Monday, July 16, 2012

What WORA tells us about the future of the cloud

What WORA can tell us about the future of the cloud — Tech News and Analysis: "Sun Microsystems’ slogan, “Write once, run anywhere,” (WORA) was hot stuff in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Today, a new technology wave is forming, “Deploy once, scale anywhere,” or DOSA. So why should we care about WORA now? By understanding the evolution of Java and the emergence of WORA, we may discover insights into how the various cloud computing paradigms will evolve in the coming years."

OpenStack faces the terrible twos
GigaOM
The OpenStack cloud computing project turns two this week. That means the open-source project -- which fancies itself the Linux of the cloud -- is entering a critical stage of its development process. The opportunity is huge, but the challenges are too.

Better medicine, brought to you by big data
GigaOM
Companies such as DNAnexus, Bina Technologies, Appistry and NextBio want to make analyzing that data to discover cures for diseases faster, easier and cheaper than ever using lots cutting-edge algorithms and lots of cloud computing cores. Dell is ...
 
GigaOM

Business owner has head in cloud
AZ Central.com
He said the company is able to provide cloud services affordably by partnering with a firm called LevelCloud, a wholesaler of cloud-computing services. Chad Trott, president of Phoenix-based El Sol Construction, said he became a Spectrum Technology ...

Rackspace's great OpenStack experiment nears lift-off
ZDNet (blog)
Rackspace is expected to garner small loads on its OpenStack platform and then a bigger piece of the cloud computing pie in the fourth quarter. ... OpenStack will give Rackspace another avenue into private cloud services to drive enterprise adoption.

The CCSR: Canadian Cloud Security Rating
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
The principle business benefit of Cloud Computing is that it provides a platform for encouraging and enabling more innovation – More prototyping, faster product development cycles, lower risk for trialling new ideas, and so on. Failing to exploit these ...

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)

Cloud revenues 'to hit $150bn by 2020'
Trade Arabia
Revenue from sales of cloud computing products and services are poised to surge from their current base of approximately $20 billion to nearly $150 billion by 2020, accounting for 8 per cent of all technology spend, a report said. ... CIOs with diverse ...

The Future of Cloud Adoption
CloudTimes (blog)
Public cloud computing is one of the biggest factors that speed up the pace of changes that occur in enterprise software. ... Google Taking on AWS, Launching Further Cloud Services at Developer Conference · redhat-logo-cloud Red Hat Introduces JBoss ...

CloudTimes (blog)

45% of Networks Will be Obsolete in Next 5 Years
CloudTimes (blog)
There was a significant change in the product development geared to development-oriented architecture to ensure support for the major trends in cloud computingtechnology such as virtualization, video and mobility business. .... Whether you have a long ...

CloudTimes (blog)

FREE 'Online Storage - Dropbox Doubles Cloud!!
The Barrie Examiner
FREE 'Online Storage - Dropbox Doubles Cloud!! Are you looking for a way to Free 'Online Storage for Dropbox Doubles Cloud Storage to access your files Anywhere, anytime and Get Unlimited -Online Storage ? Well, you've come to the right place!
The Barrie Examiner

Dropbox support added to Western Digital mobile backup app
Techworld.com
... E Dunn | Techworld | Published: 18:58, 15 July 2012. Western Digital has added Dropbox support to its WD 2go mobile app, allowing customers to shuffle batches of files between their 'personalcloud', mobile devices and the popular cloud storage ...

New Briefs: July 16
Federal Times
DISA will manage the use, performance and delivery of cloud services and negotiate contracts between cloud service providers and DoD users. DoD's Cloud Computing Strategy, also released last week, incentivizes DoD components to use shared cloud ...

Advanced ICT services up data centre investment
EE Times India
Data centre investment is on the rise as advanced cloud services are being offered by global carriers to MNCs and large enterprise customers, according to market research firm, Ovum.

Luxembourg : CARLOS RAMON to join LUXCLOUD as Globalization Expert ...
Equities.com
Carlos Ramon has been appointed as the Globalization Expert and Advisor at LuxCloud, the global market leader in cloud services distribution. In this new role, Carlos will be responsible to target the expansion of long-term value for LuxCloud s ...

