Saturday, July 21, 2012

Microsoft's Shift to the Cloud: What It Means for You

Microsoft's Shift to the Cloud: What It Means for You
PCWorld (blog)
Microsoft's announcement of Office 2013 is another linchpin in the company's effort to assume a leadership role as a cloud-computing services provider. The new version of Office will be tightly coupled to the company's SkyDrive cloud-storage service. SkyDrive, in turn ... Over time, Microsoft may choose to lower the per-unit costs for its operating systems and applications, but if the company does so, it will be with the expectation that consumers will instead pay ongoing fees for additional cloud services. Microsoft Office ...

Fastest-Growing Category of Cloud Computing: Business Intelligence and ...
Forbes
Since cloud-based services can support massive amounts of data and provide it in a consistent manner across enterprises, there's reason to believe that even the most technology-averse organizations will have a way to compete on analytics, just as the big ...

Forbes

Cloud databases 101: Who builds 'em and what they do
GigaOM
Like most AWS services, it's tied into the AWS management interface and is compatible with a large majority of AWS's countless other cloud computing services. Initially ... For one, it's integrated with the rest of Google's cloud services for easy interaction. And ...

GigaOM

Cloud Computing: Microsoft Trots Out Cloud-ified Office for Windows 8
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Microsoft wheeled out a customer preview of its new Johnny-come-lately, touch-sensitive, cloud-oriented, browser-based version of Office at a last-minute press conference in San Francisco Monday. The stuff is meant for Windows 8, which is supposed to ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cloud Computing Strategies to Fast Track Revenue Generation
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Besides using cloud services for relationship management, ISVs need to plan to leverage cloud tools to enable an end-to-end revenue-generation process. Cloudprovides the avenues to roll out marketing campaigns for lead generation and brand building.

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Where's Azure, and 4 other takeaways from Microsoft's earnings
GigaOM
For all of Microsoft's huge investment in the Azure cloud computing platform, there was scarcely mention of the multi-billion-effort on Thursday's fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 earnings call. Here are the top five takeaways from the call. 1: Yahoo deal ...

Cloud Computing: Intel Feels the Global Pinch
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Intel is feeling the pinch of the global slowdown, the depression in PC sales and the rise of widgets that don't use its chips. CEO Paul Otellini said in a statement Tuesday that "As we enter the third quarter, our growth will be slower than we anticipated due to a ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cloud Computing: Novell Refuses to Let WordPerfect Antitrust Suit Die
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The federal judge who's been minding Novell's billion-dollar WordPerfect antitrust suit threw out its remaining claims Monday theoretically bringing the generation-old dispute dating to Windows 95 and the reign of Bill Gates to an end. Novell however says it's ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Rackspace: OpenStack could be the Linux of the cloud
ZDNet (blog)
OpenStack has the potential to become as widely used in cloud computing as Linux in servers, according to Rackspace's chief executive Lanham Napier. OpenStack and Rackspace. Also, if the open-source cloud operating system is picked up by a mass of ...

ZDNet (blog)

Cloud Computing: Apple Told to Deny Samsung Copied iPad
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Oh, the ignominy of it. A UK judge has told Apple it must take out ads in the Financial Times, the Daily Mail, Guardian Mobile magazine and T3 and say on its UK home page for six months that Samsung didn't copy the iPad's design. On July 9 the court found...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

VMware Denies Cloud Spin-Off Rumors - Keeps Focus on Platform-as-a-Service
ReadWriteWeb
Rumors of a VMware/EMC spin-off are “completely unfounded,” according to a company executive, who sees little chance that VMware will change its approach to cloud computing during its current transition in leadership. Earlier this week, the company announced that VMware CEO Paul Maritz is being replaced by ... “None of that is founded,” VMware's VP of Cloud Services Matthew Lodge emphasized in an interview Thursday. Lodge's denial addressed not only the possibility of a spin-off, but also the existence of ...

Cloud Computing: Workday Reportedly Files IPO Papers on the QT
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Workday, the promising cloud-based HR and financial management start-up founded by the founder and former chief strategist of PeopleSoft David Duffield and Aneel Bhusri, has reportedly filed its S-1 paper to go public under a new law that will let it keep its ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cloud Computing: Dell to Fund Storage Start-Ups
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Jim Lussier, managing director of Dell's venture capital business, says it is looking for mid-level widgetry hoping to find the "next big thing." Apparently that means cloud storage, memory-based storage and next-generation-storage architectures. It figures to put ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Shocker: Government agency drafts sensible cloud computing strategy
InfoWorld
The Department of Defense has released a cloud computing strategy that will move the organization's current applications from a "duplicative, cumbersome, and costly set of application silos to an end state designed to create a more agile, secure, and cost-effective service environment that can rapidly respond to changing mission needs." To move this ... Also check out our "PrivateCloud Deep Dive," our "Cloud Security Deep Dive," our "Cloud Storage Deep Dive," and our "Cloud Services Deep Dive." ] The DoD has ...

