Friday, August 3, 2012

Oracle cloud hype set for major escalation

Oracle cloud hype set for major escalation
Computerworld
But products such as Exalogic don't necessarily meet that definition of cloud computing, said analyst Frank Scavo, managing partner of IT consulting firm Strativa. While the machines can handle large, sudden spikes in workloads and also be chained together, ... Oracle hasn't released public pricing for its cloud services, but has said they will be subject to the subscription and pay-per-use pricing now typical in the cloud. Chris Kanaracus covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for The IDG ...

Cloud Computing: Apple Wants Samsung to Forfeit Patent Trial as Sanction
SYS-CON Media (press release)
If Apple gets its way it'll win its high-profile patent infringement case against Samsung in San Francisco without there being much of a trial. They'll go directly to the damages. It wants Samsung punished for attempting to influence a seated jury with a ruling ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cisco adds two CEOs to board of directors in cloud, green push
ZDNet (blog)
"Marc has changed the face of technology through his bold ideas around cloud computing and the social enterprise," Cisco chief executive John Chambers said in a statement today. With Benioff's knowledge of social enterprise and good head-screwed-on ...

Cloud Computing: Symform Joins Cloud Security Alliance
SYS-CON Media (press release)
As the market's first and largest distributed cloud storage network, Symform is committed to collaborating on and addressing security initiatives, industry standards, and the research and development of cloud computing standards. Symform's participation in ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cloud Computing: HP Wins Key Itanium Legal Decision Against Oracle
SYS-CON Media (press release)
A California Superior Court judge Wednesday ruled that Oracle contracted to port its software to HP's Itanium-based servers until HP phases out the machines and that HP doesn't have to pay Oracle anything for the critical widgetry. Oracle immediately said it ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Dropbox fiasco serves as reminder of cloud-storage insecurity
InfoWorld
But as the recent spam attacks against Dropbox users demonstrate, cloud-based file-sharing services represent a potential security challenge for cloud-wary IT admins -- who are already dealing with the security challenges brought on by the BYOD movement ...

Cloud Computing in Healthcare Expected to Grow
ADVANCE for Physician Assistants (blog)
The cloud has already proven to be successful in these areas of business throughout other industries by combining mobile computing, unlimited cloud storage and the ability to send large files over the internet. As the healthcare industry continues to convert to cloud computing, we will see ... data loss regardless of which hospital or provider we see. Jason Hunter is a tech writer who follows cloud computing security and suggests you click here to find out more about cloud services and security. posted by Jennifer Ford ...

Cloud Computing: Amazon Launches Provisioned IOPS for EBS
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Amazon Web Services has launched Amazon Elastic Block Store Provisioned IOPS for customers looking to run high performance databases in the cloud. Provisioned IOPS (input/output operations per second) are a new EBS volume type designed to deliver ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Exclusive Cloud Computing Briefing Held In Nassau By Cloud Carib Ltd.
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Mariano Colon, System Engineer with Citrix for the Caribbean, presented the Citrix vision for the Executive of the Future, and discussed the cost savings and operational efficiencies organizations can realize through the latest cloud computing technologies. Matt Allen, Sr. ... With market-leading cloud, collaboration, networking and virtualization technologies, Citrix powers mobile workstyles and cloud services, making complex enterprise IT simpler and more accessible for 260000 organizations. Citrix products touch ...

ScaleMatrix Safeguards 100 Terabytes of Data and Continuity of Cloud Services ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CA ARCserve forms the basis of a ScaleMatrix managed data security service that uses cloud storage to minimize costs. The company also uses the CA AppLogic(R) cloud platform to support its private cloud services. "We selected the CA Technologies ...

Cloud Computing: TwinStrata Earns Top Scores for Value, Product Features
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Along with its high scores in product breadth and affordability, TwinStrata was recognized by Info-Tech Research Group as an "Innovator" in the Cloud Backup Gateway market. The Innovator category exists to identify vendors that have demonstrated ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cloud Computing: Java EE PaaS and Application Server Interoperability
SYS-CON Media (press release)
... PR.com Newswire, Nicole Gorman, Kevin Remde. Related Topics: Cloud Expo, Java, SOA & WOA, Websphere, Weblogic, AJAX & REA. Cloud Expo: Article. Cloud Computing: Java EE PaaS and Application Server Interoperability. Waratek Java EE PaaS ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cisco Names Salesforce CEO Benioff as Director
eWeek
Company executives have been vocal about the idea of the network being the foundation forcloud computing, and how Cisco will leverage the cloud in key growth areas, such as video. Benioff's cloud experience was a key benefit in getting him onto the ...

