When it comes to cloud computing, the rule “no pain, no gain” seems to apply. Cisco just released a survey that had some rather colorful analogies relating to the attitudes IT managers have toward cloud computing deployments. Nevertheless,cloud is ...

Forbes

Citrix announces new cloud-computing services, acquisition
MiamiHerald.com
By Joseph A. Mann Jr. Fort Lauderdale-based Citrix Systems on Wednesday opened its annual Synergy conference in San Francisco and announced a series of new products, services and enhancements aimed at easing the transition from the PC era to the cloud ...

Public-sector cloud computing: The good, the bad and the ugly
Computerworld
The new reality Newsom was referring to is cloud computing -- a versatile way for government agencies of all sizes to solve a variety of technological issues relating to cost, human resources and the ability to respond quickly to constituents' needs.

Computerworld

Cloud Computing: Managing File Transfers in the Cloud: 10 Points to Demystify ...
eWeek
But now, due to greater demands for the secure transfer of data through cloudsystems, MFT is being refreshed as it morphs and expands to play a critical role in moving large data sets (the so-called big data)—as well as traditional business ...

eWeek

Cloud Storage Service Pogoplug Goes After Business Users With Launch Of ...
TechCrunch
Cloud storage service and device maker Pogoplug is expanding beyond the consumer space today, to focus on the more potentially profitable business market. With a new offering dubbed “Pogoplug Team,” the company is introducing a service that will turn a ...

Pogoplug pitches cheaper cloud storage alternative
GigaOM
9, 2012, 8:00am PT No Comments Here's the thing about cloud storage for business: It's not as cheap as you think. Pogoplug says small and medium businesses can do better by using existing hardware and still get the sort of shared storage and file ...

GigaOM

Mellanox and Eucalyptus Collaborate to Accelerate Cloud Computing Adoption
MarketWatch (press release)
The collaboration between Mellanox and Eucalyptus will provide the cloud industry with an efficient cloud infrastructure that is simple to deploy. Eucalyptus is the world's most widely deployed software platform for on-premise IaaS clouds.

Pogoplug Team: Turn Any Office Computer Into Private, Multi-user Cloud Storage
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 09, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Pogoplug, creators of Personal Cloudhardware and software that allow users to host their own cloud storage at home, announced today that they are expanding their product line with a brand new cloud ...

Citrix Charts "Path to the Cloud" at Synergy San Francisco
MarketWatch (press release)
Citrix CloudPlatform is now a key component of the Citrix cloud computing portfolio, providing customers with a hyper-agnostic solution that make it easy to build new clouds, connect to existing cloud services, and deliver unparalleled cloud services ...

Symantec Discusses Cloud, Mobile Security Plans at Vision 2012
eWeek
At the company's Vision 2012 Conference in Las Vegas, company executives discussed details about the company's plans for the cloud and mobile space, as well as possible acquisitions and its development road map. LAS VEGAS — Secure cloud computing and ...

HP Gets Its Cloud On
Wired News
Will HP be a cloud mega-star? Have your say, below. Photo: Alexander Haislip Most people don't realize that there are two HPs in Silicon Valley. But as HP prepares for the May 10 launch of its public cloud and HP Cloud Services, people are going to ...

Amazon's Cloud Services Adds Support for ASP.NET, SQL Developers
ADT Magazine
Using RDS in their environment allows database developers and DBAs to offload provisioning and management of SQL to the Amazon cloud. Free Usage. This includes 750 monthly hours using SQL Server Express Edition, 20GB of database storage and 10 million ...

Cloud Storage
Scientific American (blog)
By Alan Woodward | May 9, 2012 | Technology is awash with buzzwords, and one of the most used recently is “cloud computing”. It can be thought of as three layers, each built upon the layer below: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) – where providers...

Scientific American (blog)

Private Cloud and Software as a Service Drive Cloud Adoption by Interop Attendees
Sacramento Bee
By Network Instruments, LLC LAS VEGAS, May 8, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Adoption of cloud computing is largely being driven by software as a service and private cloud adoption according to a study released by Network Instruments.

Gemini Cloudian® and Citrix Partner to Enable Seamless Deployment of S3 ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Utilizing the Cloudian and Citrix CloudPlatform combination, cloud service providers and enterprises can seamlessly deploy S3 compatible cloud storage quickly and cost-effectively along with a state-of-the-art cloud computing platform.

Cloud storage solutions 2
iAfrica.com
Google's Drive cloud storage solution is just the latest service to hit the crowded sector, with the likes of Apple, Microsoft and others all having their own offerings. Which one is the best option however, we compared some of the more popular (and ...

