Monday, October 8, 2012

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Can Google Apps-Chrome Beat Microsoft Windows 8, Office 2013?
TalkinCloud (blog)
Perhaps I'm giving Google too much credit for adding email and phone support for Chrome. But I suspect it's all part of a bigger plan — a much bigger plan — to accelerate the business shift from client-server applications to cloud services and SaaS.

Cloud services market to surpass $326 million in 2012: Gartner
Economic Times
Cloud computing enables companies to use software, applications and various services on pay-per-use basis, without the need to set up and own IT infrastructure. NEW DELHI: The cloud services market in India is projected to grow 32.4 per cent in 2012 to ...

Economic Times

Nerds on Computers: Look to cloud to increase your storage
Record-Searchlight
Consider a cloud storage provider such as Microsoft Live SkyDrive, Amazon's Cloud Drive, Google Drive, iCloud, Dropbox or SugarSync. Such providers can store and/or back up your data, enhancing your storage space and offering the reliability of off ...

Small and medium businesses in UAE are ready to move to cloud, according to ...
AME Info
Symantec Corp. announced almost half - or 46% - of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who are not currently usingcloud services for business purposes are considering or are likely to adopt this technology in ...

AME Info

Top 10 Cloud Concerns – Study
CloudTimes
Studying Cloud Market Maturity conducted jointly between ISACA and CSA provides business leaders and IT knowledge on the maturity of cloud computing and help identify market changes. The report provides detailed information on the adoption of cloud ...

Mobile learning and cloud-based assessment set to enter Oman's university ...
AME Info
Mobile learning, or m-learning, takes digital education to an altogether higher level and Oman can be one of the first few countries in the world to adopt this revolutionary technology in mobile learning 'm-learning' and cloud computing through hand ...

IEC-IEEE Challenge: University of Colorado awarded first prize for cloud ...
PR Web (press release)
The IEC-IEEE Challenge first prize and USD 20 000 was awarded to Ken Krechmer from the University of Colorado, USA (http://itp.colorado.edu) for his paper: Cloud computing standardization. His paper addressed how cloud computing promises to...

PR Web (press release)

"Anything On The Web Will Be discovered"
IsraelDefense
Cloud computing will also continue developing – it's here to stay. Eventually there will be cloud security infrastructure that will allow for Multitenancy. This will take another 5-7 years with the public cloud. It seems that there will also be ...

IsraelDefense

Microsoft buys PhoneFactor
Computer Business Review
Microsoft Server and Tools Division corporate vice president Bharat Shah said the acquisition of PhoneFactor will help Microsoft brin multifactor authentication to its cloud services and on-premises applications. "In addition, PhoneFactor's solutions ...

Microsoft to Acquire Mobile Security Company
Mobile Enterprise
“The acquisition of PhoneFactor will help Microsoft bring effective and easy-to-use multifactor authentication to our cloud services and on-premises applications,” said Bharat Shah, corporate vice president, Server and Tools Division for Microsoft. “In ...

Cloud and Virtualization Core for HP at GITEX Technology Week 2012
Zawya (registration) (press release)
Dubai, UAE - October 7, 2012 -- HP today announced it is set to focus on cloud computing and virtualization at GITEX Technology Week 2012, as it once again partners the show as diamond sponsor for the Cloud Confex, the region's largest integrated cloud ...

Time to innovate and build our Silicon Beach
The Australian Financial Review
Where government leads, households and business, particularly small businesses, will follow. Cloud computing alone should provide a major boost to productivity. KPMG found that if government and business embrace global cloud computing services it will ...

How to set up Evernote to start documenting your life
USA TODAY
If your desktop computer, laptop, phone, and tablet don't all use the same operating system, then you still have access to high-quality cloud storage. Start making notes. When you're ready to start using Evernote, sign up for an account on the Evernote ...

Gaxsys Launches gaxWallet at DEMO Fall 2012
Melodika.net (press release)
"Uses for Cloud Computing are evolving rapidly, especially as the technology has moved from practical applications only for the enterprise to broad use for SMBs and the consumer," said Matt Marshall, executive producer of DEMO. "We are thrilled to ...

Intel unveils Atom processor based storage application
Computer Business Review
With the new application, businesses can provide their employees with a personal cloud storageexperience so they can access to files at office, home or on the road from different types of connected device securely, the company said. It also claims to ...

Glasgow boost for businesses
Herald Scotland
Issues including crowd-sourced funding, cloud computing and cashflow are on the agenda as homegrown entrepreneurs, industry experts and academics feature in seminars, workshops and networking events across the city, with support from public and ...

Is Amazon's boss the new Steve Jobs?
TechRadar UK
When it was clear that discs would die out, Amazon sold MP3s, offered a cloud-based music player and started streaming TV and movies through Amazon Prime. When cloud computing started to become a big deal, Amazon offered storage and servers.

