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Google Buys Cloud-Based Visual Effects Firm Zync
Top Tech News
Google beefed up its cloud · Relevant Products/Services -computing platform [by] acquiring Zync Inc., a Boston-based firm that specializes in visual ...


Techly
White House revamps tech management, Hillary's not a cloud expert, and more bank hacks ...
ZDNet
"I'm not an expert on software-defined storage or the intricacies of cloud computing," Clinton quipped. FBI investigates hack of JPMorgan, other US ...


BDlive
Our wildest dreams are coming true
BDlive
The human-computer interface will change fundamentally. ... both the internet of everything and cloud computing and refers to giving software systems ...

Private Cloud Services Market Grows at a 22% CAGR by 2018 - Global Analysis and Forecasts
SYS-CON Media (press release)
DALLAS, Aug. 31, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Private cloud is model of cloud computing, which involves a secure and distinct cloud environment.

ASG Software Solutions Seeks Buyer
Wall Street Journal
ASG provides so-called cloud solutions and software. The cloud broadly refers to the use of remote computingnetworks. According to its website, ASG ...


Hot Hardware
Consumer Apps and Services: Microsoft's Often-Overlooked Crown Jewels
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows
It is here, I think, that Microsoft's "mobile first, cloud first" mantra is most ... Another part of the reason is that as our computing habits have changed, and ...

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Google Cloud Storage: high performance that just works

Google Cloud Storage: high performance that just works - Google ...
By Scott Knaster
The performance of cloud storage services (and indeed most web services) depends on two main factors: the network that moves the data between us and the end user, and the performance of the storage service itself. 1. Network When you ...
Google Developers Blog

Virtela Wins Cloud Computing Excellence Award
MarketWatch (press release)
DENVER, April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Virtela, the world's largest independent managed network, security and cloud services company, today announced that its Cloud-based Mobile Device Management (MDM) service has won the 2011 Cloud Computing ...

Dell buys Clerity in latest bet on cloud computing
CBS News
Dell said Tuesday that it has bought business software company Clerity Solutions, the PC maker's latest bet on cloud computing. The Round Rock, Texas, company did not say how much it was paying for Clerity. Cloud computing is meant to save money and ...

Cloud Computing: Dell Acquires Wyse Tech to Gain Cloud Share
Motley Fool
However, this move into cloud computing brings on a new set of competitors, including Amazon.com. Dell stock has risen about 15% over the last year. Do you think that adding cloud computing onto its list of offerings will boost the share price even ...

Citrix aims to become the Red Hat of cloud computing with CloudStack
BetaNews
By Ed Oswald Citrix is making its mark on open-source cloud computing, following CloudStack software's release to the Apache Foundation. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based technology company acquired the rights to CloudStack with last year'sCloud.com ...

BetaNews

HP Awarded U.S. Army Contract for Enterprise Cloud Computing Services
MarketWatch (press release)
PALO ALTO, CA, Apr 03, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- HP (NYSE:HPQ) Enterprise Services today announced it has been selected by the US Army to provide the Department of Defense and other federal agencies with enterprise cloud computing services under ...

HP receives Army cloud computing contract
CBS News
Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday that its enterprise services unit has received a contract from the Army for cloud computing services that could be worth up to $249 million. Cloud computingallows workers to fetch computer programs and key documents ...

Webair Cloud Storage Services Reach New Heights with EMC Isilon
MarketWatch (press release)
Prior to the deployment of the EMC Isilon-based Webair Cloud Storage Service, each Webair client was provided a dedicated storage system. To accomplish full redundancy, standby appliances and more complex configurations were often required.

YouDazzle Brings the Power of Cloud Computing and Networking Marketing ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In addition, YouDazzle today brought the $100 billion cloud services market opportunity to millions of home-based businesses by introducing the first sales distribution model that makes it easy for anyone to learn cloud technology and enter this ...

