Thursday, October 18, 2012

Microsoft Adds to Cloud Storage with Acquisition of StorSimple

Microsoft Adds to Cloud Storage with Acquisition of StorSimple
eWeek
Cloud system administrators use products such as StorSimple's to connect the dots between on-premises and cloud-services storage needs in order to build and operate hybrid clouds that work well for line-of-business users. The appliances are deployed on...

eWeek

SAP Launches Cloud Platform Built On Hana
InformationWeek
In the case of Oracle, Sikka said in-memory-based cloud services would enable companies to reimagine and transform cloud-based apps, not just speed them up--a reference to Oracle's recent Open World claims about performance gains with its latest ...

Cloud Services Summit to Put Cloud and Managed Services into Context for ...
Sacramento Bee
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- TelcoTV, the largest conference and expo focused on video broadband network service providers in the U.S., will feature the Cloud ServicesSummit, a co-located executive summit produced by ...

CloudStack strikes back in the battle of open-source clouds
GigaOM
Citrix kicked up a ruckus six months ago when it — an OpenStack participant — offered up CloudStack to the Apache Foundation as an alternative open-source cloud. Citrix had acquired CloudStack via its purchase of Cloud.com a year earlier. Now, at ...

AirWatch Receives 2012 Cloud Computing Excellence Award
PYMNTS.com
AirWatch, the global leader and innovator in mobile security, Mobile Device Management (MDM), Mobile Application Management (MAM), Mobile Content Management (MCM), Mobile Email Management (MEM) and BYOD management announced that TMC, ...

Cloud Computing: Cloud Growth Numbers Revised Upwards
Formtek Blog (blog)
Growth of public cloud computing services is exceeding even earlier rosy predictions. Gartner now says that computing services will grow by as much as 19.6 percent his year, reaching $109 billion. This compares to another recent competing analyst study ...

Cloud Computing? I'll Take an Industrial-Strength Version
Huffington Post (blog)
So, when companies hesitate to adopt the cloud, it's not because their executives don't understand how profoundly the technology can transform their operations. They realize that cloud computingcan help provide broader access to apps and data to ...

Cloud computing firm Iomart invests in fibre network
BBC News
Chief executive Angus MacSween said: "We are investing millions of pounds over the next decade to give Iomart one of the fastest and most resilient fibre networks of anycloud computing company in the UK. "Customers on our network will have the fastest...

BBC News

The Brain Of The Beast: Google Reveals The Computers Behind The Cloud
NPR (blog)
Behind the ephemeral "cloud" of cloud computing, the network we use for everything from checking our email to streamlining our health care system, there lies a very tangible and very big computer infrastructure. But besides a glimpse at some of the ...

NPR (blog)

Time Warner Cable Business Class Launches Cloud Services
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
HERNDON, Va. — Time Warner Cable Business Class announced the launch of a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) offering designed to give small-to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) access to reliable, easy-to-use hosted communication and ...

The Pirate Bay ditches its servers, sets sail for the cloud
Ars Technica (blog)
The Pirate Bay is getting rid of its physical servers and exchanging them for virtual machines spread across multiple cloud services. By hosting its infrastructure in multiple data centers and even multiple countries, the widely used torrent site says ...

5 Cloud Business Benefits
Wired (blog)
In the OpEx model zero upfront investment is required, which allows organizations to start projects faster but also end them without losing any investments in the cloud services. As you see, there is much more to cloud computing than technology alone.

Wired (blog)

Europe's giant science cloud: give people data and good things happen
GigaOM
Europe this summer launched the “Helix Nebula” as a way to offer super cloud power to public sector research projects in fields like physics and disaster risk management. The so-called “science cloud, ” which is up and running thanks to creative ...

GigaOM

Huawei rides cloud computing wave in Mideast
China Daily
DUBAI -- As cloud computing spreads fast in the Middle East, Chinese telecom-tech giant Huawei aims to lead the development in the Gulf Region, albeit the market is still in its early stages. According to a Middle East and Africa study conducted by ...

Understanding and Controlling Cloud Sprawl
Data Center Knowledge
Cloud computing has created numerous options for organizations and IT environments. New methods of delivering disaster recovery, improving backup and even expanding the data center are all reasons to move to a cloud model. Unfortunately, as with ...

Data Center Knowledge

Jolicloud Pivots Yet Again As A Start Page For Cloud Services — Have they ...
TechCrunch
“Never give up, never surrender” is the pull out quote from Galaxy quest, and it's an actual phrase Jolicloud founder Tariq Krim used to describe the re-launch of the re-launch of the pivot of cloud-based 'social aggregation service. Ok, OK, that's ...

