Thursday, May 3, 2012

Cloud Startups Prevail at Under the Radar Conference

Cloud Startups Prevail at Under the Radar Conference
eWeek
The theme this time was "Consumerization of IT," reflecting the surging trend of bringing consumer devices and cloud services into enterprises. Most of the companies showed cloud-service-related products. Chances are good that if a company is a ...

eWeek

SanDisk Reaches For $45 Fending Off Free Cloud Storage Bonanza
Forbes
SanDisk, the maker of solid state drive memory, flash cards and USB flash drives, is another company that faces the threat of cloud storage. The company has already lowered its outlook based on weak demand and lowering margins, but it may face more ...

Intelisys Finalizes Acquisition of Cloud Services Coalition
MarketWatch (press release)
PETALUMA, CA, May 02, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Intelisys Communications, Inc., the nation's leading master agency distributor of business technology services, announced today the successful completion of the acquisition of Cloud Services ...

Google Drive Begs the Question: Who Owns Your Data in the Cloud?
Computerworld
By John Brandon CIO - Like any new technology, data storage in the cloud has gone through a maturation period. Employees started out, way back in 2007, moving a few files over to Dropbox.com. Then, IT started experimenting with cloud storage through ...

Cloud Computing Is Meeting the “Enterprise” Needs of SMBs
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Yesterday, Microsoft released cloud survey results that showed paid cloud services are expected to increase dramatically in the next five years among small and midsize businesses, with cloud services doubling overall, and tripling among the world's ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

How green are cloud computing companies?
Tehelka
Does using cloud computing technology lead to reduced carbon emissions? Apparently not, says a Greenpeace report' Many IT companies that are rapidly building their cloud are actually compromising with the type of energy that is being used, ...

Tehelka

EFI Marks 12 Years as the Industry Cloud Services Leader, Adds Remote Data ...
MarketWatch (press release)
FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 2, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Marking its twelfth year of delivering cloud-based solutions, with more than 2500 customers utilizing the company's on-demand managed services, EFI(TM) (NASDAQ:EFII) today launched an ...

European Cloud experts attend the Fabasoft EuroCloud Austria Brunch
MarketWatch (press release)
"EuroCloud is involved in dialogue with the European Commission with a view to establishingCloud computing services in Europe. A key success factor for this is close cooperation with European Cloud providers, such as Fabasoft", he explained.

DocuSign Cloud Partner Program Transforms Electronic Transactions
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DocuSign today announced its DocuSignCloud Partner Program to bring together leaders in cloud computing who are standardizing on DocuSign for eSignature to make it easier, faster, and more secure for ...

VMTurbo Adds Application Delivery Controller and Expanded Cloud Integration to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This new release extends product integration to include the application delivery controller (ADC) infrastructure and CloudStack, the open source cloud computing platform. The addition of ADC support in the product automates the control and real-time ...

VMware drives shift to personal clouds with Project Octopus
InfoWorld
By Ted Samson | InfoWorld Advances in virtualization, cloud computing, and mobile technology have created a perfect storm for a new era in end-user computing, one in which users can revel in their own personal cloud, connecting to all their apps and ...

Cloud migration still poses mine field for IT vendors
GigaOM
2, 2012, 11:31am PT No Comments If you think cloud computing confuses tech users, it has positively flummoxed IT vendors that now must deal with a bewildering array of business models thanks to the proliferation of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS deployment ...

GigaOM

Cloud computing business makes Chattanooga home base
Nooga.com
By Chloe Morrison • Published Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 CodeScience recently found a home in the Business Development Center, located at 100 Cherokee Blvd. (Photo: Staff) Tim Youngblood is surfing the cloud computing wave and, while he's at it, ...

Nooga.com

Corent Named As A Finalist in Cloud Computing Category For TechAmerica High ...
Sacramento Bee
By Corent Technology ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 1, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Corent Technology, Inc., a disrupting innovator in the cloud computing space, announced that its key product - Corent Multi-tenant Server™ - has been named a finalist for the ...

The Great Ars Cloud office suite shootout
Ars Technica
By Andrew Cunningham | Published May 2, 2012 9:00 AM As cloud computing gains steam in the enterprise, many IT shops are looking for ways to move stuff out of their own server rooms and into someone else's. This has given rise to services like Google ...