WMware's Earnings Will Show Mobile And Big Data Momentum
Seeking Alpha
Management had raised its outlook for 2012 expecting virtualization and cloud computing to drive growth. We expect mobile desktop virtualization, bring-your-own-device (BYOD), Big Data analytics and enterprise social networking will be the main revenue ...

IAOP Recognizes Persistent Systems as One of the Best Leaders in Research ...
Melodika.net (press release)
The IAOP gave Persistent Systems high marks for its overall Research and Development services, which include BI & Analytics, Cloud Computing, Collaboration and Mobility; the building blocks for technology products and enterprise applications of the future.

Apple Returns to EPEAT; Steam Summer Sale; Uber On-Demand Ice Cream
PC Magazine
Earlier this week, meanwhile, Greenpeace said Apple could set new precedents in coal-free cloud computing but found that the company is still "mostly talk and not enough walk." Also this week, Valve's Steam gaming platform kicked off its annual summer ...

Recent attacks on Yahoo's database have consumers racing for online backup
Examiner.com
Cloud Computing: Important facts business owners must know about Cloud Computing · HP denies offers from Microsoft for the production of an ARM HP tablet · Apple hints the release date of the new mini iPad 3 to be earlier than planned · How to choose ...

Examiner.com

Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: DoD Cloud Computing Strategy
By noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Jackson)
"The DoD Cloud Computing Strategy has been expanded to address use of commercial cloud services in the Department's multi-provider enterprise cloud environment. Adoption and implementation of commercially provided cloud services ...
Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson

FFIEC Issues Statement on Cloud Computing Vendors « Electronic ...
By esradirector
On July 10, the federal banking regulators, through the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) , published a statement on outsourcing of cloud computing services by financial institutions. The statement explains that the ...
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The CCSR: Canadian Cloud Security Rating | Cloud Computing ...
The principle business benefit of Cloud Computing is that it provides a platform for encouraging and enabling more innovation – More prototyping, faster product development cycles, lower risk for trialling new ideas, and so on. Failing to ...
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Eucalyptus Cloud Computing FAQ - Spiceworks
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IT Best Practices, How-tos, Product Reviews, discussions, articles for IT Professionals in small and medium businesses.
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KPMG Official Hybrid Cloud is the Way Ahead for Enterprise - CIO by ...
By levividi
Pentagon develops cloud computing strategy – IT World July 13, 2012, 836 AM The lure of cloud computing is powerful enough to attract even the Pentagon, which released a public outline of itscloud computing strategy this week. Initially, the ...
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Cloud Save: Directly Save Files From Chrome To Your Dropbox ...
By admin
With the recent launch of Google Drive, Cubby, and desktop client for SkyDrive, users now have multiple cloud services to choose from. If you are using a cloud service, chances are that you have uploaded your crucial files to the cloud and ...
Into Windows

Joomla! Cloud hosting with Amazon EC2 Video Tutorial Part 2 ...
By admin
This video tutorial will show you the complete cloud computing environment setup process for an Amazon EC2 web services. Read more here: www.joomlart.com. Video Rating: 5 / 5 ...
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Cloud vs Cloud | Cloud Computing Journal
While there has been confusion and growing pains over the years as to just what 'cloud computing' is, this instance highlights the fact that even The Cloud is still ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2306949

TDS Telecom Mounts Cloud Services Push Behind Channel - CRN
TDS Telecom Mounts Cloud Services Push Behind Channel Acquisitions. By Chad Berndtson, CRN July 13, 2012 8:59 AM ET. Page 1 of 2. As cloud computing ...
www.crn.com/.../tds-telecom-mounts-cloud-services-push-behi...

Around the Web - Cloud computing spending: Miniscule, but fast ...
Summary: Enterprise spending on cloud is still a tiny fraction of overall tech spending. But it will grow fast over the next few years, according to a new report.
www.informationweek.com/.../584d6e6c344d73477a4641676...



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