Wednesday, September 26, 2012

EU to Seek Wider Use of Cloud Computing

EU to Seek Wider Use of Cloud Computing
Wall Street Journal
The European Commission's technology chief, Neelie Kroes, on Thursday will present a strategy for what is known as cloud computing and recommend the 27-nation bloc cut across the "jungle of standards" currently in place. ... strategy document, the ...

Cloud Computing: Friend or Foe of Kyotoism?
Global Warming (blog)
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Global Warming (blog)

How to encrypt your cloud storage for free
PCWorld (blog)
One of our favorites is BoxCryptor, an easy-to-use encryption program that works with all the popularcloud services, is free to use (though you can pay for upgrades), and can help keep your data safe. BoxCryptor is basically a virtual hard disk that ...

Egnyte steps up cloud storage competition, drops upload limits
ZDNet
With the recent debut of Salesforce.com's Chatterbox, the enterprise cloud storage market is getting more crowded by the day. Egnyte is keeping up with the mix by ramping up its repertoire of services and features. Specifically, the Mountain View ...

Cloud Computing Looms over Technology Hiring Demand
Equities.com
In August, more than 10,000 jobs were advertised online for technology positions that need experience and knowledge of cloud computing in the United States, according to WANTED Analytics™ (http://www.wantedanalytics.com), the leading source of ...

Cloud computing tips and tricks -- by the numbers
TechTarget
So whether you're migrating virtual machines to the cloud, trying to avoid common cloud computing mistakes or shifting to the next stage of your private cloud build, you can consult these lists for quick answers. We can't remind you to pick up milk on ...

DuraSpace, San Diego Supercomputer Center Integrate Cloud Storage Services
HPCwire
Sept. 25 —DuraSpace and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, have announced a partnership under which DuraSpace's DuraCloud organization and SDSC's cloud storage services have become fully ...

Cloud Computing: Transformative, Disruptive, and a Smart Way to Do Business
PropertyCasualty360
We may go out of our way to place too much pressure on one piece of technology—such as telematics—to lead the industry into the promised land, but despite the hype it's hard to argue that the use of cloud computing is going to have a powerful effect ...

Which Cloud Model is Right for Your Company?
Data Center Knowledge
JimThompson-ViaWest JIM THOMPSON ViaWest. Cloud computing can mean many different things depending on whom you speak with and what their experience has been thus far with the cloud. I think we would all agree about the significance cloud computing ...

Data Center Knowledge

Why OpenStack owes its success to Amazon
InfoWorld (blog)
But domination by a single cloud provider scares the hell out of many organizations looking to usecloud services. Perhaps haunted by visions of Microsoft in the 1990s or IBM in the 1980s, many people actively sought cloud computing technology ...

FOX to launch cloud services for Taiwan subscribers
Focus Taiwan News Channel
25 (CNA) Fox International Channels (FIC) announced Tuesday that it will launch a cloud service for its subscribers in Taiwan by early next year, which will allow users to watch FIC shows at their convenience. The cloud service, called "Fox Play," will ...

Cloud Computing Security Concerns Extinguished for Google Apps Users ...
Equities.com
London: Findings from a survey conducted by Google and IT Business Edge conclude that one of the biggest issues preventing movement to the cloud is security. This result coincides with the results of a survey of more than 150 chief information officers ...

New Article: The Dark-Side of Cloud Computing
Equities.com
The article is aimed at small business owners who are considering moving their computer networks to the “cloud.” It is entitled: The Dark Side of Cloud Computing-Five Issues to Address Before Moving Your Company to the Cloud. “Cloud-based IT solutions ...

One cloud to rule them all? Not likely
VentureBeat
The cloud computing market continues to explode. It will expand nearly six-fold by 2020, making it one of the fastest-growing industries on the planet: Forrester last year predicted market growth to $241 billion by the end of the decade, from $41 billion.

VentureBeat

How to Track Cost Allocation for Cloud Apps
CIO
CIO — One of the most interesting aspects of cloud computing is the way it changes cost allocation over the lifetime of an application. Many people understand that pay-as-you go is an attractive cost model, but fail to understand the implications that ...

RightScale Adds Security, Governance, Compliance For Cloud Management
CRN
September 25, 2012 3:09 PM ET. Recognizing that control of cloud services remains a significant concern of businesses, cloud management company RightScale on Tuesday added features to its platform to strengthen security, management and governance.