CRN's 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Vendors
CRN
By CRN Staff, CRN As the cloud computing model has moved from hype to a bona fide segment of the technology landscape in a few short years, distinguishing the major players from those just looking to throw their hat in the ring can be a difficult task.

CRN

Cloud Providers Touting Multi-hypervisor Support
PCWorld
By Brandon Butler, NetworkWorld When Tata Communications, the Indian telecommunications company, rolls out its infrastructure as a service cloud offering in America in the coming months, company officials want to claim differentiating features in the ...

Amazon Again Targets Windows Developers
Wired News
Amazon Web Services is increasingly targeting Microsoft developers with its cloud services. Is that a good thing for Microsoft? Have your say, below. Image: Courtesy of AWS Amazon is broadening the appeal of its cloud services, again targeting Windows ...

Personal Cloud Poised To Eclipse PC As 'The Hub Of Consumers' Digital Lives ...
International Business Times
By Kukil Bora: Subscribe to Kukil's RSS feed Thanks to the rapid growth in the use of apps and services, the personal cloud will eclipse the personal computer (PC) as the hub of consumers' digital lives by 2014, introducing a new concept on how people ...

International Business Times

Panzura Named Best of Interop 2012 Award Winner
MarketWatch (press release)
LAS VEGAS, NV, May 09, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Panzura, a leading provider of global cloud storage solutions, today announced that the Panzura Quicksilver Cloud StorageController/Global Cloud Storage System v.3.0 was selected winner of the ...

Interop: Zynga CTO Says Hybrid Clouds Are "the New Black"
PC Magazine
All of this is now delivered via the company's hybrid cloud solution, which includes an internal system called zCloud, as well as public cloud services. Later, Leinwand told me about the platform in a bit more detail. In general, games are delivered to ...

Google v. Oracle Courts Cloud Controversy
Datamation
Will legal uncertainty surrounding APIs and fair use bring the cloud computing market crashing to the ground? Nowadays when it comes to IP squabbles, the IT industry can't help but be a little jaded -- even when tech titans take to the courtroom.

Bright Computing Targets Cloud Bursting
NetworkComputing.com
San Jose-based Bright Computing is looking to take cloud bursting to the masses with Bright Cluster Manager 6.0. The new release incorporates technology to support cloud bursting, a technology that allows private clouds to scale out to public clouds ...

Cloud Computing, Data Analytics Top 2012 Priorities for Businesses
CIOZone
For CIOs, the financial reasons for adopting cloud services are clear: Cloud Computing has the ability to actually change the way the tech industry itself is shaped as Cloud has changed the computer pricing model. An organization can potentially buy ...

Why VMware's Potential Is Up in the Clouds
DailyFinance
By Keki Fatakia, The Motley Fool Cloud-computing software maker VMware (NYS: VMW) seems to be on a roll. The company's first-quarter revenue managed to beat analyst expectations, as it came in at a little over $1 billion, about 25% higher than the ...

Emphasis Shifts in Cloud Computing Debate
Midsize Insider
In The Next Era of Cloud Computing in IT Business Edge, Mr Vizard suggests that a key issue will be how to govern and manage cloud services while retaining the agility that keeps them useful. With the IDC research showing a boom in cloud innovation ...

Fujitsu Unveils Revolutionary New "My Cloud" Concept for PCs
MarketWatch (press release)
My Cloud will take advantage of Fujitsu's portfolio of transformational technologies - both past and future - and will present new possibilities for employing cloud computing. Compared with other kinds of personal devices, PCs boast a significant ...

Cloud Has a Silver Lining for Interop Conference
CIO Today
Interop bills itself as the only event to offer a comprehensive and unbiased understanding of all the latest innovations -- including cloud computing , virtualization , mobility and data center advances -- to help position companies for growth.

CIO Today

CollabNet Automates Build, Test And DevOps In The Cloud With New Version Of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Available with TeamForge®, Lab Management leverages the Apache Libcloud® open source library to enable integration with more than 25 popular cloud services, such as Amazon EC2. It also integrates tightly with CollabNet's recently launched ...

