Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Microsoft unveils Office for tablets with cloud storage

Microsoft unveils Office for tablets with cloud storage
KATU
Microsoft unveiled a new version of its widely used, lucrative suite of word processing, spreadsheet and email programs, one designed specifically with tablet computers and Internet-based storage in mind.

KATU

EARNINGS PREVIEW: Cloud Computing Still Bright Spot for Software Cos
Wall Street Journal
TAKING THE PULSE: While information technology spending remains muted amid a challenging global macroeconomic environment, businesses' continued investment in cloud services remains a bright growth spot for major software companies. Earlier this ...

A Revolution in Cloud Computing: ProfitBricks' New Architecture Doubles Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BOSTON, Jul 16, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ProfitBricks, the Cloud Computing IaaS Service company that has completely reengineered the delivery of cloud computing, announces today the first public preview of its groundbreaking virtual data center service ...

Microsoft revamps Office, looks to the cloud
Chicago Tribune
The revamped Office makes use of cloud computing and is compatible with touch screens widely used in tablets. It comes as Apple Inc and Google Inc make inroads into the workplace, long Microsoft's stronghold. Office is Microsoft's single-biggest profit ...

Microsoft defends desktop while moving Office 2013 to the cloud
ZDNet
Summary: Microsoft has taken its cloud services, Office desktop programs, and browser-based Office Web Apps and fused them into a product that feels unified and natural. And they've done so without altering the fundamental character of Office. ... The...
 
ZDNet

The Cloud Services Checklist: Automation, Service and Education
NetworkComputing.com
As IT organizations get serious about cloud computing services, the first steps revolve around changing the organizational mind-set. ... This wasn't a meeting about "cloud in a box," or cloud services implementation. The real challenge now was ensuring ...

Microsoft's new Office: The cloud finally takes center stage
CNET
It also means SkyDrive, its personal-cloud storage service. Additionally, it means support for roaming settings, which can move with users ac ross devices, as well as the ability to stream the Office bits to new PCs (and remove them later) using an ...

Preston Gralla: June 2012: The month the cloud got real
Computerworld
Computerworld - If you're looking for a turning point in the inevitable shift away from client computing to cloud computing, last month might be the best choice. It was the month that cloud computingfinally became real. Why June 2012? As Quentin Hardy ...

Cisco Buys Virtuata for Cloud, Virtual Machine Security
eWeek
The networking giant is looking to make the path to cloud computing for businesses easier and more secure. ... The networking giant is looking to make the path to cloud computing for businesses easier and more secure.

OpenStack Cloud Platform Gains Momentum, But Rivals Circle
CRN
This week marks the second anniversary of the founding of the OpenStack cloud computingplatform, and it will be an occasion for celebration in the open-source community. After all, OpenStack is leading a movement in cloud computing, garnering the ...

Shining a light on Oracle Cloud
InfoWorld
An interview with Senior Vice President Abhay Parasnis offers insight on the inner workings, ultimate intent of Oracle Cloud. ... App Dev · Applications · Cloud Computing · Consumerization · Data Center · Data Explosion · Mobile Tech · Security ...

OpenStack Open-Source Cloud Platform Celebrates Second Anniversary
eWeek
Rackspace announces a celebration of the second anniversary of the OpenStack open-source cloud computing platform for building public or private clouds. ... 7: Cloud-Storage Standard Moving Toward Adoption · Visit eWEEK Labs for independent reviews ...

Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: Business Value in a Cloud-Enabled Ecosystem
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Many analysts are observing that by the end of 2012 most organizations will be using at least ten types of cloud computing products and services either directly or indirectly. Email, mobile apps, collaboration, social networking, storage, converged ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cloud Computing Growth Still Going Strong
Midsize Insider
There are tremors of economic uncertainty reverberating throughout almost every segment of IT. Through it all, cloud computing continues to grow as strong as ever. With performance and management benefits that non-cloud solutions have difficulty ...

Venture Capital Good With Cloud, Software, Social
Investor's Business Daily
Venture capital firms feel positive about investing in cloud computing, software, and social, but have the least confidence in chips and telecom sector.

Safe Harbor not safe enough for EU cloud data
ITworld.com
Such an opinion could drastically affect the adoption of cloud computing by European companies in a predominately US-based cloud world. While this WP 196 recommendation .... Increasingly enterprises are adopting cloud services. However, cloud services ...