High capacity Amazon cloud computing update targets app bottlenecks
Network World
High capacity Amazon cloud computing update targets app bottlenecks ... Amazon Web Services Thursday released a solid state drive-backed cloud compute offering that one industry watcher says is among the highest capacity ones on the market.

Gaining Visibility into the Cloud
IT Business Edge (blog)
One of the reasons that a lot of IT organizations are not all that comfortable with cloud computing is because they don't have a lot of visibility into the true costs of cloud computing. The biggest fear, of course, is paying for cloud resources that don't wind up ...

The Unsung Heroes Of Cloud Computing
Seeking Alpha
I've heard soccer moms at the grocery stores talking about "the cloud." Despite widespread knowledge that "the cloud" exists, few people seem to realize that it isn't literally a cloud. It's a network of computers and hardware. Cloud computing doesn't mean you ...

Beyond Dropbox: Security is only part of the cloud's problem
Network World
The recent news that Dropbox accounts may be exposed, again, to attack should raise alarms for any IT manager considering cloud services. Security, though, is not the only issue facing cloudbuyers. Just a year ago, Dropbox introduced a bug that for four ...

Cloud Security Alliance Selects Singapore as Site for Corporate Headquarters ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The CSA will undertake a three-year strategic private-public partnership with support from the Singapore government to further the security of cloud computing. As part of the agreement, the CSA will establish a Global Research Centre, Global Standards ...

Microsoft's Enterprise Business Humming, But the Future Is Mobile, Cloud
eWeek
And though those traditional businesses will continue to make money for the software company, how Microsoft handles the transition to mobile computing, cloud computing and collaboration will greatly impact its long-term future. “While Server and Tools ...

Why is Cloud Storage Such a Big Deal? (Hint: It's not)
Techworld.com (blog)
Back in 2005, as the very first cloud startups were in their infancy with teams of two to three people working on products In the back of a garage, the majority of people didn't understand the massive benefits of cloud storage and collaboration. Today, nothing ... In a survey of CIOs, three of the top four 2012 priorities were mobile technologies, cloud computing and collaboration (Gartner, Amplifying the Enterprise: The 2012 CIO Agenda, January 1, 2012). Of course .... How to prepare for HTML 5 using cloud services ...

Telehealth, Data Integration, & Cloud Computing Focus Of 2012 OPEN MINDS ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
... President and Chief Executive Officer, Defran Systems and “The Benefits Of Cloud ComputingFor Payers & Care Managers Of Health & Human Services,” featuring Kevin Dolan, Director, Health & Human Services, Microsoft Systems, are among highlights ...

Cloud Computing: Aryaka Closes $25 Million C Round
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The widgetry is supposed to increase application performance up to 100x, reduce WAN traffic 98% for better user experience, improve the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) 99%, reduce bandwidth utilization for HTTP 98% and access cloud service such as Amazon...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

This Week in Cloud, July 19, 2012: Cloud Economics, US DoD's cloud plans ...
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
The US Department of Defense has released a four-step plan to expand its use of cloud computing, according to this Federal Times article. The DoD will incentivize the use of cloud computing and train new professionals on how to procure cloud services, ...

Cloud Expo: Reaching China with Your Website & Cloud Application
SYS-CON Media (press release)
He is also responsible for forming our global product strategy and execution to provide our customers with industry-leading cloud services. Miller brings over 17 years' experience providing, selling, integrating, and ... The recent Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, was the largest Cloud Computing conference ever produced with more sponsors, exhibitors and delegates than all other Cloud events of the year combined! Cloud Expo Silicon Valley will attract more than 10000 delegates from 48 ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

VMware's non-denial denial on CloudFoundry spin-off
GigaOM
A recent report in CRN, a technology trade publication, quotes an internal VMware memo saying that our previously published report about VMware and EMC pooling assets such as Cloud Foundry and GreenPlum and spinning them off into a separate entity ...

Department of Defense Maps Its Cloud Strategy
Sci-Tech Today
"It focuses on the creation of department core data centers, enterprise cloudinfrastructure and sustainment of cloud services." As part of the Defense Department's cloud computing strategy, the government has named the Defense Information Systems Agency ...

