Thursday, May 30, 2013

Amazon cloud vs Google and Microsoft

Amazon cloud soars far above Google and Microsoft • The Register: " Amazon has equivalent products to all of the above, plus DNS services (Route53), hardware-based key storage (CloudHSM), application management (OpsWorks), detailed templating (CloudFormation), orchestration (Data Pipeline), performance monitoring (App Monitoring), API-based payment service (FPS), managed search (Amazon CloudSearch), data warehouse (Redshift), in-memory caching (ElasticCache), long-term cold storage (Glacier), domain name system (Route 53), direct connection to AWS edge network (Direct Connect), and cloud cost analysis (Trusted Advisor)."

Verizon Offering 500MB of Free Cloud Storage for the iPhone
Techlicious (blog)
Looking for a safe place to back up the photos and data on your iPhone? Sure, you could trust Apple's cloud, but if you want to double up on your security, Verizon has just released a free cloud storage app for its iPhone users. The app is somewhat ...

Microsoft Faults IT Security Practices in 'Cloud Computing' Report
Redmondmag.com
Microsoft claims that its CSRT tool is based on the Cloud Security Alliance's Cloud Controls Matrix, and that organizations can use it to check their existing IT capabilities vs. cloud servicescapabilities. Microsoft analyzed 5,700 responses to 27 ...

A New Realism Emerges as Enterprises Move to Cloud
Datamation
Despite these obstacles, my travels have confirmed that enterprises of all sizes across nearly every industry are moving quickly to take advantage of cloud services to achieve their corporate objectives. In fact, in most cases they are not expecting to ...

DISA to Spend Summer Exploring Security in the Cloud
Signal Magazine
Over the next several months, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will partner with Google to learn how to implement critical security capabilities in a cloud computing environment. The pilot program, involving selected members of DISA's ...

Cloud Expo New York: Is Your Organization 'Cloud-Ready'?
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Organizations across the world are increasingly starting to see the benefits of moving more and more services to the cloud. The focus on the cost-saving potential of cloud is rapidly shifting to completely transforming the business with cloud. As ...

Microsoft: Xbox One cloud processing can enhance lighting, physics
Joystiq
Speaking with Redmond Game Studios and Platforms GM Matt Booty, Ars Technica reports thatcloud computing will boost performance in games designed for Microsoft's Xbox One. While latency-sensitive actions will be handled by a user's Xbox One ...

Boundary Leads Way in Cloud Ops Management
Technorati
San Francisco-based Boundary is the first cloud-based IT operations management system and the company is leading the way in an evolving field. This past week, Boundary CEO Gary Read discussed his company's cloud-based innovation with San ...

DevelopIntelligence Offers Cloud Computing Training for Technical Teams and ...
EIN News (press release)
Over the past five years, businesses have been utilizing cloud computing techniques in order to simplify how they do business. But as businesses integrate Cloud Computing into their daily activities, the problem of training employees on how to use this ...

With Enstratius Acquisition Dell Cloud Services Strategy Enters New ...
With Enstratius Acquisition Dell Cloud Services Strategy Enters New Stage in EMEA ... As leader of the Cloud Services team in EMEA, I want to explain what this ...
en.community.dell.com/.../with-enstratius-acquisition-dell-clou...

Evolve IP Listed as Participating Contributor on the Cloud Security Alliance ...
Sacramento Bee
It also places Evolve IP with other leading cloud services pioneers in the effort to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, Hosting and Software as a Service (SaaS). For more information about Evolve ...

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