Thursday, August 30, 2012

Most Americans Don't Understand Cloud Computing

Most Americans Don't Understand Cloud Computing: Does It Really Matter?
Forbes
The ideal underlying the cloud computing approach is that end-users — and even IT professionals — can run computing jobs with no awareness of what servers or networks are making it all happen. So, it's not surprising that a new survey shows there isn't ...

Forbes

VMware Launches vCloud Suite, Cloud Ops Forum
eWeek
The world's largest virtualization software provider also introduced a new community group, the CloudOps Forum, whose purpose will be to promote cloud-based IT from VMware's point of view. The announcements were augmented by the additional news ...

Americans Think Cloud Computing Comes From Actual Clouds
WebProNews
All the major tech companies now offer some form of cloud storage and computing for consumers and businesses. Even though it's everywhere, Americans still don't really grasp it. A recent ... “This survey clearly shows that the cloud phenomenon is ...

SUSE Launches OpenStack Cloud Platform
InformationWeek
An OpenStack-based automated cloud computing platform, SUSE Cloud promises improved resource utilization and speedier workload provisioning while also adding another voice in support of the OpenStack effort. Douglas Jarvis, the company's cloud ...

New Relic Delivers Windows Server Monitoring
eWeek
New Relic Server Monitoring is a core capability of the company's free SaaS, or software as a service, application performance management (APM) tool that gives users visibility into server resource utilization as well as deeper insight into cloud ...

Cloud computing by the numbers: Understanding the true cost Of cloud services
ComputerworldUK (blog)
With VMworld in full swing this week and Microsoft's cloud-centered Windows Server 2012 launching soon after, your options for technology to build and deploy enterprise clouds is about to expand significantly. Meanwhile, Amazon continues to drop prices ...

TwinStrata simplifies cloud Storage delivery and access with new subscription ...
CTR
TwinStrata Inc., provider of cloud-based data storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions, announced Tuesday that customers can now purchase both Google Cloud Storage and TwinStrata CloudArray through a single subscription-based bundle.

Cloud Computing Confusing to Many: Survey
eWeek
For example, 51 percent of respondents, including a majority of Millennials, believe stormy weather can interfere with cloud computing. Nearly one-third see the cloud as a thing of the future, yet 97 percent are actually using cloud services today via ...

Performance management tools help IT services provider Savvis scale to meet ...
ZDNet
Summary: Using a range of performance, operations orchestration and Business Service Automation solutions from HP, services provider Savvis has improved its incident resolution and sped the delivery of new cloud services to its enterprise clients.

Why Cloud Computing Is Hazy for Many Americans
TechNewsDaily
Cloud computing, or using remote Internet servers to store data, may be one of the most misunderstood terms in our country today. A new survey reveals the depth of misconception swirling around the simple term "cloud" — people say they don't use cloud ...

DMTF Releases Specification for Simplifying Cloud Infrastructure Management
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
As companies have adopted cloud computing, vendors have embraced the need to provide interoperability between enterprise computing and cloud services. DMTF developed CIMI as a self-service interface for infrastructure clouds, allowing users to ...

EMC Launches Storage Resource Management Suite for Cloud Environments
eWeek
Cloud computing and IT services provider EMC Corp. announced the release of the Storage Resource Management suite, which includes the company's ProSphere, Storage Configuration Advisor and Watch4net platforms. SRM is designed to deliver ...

Salesforce announces Dreamforce 2012, world's largest enterprise technology ...
EventsNetwork
Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced Dreamforce 2012, the world's largest enterprise technology and cloud computing event ever. In its 10th year, Dreamforce expects to welcome more than 70,000 registered attendees ...

Open source leads the way into the cloud
Network World
Looking around the cloud computing landscape, it is impossible to not find an explicit example of open source technology in use. In every layer of the cloud, there is open source to be found, from Linux at the operating system level to a panoply of ...

Cloud Service To Track Cloud Services
Sci-Tech Today
Key features of Splunk Storm include the ability to index and store machine data from any source, format, platform, or cloud provider. Splunk's search language enables the ability to search machine data, filter events, correlate information across data ...

Sci-Tech Today

Ladies and gentlemen, please secure your belongings for takeoff and landing
Computerworld (blog)
It seems to me that all of these cloud services need to begin speaking to each other, and more importantly, agreeing on the ways they are going to secure personal data. Advanced security features such as, Security Assertion Markup Language, Two-factor ...

