Saturday, September 29, 2012

Oracle Plans Cloud Push to Take On Salesforce

Oracle Plans Cloud Push to Take On Salesforce, Workday
Bloomberg
(ORCL) plans to unveil the first new version of its flagship database program in five years and an expanded line of high-end servers, as the software maker steps up its effort to win more cloud-computing business. At its OpenWorld conference in San ...

Bloomberg

Cloud Computing Hurt by Lack of Innovation, Data Privacy Concerns
eWeek
Government regulations, exit strategies and international data privacy led the list of concerns that are eroding business confidence in cloud computing, according to findings from a joint survey by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and ISACA ...

eWeek

Qualys IPO Climbs After Slow Start for 'Cloud' Firm
Wall Street Journal
Other recent IPOs in the cloud-computing space have been winners. For example, Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW), which provides computer-security firewalls designed to let users collaborate on the Internet, has climbed more than 50% since its July debut.

NASDAQ Launches Cloud Computing App - Analyst Blog
NASDAQ
On Tuesday, NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. ( NDAQ ) announced the launch of an Amazon Web Services-powered cloud computing platform - FinQloud. The platform has been created to assist the financial services industry in storing and managing financial data ...

American industry groups dissect EU cloud computing report
Nextgov
The EU document, "Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe," is designed to help harmonize policies for cloud computing networks, which store information on remote servers accessed over the Internet, and which routinely cross international ...

The dark side of OpenStack
GigaOM
Just weeks before for the big OpenStack Summit, a new report cautions prospective users not to buy into the hype around this (or any) open-source cloud computing platform. Gartner Research VP Lydia Leong suggests that prospective users proceed with ...

GigaOM

3 ways to improve cloud performance
InfoWorld (blog)
Performance issues hold back some cloud computing efforts. This happens because many of those who stand up cloud-based applications did not account for the latency systemic to many cloud-based systems. For the most part, these performance issues are ...

Change.org: 20M users but not a single server
GigaOM
The online social networking platform for promoting social change handles more than 20 million users, but has a tiny in-house IT footprint thanks to its use of cloud servicesfrom Amazon and Rackspace. The key thing, says infrastructure manager Kyle ...

GigaOM

Microsoft Azure Aims To Streamline Cloud Pricing
CRN
While most cloud services are priced on services used, such as storage, RAM and CPU, Microsoft Azure's offering is based on monthly commitment and on the amount of money the user agrees to spend. For example, users committing to spend $500 to ...

Big Data and Cloud: Delivering Value from Day One
Wired (blog)
Harnessing this data can be invaluable to providers of cloud services – but there are few technologies that can gracefully handle the volume, variety and velocity of machine data in the cloudin a timely manner to make it truly useful. One pre ...

Cloud Computing Is Making A Leap In Space Technology
CloudTweaks News
The most recent example of how cloud computing is changing the outlook of far-flung science for ordinary mortals is the Mars Rover project. It is now possible to create forums that can follow the exploits of the space probe vehicle on its maiden career ...

IBM Launches Global Initiatives to Help Managed Service Providers Capture ...
R & D Magazine
As more clients embrace cloud computing, they are looking to local technology providers known as Managed Service Providers (MSP) to help them quickly develop cloud based services in a more simplistic, secure and economical way. ... Access to Global ...

Cloud computing removes the digital divide
Global Telecoms Business
... infrastructure is heavily invested but poorly used. However, the three layers in the architecture ofcloud computing -- infrastructure as a service, platform as a service and software as a service -- correspond well to these three aspects of the ...

Research and Markets: Global - Cloud Computing for Government and Business ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Cloud computing is a vehicle that will allow for government and business transformation. It is especially important for governments, in particular, to abandon silo thinking - in other words, if governments are serious about adopting cloud computing ...

Panel Discussion: Clearing the Fog Around Cloud Computing
FederalNewsRadio.com
28 panel entitled: "Clearing the Fog Around Cloud Computing." From the left are, Kopp; Thomas Bayer, chief information officer at the Securities and Exchange Commission; Mike Parker, deputy chief information officer at Treasury Department; Thomas Bayer ...

