Saturday, May 12, 2012

Google CIO Ben Fried: Cloud Tipping Point Is At Hand

Google CIO Ben Fried Says Cloud Tipping Point Is At Hand
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The economics of cloud computing are driving down the cost structure of business so far and so fast that it's scary, Google CIO Ben Fried says. “It deeply disturbed me … in 2006, 2007 consumer companies were forcing efficiencies on a scale never seen ... 

The Morning Download: CIOs Seek Cloud Cover
Wall Street Journal (blog)
CIOs are beginning — some would say finally — to use cloud computing as a strategic tool. The ability to rent computing and storage capacity as needs arise, as well as applications that can be used to manage sales accounts, deploy field technicians, ...

Standing Cloud Extends Capabilities with Support for HP Cloud Services
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"Standing Cloud powered by HP Cloud Services" simplifies cloud application deployment and management for HP Cloud Services customers Boulder, CO (PRWEB) May 10, 2012 StandingCloud (www.standingcloud.com), a leading provider of cloud application ...

enStratus Announces Support for HP Cloud Services
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Solution provides enterprises with cloud management, governance and automation for publiccloud from HP Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) May 10, 2012 enStratus today announced that it has added support for HP Cloud Services (http://hpcloud.com).

Virtualization Technology: Citrix Synergy 2012: 10 New Initiatives in Cloud ...
eWeek
Citrix is also making a strong move into cloud computing services with one of its prominent new ventures being Citrix CloudPlatform, which the company describes as the "first commercially supported cloud orchestration system based on Apache CloudStack.

eWeek

SMEStorage announces that their hybrid Cloud File Server now supports HP Cloud ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
SMEStorage on-premise or managed hosted Cloud File Server now supports HP Cloud Services London, UK (PRWEB) May 10, 2012 SMEStorage today announced that the SMEStorage hybrid Cloud File Server is now available to be used with HP Cloud Services ...

HP Moves HP Cloud Services To Public Beta
Dark Reading
PALO ALTO, Calif., -- HP today made its first public cloud services available as a public beta. Advancing the company's Converged Cloud portfolio, HP Cloud Services deliver an open-source-based public cloud infrastructure with business-oriented ...

Corent Named an "American Technology Awards" Finalist in Cloud Computing
MarketWatch (press release)
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Corent Technology, Inc., a disrupting innovator in the Cloud Computing space, announced that its key product - Corent multi-tenant Server(TM) - has been named a finalist in the Cloud ...

Panzura Cloud Storage Gateway Refresh Delivers More Control
NetworkComputing.com
Version 3.0 of the operating system for the Panzura Global Cloud Storage System features support for an extended file system access control list (ACL) that gives companies more control over which users have access to which files, ...

Cloud Computing: HP Betas Its OpenStack Public Cloud
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Maureen O'Gara HP, the public cloud's Johnnie-come-lately, made its first public cloud services available in public beta Thursday and, to make up for lost time HP is going to charge utility prices to use the beta albeit at half what it'll cost when ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cloud Computing: How Red Hat Plans to Conquer the Enterprise PaaS Space
SYS-CON Media (press release)
And then there's Red Hat's great enemy VMware with its new Cloud Foundry open source PaaS. So to meet the opposition and give the enterprise what it wants Red Hat has been evolving its OpenShift PaaS, which it put out for as a developer preview a year ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

CloudOpt Announces Availability on HP Cloud Services
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"CloudOpt enables businesses to quickly move data and applications into the cloud" said Dave Burow, CEO of CloudOpt. "Our WAN optimization solution enhances HP Cloud Servicesinteroperability across public, private, and hybrid clouds by speeding data ...

This Just In: Cloud Computing is Hard, and Takes a Long Time
PCWorld
But putting aside the obvious self-promotion, the broader conclusions confirm what many of us have suspected for some time and what anyone considering a cloud migration must understand: It's not easy. Cloud computing is a challenge that takes longer ...

CIOs Get More Options as Cloud Computing Goes Open Source
IT Business Edge (blog)
By date: CIOs, CEOs and other executives must have a lot of questions about cloud computing, and I'm not sure there are actually good answers right now when it comes to portability and integration. For instance, I recently talked to a CEO who expressed ...

EASE Releases Cloud Based Version of EASEworks and RetailEASE
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
EASE Inc. announces the availability of their popular EASEworks and RetailEASE software products on a cloud based platform. Mission Viejo, CA (PRWEB) May 11, 2012 As part of a continued effort to offer state of the art software products to their ...