TechCrunch

Oracle Counting Big on Cloud Computing in Asian Markets
GDP Watch
Larry Ellison, the chief executive of Oracle recently mocked on cloud computing, calling it as “complete gibberish and a fad.” It was in 2008 that ... The market for cloud services is one of the fastest growing sectors in the present IT industry. The ...

GDP Watch

OpenStack Summit: Open Cloud Platform Gets Big Push
PC Magazine
One of the more interesting trends in cloud computing is the emergence of OpenStack, a set of open-source projects to set up public and private cloud computing solutions. This was originally set up by Rackspace Hosting and NASA, but now has grown into ...

Cloud Services Look Set To Grow Four Times Faster Than Traditional IT Services
MENAFN.COM
"Early indications are that corporate IT budgets will increase substantially year-on-year as businesses worldwide embrace the attributes of Cloud Computing," he said. Alimohamed suggested that investment by corporations in cloud-based services is set...

MENAFN.COM

Microsoft to acquire StorSimple cloud storage provider
SlashGear
Microsoft will acquire StorSimple Inc., a cloud-integrated storage (CiS) provider, according to an announcement released earlier today. With this acquisition, Microsoft will amp up its Azure platform while gaining ground on competitors like Rackspace ...

SlashGear

Cloud Computing Brings New Network Demands
Midsize Insider
Companies need robust networks to deliver the increasing array of cloud services in an era where instant, always-on service provision is becoming the norm, but that's not always that they get. An article on AllThingsD cites research by Juniper Networks ...

Distrust of outsourcing, Patriot Act slowing cloud adoption in Europe
GigaOM
The fear of a US-owned cloud company turning over personal data of a European citizen to the feds is still a factor impacting growth of cloud in Europe, according to an Orange Business Services exec speaking at Structure Europe. Structure Europe 2012...

GigaOM

Cloud Services Forecast To Double in 4 Years
Sci-Tech Today
"Folks need to keep the limitations of these offerings in mind before they jump in wholeheartedly," said analyst Charles King of cloud services. "Overall, I suggest that businesses and consumers interested in cloud storage should consider such a ...

Sci-Tech Today

Storing big data in the cloud is easy — getting it there is hard
GigaOM
The cloud is a great thing when it comes to storing large quantities of data, but getting it into and out of cloud-storage services can be difficult. Technologies that speed that process up can allow for new uses of that data, says Aspera CEO Michelle ...

GigaOM

Australian Startup Sentinus Vows to "Clean Up the Cloud"
Sacramento Bee
Launching today, Australian company Sentinus vows to clean up the cloud by exposing risky practices, and helping businesses choose the right vendor. "We're seeing a wealth of choices incloud services," says Director of Advisory Services, Damian ...

Facebook has 220 billion of your photos to put on ice
GigaOM
Subscriber Content. Related research and analysis from GigaOM Pro. A near-term outlook for big data - 03/20/2012 · After Solyndra: analyzing the solar industry - 02/03/2012 · Will cloud computing push the BRIC market to the front? - 12/22/2011 · What ...

GigaOM

Bloomberg's Vault Cloud Service Goes Local
Wall Street & Technology
While cloud computing has been around for a few years, many financial services organizations have been reluctant to move to the cloud because of security and compliance concerns. On the regulatory front, financial services regulators are very concerned ...

Don't look to Europe to create an Amazon rival
GigaOM
Competing with Amazon overall is hard work, he said, especially considering that Amazon has been working on the cloud for six years. ... But with startups and fast-growing companies emerging in Europe, it's likely to propel home-grown cloud development.

GigaOM

Cloud computing helping companies manage finances | DISYS
By admin
In a recent blog for Wired, Edwin Schouten, a cloud services leader at IBM Global Technology, discussed the benefits cloud computing produces for businesses. In addition to lower initial expenses, he advocated the cloud's flexibility and lack ...
DISYS

Cloud Storage - Spiceworks
By ChadW
I currently use dropbox and Im overall happy with them. I found one the other day that I cannot for the life of me remember what its called. They offerend unlimited cloud storage for a set price. Does anyone know what the service is? which do ...
Spiceworks Community

Reality Of Today's Cloud Services Falls Far Behind Promise ...
By Christian Harris
Almost half (46%) of cloud services are manually provisioned by an IT administrator for the end user without automation, according to research by Abiquo. The study reveals a worrying landscape of technology rather than service focused cloud ...
Business Computing World

