Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Cloud API and service designers: "stop thinking small"

Cloud API and service designers, stop thinking small
InfoWorld (blog)
Back in June, I walked you through the steps to define and design a cloud computing API or service. My goal was to get those who build private, public, and hybrid clouds to think a bit more around how these APIs are designed, developed, deployed, and ...

Riverbed Expands Whitewater Cloud Storage Portfolio
eWeek
Riverbed Technology is expanding its Whitewater cloud storage portfolio to enable enterprises to handle larger backup data workloads with greater scalability and management capabilities. Riverbed on Sept. 10 unveiled its Whitewater 3010 cloud storage ...

Cloud Computing: A Threat to Your Finances?
Fox Business
There's nothing consumers can do to prevent hackers from breaching the defenses of a company they've done business with or a cloud services provider they've done business with, and access their data, he says. Still, there are a few simple steps ...

Public, Private Cloud Markets Set to Soar as Enterprise Adoption Grows
eWeek
With enterprises continuing to adopt cloud computing, analysts see continued growth in both public and private cloud investment—with worldwide spending on public IT cloud services set to exceed $40 billion in 2012 and reach nearly $100 billion by 2016 ...

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth bets on Inktank for cloud storage services
Ars Technica
Cloud storage services startup Inktank today announced that Mark Shuttleworth, the entrepeneur behind Ubuntu Linux and the first African in space, has invested a million dollars in the company. Inktank provides support and services to enterprises who ...

PS3 firmware 4.25 announced and detailed, increases Cloud storage to 1GB
Examiner.com
On August 14 during their Gamescom press conference, Sony Computer Entertainment announced that PlayStation Plus subscribers would receive an upgrade in their Online Game Save Storage total, which is currently limited to 150MB of Cloud storage, to a ...

Examiner.com

Making Cloud Adoption a Success
Fox Business
Cloud computing is one of the hottest trends in small business. Seventy-four percent of companies expect to use cloud services in the near future, and the small business cloud market is expected to reach $85 billion by 2015. Given the improved cost ...

Help For Cloud-Storage Hoarders
Fast Company
Fractured Mobile Indexes For those cloud storage services that replicate to the desktop, Microsoft or Apple indexes that replicated content, but mobile platforms don't have that advantage. That means if you want to find something in your cloud stores ...

Fast Company

Cloud Standards Customer Council to Hold Webinar to Introduce “Security for ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
The Cloud Standards Customer Council (CSCC) will be holding a webinar to introduce a new whitepaper, “Security for Cloud Computing: 10 Steps to Ensure Success,” on September 18, 2012 at 11am EDT. The whitepaper itself has been published and is ...

Like FOSS Fog, Cloud Confusion May Not Matter
E-Commerce Times
For many people, cloud computing may still represent a lot of mystery or even myth. Fourteen percent of respondents to a recent survey admitted they pretended to know what cloud computing was during a job interview, for instance -- and an even greater ...

Aggregating all the clouds
ITworld.com
And, as cloud computing becomes more pervasive, a company's cloud environment can become more heterogeneous, as some cloud services will serve some applications and tasks better than others, which leads to a diverse set of cloud providers to ...

How cloud technology can simplify BYOD
FCW.com
Cloud services can help bridge the gap by providing the needed level of visibility, compliance and even security. Employees generally want to do the right thing, and it is just a matter of providing them with the appropriate tools and training. Cloud ...

Windows 8 gets cloud gaming with Agawi partnership
Examiner.com
Microsoft is no stranger to cloud computing as its Windows Azure platform has grown into one of the largest cloud computing services since it first launched in 2010. It is primarily used for business and enterprise solutions such as websites but Agawi ...

Examiner.com

Citrix invests in platform-as-a-service company CumuLogic
InfoWorld
The platform also supports multiple underlying clouds and virtualized environments, including CloudStack, Eucalyptus, OpenStack, and VMware vSphere in private clouds; and Amazon EC2 and HP Cloud Services public clouds. PaaS will be a core part of cloud ...

AMD Updates SeaMicro Cloud Server with Ivy Bridge Xeons, Piledriver Opterons
Server Watch
When it comes to delivering next-gen servers for Big Data and cloud computing, AMD isn't letting its rivalry with Intel get in the way of new product. For more information on Server Hardware ... The result is a system that, according to AMD's Andrew ...

Dear Help Desk: What's Safe to do in the Cloud?
ZDNet
It's too late for your policy to say, "The use of cloud services is not allowed," so you need to start from an assumption that it is already happening - and that more of it is happening behind your back than in front of your nose. In fact, any policy ...