IBM Mainframe and Cloud Computing
The Data Center Journal (blog)
The zEC12 enterprise system is aimed at cloud users and has improved security, analytics and large scale cloud capabilities.IBM is looking at supporting private cloud capabilities with the mainframe's virtualization abilities and also states that ...

Amazon Surges in Cloud Computing
brandchannel.com
“This survey clearly shows that the cloud phenomenon is taking root in our mainstream culture, yet there is still a wide gap between the perceptions and realities of cloud computing,” said Kim DeCarlis, vice president of corporate marketing at Citrix ...

Cloud Computing: Size Matters
CTR
It's downright fashionable for businesses to move to the cloud right now. If you take a moment to read the laundry list of benefits that cloud services claim to provide, it seems like a no-brainer. Cloud computing can reduce IT infrastructure costs and ...

CTR

Monetizing the Cloud in Today's Market
The VAR Guy
We believe the transition to an annuity-based cloud services model can be challenging for many partners. These challenges include getting employees up to speed in learning how to sell cloud computing, selecting from numerous cloud vendors and ...

3 'Real-Deal' Cloud Companies to Buy
Investorplace.com
But while a simple dictionary can help you nail down “cloud computing,” pinpointing the definition of “cloud operator” is much more difficult — because so many diverse tech companies have declared themselves cloud operators. But if you're an investor ...

Amazon, the Cloud and the Case for Free Kindles
Forbes
As reported in the New York Times earlier this week, Amazon.com is spending a lot of time and effort providing a new generation of data-hungry start-ups with the kind of massive computing power and storage available only through cloud computing.

EMC Recognizes "Journey To the Cloud Award" Winners at VMworld 2012
Businessweek
EMC Corp oration (NYSE: EMC) today announced the recipients of the third annual EMC™ Journey to the Cloud Awards. These prestigious awards recognize two premier customers, a distinguished partner and an exceptional individual who are driving ...

Sony to up R&D budget for cloud computing, displays - Today's Technology News
San Francisco Luxury News
TOKYO: Sony, Japan's biggest exporter of consumer electronics, plans to boost research-and-development (R&D) spending on cloud computing and display panels as it tries to rebound from four straight losses spurred by slumping television sales.

U.S. Intelligence Agencies Seek A Private Cloud OS
InformationWeek
CIA CTO Gus Hunt, speaking at InformationWeek's GovCloud conference last year, said cloud computing, because if its virtual, dynamic nature, could potentially be more secure than traditional IT approaches. "I've created a world in which my workloads ...

Companies That Are Revolutionizing Cloud Computing
CloudTweaks News
Earlier this summer, EMC made a splash with their acquisition of Syncplicity, a cloud storage company. Syncplicity, originally founded by three ex-Microsoft employees, offers a service similar to Dropbox. What sets Syncplicity apart from its ...

CloudTweaks News

Google+ ready for business with IT-friendly bells and whistles
GigaOM
NewNet Q4: Platform mania and social commerce shakeout - 01/19/2012 · NewNet Q2: Google closes the quarter with a bang - 07/12/2011 · Report: How Mobile Cloud Computing Will Change Tech - 09/28/2009 · what is this? Share This Story. Tweet · Email ...

GigaOM

Maximizing cloud potential requires prep work
Financial Post
Many organizations are diving head first into the latest IT game changer, cloud computing (CC). While a comprehensive technical and financial analysis is usually undertaken, few companies thoroughly consider the organizational implications of this...

Financial Post

Advantages Of Cloud Computing | CloudTweaks.com - Cloud ...
By cloudtweaks
Now anyone can use the services of cloud computing at affordable rates. Speed and scalability ofcloud services. With cloud computing, the user has no need to install the hardware or software for a new application; he or she can easily scale ...
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...

Cloud Computing 101: How To Utilize “The Cloud” in Higher Ed ...
By Lance
cloud computing savings. Cost Savings Whether you believe it or not, implementing cloud serviceswill save you money. Like Formstack, most cloud-based services charge monthly to use the software. But if you weigh the yearly price of the software versus hiring a full-time employee or even outsourcing, the savings are obvious. Using Formstack as an example ... services for higher education: Dropbox (free cloud storage service that lets you store files and access them from anywhere) ...
Formstack Blog

A Most Common Place to Fake Cloud Smarts? The First Date ...
By Saroj Kar
And the interesting one, 17 percent pretended to recognize about cloud computing during a first date.Cloud services term widely misunderstood. The term cloud service is becoming more and more popular in recent years, and not only in the ...
SiliconANGLE