Vote for Serena for UP-START Cloud Computing Awards | Serena ...
By David Hurwitz
This has been an exceptional year for industry recognition of Serena Software. So far we've walked away with awards from SD Times, Network Product Guide and the Tech Awards Circle. All this in addition to being named Innovator of the ...
Serena Blog

Microsoft Buys StorSimple to Further Its Enterprise Cloud Offering
By Jon Russell
Microsoft has further its push into the cloud after the US firm confirmed that it had picked up enterprise cloud computing specialist StorSimple in an undisclosed deal that will strengthen its offering for Windows Azure customers. Silicon Valley- based StorSimple combines ... StorSimple's approach helps customers seamlessly integrate on-premises storage with cloud storage through intelligent automation and management,” the exec explained. The synergies of the coming-together were ...
The Next Web

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Joseph Beal, Chief ...
By candicearnold
Sramana Mitra: Let's talk about information security as it applies to the government and from the perspective of the cloud. What are the key drivers? What is the government's level of concern about cyber crimes, and what are the drivers in that ...
Sramana Mitra

Feet on the Ground Cloud Management: Storagemadeeasy's API
By Greg Bates
SMEStorage Multi Cloud The StorageMadeEasy API focuses on the hybrid cloud market. It unifies disparate data sources, helps IT capture and index Saas and Cloud services, works with many mobile and computing devices with many ...
ProgrammableWeb

What's The Buzz About The 2012 Cloud Computing Act? | CloudTimes
By Florence de Borja
In the proposed bill by Senator Klobuchar, it included unauthorized cloud computing account access as a CFAA offense. It also provided a formula for calculating CFAA violation losses in cloud servicesand set a fine of at least $500 for every ...
CloudTimes

OASIS : Open Cloud Ecosystem – Cloud Computing Best Practices
By Neil McEvoy
Cloud Computing Best Practices. CloudBestPractices.net ... This will become critically important as interoperability becomes the single most important factor of deciding what Cloud services to use, or not use. OASIS has started to emerge as ...
Cloud Computing Best Practices

MEDIA TEMPLE LAUNCHES PRIVATE CLOUD SERVICES
By Shalini.Jagadish
OpenStack has improved on its open cloud computing platform for both public and private cloudssince its inception two years ago. This can be contributed to the various individuals and cloud service providers participating in the cloud project.
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DevOps: The song remains the same | Thoughts on Cloud Blog
By Ric Telford
Cloud provides a meet-in-the-middle alternative – it provides a standardized platform on which to develop and allows for more rapid integration of the latest technology. At IBM, we look at DevOps as a key initiative ... Ric Telford is Vice President, IBM Cloud Services. Since joining IBM in 1983, he has led ... This entry was posted in Workloads and tagged Agile, cloud, cloud-computing, development-test, devops, devtest, ibm, ibmcloud, OSLC, smartcloud, SML. Bookmark the permalink.
Thoughts on Cloud Blog

Cloud Privacy Contracting | Cloud Computing Journal
The main evolutionary leap in Cloud services will come from a fusion of both legal and technical maturity. It's not enough ... Who is speaking about what next month at the largest cloud computingand big data event in the world? Here's a quick ...
Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal

Innovation Insights - Community blog about cloud computing | Wired ...
One of the benefits of cloud computing is increased efficiency; services are rapidly deployed and ready for use in a matter of minutes versus the weeks or months ...
www.wired.com/insights/

HPC and Batch Management on Dell Cloud Services with VMware ...
HPC and Batch Management on Dell Cloud Services with VMware and ... By running HPC workloads in the cloud, customers are no longer limited by hardware ...
en.community.dell.com/.../hpc-and-batch-management-on-del...

Cloud Computing: Developing unique cloud solutions | TechNet ...
When developing cloud solutions for specialized organizations such as government agencies, there are a number of areas to consider, including security , ...
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj682073.aspx

Cloud Storage Gateways, Service Delivery Platform, Managed ...
... serve as a "swiss army knife" of cloud storage: A complete set of tools for creating, ... backup and NAS, seamlessly combining local storage with cloud services ...
www.ctera.com/products

Infosecurity - RSA Europe 2012: Cloud computing has potential to ...
RSA Europe 2012: Microsoft offers free cloud security assessment ... organizations determine their security readiness to adopt cloud services; The Cloud Gives, ...
www.infosecurity-magazine.com/.../rsa-europe-2012-cloud-co...



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