Independent Survey Results: How Businesses Are and Will Be Using Cloud Storage
MarketWatch (press release)
... Survey revealing that 28% of organizations surveyed were using cloud computing services as a way to control IT costs, up substantially from 13% in 2009. Cloud storage is one of the many ways that organizations are leveraging cloud services today.

3 best practices for your cloud computing first-timers
InfoWorld
By David Linthicum | InfoWorld As enterprises continue to move to cloud computing, blunders will occur, but we'll also see success with the cloud. Now is a good time to survey what works -- that is, the best practices around cloud deployment.

Five Cloud Computing Trends Affecting Cloud Strategy Through 2015
IT Business Edge
Click through for five trends that must be factored into the IT planning process, as identified by Gartner, Inc. Continual monitoring of cloud computing trends, with regular updates to the enterprise's cloud strategy, will be essential to avoid costly ...

Terremark launches private cloud offering
InfoWorld
By Nancy Gohring | IDG News Service Terremark is offering enterprises a new private cloud service that includes the option to burst onto a public cloud. The private offering, introduced Tuesday, should appeal to customers in industries like financial ...

EU Releases Guide for Improving Security in Cloud Contracts
PCWorld
ENISA's goal is to improve the public sector's understanding of the security of cloud servicesand the potential indicators and methods that can be used during service delivery, the authors said. Procuring and managing service contracts for cloud ...

StorSimple extends portfolio of cloud-connected storage appliances
InfoWorld
With those features and integration with multiple cloud services -- including ones offered by Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Rackspace -- the company hopes it can break down a lot of the barriers preventing enterprises from using the cloud for storage.

Terremark launches private cloud edition
ITworld.com
April 03, 2012, 12:43 PM — Some enterprise customers just aren't comfortable throwing their data into a public cloud environment, says Ellen Rubin, vice president of cloud products for Terremark, which is owned by Verizon. So, the company announced ...

Terremark Launches Enterprise Cloud Private Edition
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
This private cloud solution is built on the leading enterprise-class architecture of Terremark's flagship cloud computing offering, the Enterprise Cloud, but is designed as a single-tenant environment to meet the security compliance requirements of ...

Making the Case for Cloud Storage
EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet
The attraction of cloud storage is not hard to understand because it can be used in a variety of ways. The most popular ones are: Overflow capacity - Cloud storage can provide short term storage capacity to cope with occasional spikes in demand for ...

Aframe Expands Its Cloud Video Production Platform to North America, Fuelled ...
MarketWatch (press release)
With Aframe and the power of cloud computing, users can share, search and collaborate without on-site equipment or full-time staff, and only requiring an internet connection. As the video production industry embraces another transformational shift ...

Cloud computing to create 2 mn jobs in India by 2015
Business Today
As an increasing number of enterprises adopt cloud computing, there will be a sharp slump in the demand for installation and maintenance engineers. For many in the industry, the option will be stark: reskill or perish. Cloud computing, which has ...

Business Today

Cisco, EMC, VMware unite behind big data, cloud training initiative
Computerworld
Network World - As the IT silos come down, tech pros need to beef up their skills to stay relevant and maximize the business benefits of cloud computing, virtualization, unified networking and big data, according to Cisco and EMC, which have teamed to ...

New in cloud: Brokers that let you select providers by the job
GCN.com
By Rutrell Yasin A new development in cloud computing the emergence of cloud brokers, services that let organizations choose cloud providers by the job and change providers on the fly depending on prices or services. They can help government agencies ...

Can the cloud revive manufacturing?
Embedded.com
BERKELEY, Calif – Cloud computing could help usher in the next wave of technological innovation and, with it, provide a new engine for economic growth, say the authors of a forthcoming study on the emerging cloud computing ecosystem.

Intelisys Announces Agreement to Acquire Cloud Services Coalition (CSC ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PETALUMA, CA and LAS VEGAS, NV, Apr 02, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Intelisys Communications, Inc., the nation's leading master agency distributor of business technology services, announced today a definitive agreement to acquire Cloud Services ...