Companies that are revolutionizing cloud computing | Rickscloud
By Rick Blaisdell
Earlier this summer, EMC made a splash with their acquisition of Syncplicity, a cloud storagecompany. Syncplicity, originally founded by three ex-Microsoft employees, offers a service similar to Dropbox. What sets Syncplicity apart from its ...
Rickscloud

Cross Platform Cloud Services That Your Business Needs | Modern ...
By edralyn
Platform-Cloud-Services. Business technology is evolving. With so many ways to connect, different devices and businesses utilizing mobile computing, having the right services to connect everyone is as important as your business strategy. With the ... One of the major benefits of cloud computing is fewer resource requirements and storage to complete the same tasks. As cloud ... One method of reducing resource limitations is by utilizing cloud storage and file transfers. In the past large ...
Modern Dignity - The Social Web...

Amazon cloud storage options enhanced with Glacier | Tek-Tips ...
By Greg Schulz
In case you missed it, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has enhanced their cloud services (ElasticCloud Compute or EC2) along with storage offerings. These include Relational Database Service (RDS), DynamoDB, Elastic Block Store (EBS), ...
Tek-Tips Whitepaper Library

Classic Rock Will Rule 'the Cloud'
By Jeff Giles
“Many Americans still do not completely understand what cloud computing is,” concluded Citrix VP Kim DeCarlis, “yet they spend a good portion of their day benefiting from cloud services, whether it's connecting with friends, downloading ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

Microsoft joins startups in building the new app infrastructure stack ...
By Stacey Higginbotham
Microsoft is joining several startups in trying to entice developers to use its cloud as a specialized backend for their mobile applications. Microsoft's Windows Azure Mobile Services joins offerings from Parse, Kinvey and Apigee in trying to ...
GigaOM

Private Cloud 2.0 – Enterprise Cloud Search – Cloud Computing ...
By Neil McEvoy
In the Enterprise 2.0 white paper I wrote a few years ago, I built on the core concepts of what Andrew McAfee had introduced, primarily the integrated role of Cloud Computing and also the overlap with BPM (Business Process Management).
Cloud Computing Best Practices

Free Public Cloud Services Are Putting Your Data at Risk | expertIP
By Rachel Foster
A new study commissioned by Citrix revealed that most Americans don't have a good understanding of cloud computing. Only 16% associated the word “cloud” with computing, although 95% use cloud services for things like online shopping ...
expertIP

Amazon, A Mighty Mover In Cloud Computing. | UTMB Library Link
By abienkow
Amazon has done a lot to re-shape the publishing landscape. Apart from selling books at prices few book stores could approach, let alone match, Amazon launched the KINDLE, the first really useful and practical e-book reader. In that one ...
UTMB Library Link

Free 25GB Box Cloud Storage Driver - box.com
Box is a cloud storage, the alternative of online drivers such as Dropbox, SkyDriver, Google Driver, SugarSync,…With Box, you store files online – then access them anywhere, anytime, on any device. Box is a safe solution to storage your files, ...
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Most Americans Confused By Cloud Computing According to - Citrix
Nearly one third see the cloud as a thing of the future, yet 97 percent are actually using cloud services today via online shopping, banking, social networking and ...
www.citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID...

Insider Threat Blog: Insider Threats Related to Cloud Computing ...
The security of cloud computing is a popular research topic; and insider threats in ... Using cloud services to simply store and/or transfer encrypted information, ...
www.cert.org/.../insider_threats_related_to_cloud_computing-...

VMware vSphere: Enterprise Cloud Computing & Virtualization ...
vSphere accelerates the shift to cloud computing for existing datacenters, while also underpinning compatible public cloud offerings, paving the way for the only ...
www.vmware.com/products/datacenter.../features.html

Dell Cloud Services – Europe Availability and New Offerings ...
Dell Cloud Services – Europe Availability and New Offerings .... determining a cloud roadmap can leverage Dell's Virtualization and Cloud Computing consulting ...
en.community.dell.com/.../dell-cloud-services-europe-availabil...

Why businesses shouldn't trust Apple's cloud services | TechRepublic
Why businesses shouldn't trust Apple's cloud services. By Erik Eckel .... Top 10 ways cloud computing meets today's changing IT needs VIDEO (8 of 13) Top 10 ...
www.techrepublic.com/blog/mac/why-businesses.../2262

Open Cloud Computing: Why Go Open? [Infographic] - Rackspace
Rackspace has changed the game again with the OpenStack-powered open cloud. The RackspaceCloud is now built on OpenStack, the open source cloud ...
www.rackspace.com/blog/open-cloud-infographic/



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