MegaCloud: Android app for mega-size cloud storage and ...
By Brigitte Novabos
Now, in the 21st century, the cloud has taken on a whole new meaning, and tech companies such as Google, Apple, Samsung, and LG, to name a few, have dished out their own offerings ofcloud storage services to appease our growing need to have access to our files anywhere and anytime. Apps are also gaining just as ... We, at Primadesk (www.primadesk.com), are working to help users manage all their cloud services and cloud content from one place. Users get a virtual view of ...
Android Authority

HP Blogs - Cloud computing: 1 concept, 3 types and 2 business ...
By christianverstraete
Cloud computing is one of those terms that is not very precise in its description. If I search “cloud computing definition” on Google , I get about 196000 results. They all refer to the use of computers and the Internet, but that is probably where the ...
Cloud Source Blog articles

The innovation of cloud computing | Zambia Daily Mail
By web editor
The phenomenon of the decade, cloud computing, is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network. Instead of ... According to research firm Forrester, investment in the cloud topped $18.6 billion last year, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch estimates that corporate spending on cloud services will reach $117 billion per year over the next 3-5 years.
Zambia Daily Mail

Migration to the Cloud: Evolution Without ... - Cloud Computing Topics
By Guest Author
The rapid rise of cloud computing has been driven by the benefits it delivers: huge cost savings with low initial investment, ease of adoption, operational efficiency, elasticity and scalability, on-demand resources. ... Private cloud services offer the ability to host applications or virtual machines in a company's own infrastructure, thus providing the cloud benefits of shared hardware costs (thanks to virtualization, the hardware is abstracted), federated resources from external providers, the ability to recover from failure ...
Cloud Computing Topics

OpenFlow and SDN – The Missing Pieces in the Cloud Computing ...
By Christian Illmer
Cloud Computing has been around for quite a while and even though some people considered it being just marketing hype it seems the concept has made its inroads into corporate IT and data centers. It was once defined by the National ...
Technically speaking ...

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Steve Singh, CEO of Concur ...
By candicearnold
Business travel can be a pain, especially when it comes to knowing you can and can't include on your expense account when you return. Concur is one company that will help you remain compliant with your company's policies and still enjoy ...
Sramana Mitra

Over 1000 delegates flock to attend South Africa's first Cloud ...
By Mark
Over 1000 attendees passed through the doors at the Cloud Computing World Forum Africa, held in Johannesburg on 8th May 2012.
Cloud Computing World Forum Blog

Cloud Storage App Becomes Essential Mobile Tool | MacMegasite
By admin
Brisbane, Australia – The latest release of popular iOS application WebDAV Nav+ allows users to share, manage and access documents and files online via their iPhone or iPad devices effectively turning a mobile device into a personal hard ...
MacMegasite

Mezeo Software Announces Dell DX Object Storage Platform ...
By pfarris
Organizations around the globe have been discovering that users, in an effort to improve efficiency and gain mobile access to data, have been storing corporate data onto the same public clouds they use to store and share personal files. This removes ... MezeoCloud is a REST API cloud storage services middleware application that runs on industry standard infrastructure and enables organizations to turn traditional storage into secure, highly available cloud storage. MezeoFile is a ...
Mezeo

The personal cloud is all about context
By Joe Wilcox
Cloud computing is all about context, if you ask me. Not that ... "This will not be helped by many vendors continuing to equate personal cloud services simply with online storage and neglecting their additional features and potential". Platform ...
BetaNews

In a World of Cloud Services, Are HL7 Interface Engines Dead ...
By ShahidShah
It has been suggested that due to the advent of web services, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and cloud computing, interface engines no longer serve as the proper tool for system integration. Is the interface engine dead? Yes, it is, if the ...
HealthWorks Collective - The...

Cloud Impairs App Troubleshooting, survey says | Service ...
By Denise Dubie
Attendees at this week's Interop conference in Las Vegas proved what the majority already assumed to be true: there are numerous benefits to adopting cloud computing and cloud services. Yet a survey of 102 network engineers on the show ...
Service Assurance Daily

Mobile Commerce in the Cloud: The Impact of Cloud-based ...
Press Release: Cloud computing has dramatically changed IT operations and enterprise business support functions. It is poised to facilitate substantial impacts in mobile business models and operations.
SBWire - Latest Press Releases

Pogoplug Team lets businesses tap into their own 'personal clouds ...
By Joe Pollicino
San Francisco, CA – May 9, 2011 – Pogoplug, creators of Personal Cloud hardware and software that allow users to host their own cloud storage at home, announced today that they are expanding their product line with a brand new cloud ...
Engadget

Piston Cloud Computing, VMware Bringing Cloud Foundry to ...
Piston Cloud Computing, which bills itself as the enterprise OpenStack company, has announced an open source, cooperative project with VMware to officially ...
devopsangle.com/.../piston-cloud-computing-vmware-bringin...



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