Interop Preview: Big Data, Cloud, Mobility In Spotlight
InformationWeek
Setting the tone for Interop, which is owned by InformationWeek parent company United Business Media, will be a series of keynotes that address the challenges and opportunities presented by cloud computing, mobility, big data, and other new ...

Google Drive: When Clouds Jump On A Bandwagon
Patch.com
The tech giant finally launched its Google Drive last week, after rumors for several years that it would be getting into the cloud-computing business. That had all kinds of cloud storage and application providers coming out with announcements of their ...

Hands on with Amazon Cloud Drive for Mac
Macworld
And now, Amazon becomes the latest company/sleigh-puller to dive into the Desktop Cloud Storage Wars of 2012. Amazon Cloud Drive initially launched more than a year ago. Starting Wednesday, Amazon began offering the Amazon Cloud Drive desktop app for ...

The cloud brings 500000 jobs to LA
Examiner.com
Although cloud computing isn't anything new, it's still in its infancy with a lot of potential. According to a recent study by research firm IDC, cloud computing is projected to create nearly 14 million new jobs by 2015—more than 50000 of those will ...

Amazon Cloud Drive gains desktop app
CNET
Amazon today introduced a desktop application for Cloud Drive, its consumer data storage service to better rival recently launched Google Drive and other cloud storage services. The new desktop application for Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Mac OS 10.6 ...

Cloud Computing: MMI Gets Toothless Injunction Against Microsoft
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Maureen O'Gara In what FOSS Patents calls the "most anticipated German patent ruling ever," the Mannheim Regional Court Wednesday gave Motorola Mobility the permanent injunction it was looking for against Windows 7, Internet Explorer, Windows Media ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

CallidusCloud Launches CLOUD Pass(TM) Learning Platform
MarketWatch (press release)
PLEASANTON, CA, May 02, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ:CALD) , the leader in sales effectiveness and cloud computing, announced today that it launched its new CLOUD (Continuous Learning On User Demand) Pass(TM) Learning ...

New book on cloud computing helps organisations develop a cloud programme
Einnews Portugal
/EINPresswire.com/ 'Cloud Computing' are the words on everyone's lips - it's the latest technology, the way forward and has many benefits - but how safe is it? Is it reliable? How secure will your information be? Just what are the risks associated with ...

Kenandy, Inc. Announces Cloud ERP for Product Companies
MarketWatch (press release)
CHICAGO, IL, May 02, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Kenandy, Inc. today announced release 2.0 of Kenandy(TM) Social ERP, the first cloud ERP built entirely on Force.com,salesforce.com's social enterprise cloud computing platform specifically for ...

LG announces cloud services for Android phones
IBNLive.com
Mumbai: Following the footsteps of many, even LG has announced its cloud computing based services, called LG Cloud. Starting today onwards, this service enters in to the beta phase. The LG Cloud aims to cater to the users for managing and consuming ...

IBNLive.com

Cloud could slice Australian ICT costs
The Australian
CLOUD computing could lower ICT operating costs by up to 25 per cent per year, and capital expenditure costs by 50 per cent, according to a KPMG report on Australian business use ofcloud services. Local business across many industries could reap ...

VMware gets tentacles into cloud storage with Project Octopus
ITBusiness.ca
VMware is offering a private-cloud based platform for document sharing and device syncing that could rival Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft SkyDrive by giving companies more control over their data. The product, called Project Octopus Beta,...

ITBusiness.ca

Twilio Brings Cloud Communications to Windows Azure
MarketWatch (press release)
Twilio ( http://www.twilio.com ), a market leader in cloud communications, today announced a relationship with Microsoft to make Twilio's voice and messaging APIs easily available to Windows Azure customers. This strategic alliance introduces Twilio to ...

CORRECTING and REPLACING Symplified Introduces Identity as a Service Platform ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Symplified Structure is an instantiation of Symplified's core platform that unifies identity management, access control, auditing, and user provisioning across existing public/privatecloud services and SaaS marketplaces. This fully embedded offering ...