SOASTA Brings CloudTest To HP Cloud Services
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
(EON: Enhanced Online News)--SOASTA, the leader in cloud and mobile testing, today announced the company will offer HP Cloud Services as one of the public cloud choices available for the SOASTA Global Test Cloud. Now application developers, performance ...

'Cloud computing can offer the CIO a new job position'
InformationWeek India
While cloud computing offers a lot of potential and opportunity for customers and partners, there are a host of issues on which enterprises need better clarity. Sharing insights from his tremendous experience, Biyani tells Srikanth RP from ...

Spirent Offers Cloud Infrastructure Testing Solutions for HP Cloud Services ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Spirent Communications (LSE: SPT) today announced that itscloud infrastructure and application testing solutions will be available with HP Cloud Services. Spirent is partnering with HP to offer customers the ability to ...

Cisco Survey: Networks Are Key to Cloud Migrations
eWeek
The survey indicated that many IT decision makers understand the need for the right kind of network infrastructure for cloud computing but have little desire to wade into the complex work of creating such a network. They also see security as the ...

ScaleXtreme Announces Early Support of HP Cloud Services
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
(EON: Enhanced Online News)--ScaleXtreme, the leading provider of cloud and server management products, supports the recently announced HP Cloud Services, providing customers a wide range of cloud management tools. “The addition of the HP Cloud ...

Roundup: EMC Buys XtremIO, Public Beta for HP Cloud
Data Center Knowledge
Riverbed Whitewater supports HP Cloud Services. Riverbed Technologies (RVBD) announced that the Whitewater family of cloud storage gateway solutions now support HP Cloud Object Storage, one of the HP Cloud Services. Organizations that deploy Whitewater ...

Facebook takes small step into cloud storage
Phys.Org
Last month, Google launched its long-anticipated "Drive" service that lets people store photos, videos, and other digital files in the Internet cloud. The booming trend of smartphones or tablets being at the center of mobile lifestyles is prompting the ...

Cloud Computing: Dell's Got the First 22nm Microservers
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Maureen O'Gara Dell has turned up with the very first cloud-directed microservers using Xeon processors built on Intel's teeny-weeny 22nm process with sexy TriGate transistors. It will be amusing to see if AMD sends its recent SeaMicro microserver ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

HP betas OpenStack Cloud Services
BusinessCloud9
The Public beta launch of HP's Cloud Services moves the company step closer to being one of the big contenders in the Cloud resources market. It is squaring up with a six-pronged assault on business looking to build Cloud-based services.

Cloud Computing: PTO Finds Key RPost Patent 100% Valid
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Maureen O'Gara A US Patent and Trademark Office re-examination has found a basic RPost proof-of-delivery patent valid. In a sweeping decision all 89 of its claims have been left standing against challenges of prior art. Patent holders dream of such ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Imogo Launches Comprehensive Cloud-Based Services Solution For Small Businesses
MarketWatch (press release)
According to new research from AMI Partners, small and midsize businesses in the United States will spend more than $49 billion on cloud services in 2015. Microsoft's recent "SMBCloud Adoption Study 2011," an analysis of how cloud computing will ...

HP Cloud Services Enters Beta with Multiple Vendor Support
TalkinCloud (blog)
The HP Cloud Compute, HP Cloud Object Storage and HP Cloud Content Delivery Network elements of HP Cloud Services are now officially open for use, although in beta form (which means there probably are some kinks yet to be worked out).

Dome9 Security Enables Secure Cloud Computing with HP Cloud Services
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release)
Dome9 Security(TM), the leading provider of cloud server security management for public and private clouds, as well as for dedicated and virtual private servers (VPS), today announced that its leading cloud security service supports HP Cloud Services ...

