Wednesday, May 9, 2012

SMBs Spend More on Tablets and Cloud Services

IT Budgets Grow as SMBs Spend More on Tablets and Cloud Services, Says Survey
PCWorld
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Small and medium-sized businesses are spending more money on IT, including adopting tablets, cloud services and virtualization to a greater extent, according to Spiceworks' State of SMB IT survey.

Infrastructure cloud services take a shift toward PaaS
ITworld.com
May 08, 2012, 1:34 PM — LAS VEGAS -- Services providers that have traditionally offered infrastructure as a service (IaaS) clouds are beginning to move up the stack into the platform as a service (PaaS) market in an effort to diversify their portfolio ...

Cisco: Network Tops Cloud Challenges
NetworkComputing.com
The 2012 Cisco Global Cloud Networking Survey of 100 IT executives in each of 13 countries reveals that while only 5% of them are using cloud computing technology today to deliver the majority of the software applications they use in their businesses, ...

Microsoft eases back on Azure cloud branding
CNET
Redmond is cutting the name "Azure" out of the branding for its cloud services on its billing portal. by Mary Jo Foley May 8, 2012 9:09 AM PDT Microsoft is informing customers of its Windows Azure cloud that it is rebranding many, if not all, ...

The Cloud Storage Sector Egnytes
Huffington Post
But one of the hottest current technology sectors is 'Cloud Storage' and there's even been increasing references to the "Cloud Storage Wars." This kind of hyperbole conjures up images of Genghis Khan saddled up and roaming the steppes for conquerable ...

Cloud Computing Firm Receives $1 M From Connecticut Innovations
Hartford Courant
"NextCloud is an innovator in the growing field of cloud computing and is well positioned to capture market share as more and more organizations outsource IT and move their internal IT infrastructure to the Internet," said Claire Leonardi, ...

Panzura Debuts Version 3.0 of Its Global Cloud Storage System, With Lightning ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LAS VEGAS, NV, May 08, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- From the 2012 Interop IT Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, Panzura, a leading provider of global cloud storagesolutions, today unveiled a sweeping update to its Panzura Operating System (PZOS) and ...

Standing Cloud Named Cool Vendor by Leading Analyst Firm
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Gartner's 2012 Cloud Services Brokerage Enablers report includes Standing Cloud as one of the Cool Vendors enabling enterprises and cloud service providers to strengthen their usage ofcloud services through aggregation, integration and customization.

Vectorworks Cloud Services Now Offered in the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Portugal ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
"We are very pleased to offer the benefits of cloud computing directly to our UK customers through Vectorworks Cloud Services,” said Martyn Horne, product development manager at Computers Unlimited, the Vectorworks distributor for the United Kingdom ...

ACTIVESTATE is named a Silver Partner at Cloudcor's 4th Annual Cloud Slam'12 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 08, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cloudcor(R) today announced that ActiveState, whose software enables developers and enterprises to innovate from code to cloud, is a Silver Partner at Cloud Slam'12 Cloud Computing Conference ...

Cloud Computing Migration Showcased at Citrix Synergy
GlobeNewsWire (press release)
ATLANTA, May 8, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Racemi, provider of technology that accelerates migrations to cloud computing, today announced it will be providing live demonstrations to showcase its SaaS (software as a service) migration service Cloud Path ...

GoodData Founder and CEO to Present at Goldman Sachs Cloud Computing Conference
Seattle Post Intelligencer
GoodData, a disruptive, cloud-based enterprise Business Intelligence (BI) platform, today announced that Founder and CEO Roman Stanek will participate in the panel discussion, “Data: The New Competitive Advantage” at the Goldman Sachs Cloud Computing ...

HP details its cloud computing strategy at OpenStack
TechTarget
based tech giant had a major presence at the conference, headed by Zorawar “Biri” Singh, HP's senior vice president and general manager of cloud services. Singh described HP's plans forcloud computing services, described how its partnerships will work ...

Microsoft SkyDrive vs. Apple iCloud and the folly of cloud poaching
ZDNet (blog)
By Larry Dignan | May 8, 2012, 5:54am PDT Summary: The reality is that most of us will use multiple cloud services. Small businesses will too. Microsoft is pitting its SkyDrive cloud storage against Apple's iCloud and makes many valid points.

Panzura Global Cloud Storage System Version 3.0 Released
StorageReview.com
Panzura has just announced a major update to the Panzura Operating System (PZOS) and Quicksilver Cloud Storage Controller today at Interop. PZOS and the Quicksilver controller are two critical components in Panzura's Global Cloud Storage System, ...