Cloud Has Silver Linings for Operators Worldwide
MarketWatch (press release)
This focus and the issues, market challenges and the potential of the cloud computing space, will all be highlighted and debated during the three day Broadband Cloud Summit as part of October's flagship industry event, the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam. Almost half of the 185 operators selling cloud services today are in Europe. In the first half of 2012, European operators have already outstripped their operator peers in pace of cloud service launch - accounting for 55% of all new services brought to ...

How to control the keys to your cloud storage castle
TechHive
Cloud storage typically relies on a very weak primary link: a single password that protects access to your account. That bit of text and numbers is the only thing that stands between criminals who use stolen information for identity theft, scams, and bank-account ...

TechHive

Rackspace broadens cloud-computing offerings
FierceEnterpriseCommunications
Internet-hosting service Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) expanded its portfolio of OpenStack-poweredcloud products for enterprises, with Tuesday's introduction of new open-source, public-cloudofferings and a new control panel for cloud-based service ...

Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: Reducing Cost & Complexity of Cloud Migrations
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Analyst research shows that the change, cost, and complexity associated withcloud migrations continue to be key challenges for cloud computing adoption. In his session at the 11th International Cloud Expo, Adiascar Cisneros is Director of Operations at ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Developers: Here's your updated backend ecosystems roadmap
GigaOM
Mobile SDK providers look elsewhere for revenue, including to backend cloud services. Appcelerator acquired Cocoafish and released the functionality this spring as Titanium Cloud Services. Yesterday, Flurry acquired Trestle to tack oncloud services to their ...

GigaOM

Akamai's Cloud Has A Silver Lining
Seeking Alpha
Content delivery and cloud infrastructure company Akamai (AKAM) sees opportunity in cloud computing, mobile computing, online video and Internet security. The company is in the process of diversifying its business into these other areas besides its ...

Mobile Demand Driving Growth in the Cloud
SYS-CON Media (press release)
"Increasing mobile demand will drive a lot of the growth in cloud computing," stated James Strayer, VP of Product Management and Marketing at Racemi, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. "But," Strayer continued, "there ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Zero-Day Attacks Can Impact Business Continuity
InformationWeek
Recovering applications and data from hard-to-thwart exploits is a matter of planning and smart use of cloud services. By David ... We profiled 13 cloud storage vendors in our InformationWeek Buyer's Guide to Cloud Storage, Backup, and Synchronization.

3 first steps in building your own cloud services
InfoWorld
In essence, enterprises are becoming cloud computing providers. Enterprises are standing upcloud services in support of new business opportunities, such as better supply chain integration, better customer service, or even the ability to charge a subscription ...

Cloud storage provider rapped by ASA for "misleading" ads
IT PRO
Internet gallery · Cloud storage provider Carbonite has hit out at the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for describing its offer of “unlimited online backup” as misleading to consumers. ... For further coverage of cloud computing visit our sister site Cloud Pro.

IT PRO

Cloud Computing: The Legal Dilemmas
CloudTweaks News
Cloud computing has fronted the expansion of the personal computer. Microsoft's Bill Gates envisioned the personalization of the computer over 20 years ago, and these dreams have been surpassed. The desire to expand the utility of personal computing has ...

CloudTweaks News

Cloud storage: Evaluate your options
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
If you're ready to move some of your documents to the cloud for storage, backup or easy sharing, you have homework to do. There are numerous cloud-storage services available, including about a half-dozen top contenders. Many of the popular ones are ...

ProfitBricks Appoints William Toll Vice President of Marketing and Clint Miller ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BOSTON, Aug 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ProfitBricks, the cloud computing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider that has completely reengineered the delivery of cloud computing, announced today the appointment of web hosting and Internet ... ProfitBricks has built the world's first true virtual data centers from a combination of the best data centers, hardware and networks, enabling flexible user defined virtual hosting servers with live vertical scaling capability, class leading cloud storage allotments, all with ...

The IEEE's Cloud Computing Initiative: Chair Steve Diamond ...
By Nick Hardiman
Nick Hardiman interviewed Steve Diamond, Chair of the IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative to find out more about its goals for creating a cloud standard.
on TechRepublic

Mobile Platforms Turn To Cloud Services With StackMob ...
By Korilynn
Mobile Platforms Turn to Cloud Services with StackMob There are hundreds of cloud startups popping up on the radar, but one that made recent headlines in an. ... Cloud ComputingCompanies and Information Database · CloudTweaks.com – Cloud Computing ... API Creation – Allows users to create their mobile applications instantly by creating an API through the StackMob cloud storage and accessing the data at any time during the development. StackMob customers are ...
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...