Droplr Undercuts Cloud Storage Competition | WebProNews
By Mike Fossum
For a limited time, cloud storage service Droplr is offering a Pro upgrade of 100 GB of storage for $3 a month, or $30 a year, in a bid to compete with the host of other pay cloud services that have emerged. droplr pro. Droplr offers a free service ...
WebProNews

Amazon and SAP put All-in-One in the cloud — Cloud Computing ...
By Barb Darrow
SAP All-in-One business applications will now run in Amazon's cloud -- another step that could make Amazon Web Services more enticing to risk-averse businesses that stress over entrusting their life-blood applications to a public cloud. ... NET development on Elastic Beanstalk, it looks like Amazon is bound and determined to make its public cloud services more enticing to corporate accounts. Related research and analysis from GigaOM Pro: Subscriber content. Sign up for a free trial ...
GigaOM

Facebook rolls out cloud storage for users | The Raw Story
By Agence France-Presse
Facebook is slowly moving into the cloud. The social networking giant confirmed Friday it was rolling out a storage service for users, creeping into the territory of Dropbox, Google and others, which offer free or paid storage of files that can be ...
The Raw Story

System Center Cloud Services Process Pack RTM Now Available ...
By Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Team
Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform offerings include private cloud and virtualization technologies, as well as Windows Server operating system, System Center IT management, and Forefront security products.
TechNet Blogs

SMEStorage announce their Cloud File Server supports HP Cloud ...
By admin
London, United Kingdom – SMEStorage today announced that the SMEStorage hybrid Cloud File Server is now available to be used with HP Cloud Services. SMEStorage has delivered its CloudFile Server product to be used by customers ...
MacMegasite

HP Moves Into Public Beta with its Cloud Services
HP Moves Into Public Beta with its Cloud Services. Friday, 11 May 2012 - 14:48 PM. While Citrix's moves ahead with CloudStack and its abandonment of the OpenStack cloud computing platform dominated the news recently, let's not forget ...
Learn About Linux

Droplr Pro offers 100GB of cloud storage for a month | The TechBlock
By Jon Dick
Free cloud storage is widely available, but it's not without its limitations, and users seeking bigger lockers and larger uploads have to pay. For 100GB of storage, for instance, Google Drive charges users $4.99 a month, while Dropbox demands ...
The TechBlock

HP Cloud Services Sees Massive Adoption Just in Time for Beta ...
By Maria Deutscher
Hewlett-Packard's HP Cloud Services have officially entered public beta – exactly as promised a month ago, when SiliconANGLE's Alex Williams analyzed the news to see how the hardware giant plans to take on AWS. Cloud Services is fairly ...
SiliconANGLE

Disruption in the Cloud « High Tech in the Hub
By Joe Kinsella
Since computing is a collection of different industries, the response to cloud disruption has varied. Some have embraced cloud computing, choosing to either migrate to the cloud or offer their own cloud services. Others have defended their ...
High Tech in the Hub

Zenny's Weekly Cloud Links #56 | Zenoss Blog by @tbalinas
By Travis Balinas
Every Friday we like to highlight some of our favorite posts on IT Operations, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Virtualization and anything else that grabbed our attention over the week. Here are some great articles from the week of May 7th that are worth taking a look at. Enjoy and have a fantastic ... Study: Cloud Computing Cuts $5.5 Billion Annually from Federal Budget by Patrick Burke. The federal government saved nearly $5.5 billion a year by moving to cloud services. But it might have ...
Transforming IT Operations

Imogo Launches Comprehensive Cloud-Based Services Solution ...
By WDM Group PR Network
According to new research from AMI Partners, small and midsize businesses in the United States will spend more than $49 billion on cloud services in 2015. Microsoft's recent "SMB CloudAdoption Study 2011," an analysis of how cloud computing will impact global small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in the next three years, indicates that 39 percent of SMBs expect to be paying for one or more cloud services within three years, an increase of 34 percent. It also predicts that the ...
Press Releases

Ecommerce: Cloud Computing and the Small Ecommerce Business ...
By CBR Team
Busy ecommerce businesses need to adopt a robust system that can cope with traffic demands without costing the earth. The solution? Cloud computing.
Cloud Business Review

HP Moves HP Cloud Services to Public Beta
HP today made its first public cloud services available as a public beta.
www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2012/120510a.html?...

The Cloud Storage Showdown – Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive ...
cloud storage services The cloud storage scene has heated up recently, with a long-awaited entry by Google and a revamped SkyDrive from Microsoft. Dropbox ...
www.makeuseof.com/.../cloud-storage-showdown-dropbox-g...

A Smarter Government Through Cloud Computing « A Smarter ...
By Andras Szakal IBM US Federal CTO. A smarter government is more agile, more able to effectively respond to changing government needs and citizen ...
asmarterplanet.com/.../a-smarter-government-through-cloud-c...

Cloud Computing For Small Business
Here's how to clear the toughest cloud computing hurdles. ... it may even be possible for developers to build custom integrations with the new cloud services.
comluv.com/how-to-transform-your-cloud-challenged-small-b...



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