SMBs Bypassing Cloud Computing Services – MYOB Report
CloudTimes
cloud smb asia pacific 300x215 SMBs Bypassing Cloud Computing Services – MYOB Report Few small SMEs are taking advantage of cloud computing technology, but many who opt for the services have seen their revenues rise in the past year, a new study ...

CloudTimes

Selecting A Cloud Storage Provider: Things Consumer Reports Won't Tell You
CloudTweaks News
If a cloud storage provider has an exceptional price but poor functionality, it is not going to provide a personal or business user with the cloud computing capacity they need. Therefore, users in the market for cloud storage should consider some of ...

ServiceSource debuts 'only' cloud suite for managing recurring revenue
ZDNet
Touting it as "the next big thing" in cloud services, ServiceSource asserts that this new suite of apps will empower its customer base to capture the more than $30 billion in renewals left on the table each year, which would represent a total market ...

12 free cloud storage options
Network World
Using the following 12 public cloud storage options, you could theoretically get 112GB of free cloud storage. But not all services are the same. Some have their pros and cons related to how large a file can be uploaded, the pricing of additional cloud ...

Firms must take ownership of cloud migration
ZDNet
Cloud computing was also one of the six trends in causing the "technological earthquake" of change in the business landscape, according to Driek Desmet, managing partner of the business technology office in Asia for McKinsey & Company. The other trends ...

Cloud, Compliance, Security: Highlights from MEC, Day 1
Microsoft Certified Professional
"First and foremost, from an IT perspective, is we've made huge leaps forward in helping organizations manage their transition to the cloud or manage their cloud services infrastructure, whether it is something that they decide to move holistically ...

How the Cloud Is Changing the Roles of IT Professionals
Business 2 Community
According to CompTIA's Third Annual Trends in Cloud Computing study, more than eight in 10 companies currently use some form of cloud computing solution, and more than half plan to increase cloud investments by 10 percent or more in 2012. But that ...

Here Comes Hybrid Cloud
DABCC.com
Gartner defines a hybrid cloud service as a cloud computing service that is composed of some combination of private, public and community cloud services, from different service providers. A hybrid cloud service crosses isolation and provider boundaries ...

Qvivo Raises $1M From SingTel For Media Cloud To Store And Watch Movies
TechCrunch
The company, founded by two former Electronic Arts executives, offers unlimited cloud storage that can be synced across multiple desktop and mobile devices. The service is available as a desktop app for free. Users drag and drop media files and links ...

TechCrunch

Amazon Glacier will impact cloud archiving
TechTarget
The buzz around the Amazon Glacier cloud archiving service since it launched last month indicates Glacier could become a disruptive force in cloud storage. But who it will disrupt and how it will affect the players already in the market remains unclear.

Oracle Looks to the Cloud
Investing Daily
On July 30, Oracle snapped up Xsigo Systems, which makes cloud computing technology. Oracle has also used acquisitions to expand into other industries: in August 2010, it bought Phase Forward, which makes applications for health care and life sciences ...

IT industry in vital need of cloud computing security standards
V3.co.uk
The lack of industry-wide security standards is slowing business adoption of cloud services, according to cloud computing firm Mimecast. Speaking at the V3 Security Summit, Mimecast chief scientist Nathaniel Borenstein said often businesses will not...

V3.co.uk

HP's Martin Murphy: Ireland has made its indelible mark on cloud computing ...
Siliconrepublic.com
Ireland's claim to be home of cloud computing has already been realised for one of the world's biggest technology manufacturers, HP, with its Irish divisions making some notable firsts in terms of innovation and product development, the company's...

Siliconrepublic.com

With new service, Nasdaq brings Wall Street data to Amazon's cloud ...
By Derrick Harris
Nasdaq OMX is offering a new cloud computing service for storing and analyzing financial trading data, and it's built atop the Amazon Web Services cloud. The service, named FinQloud is comprised of a regulatory data retention product called ...
GigaOM

How Mobile Cloud Computing Is Set To Change The ...
By John
Cloud computing has impacted the telecommunications industry across crucial fronts and now is in the process of amply changing its ecosystem. The ecosystem here is broad and spans business models, human behavior and technical issues ...
CloudTweaks

Cloud Computing Looms over Technology Hiring Demand – WA ...
By Abby Lombardi
In August, more than 10,000 jobs were advertised online for technology positions that need experience and knowledge of cloud computing in the United States, according to WANTED Analytics™ (www.wantedanalytics.com), the leading ...
WA: Press Room