Four Reasons Why I Hate the Term 'Cloud'
Wired News
There are many types of cloud. This is similar to the previous reason — but I already said there were four reasons, so tough luck. In addition to cloud services being offered by different vendors, IBM internally offers a private development/test ...

Microsoft to eliminate its Azure branding in billing portal
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | May 8, 2012, 6:05am PDT Summary: Microsoft is cutting the name “Azure” out of the branding for its cloud services on its billing portal. Microsoft is informing customers of its Windows Azure cloud that it is rebranding many, ...

Cloud Computing: Yahoo Board Member Quits over ResumeGate
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Maureen O'Gara Yahoo board member Patti Hart, who led the search committee that resulted in Yahoo hiring PayPal president Scott Thompson as its CEO, won't stand for re-election at the next annual meeting, according to sources tapped by All Things ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

V3 Systems Introduces V3 Desktop Cloud Orchestrator: The Next Generation in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LAS VEGAS, May 08, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- V3 Systems, the industry leader in DesktopCloud Computing (DCC), announced today availability of the V3 Desktop Cloud Orchestrator(TM), a powerful new management addition to its industry-leading V3 Desktop ...

Motorola Solutions Moves WLAN Services to the Cloud
MarketWatch (press release)
The new Motorola WLAN Cloud Services extend the rich feature set of the premise-based Motorola systems to WLAN operators looking for a complete cloud offering with a WLAN Planner for RF coverage planning, the award winning WiNG 5 solution for ...

How to address cloud application lifecycle challenges
ITworld.com
By Bernard Golden, CIO | Cloud Computing Add a new comment May 08, 2012, 3:22 PM — Last week I wrote about the fact that IT organizations are now executing an "and" cloud computingstrategy, in the sense that their future plans include (most likely ...

Tier 3 Expands Enterprise Cloud Platform with Multi-Framework Web Fabric and ...
Sacramento Bee
In this context, this announcement is a significant as it represents a step forward in cloud services designed specifically to meet the needs of modern enterprises." To further enhance IT agility, Tier 3 is also introducing the first in a series of ...

Aryaka joins forces with Amazon for cloud services
IndUS Business Journal
Aryaka, a cloud-based WAN optimization and application acceleration company, and Amazon Web Services, a cloud computing business, have launched a services for accessing globalcloud and enterprise resources. Aryaka provides a network that ensures IT ...

Introduction of Akamai Terra Cloud Catalyst Allows Public Cloud Providers to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"One organization that is providing its customers with access to CDN features via Akamai is Rackspace, the service leader in cloud computing. Rackspace was one of the first Akamai partners to recognize the value of elastic CDN services delivered on ...

Cloud-Based M-Commerce Applications Future Discussed in New Study Now ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Business Wire Having dramatically changed IT operations and enterprise business support functions in the recent past, cloud computing is poised to facilitate substantial impacts in mobile business models and operations going forward.

Root Canal or Cloud Migration? Cisco Study Reveals Many IT Professionals Have ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JOSE, CA, May 08, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- As the role of cloud computing is growing significantly in its ability to deliver business applications, many IT decision makers are facing challenges with their existing network infrastructure to ...

Panzura Reports Accelerated Growth and Strong Market Trajectory in 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
LAS VEGAS, NV, May 08, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- From the Interop Expo in Las Vegas, Panzura, a leading provider of global cloud storage solutions, reported today that it is experiencing accelerating year-over-year growth and strong market uptake ...

Dell Cloud Introduces Simplified Cloud-Enabled Solutions for Running SAP(R ...
MarketWatch (press release)
For customers looking to move their SAP solutions into a secure hybrid, public or private cloud, Dell Cloud for SAP Solutions provides two easy-order offers that blend a set of SAP-certified enterprise-class cloud services. Dell Cloud for SAP Solutions ...

Executive Corner: Interview with Mike McCarthy, Vice President of ...
By Sunil Joshi
Vasfi Gucer and I recently interviewed Mike McCarthy, Vice President of Cloud Computing for IBM Global Technology Services to get his thoughts regarding IBM's cloud strategy. Mike discussed various IBM cloud offerings, general challenges ...
Thoughts on Cloud Blog

Survey: Cloud's hard, insecure and my boss made me do it — Cloud ...
By Derrick Harris
The 2012 Cisco Global Cloud Networking Survey queried more than 1300 people on their feelings and experiences with moving to a cloud computing model, and the findings paint a somewhat confusing picture (perhaps due in part to the ...
GigaOM

Cloud Computing: Google and Android Infringed Oracle Copyrights ...
Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computingand Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of .... Cloud Storage: Myths and Realities. POWER PANELS: ...
Java Industry News

Cloud Fundamentals Video Series: Evolving Identity Requirements ...
By trusted-cloud
The Trustworthy Computing blog provides perspectives on the security, privacy and reliability topics relevant to organizations, with a particular focus on cloud computing and the evolution of the IT environment. ... as at the intersection of them; many customers would like to be able to use multiple identities, including those used on social networks and those in their organization's on-premise Active Directory, to access public and private cloud services from any device they choose to use.
Cloud Computing | Microsoft Trustwort...

Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Storage
By Mike Lata
As more businesses use public cloud services such as Dropbox and the new Google Drive, privacy as well as security concerns may arise. Many of these... ... Public Cloud StorageProviders. There is a growing variety of public cloud computing services being offered at the moment. This commodity is getting more popular as users are learning how to manage and use files over a wide range of devices. Examples of public cloud storage services include Dropbox, iCloud, Microsoft ...
TrainSignal Training

ElasticHosts makes Cloud Adoption easy with Cloudways Managed ...
By Cloudways
... Cloudways to offer managed cloud services to its customers. Cloudways managed cloud services helps in Cloud Migration and Maintenance. ... ElasticHosts, one of the UK's leadingcloud hosting provider has partnered with Cloudways in order to provide Managed Cloud Services to its customers. ElasticHosts offers self service cloud hosting portal through ... May 3, 2012; Making Cloud Computing a “Piece of Cake” for everyone! April 26, 2012; Cloudways now manages PureVPN's ...
Blog

Should you take your POS into the cloud?
By Michael Dattoma
Yes, the cloud has become part of our vocabulary and as hosted applications become more mainstream. What is the cloud? Cloud computing as it applies to point-of-sale systems is the ability to use software as a web-based service rather ...
MRketplace / MR Magazine

Great Combination for Cloud Storage: Ubuntu 12.04 + OpenStack ...
By ning
So, we did an apple-to-apple cloud backup performance comparison between OpenStack Swift Essex on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and OpenStack Swift 1.46 + Ubuntu 11.10, as well as demonstrated the functionality of Object Store in the OpenStack ...
Zmanda Team Blog

What Does the Future of Cloud Computing and Social Media Hold ...
By Crystal Tai
Monte Jade Science & Technology Association, with Cupertino-based board members, will hold its annual conference on May 20 to discuss cloud computing, social media, and high tech litigation.
Cupertino Patch

Yahoo Gets New Ultimatum | Cloud Computing Journal
Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computingand Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server ...
Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal

Welcome To Cloud City | Business 2 Community
By Thomas Stone
Cloud computing and cloud hosting are becoming common terms when speaking of a company's computing infrastructure. The cloud is a ... Smaller vendors also bring cloud servicesto smaller operations or even individuals. These vendors ...
Business 2 Community

Raising Funds for the Cloud: Nirvanix Announces $25M | Ping! Zine
By Ping! Zine Editor
Nirvanix's solutions include public, hybrid and private cloud services. Discussing the ... “The advantages of cloud computing are becoming more clear all the time, and it is inevitable that storage will also move to this architecture,” commented Weiden. “Data, particularly ... The announcement follows an event at the Symantec 2012 Conference late last month in which thecloud provider demonstrated some of its solutions along with unveiling a 1TB of cloud storageoffering. For more ...
Ping! Zine

Crypto In The Cloud Secures Data In Spite Of Providers | Porticor ...
By Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer, Dark Reading
With companies increasingly worried about their data in the cloud, a number of providers have cropped up to offer various types of encryption Many studies. ... Other providers encrypt the applications running in a platform-as-a-service environment, while still others focus on encryption data in cloud storage or encryption infrastructure-as-a-service. [Cloud providers aren't quite ... Just as cloud services are rapidly evolving, so are security services designed to encrypt data in the cloud.
Porticor Cloud Security

The Economics of Cloud Computing
The Economics of Cloud ComputingJoin us for the live webcast with Sprint, CSC, and ETS executives discussing the impact of cloud computing on their busines.
www.slideshare.net/.../the-economics-of-cloud-computing-127...

Marvell - Solutions - Cloud Services
Cloud services give consumers and employees a seamlessly connected lifestyle by enabling efficient, ... to deliver optimal performance, low power, and high levels of integration for cloud computing applications. ... Cloud Storage Solutions ...
www.marvell.com/solutions/cloud-services/

Intel's Cloud Computing Technology
Cloud computing technology: Intel helps to develop a cohesive set of open, ... unified networking,cloud security issues, server pools, cloud storage, and for the ...
www.intel.com/.../intel-s-cloud-computing-vision.html?cid...



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