India's Cloud services market to grow to Rs 1,665 cr: Report | Firstpost
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The cloud services market in India is projected to grow 32.4 per cent in 2012 to total $326.2 million (about Rs 1665 crore), according to IT research and advisory firm Gartner. ... Oracle's Ellison focused on Cloud computing, not acquisitions. The cloud services market in India is projected to grow 32.4 per cent in 2012 to total $326.2 million (about Rs 1,665 crore), according to IT ... How cloud storageworks: Dropbox image. Business process services also known as business process as a ...
Firstpost

Cisco Acquires vCider | Cloud Computing Journal
In a blog posting Cisco said it expects vCider to play an important part in its Open Network Environment (ONE) strategy, particularly in support of OpenStack, a key pillar of Cisco's open, multi-hypervisor, multi-stack cloud computing strategy.
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HOT Trend #3 – Core Systems are Moving to the Cloud HR ...
By jessica@xceptionalhr.com
Cloud computing is on the rise in many industries that use specialized technology, and HR is no different. Although some employers are not yet comfortable with storing sensitive data in the cloud, and still others are waiting until they see a ...
Blogging4Jobs

SME Advisor Middle East – Fast track to the cloud
By Joumana Saad
The majority of the survey respondents are at least aware of cloud computing, and 52% of small businesses correctly identified its meaning as data stored, secured and accessed remotely; Almost 40% of respondents use cloud services for ...
SME Advisor Middle East

Cloud and Virtualization Core for HP at GITEX Technology Week ...
By Nick Rego
HP today announced it is set to focus on cloud computing and virtualization at GITEX Technology Week 2012. Underlining its commitment to cloud computing and virtualization, HP's innovations in enterprise-class solutions – chiefly HP ...
t-break: Tech @ Its Fastest

Cloud Computing | Dell
Dell cloud computing manages huge IT workloads and increases productivity. Find the cloud computing solutions and services that fit your needs. ... WANTED: A Trusted Provider for PublicCloud Services · Enterprise Integration Made Easy ...
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Oracle OpenWorld: Ellison Unveils Expanded Cloud Services
"It makes a lot of sense for Oracle to be in all three tiers of cloud services," he said , ... "Our customers, to fully embrace cloud computing, need to have all three ...
www.crn.com/.../oracle-openworld-ellison-unveils-expanded-c...

Please Explain: Cloud Computing and Data Barns - WNYC
From Apple's iCloud to Dropbox, cloud computing is becoming an ... The name " Cloud Services" always brought me images of the aristocrats on the hill, or of the ...
www.wnyc.org/.../please-explain-cloud-computing-and-data-b...

The cloud backlash could be deep
GigaOM
Selling customers on the cloud as a set of technologies that will improve their business and agility is fine, but vendors need to be able to back up those lofty claims with experienced teams that can really deliver on the promise of the cloud ...

Synnex CEO Kevin Murai: Tablets, Mobile, Cloud Computing (p3)
The VAR Guy
Synnex CEO Kevin Murai describes challenges and opportunities for VARs, managed services providers (MSPs) and cloud integrators during Synnex National Conference 2012. He mentions the tablet, cloud computing and managed IT services and ...

Big data: Latest trend after cloud computing
Times of India
PUNE: With the management of new types of data rising in priority, Indian organizations are increasingly seeing the opportunity in big data, the latest trend after cloud computing and virtualization to create a buzz in India. A new survey by ...

Two cloud storage and collaboration tools sound similar but have different ...
Hawaii Business Magazine
Cloud-storage and collaboration tools are readily available, but how do you choose the best fit for your needs? What makes each unique? This month I'll compare two popular options, Box.com and Dropbox.com, and next month, I'll look at Google Drive, ...

Hawaii Business Magazine

Trust - The Key to Cloud Computing Growth in Europe
CircleID
Cloud services in Europe are mostly localised rather than regional and even though EU legislation protects cloud users, most are unaware of their rights. Cloud computing growth in Europe has been stunted as users are unclear on which jurisdiction they ...

Open Cloud Means APIs, Data and Code, Says Mickos
Linux.com (blog)
Mickos: The purpose of a compute cloud is to provide freedom to application workloads: freedom to scale elastically, freedom to run on public or private infrastructures, and generally freedom from the underlying hardware. Increasingly, those workloads ...

Oracle Faces Challenges, Rivals Including Salesforce.com, Amazon.com In Cloud
Investor's Business Daily
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, in a keynote address at Oracle OpenWorld, extolled Oracle's abilities in both public and private cloud computing. AP View Enlarged Image. The company, battling SAP (SAP) for the title of No. 1 seller of business applications ...

Cisco Buys vCider: Virtual Networking Meets OpenStack
TalkinCloud (blog)
Cisco Systems' (NASDAQ: CSCO) buyout of vCider signals a growing focus on virtual networking, secure data centers and OpenStack — the open source cloud computing platform. It's the latest example of the emerging software-defined networking (SDN) ...



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