Newvem Announces Usage Analytics for Amazon S3
eWeek
The company's cloud analytics platform helps businesses devise how to best use Amazon's S3cloud storage service through metrics and data visibility. Newvem, which provides cloud analytics to Amazon Web Services customers, announced the launch of ...

The Old Law of Cloud Computing
Who's Who Legal
If one was to read the many articles about cloud computing one might come away thinking that personal data is the only dataset sitting in the cloud. This is not true, and we will increasingly seecloud services powering all the computing tasks and ...

How Cloud Computing is Changing Healthcare
Business 2 Community
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services projects that healthcare expenses will reach 19.5% of U.S. Gross Domestic Product by 2017. It's not surprising then that cloud computing is finding its way into the healthcare industry in a big way ...

How to ensure you are getting the right cloud service
ComputerWeekly.com
Examples of these risks include: loss of compliance; business continuity – the recent reported outages of major cloud services show that 100% availability may not be guaranteed; and data security. Cloud services are outside the direct control of the ...

How To Counter Threats Of Cloud Computing
CloudTimes
Security logo How To Counter Threats Of Cloud Computing Phishing is a popular scam to bait internet users into providing private information. It usually acquires information for the purpose of identity theft. A “phisher” usually sends emails to various ...

Three questions that can make any open source cloud vendor squirm
TechTarget
The term "open cloud" isn't just a new, subordinate cloud computing buzzword, it's fast becoming a religion. So, at which church do you pray -- the church of OpenStack, the church of CloudStack, the church of Eucalyptus or do you attend services at the ...

Cloud's a highway, but I hit some speed bumps on the post-PC road
BetaNews
So while I applaud Joe's boldness in fully embracing cloud computing, I know that at least some offline capability will remain a bottom-line requirement for me. Have I fallen off the post-PC bandwagon? Hardly. I still value the raw mobility of the ...

BetaNews

Perimeter E-Security Announces Cloud Mobile Device Management
Manufacturing Business Technology
Milford, CT – Perimeter E-Security, the leading provider of secure cloud services, today announced that it has added Mobile Device Management (MDM) technology to its broad portfolio of secure messaging and network security services. With Perimeter's ...

Top 5 Cloud Computing Trends Of The Future
CloudTweaks News
Businesses are using cloud computing (both private and public) to supplement their internal infrastructure and applications. Experts predict that these services will optimize business process performance. The adoption of cloud services is a new ...

More firms look to the cloud
Financial Times
Cloud computing enables users to access information stored remotely over the internet. Supporters claim that the technology not only gives people the flexibility to access information whenever they are at a computer, but can enable small companies to ...

Officials Discuss Cybernet Transformation Efforts
Department of Defense
28, 2012 – Defense officials gathered at the National Press Club yesterday discussed DOD efforts to transform its cyber operations into cloud computing technology that's envisioned to provide added agility, security and cost effectiveness. Robert J ...

Photobucket and Free Cloud Storage!!= What do you Choose?
The Sudbury Star
Photobucket and Free Cloud Storage!!. and this is a different media because Photobucket more focused on photo sharing, and while Cloud Storage as Hard Drive online to backup your photo files from computer virus attacks. Cloud Storage Online have many ...

The Sudbury Star

Regulators pull their head out of the cloud
SC Magazine UK
In the former's case it was about ensuring understanding and giving clarity, as well as harnessing financial benefits, while the ICO's guidance is about reminding businesses of their responsibilities towards personal data as more look to cloud ...