Sci-Tech Today

Piracy in the Cloud: A Picture Is Starting to Emerge
Huffington Post (blog)
One of the most striking findings in the global survey data we are releasing this week is the fact that 42 percent of the people who use paid cloud services for business say they share their log-in credentials inside their organizations. ... This highlights the chronic nature of software piracy, and it underscores a point BSA articulated in the policy blueprint we released earlier this year as part of our Global Cloud Computing Scorecard: We need to modernize intellectual property laws so they provide clear protection and ...
The Real Value Of Cloud Storage | CloudTweaks.com - Cloud ...
By cloudtweaks
Many businesses are learning about the many advantages of the cloud, but most of them do not understand the true value of cloud computing and cloud storage. Although many providers like to talk about certain aspects of the cloud that ...
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...

Cloud Storage 101 Tablet App Recommendations | Apartment ...
By Joelle Alcaidinho
With so many cloud services available, it can be challenging to figure out which is the right one for you and your family to use. I've moved many files to the cloud because I'm now able to easily access/upload via tablet. After sorting through the ...
Apartment Therapy | Saving the...

Shocker: Government agency drafts sensible cloud computing strategy
By Molly Keyes
Foster adoption of cloud computing. 2. Optimize data center consolidation. 3. Establish the DoD enterprise cloud infrastructure. 4. Deliver cloud services. This plan describes a defined transformation strategy that takes the DoD from its current ...
The Future of Enterprise Computing

User scenarios for desktop cloud computing | Thoughts on Cloud Blog
By Maciej Sztukiewicz
Recently I decided to write about desktop cloud computing because I feel this area is still in the shadow of mighty “server cloud” topics shaping the modern IT industry and exciting the IT audience. Thinking about potential types of cloud ...
Thoughts on Cloud Blog

Cloud Computing and How its Transforming Your Healthcare ...
By James Jones
The complex nature of today's healthcare services often means that patients have a team of practitioners who are responsible for providing primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care, as well as in public health. Even when providers are ...
Urban Times

Good big data, bad big data — Cloud Computing News
By Barb Darrow
Big data can do a lot for us, not all of it good. As the Internet of things comes online, technology can help us save energy, cure diseases and predict trends. But there is also worry that big data will be disproportionately controlled and used by ...
GigaOM

US Federal Government Cloud Computing Strategy: "Cloud First ...
By Alex Sirota
This document is a very useful summary of the business case to be made for cloud computing. In this case it is the US Federal Government, showing the billions of dollars that can be saved by adopting cloud computing. It's almost 40 pages, ...
NewPath Consulting Blog

Public Cloud Breaches, Private Cloud Opportunities | MSPAlliance
By Charles Weaver
This week's Dropbox scare of possible leaked email addresses, linked to the popular online storage service, offers a unique opportunity for MSPs and cloud.
MSPAlliance

Differentiate Cloud Services | HostingCon 2012 | Flexiant | Cloud ...
By JimWFoley
An overview of Tony Lucas' presentation, Finding your Nice in the Cloud, from HostingCon 2012. View his slides now!
Cloud Orchestration software...

IT professionals should educate executives on private cloud ...
By CopperEgg
Even though cloud computing awareness is on the rise, IT executives often need to educate C-level leaders about the benefits of adopting the technology. This is especially important when a company considers using the private cloud, as internally hosting cloud services can give decision-makers a unique ability to implement robust cloud monitoring and security tools. IT executives need to be prepared for questions involving a variety of topics surrounding the private cloud, according ...
CopperEgg

Cloud Computing Moves from Fad to Foundation | Cloud Computing ...
The cloud is in the process of crossing from the experimental phase to production systems that businesses can rely upon. Yet his has not been an overnight occurrence: Enterprises have been quietly getting smart about cloud computing ...
Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal

Why is Cloud Storage Such a Big Deal? (Hint: It's not) - Industry ...
By Industry Insight
Back in 2005, as the very first cloud startups were in their infancy with teams of two to three people working on products In the back of a garage, the majority of people didn't understand the massive benefits of cloud storage and collaboration.
Industry Insight
Agility in the Cloud | Cloud Computing Journal
"A lot of people are using cloud computing now, and appzero has this new product out that extracts applications that are already installed, sucks them out of the ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2316773

Do Banks Understand Cloud Computing? | MSPAlliance
When it rains it pours, and I'm not talking about the weather. There is so much discussion aroundcloud computing these days it is interesting to see how the ...
www.mspalliance.com/.../do-banks-understand-cloud-computi...

More Reasons to Love 'Cloud' Computing - YouTube
There's a lesson to be learned from Amazon's cloud computing outage two weeks ago that ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yovofzw9cls

Java Applications in Windows Azure Cloud Services using Eclipse ...
Learn how to start running Java web applications in Windows Azure cloud services using Eclipse in this "Hello World" demo by Martin Sawicki. This is an ...
channel9.msdn.com/.../Java-Applications-in-Windows-Azure-...

IBM Cloud Computing
Cloud knowledge paths. Focused learning guides that bring together diverse training resources for IT: *Cloud computing: Build an effective cloud policy *Cloud ...
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