GreenButton™ Introduces New Cloud-Based Media Indexing Service
Seattle Post Intelligencer
GreenButton™, a cloud services company specializing in cloud enablement for software vendors and enterprises, today announced the availability of GreenButton inCus, a new audio indexing solution powered by the Microsoft Research Audio Video Indexing ...

HP Expert Chat focuses on how IT can enable cloud adoption while maintaining ...
ZDNet (blog)
View the full Expert Chat presentation on cloud adoption best practices. Cloud computing has sparked the imagination of business leaders, who see it as a powerful new way to be innovative and gain first-mover advantages — with or without traditional ...

HOB GmbH & Co. KG: Multi-Tenancy -- a Must for Cloud Service Providers
MarketWatch (press release)
CADOLZBURG, Germany, Apr 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cloud computing -- the current topic at many IT departments. Current research proves the increasing popularity of cloudsolutions at companies. They expect more flexibility, less costs and therefore ...

Citrix Gives CloudStack To The Apache Software Foundation
NetworkComputing.com
Less than a year after acquiring Cloud.com, Citrix is sending CloudStack, the open-source software designed to deploy and manage large networks of virtual machines as a highly available, scalable cloud computing platform, to the Apache Software ...

Amazon APIs Are Fine ... For Amazon
NetworkComputing.com
If I didn't know better, I'd say that there are many in the cloud community that are happy to capitulate standards to Amazon. What's next? Letting Cisco define networking standards, Microsoft define OS, Web content, and document standards, Apple define ...

Report lends advice to government organizations adopting cloud ...
By Simply Security
To ultimately change this – educate government organizations and ensure they are leveraging the services of cloud computing effectively and appropriately, the CIO Council and the Chief Acquisitions Officers Council recently said in a joint report. ... implementing the 'cloud first' policy and moving forward with the 'federal cloud computing strategy' by focusing on ways to more effectively procure cloud services within existing regulations and laws,” the report's executive summary states.
Simply Security

The Lippis Report » Download Library » Cloud Computing ...
By nicholaslippis
Cloud computing is a disruptive technology model that is changing the way public sector organizations consume information and communications technology (ICT), and how they deploy and deliver services to stakeholders. A trusted network infrastructure is the foundation for any ...the chief advantages and business drivers. Case study snapshots describe how public sector organizations have successfully implemented cloud services models in various environments worldwide.
The Lippis Report

5 Reasons Why Cloud Computing Offers IT a Silver Lining
By Mark Morley
Hybrid Cloud Computing is an Imperative – Ultimately there are two main cloud computingenvironments, public and private, but many companies will make use of both types of cloud services thus creating a hybrid cloud environment.
All About B2B

Survey Results: More Signs Cloud Storage is Moving to the ...
By Nicos Vekiarides
In January 2012, Enterprise Strategy Group published their 2012 IT Spending Intentions Survey revealing that 28% of organizations surveyed were using cloud computing services as a way to control IT costs, up substantially from 13% in 2009. Cloud storage is one of the many ways that organizations are leveraging cloud services today. With public and private cloud storage available from a number of well-known providers such as Amazon, AT&T, Nirvanix, RackSpace, Google, HP ...
TwinStrata Blog

Cloud Computing to Enhance your Business and the Environment ...
By Jackie Lyon
Cloud Computing to Enhance your Business and the Environment. April 3, 2012 By Jackie Lyon. What: A free speaker series sponsored by Adjamian Affiliated Inc. discussing how cloud computing can enhance your business and the ...
U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce

YuuWaa For Android: 2 GB Cloud Storage, Support For Multiple ...
By A. Rehman
The ever-increasing number of cloud storage services and their respective mobile clients can leave users thinking how many is too many. Just last month,
AddictiveTips

Cloud Computing Conferences, Events and Publications
By mattgodson
Cloud computing has revolutionized the way business is conducted. Although still in its infancy as far as potential developments are concerned, cloud computing, as the next generation model to replace software licensing, has already had a ...
Conferences, Events and Publications

Ensuring cloud computing performance on data communications ...
By Digital West Networks Inc.
An excerpt from an a three part article published at LightwaveOnline.com. The right protocol for the job. Communication issues within the data center are being addressed by the IEEE 802.1 DCB (Data Center Bridging) initiative, which extends ...
Digital West Networks, Inc.