ESADE Law School professor warns of cloud computing security ...
Despite the uncertainties surrounding the subject, Professor Ramon Miralles had the following to say, "Cloud computing is both the present and the future; we have to get out there, but not at any price". Professor Miralles is Co-ordinator of ...
ESADE News and Events

European Union Unveils its Cloud Computing Strategy
By Ignacio M. Llorente
During the last two years I have been reporting about the different consultation events undertaken during the development of the cloud computing strategy. Now, finally, the European Union has just announced a strategy to boost the use of ...
Cloud Strategy and Innovation

HP Blogs - Service technology, Oracle OpenWorld, Cloud Comput ...
By HP_ES
My “3 compelling business reasons” series looked at creating business cases for cloud computing, mobility and big data solutions with a focus on the real business reasons for adoption. This brings me to my next topic: Security. Rogers Communications solves ... From managing the chaos of big data to driving business improvement – we have exciting cloud services and solutions you'll want to hear about. Be sure to visit the HP booth to learn more! Everyone's Tags: Finance and ...
Enterprise Services Blog articles

NASDAQ Launches Cloud Computing App - Zacks.com
By Zacks Equity Research
On Tuesday, NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ - Analyst Report) announced the launch of an Amazon Web Services-powered cloud computing platform – FinQloud. The platform has been created to assist the financial services industry in ...
Zacks Investment Research - All...

Protect Your Data With a Personal Cloud
By Fran Berkman
The Personal Cloud. Sharing is at the heart of cloud computing. Cloud services provide smart and easy-to-use channels to selectively make files available to friends, family and colleagues. On the downside, security and privacy are serious ...
Mashable!

Can you reccomend a good cloud storage where... - Renoise Forums
Hi guys, I am looking for a good cloud storage where I can have 1 or 2 gigabytes free.. + have password protected share, for free. I know box.com ...
Renoise Forum

Cloud Computing at the NCI 
By Latest News
A new cloud computing centre has been opened here in the city this afternoon. The facility is based at the National College of Ireland in the IFSC as part of their school of computing. It's been funded by businessman Denis O'Brien and has ...
98FM: Dublin's Best Music Mix

Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe ...
By John Casaretto
The opportunity to jump in to cloud services at this point is a reaction to the unleashed potential ofcloud services within Europe and an unfulfilled need for standards. With no existing standards and clear contracts that guide cloud computing ...
ServicesANGLE

Samsung Shows Us Just How Power Hungry the Cloud is in New ...
By Megan Treacy
Samsung/via. Samsung Semiconductor has created an infographic called "Clean the Cloud" that breaks down the numbers on just how fast cloud computing is growing and the data centers that power those operations are growing along with it ...
Latest Items from TreeHugger

CSA, ISACA Study Finds Government Regulation Tops List of ...
Aside from issues around government involvement, having an exit strategy is also a major concern for enterprises looking at cloud services. For this reason, a lot of cloud platforms claim to prevent vendor lock-in by enabling users to move ...
theWHIR.com - Daily Web Hosting News

Video: Oracle Cloud Computing Strategy | Inside-Cloud.com
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Inside-Cloud

EU chalks out cloud computing strategy - Computer Business Review
Implementation of cloud computing to generate €160bn for EU economy by 2020.
CBR - News

Cloud Recap: NY Times vs Wired, IOPS for Amazon RDS, Nasdaq ...
By Travis Balinas
Cloud computing can mean many different things depending on whom you speak with and what their experience has been thus far with the cloud…It's a fast-growing segment…worldwide revenues fromcloud services are expected to reach ...
Transforming IT Operations

Cloud Services Market to Top $109 Billion in 2012: Gartner
Cloud / Cloud Services Market to Top $109B in 2012: Gartner. right ... The worldwide cloud services market shows no sign of slowing down, with IT research firm ...
www.eweek.com/.../cloud-services-market-to-top-109b-in-201...

European Cloud Computing Strategy - European Commission
European Cloud Computing. ... Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe - [pdf 105KB]. Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe ...
ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/.../index_en.htm

Red Hat | Public Cloud Storage Meets Enterprise Levels-of-Service ...
Public Cloud Storage Meets Enterprise Levels-of-Service with Red Hat Storage. September 26, 2012. Red Hat Storage Team. With the rise of cloud computing ...
www.redhat.com/.../public-cloud-storage-meets-enterprise-lev...

Cloud computing companies seek FedRAMP reviews - Federal Times
Industry participation is higher than expected in a new program that assesses the security of companies' cloud-computing products and services.
www.federaltimes.com/.../Cloud-computing-companies-seek-F...



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