OpenStack Is Pushing Ahead in the Open-Source Cloud Space
eWeek
The OpenStack mission is to enable any organization to create and offer cloud computing services running on standard hardware. OpenStack is used by corporations, service providers, value-added resellers, small and midsize businesses, researchers, and ...

eWeek

Gartner: Public Cloud Service Growth Outpacing Overall IT
TalkinCloud (blog)
Overall IT spending may barely increase over the next few years, but spending on public cloud services will be going through the roof, according to Gartner. ... Cloud Computing News and Information for CSPs, MSPs and VARs. Subscribe: Newsletter · RSS ...

Cloud is not mature enough for the Olympics: Exec
ITWorld Canada
LONDON -- Cloud computing infrastructure is not yet mature enough for something as "mission critical" as an Olympic Games, according to Gerry Pennell, CIO of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). Speaking at ...

Cisco Buys Software Security Firm Virtuata
Wall Street Journal
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) said it bought Virtuata, a privately held security software firm, giving the highly acquisitive networking company new tools related to cloud computing and data center infrastructure. Cisco is in the midst of a turnaround ...

Cloud Computing: Google to Get $22.5 Million Wrist Slap: WSJ
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Google is reportedly close to paying a $22.5 million fine to settle charges that it secretly bypassed the privacy settings of millions of Apple users. According to the Wall Street Journal, "the charges involve Google's use of a special computer code to ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

SSDs Gravitate to the Cloud
IT Business Edge (blog)
A key example is cloud computing, which has a proven need for fast data turnaround and highly efficient data infrastructure. Taiwan's Apacer Technology is one of the first to target the needs ofcloud providers, ... As David Gildeh, director of cloud ...

DoD outlines cloud strategy
FierceGovernmentIT
DoD CIO Teri Takai's office will establish a joint enterprise cloud-computing governance structure to manage implementation of the strategy, according to the report. ... Steps include incorporating corecloud infrastructure into data center ...

HostingCon: Microsoft Office 15 Meets Cloud Services, VDI?
The VAR Guy
As the Microsoft Office 15 launch apparently approaches in San Francisco, hosting providers andcloud services providers (CSPs) are gathering for Boston HostingCon 2012. At the cloud hosting event, many attendees will discuss Office as a cloud service ...

Cloud Adoption Picking Up, Says Rackspace CEO
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Lanham Napier says cloud providers need to innovate or risk being commoditized. ... Despite the advantages cloud computing can offer larger enterprises, adoption continues to be slow. Lanham Napier, CEO of Rackspace, predicts the take-up of cloud ...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Cloud on Your Business
Business 2 Community
If you have an ongoing business or you're about to start one, one of the more important decisions you have to make is do I or do I not use cloud computing for.

Business 2 Community

Disaster recovery plans get new urgency
Computerworld
In recent years, cloud computing champions have contended that buying hosted services was a way to guarantee that applications would stay up and running at all times and that data would remain safe and secure. That claim, though, has increasingly been ...

HostingCon: Five Cloud Services Trends for MSPs | MSPmentor
By Joe Panettieri
Managed Services & Cloud Services Blog for VARs & MSPs. Subscribe: ... The discussion will include MSPs that host cloud storage software on their own, and smaller channel partners, including VARs, that white label such services. 2.
MSPmentor

LogMeIn Cubby Cloud Storage Enters Next Beta Development ...
By Julian Horsey
LogMeIn first launched its new cloud storage service back in April of this year, at the start of its early beta stage of development. Since then LogMeIn has been developing their cloud storage competitor called Cubby to take on the likes of Sugar ...
Geeky-Gadgets

The Data Center Journal Cloud Services: Office 365 For SMB
By Rakesh Dogra
... to Office 365. The cloud service has completed a year in market gaining big clients like Burger King and Hallmark Cards. ... Cloud services from Airtel, HP to boost SMB units – CIOL · Cloud Services ... China Cloud Computing Summit 2012 ...
The Data Center Journal

Private cloud computing helps companies remain competitive ...
By CopperEgg
"If you have significant demand, the owned private option can result in overall cost savings," cloud computing expert Ephraim Baron said, according to Sourcing Focus. "If your load varies widely, a capacity-on-demand approach will likely ...
CopperEgg