Cloud Computing 101: What is the cloud and how can your business ...
By Dave Murray
A recent survey revealed just how little most Americans know about cloud computing. Out of more than 1000 American adults surveyed, only 16% defined cloud c...
Convergence Networks

ZeroDesktop expends cloud services brokerage solution to iOS ...
By dsellers
ZeroDesktop (www.zerodesktop.com), a developer of next-generation personal cloud operating system and cloud service brokerage solutions, has announced the expansion of its portfolio of Cloud Services Brokerage APIs [application ...
MacTech News

Driving the Demand for Cloud Computing | SOA World Magazine
According to analysts, business intelligence is the number one priority for CIOs. Cloud ComputingJournal: Forrester's James Staten: "Not everything will move to the cloud as there are many business processes, data sets and workflows that require specific hardware or proprietary solutions that can't take advantage of cloud economics. For this reason we'll .... Cloud Storage: Myths and Realities. POWER PANELS: Cloud Expo New York: CTO Power Panel · Cloud Expo New York: CEO ...
Latest News from SOA World Magazine

Emerson, Joyent to provide industrialized cloud services - CXOtoday ...
By Pankaj Mishra
Industrialized cloud Emerson Network Power has partnered with Joyent to address the need for industrialized cloud services. The resultant solution will combine Joyent's software-defined data center suite SmartDatacenter with Emerson's ...
RSS Feed - CXOtoday.com

Cisco Blog » Blog Archive » Your Cloud, Your Way, Delivered by CSC
By Jill Shaul
A unique cloud-business model. Take the best elements of a public cloud – scalability and convenience, combine with the security of a private cloud. Add a best-in-class infrastructure-as-a-service layer. Top it off with a menu of cloud services ...
Cisco Blog

VMTurbo Operations Manager 3.2 expands cloud control
Cloud computing has been on almost every IT organizations' buzz word bingo sheet for many years, but still only a fraction of organizations out there today have successfully completed their "journey to the cloud." Even VMware -- a company ...
All DABCC Virtualization & Cloud...

Lessons learned: IBM SmartCloud Monitoring | Thoughts on Cloud ...
By David Kwock
... and Tivoli integration scenarios. View all posts by David Kwock →. This entry was posted in Workloads and tagged cloud, cloud-computing, cloud-services, ibm, ibmcloud, private-cloud, smartcloud, smartcloud-monitoring, usage. Bookmark ...
Thoughts on Cloud Blog

Journey to the Cloud in China - Reflections
By EMC Execs
On the other, they have unique concerns as various branches of the Chinese government serve as active investors in China's cloud computing infrastructure. National interests come first in China, meaning decisions about IT infrastructure are ...
Reflections

The cloud providers are coming… - Enterprise IT Watch Blog
By Ben Rubenstein
For the last few years, we've heard many technology companies talk about how enterprise IT will evolve to deliver cloud computing services for their business. In most ... This technology aligns to their public Cloud services offering. VMware ...
Enterprise IT Watch Blog

Cloud Host Savvis Expands in Europe with New Frankfurt Data Center
September 25, 2012 -- Cloud hosting provider Savvis announced on Tuesday it has expanded into continental Europe with the opening of its data center in Frankfurt, Germany. ... Related Topics:cloud computing, europe, germany, savvis. Cloud hosting provider Savvis announced on ... The data center also offers Savvis Symphony Dedicated private cloud service, with Savvis Symphony Virtual Private Data Centre public cloud services launching in early 2013. Talk back: Are you ...
theWHIR.com - Daily Web Hosting News

Cloud Storage Gateways vs. Cloud Integrated Storage
Executive Editor, Cloud Computing ... Such is the case with cloud computing. As cloud storagebecomes increasingly mainstream among enterprises, there is a frequent .... Want to Make Money Reselling Cloud Services Infrastructure?
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Oracle Cloud | Oracle Cloud Computing | Oracle
Read: Cloud Computing: Larry Ellison's Top 10 Reasons Why You'll Want It ... All Oracle Cloud services run on Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle ...
www.oracle.com/us/corporate/features/complete.../index.html

2012 Global Cloud Computing Survey Results | TechSoup Global
In 2012, TechSoup Global and its network of partners conducted a survey of NGOs, nonprofits, and charities around the world. Our goal was to better understand ...
www.techsoupglobal.org/2012-global-cloud-computing-survey



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