Citrix ditches OpenStack for Apache – software, OpenStack, open ...
By cwhitehouse
In The News: Citrix ditches OpenStack for Apache – software, OpenStack, open source, internet,cloud computing, Citrix cloud, Apache software – Grid & Cloud Computing – IT Services – Techworld. Published on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 at ...
Enterprise Strategy Group

Terremark launches private cloud offering - terremark, internet, cloud ...
By Nancy Gohring
The new service lets users burst traffic to public clouds, including Amazon's. ... the cloud will use a hybrid approach. Nancy Gohring covers mobile phones and cloud computing for The IDG News Service. Follow Nancy on Twitter at @idgnancy.
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9 Trends That Impact The Future Of Mobile Cloud Computing ...
By Balaji
9 Trends that Impact the Future of Mobile Cloud Computing Mobile cloud is the convergence ofcloud computing and mobile apps. ... By moving apps from the PC to the tablet, enterprises are putting more effort on their mobile cloud services.
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...

Basho's Riak Cloud Storage Release is AWS S3-Compatible | Cloud ...
If they haven't already, Cloud leaders like Windows Azure and Amazon Web ... start providing products to compete with established cloud-computing services. ... Storage, which is designed to enable both public and private cloud services.
cloud.dzone.com/articles/bashos-riak-cloud-storage

Cloud computing, virtual image sprawl and labor costs - SOA Talk
A “simple” approach to cloud computing ... Cloud Services, Enterprise architecture ... While public cloud providers can be expected to ramp up to manage ...
itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/.../cloud-computing-virt...

HP receives Army cloud computing contract - Yahoo! Finance
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday that its enterprise services unit has received a contract from the Army for cloud computing services ...
finance.yahoo.com/.../hp-receives-army-cloud-computing-174...

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Google Cloud Storage Cuts Prices, Integrates With Tech Providers

Google Cloud Storage Cuts Prices, Integrates With Tech Providers
CIO
Google Cloud Storage has reduced its prices from 8 percent to 15 percent across all tiers and is pointing to technology providers that are integrating it directly into their offerings to provide solutions including NAS replacement, active archives, ...

IBM: Cloud Computing Use to Double by 2015
eWeek
A new IBM study indicates that enterprise leaders expect the use of cloud computing for transforming business models to double by 2015. LAS VEGAS—A recent IBM study showed that the number of enterprises turning to cloud computing is expected to double ...

Cloud computing could touch off global job boom
Vancouver Sun
Metro Vancouver is expected to gain 6000 jobs by 2015 as part of a global trend toward adoption ofcloud-based computing technology. Cloud computing uses a network of remote servers on the Internet, rather than a local server, to manage, ...

Paths to the Cloud: Cloud Computing and the New Channel Engagement Model – Webinar
Seattle Post Intelligencer
hawkeye Channel will present a Baptie-sponsored webinar titled “Paths to the Cloud: Cloud Computing and the New Channel Engagement Model” on Thursday, March 29 at 9 am PST. Attendees will gain insight into Vendor best practices to assist Partners with ...

Cloud Services Provider Intermedia Launches Integrated Partner Program
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, NY, Mar 07, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Intermedia, a global leader in cloud services and the largest Microsoft Exchange hosting provider, today announced the unification of the company's private label program and advisor program into one ...

Amazon Cuts Cloud Computing Prices
InformationWeek
But the leading cloud service supplier has also come under increased scrutiny recently for its pricing structure for some services, such as its S3 storage service. Art Wittmann, managing director of InformationWeek Reports, compared S3 pricing to the ...