Logicalis Strengthens Award-Winning Cloud Consulting Practice
Equities.com
“The adoption of cloud computing promises to help organizations lower IT operational complexity, reduce IT operational costs, increase speed of IT services deployment and help IT and, therefore, business agility. But this is a complex ... “At Logicalis ...

The Right Things to Say in Cloud Computing Software Lead Generation
Business 2 Community
It's not what you say that matters; it's what your audience hears. This is one of the most salient points raised by Eric Savitz in his Forbes article “Cloud Computing: How Marketers are Alienating CIOs” – a must-read for anyone engaged in cloud ...

Business 2 Community

Research and Markets: Cloudonomics. The Business Value of Cloud Computing ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
DUBLIN — Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3n6cnv/cloudonomics_the) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Cloudonomics. The Business Value of Cloud Computing + Website" to their ...

With AMD investment, CiiNow wants to push cloud gaming beyond where ...
VentureBeat
Much like the rest of cloud computing, cloud gaming has huge potential to disrupt the traditional game business because it allows publishers to cut out the middleman retailer and go straight to consumers, who can play high-end games on almost any device.

VentureBeat

NIIT, Microsoft partner to offer cloud computing
Financial Express
"We will work alongside Microsoft and launch programmes mapped to the wave of new cloudtechnologies that Microsoft is poised to release worldwide," NIIT Limited Chief Executive (Career Building Solutions) G Raghavan told reporters here. He said NIIT ...

IDC: Cloud-Based Services to See Double Digit Growth; Storage Software ...
NASDAQ
Cloud services are likely to represent 16% of IT revenue in five categories: applications, system infrastructure software, platform as a service, service and basic storage. Cloud services also are expected to generate 41% of all growth in those areas ...

5 good reasons for public cloud, 5 good reasons for private cloud
ZDNet
As a result, there's a very solid case to be made for private clouds to advance these investments to the next level, as well as public cloud services to enhance and create new opportunities. The question is what types of situations or environments do ...

ZDNet

Cloud computing gives Baidu mobile edge
EastDay.com
Web Dictionary. Cloud computing gives Baidu mobile edge. 2012-09-11 08:33. BAIDU, China's largest search engine operator, is boosting its cloud computing service in an effort to maintain its dominance of the mobile Internet sector. At its annual ...

Google Dirve Cloud storage App for iOS and Android gets updated
Gadget Helpline (blog)
Google cloud storage service has been receiving incremental update since its release and todays update will bring a host of changes to both the iOS Application and the Android version but with different results. The updates for iOS will include the ...

Gadget Helpline (blog)

Cloud Computing Drives Need For A Common Language Of IT
CloudTweaks News
The IT landscape has changed significantly over the last few years and not only includes on-premise hardware and applications, but also virtual systems, employee-owned mobile devices, and cloudofferings. The increased adoption of cloud computing in ...

Cloud Computing
iProgrammer
Chapter 1's objective is to understand the nature of cloud computing, its relationship to Web 2.0, the four types of cloud deployment model - community, hybrid, private and public - with a brief overview of the cloud service models that are the topics ...

Get unlimited free cloud storage, with a catch
PC Advisor
Last year, Symform shook things up a bit by offering up to 200GB of cloud storage free of charge, provided you were willing to share some unused space from your own local storage. Today, the company unveiled a new pricing model -- "Bytes or Bucks ...

MEDIA ALERT: Cadence Executives Offer Insight on Memory Trends Impacting ...
Investor's Business Daily
MEDIA ALERT: Cadence Executives Offer Insight on Memory Trends Impacting Cloud Computingand Mobility at MemCon 2012. By MARKETWIREMARKETWIRE12655 Beatrice Street Los Angeles CA 90066. USA , Marketwire.comInvestor's Business ...