Cloud Computing – Key Enabler of Smart Grid | Market Research ...
By admin
GlobalData's report “Cloud Computing – Key Enabler of Smart Grid” provides an analysis of the different factors that would position cloud computing as a key enabler of smart grid. Cloud computing is a dynamic solution where IT capabilities ...
Healthcare Store Online

Cloud Storage Provider Dropbox Hacked |
By wwwehr
Lot of healthcare organizations rely on cloud storage providers for storing digital images, medical transcription records and other sensitive patient related information. Dropbox is one of the leading cloud storage provider leveraging Amazon S3 ...

3 Reasons to Consider a Hybrid Cloud - SSD Cloud Computing ...
By Courtney C
However, there are other ways to dive into cloud computing without going all it, such as using a Hybrid cloud. A hybrid cloud lets you have the best of both worlds by offering cloud computingwhen you need, while you still use your own ...
Cloud Provider USA

Cloud Storage Could Further Help Mobile Working Productivity ...
By admin
Well, if their employers were to adopt a centralized cloud storage system which their staff could access from any location outside of the office, this could become a reality. Cloud storage isn't just practical for everyday use, but is great for when ...
JustCloud News

Cloud Computing Creates New Career Opportunities | SADA Says ...
By meredith.tiras
As the cloud computing industry evolves, why not take an opportunity to take your career to the next level at SADA Systems.
SADA Says | Cloud Computing Blog

3 first steps in building your own cloud services | The Future of ...
By Molly Keyes
3 first steps in building your own cloud services. Posted August 2, 2012. Categories: Bits. These days, I'm running into more than a few innovative enterprises looking to stand up their own cloud computing services or APIs for consumption ...
The Future of Enterprise Computing

Always On Digital Government – Cloud Computing Best Practices
By Neil McEvoy
Always On is a term we use to describe new technologies that harness Cloud Computing to achieve very High Availability systems – These can be used to mitigate these downtime risks through achieving multi-data centre configurations.
Cloud Computing Best Practices

Cloud 2020: What Does Cloud Computing Bring To The Table ...
By Jose Ricardo
The internet and computer service related industries are the most versatile and flexible. Under the guidance of probably the most ingenious individuals, there is no telling where the industry is headed. However, most tech-enthusiasts, myself ...
Tech 4 Business

Cloud Servers Pricing by Rackspace Cloud Computing & Hosting
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Cloud Server and Virtual Server Hosting by Rackspace
Create cloud virtual servers in minutes and pay per usage. Scalable, flexible, open ... Cloud Computing; What is Cloud Computing? Cloud University · Hosting ...
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Amazon cloud services provide enormous savings, company says ...
Cloud · Amazon cloud services provide enormous savings, company says ... receive huge return on their investments in the company's cloud computing service.
www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2012/07/.../57068/

Top Cloud Services for Collaboration | PCWorld
Looking to work with colleagues on shared project files? Google Drive, Office 365 , and Zoho promise to help. We tried all three services and picked a winner.
www.pcworld.com/.../top_cloud_services_for_collaboration.ht...

Startup Floats Cloud Storage for Lawyers
LawCaseXchange, a new company that opened Friday, is aiming for its online case documents service to become known as a Dropbox for lawyers, its founder ...
www.law.com/jsp/.../PubArticleLTN.jsp?id...Startup...

Insider Threat Blog: Insider Threats Related to Cloud Computing ...
While not necessarily “new,” cloud computing is a paradigm that has recently ... important to organizations using cloud services, including malicious insiders.
https://www.cert.org/.../title_insider_threats_related_to_cloud_...

Cloud Computing is the Way to Go - AAPL, DELL, HPQ, MSFT ...
You must have had enough experience with cloud computing. ... of free new cloud services that work seamlessly with applications on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, ...
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Cloud Servers and Cloud Computing FAQ from Rackspace Cloud ...
Cloud Servers & Cloud Computing FAQs from Rackspace. Live Chat with us or Call1.877.934.0409 Today.
www.rackspace.com/cloud/public/servers/faq/

Five Myths of Cloud Computing | ITworld
Top cloud services for collaboration Posted July 30, 2012 - 12:28 pm. Top cloud ... In recent years, cloud computing has been as visible as any topic in IT.
www.itworld.com/cloud.../five-myths-cloud-computing



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