2012 Future of Cloud Computing Survey Results | TechJaws.com
By Frank Jovine
The results of the 2012 Future of Cloud Computing Survey are in, and the outlook is extremely optimistic. The survey projects cloud-computing technology is poised for a new level of growth and increasing consumer confidence across all ...
TechJaws.com

OEM Cloud Storage for Printers and Scanners | Document - OfficeDrop
By Healy Jones
On July 1oth, OfficeDrop released more information about our OEM cloud storage offering for the scanner and printer hardware industry. ... “OfficeDrop's flexible, nimble platform makes it an ideal choice for businesses looking to launch custom-fit cloud services for their users. OfficeDrop has identified a huge opportunity for the printer and scanner market, as these technologies are staples of small-to-midsized businesses that have yet to snag their piece of the cloud pie. Scanning ...
Document Management Blog

Sui Generis--a New York law blog: Are we seeing a cloud computing ...
By NBlack
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Are we seeing a cloud computing backlash?" A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Are we seeing a cloud computing backlash?
Sui Generis-a New York Law Blog

Migrating to the Cloud: It DOESN'T Have to be Hard or Expensive
Let's face it, Cloud computing has been around for quite some time. In fact some would suggest since the early 60's with the advent of IT Outsourcing. Regardless of when the concept of the Cloudreally came into play, it's here now and we've ...
All DABCC Virtualization & Cloud...

Why Smartphone's Need Cloud Storage :: JustCloud News
By admin
Why Smartphone's Need Cloud Storage. Posted on July 16, 2012. The chance of you leaving the house without your smartphone nowadays is pretty slim, isn't it? And why is that? Well, apart from the fact we've all come to be accustomed to ...
JustCloud News

BriefingsDirect Transcripts: Where Cloud Computing Ultimately ...
By Carlton Vogt
Transcript of a BriefingsDirect podcast from the HP Discover 2012 Conference on hybrid services delivery and converging the evolving elements of cloud computing. Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Download the transcript. ..... One of the elements that we're trying to do with HP Cloud Services in particular is to provide developers with a rich environment in which they can actually develop their applications. We propose that once their applications are developed, once they ...
BriefingsDirect Transcripts

IWGCR: International Working Group on Cloud Computing ...
By iwgcr
IWGCR: International Working Group on Cloud Computing Resiliency. Ocean Mist ... The increasing popularity of cloud storage services has lead companies that handle critical data to think about using these services for their storage needs.
IWGCR: International Working...

Everything About Cloud Computing Companies
To start with Cloud Computing solutions, you need to keep in mind the competitors which are numerous in numbers and provide the best cloud services with low ...
dcloudcomputing.com/cloud-computing-companies/

DoD Cloud Computing Strategy | Cloud Computing Journal
"The DoD Cloud Computing Strategy has been expanded to address use of commercial cloud services in the Department's multi-provider enterprise cloud ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2313585

Progress Made but Future Cloud Computing Efforts Should be Better ...
Podcast: A Review of Federal Agencies' Move to Cloud Computing ... noting that legacy retirement plans were not applicable to its existing cloud services.
www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-756

Cloud computing is available to all companies « CopperEgg
The cloud computing revolution is in full swing and both government ... By leveraging cloud storage environments, organizations can host as many or as few ...
copperegg.com/cloud-computing-is-available-to-all-companies/

Granted, Cloud Computing has a Future in Libraries - Hectic Pace
I'm hoping that many people have read the excellent post on libraries and cloud computing from Carl Grant. My first reaction was one of paranoia--was someone ...
community.oclc.org/.../granted-cloud-computing-has-a.html

Mixing Cloud Computing Education with Practicality | Official Clio Blog
He goes over what cloud computing is, how it differs from desktop software and its ... As cloud computing has become more readily accepted by state bar ...
www.goclio.com/.../mixing-cloud-computing-education-with-...

Vectorworks Cloud Services: Reduce CPU Computing Times ...
When people think of cloud computing, benefits such as convenience and ... Additionally, the Vectorworks Cloud Services sync can be automated to occur ...
cadspeed.wordpress.com/.../vectorworks-cloud-services-reduc...



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