64% of people think cloud storage is risky, but 45% still go right ...
By Lisa Vaas
With that level of awareness, it's obvious that people - at least, those people who attend Infosec conferences - understand the risks of consumer cloud services. But in spite of that understanding, businesses are failing to keep a lid on their employees' use of ... Follow @LisaVaas · Cloud and Wi-Fi images, courtesy of Shutterstock. Tags: cloud, cloud storage, dropbox, infosec europe, Wi-fi, wireless · Take Our Poll .... Will cloud computing make cynics of us all? Sophos Security Chet Chat ...
Naked Security

Pinning the Cloud: Pinterest, Cloud Computing and the Environment ...
By Megan Treacy
According to Wired, Amazon's cloud services are growing at a rate of about 30 percent a year and play a role in one percent of all internet traffic. Because of that, Amazon is planning some major data center expansions around the world.
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Point-by-Point Comparison of Free Cloud Storage Services - How ...
By Jason Fitzpatrick
If you're looking for a cloud-based storage service, this handy overview will help you pick which one is the best fit for your needs. At Freeware Genius they've rounded up a collection of cloud storage solutions and compared them based on ...
How-To Geek

Cloud services for Windows 8 and Windows Phone: Windows Live ...
By Steven Sinofsky
When you connect a device or service to your Microsoft account, you're automatically provisioned with a set of cloud services, including a contact list, calendar, inbox, instant messaging, and cloud storage. Of course these services connect to ...
MSDN Blogs

"State of the Cloud: Analysis of Cloud Services, Companies, and ...
The report includes a cloud computing case study and ROI assessment. It also includes a comparison of cloud services providers with analysis of major companies/offerings including Saleforce.com, Google, and a SWOT analysis of Amazon ...
SBWire - Latest Press Releases

Microsoft Details Cloud Services For Windows 8 & Windows Phone ...
By Pradeep
Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video. Today at Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft detailed the cloud services for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. First of all, Windows Live brand is going away. The following table explains all, ...
WMPoweruser

Cloud Computing Services vs Virtualization Technology – A ...
By Get Schooled
Cloud Computing Services vs Virtualization Technology – A “Technical in Nature” Discussion ... I have recently had a discussion with a fellow colleague about the technologies of cloud services and virtualization solutions. The discussion was ...
Get Schooled at New Horizons

North Bridge Ventures and Leading Cloud Organizations Launch ...
By David
North Bridge Venture Partners and the 38 leading cloud organizations today announced the launch of its 2nd annual Future of Cloud Computing Survey. The survey will capture current perceptions, sentiments and future expectations of cloud computing from. ... The survey will explore areas such as current use, drivers, barriers, and future plans regarding cloud computing. The survey will also reveal profile information on the types of cloud services currently being used. Now open to ...
VMblog.com - Virtualization Technolog...

KPMG: Authorities looking at taxing cloud computing, new resource ...
By Rob Starr, Big4.com
Cloud computing has become an attractive option for managing the IT needs of both businesses and consumers. Results from a recent KPMG survey, Clarity in the Cloud, show that 81 percent of businesses are either planning to use it or are ...
Big4.com

Google Drive: Another competitor in the world of cloud storage ...
By Sukhraj Beasla
The latest tech craze seems to be the cloud. No, not those big puffy things in the sky. The “cloud” is digital storage. It promises to make your life easier. It keeps all your data in sync, prevents it from being lost or stolen, and is offered by almost ...
Viralheat Social Media Strategy Blog

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Pradeep Rathinam, CEO of ...
By candicearnold
As more and more companies transition to cloud computing, the demand for platform-as-a-service (PaaS) will continue to grow. That will pose no problem for Aditi Technologies, which is already among the top three PaaS solution providers in ...
Sramana Mitra

Guest Post: Cloud Management - Journey to the Cloud
By Admin
Cloud computing has definitely revolutionised the IT industry and transformed the way in which IT Services are delivered.
Journey to the Cloud

Research in Future Cloud Computing – Webstream available | The ...
By admin
This event will present the outcome of the work of a group of experts (which was established in spring 2009 and re-convened in 2011). The aim was to address the technological progress made during the last few years in the domain of cloud ...
The Albion Alliance presents

Help Define a “(Tier 1) Cloud” | Cloud Computing Journal
Recently I've had conversations with Cloud entrepreneurs that identifies one really simple but powerfully illustrative dynamic of the Cloud Computing industry: ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2266696

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