Cloud Storage for PlayStation Plus members gets bumped to 1GB ...
By Stephany Nunneley
Cloud Storage for PlayStation Plus members gets bumped to 1GB. PlayStation Plus members'Cloud Storage will increase when firmware update 4.25 goes live tomorrow. The limit will be bumped from 150MB to a 1GB. Plus subs will also get ...
VG247

GoDaddy: 'Sorry, no hack here.' — Cloud Computing News
By Derrick Harris
Hosting giant GoDaddy has completed its investigation of Monday's outage and deemed it was not the result of a DDoS attack as originally rumored, but rather the result of network failures within GoDaddy's system. The outage crippled ...
GigaOM

Report: Cloud storage subscriptions jump to 1.3 billion by 2017 ...
By CopperEgg
"In an environment where mobile devices like smartphones and media tablets handle broadband data on a near-ceaseless basis, businesses are realizing the importance of cloud services in allowing consumers to manage, store and sync content ... Cloud storage market heats up. The consumerization of IT is one of the most significant drivers behind the adoption of cloud computingtechnologies, but is not necessarily the only one. A separate report by IDC noted that big data and the ...
CopperEgg

OakLeaf Systems: Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 9 ...
By Roger Jennings (--rj)
"Moving SQL Server data to the cloud can be an intimidating exercise. Our Azure SQL Database Backup tool helps DBAs sleep better at night knowing they are reaping the benefits of cloud serviceswhile ensuring the integrity of their data." ...
OakLeaf Systems

PlayStation Plus Cloud Storage Upgraded to 1GB This Week - Push ...
Breathing room - You'll finally be able to back up that Afrika save this week, when PlayStation Plus'cloud storage is...
Push Square | Latest Updates

The Growing Impact of Cloud Computing On Education - Guest Post
By David Andrade
For those who are unfamiliar with the term, cloud computing refers to a technology or service that allows information to be delivered in real-time over the internet. In education, this has meant the possibility for teachers to upload instructional ...
Educational Technology Guy

Recap of IBM Cloud Innovation Forum in Melbourne | Thoughts on ...
By Shamim Hossain
Lack of knowledge about cloud computing and some media news aggravated concerns in the last few years. However, as IT professionals are getting educated and there have been many successful demonstrations of reliable cloud services, ...
Thoughts on Cloud Blog

Is Cloud Computing Bypassing European Businesses? | Business ...
By Kevin Tea
“Cloud computing is all about scale,” Holleyman said. “To reap the full benefits, Europe needs a cohesive digital single market that is globally integrated to ensure that computer users in the EU can choose freely among the best cloud services ...
Business Computing World

What should companies do before taking their cloud services mobile ...
By admin
Everything seems to going mobile these days, or at least attempting to. Wal-Mart, for instance, recently announced it is unleashing a "Scan-and-Go" app that will allow customers to ring up items before they reach the registers. Meanwhile, one ...
DISYS

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Elizabeth Cholawsky ...
By Sramana Mitra
Sramana Mitra: The part of the market I was referring to as the broader support market includes products like Assistly, for instance, which is inside of Salesforce.com, Zendesk, and a variety of startups and other companies that have come up ...
Sramana Mitra

Ten drivers of Cloud computing for South African businesses
By Staff Writer
Storage - Cloud storage is one of the simplest applications of Cloud computing. This type of storage not only overcomes problems associated with businesses having to invest in physical storage media (that can fail), but is also useful for ...
IT News Africa news alert

Concerns and Knowledge Regarding Cloud Adoption | Rickscloud
By Rick Blaisdell
The cloud computing phenomenon that has experienced lift-off in recent years continues to boom and all signs point to the idea that it will certainly continue growing exponentially. However, despite this, it would seem that there is still a ...
Rickscloud

Cloud Computing In Europe Really Needs A Boost | CloudTimes
By Florence de Borja
In a new survey conducted by Business Software Alliance, a not-for-profit organization, the results showed that only 24% of the 4000 respondents take advantage of cloud computing applications like online word processing and email services. ... EMC Acquires XtremIO: Massive Shakeup of Cloud Storage? dna-cloud DNA: The Future of Big Data Storage · api_mashup- ... The rate is about 10% less than the global percentage of computer users who use cloud services. According to the ...
CloudTimes

MEDIA ALERT: Cadence Executives Offer Insight on Memory Trends ...
By admin
MEDIA ALERT: Cadence Executives Offer Insight on Memory Trends Impacting Cloud Computingand Mobility at MemCon 2012. 11 September 2012; Post a Comment; Send to a Friend · Print This Article. SAN JOSE CA — (Marketwire) ...
Nearshore Journal

Emerging Vendors 2012: Cloud Computing Vendors
Check out CRN's picks for the coolest emerging vendors and tech startups in the cloud computingspace, including Cloudera, StorSimple, ScaleXtreme and ...

Microsoft Private Cloud Computing
Written by a team of expert authors who are MVPs and leaders in their respective fields, Microsoft Private Cloud Computing is an essential resource for IT ...



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