Another take on the cloud-jobs debate
GigaOm
7, 2012, 8:19am PT No Comments Whether you think cloud computing creates or kills jobs depends on what jobs you're talking about and how companies will use any IT savings they reap. I had my doubts about the findings of a Microsoft-funded IDC report...

GigaOm

Nirvanix and Acuo Deliver HIPAA Compliant Cloud Storage Service for Healthcare ...
Sacramento Bee
The combination delivers a HIPAA-compliant, enterprise-grade cloud storage service that enables healthcare organizations to consolidate diverse department-specific PACS into a unified and securecloud environment for on-demand storage, availability and ...

IDC: Cloud computing to create 14M new jobs by 2015
ZDNet Asia
By Ryan Huang , ZDNet Asia on March 7, 2012 (11 mins ago) Spending on public and private ITcloud services will generate nearly 14 million jobs worldwide from 2011 to 2015, according to IDC study. China and India will make up bulk of 9.6 million jobs ...

Cloud Computing To Create Over 2 Million Jobs By 2015 In India
CRN.in
A Microsoft commissioned study, conducted by IDC, has predicted that cloud computing will generate over 2 million jobs in India by 2015. The findings predict that the cloud will generate nearly 14 million new jobs worldwide in the same time.

IBM Delivers New Solutions for Enterprise Cloud Shift
eWeek
The new technology represents advancement in the level of visibility, control and automation for organizations to securely manage and deploy cloud services, IBM said. "This year at Pulse we placed a big focus on where our clients are rapidly ...

Google Drops the Price of Cloud Storage Service
PCWorld (blog)
By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Google has cut the price of its Cloud Storage, a hosted service designed for enterprise developers who want to store their applications' data in the cloud, as opposed to in their own servers. The fees, based on monthly ...

IBM Study: Cloud Computing to Rewrite Corporate Business Models
Sacramento Bee
By IBM LAS VEGAS, March 6, 2012 -- LAS VEGAS, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The number of enterprises turning to cloud computing to revamp existing business models will more than double in the next three years, as business leaders move to capitalize on ...

Cloud computing could help public health agencies connect with providers
FierceHealthIT
Cloud computing offers flexibility, scalability, technical support and enhanced security, Arzt noted. Moreover, he said, the total cost of ownership can be quite competitive with that of traditional onsite solutions.

Outlook for work in the cloud is positively sunny
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Cloud computing helped create 5 million jobs worldwide, and it will add 8.8 million more by 2015, researchers say. Attendees at last summer's DreamForce 2011 conference in San Francisco, which for nine years has brought together leaders in cloud ...

IMImobile Deploys IBM Software to Enhance Its Cloud Services Management
Bradenton Herald
The recently completed deployment of IBM SmartCloud Foundation software will help IMImobile further streamline management of its cloud services infrastructure, strengthen compliance with stringent service level agreements (SLAs), improve infrastructure ...

Cloud Computing, Hosted and Managed
Channel Partners (blog)
Interestingly, I considered describing the differences between cloud computing, hosted and managed services as a somewhat unique idea for today's and Friday's blogs. However, there are several years worth of articles and blogs attempting to clarify ...

Swisscom IT Services Launches Cloud Storage Services Powered by CTERA Networks
SunHerald.com
PETACH TIKVAH, Israel -- CTERA Networks, the leader in cloud storage enablement, announced today that Swisscom IT Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swisscom AG, one of Europe's leading telecommunications providers, is launching a range of ...

Who is driving public cloud computing adoption?
SearchSOA
Inside the organization, most often IT sees public cloud computing as a means to reduce the cost of IT services and achieve application scalability, among other things. “The inside-out change agent in IT wants to do data consolidation, ...

Cloud computing to rain down jobs
Pueblo Chieftain
DENVER (AP) — Cloud computing will create nearly 11000 jobs in the Denver area by 2015, according to a study by research firm IDC. The Microsoft-commissioned report found that cloud services will generate 14 million new jobs worldwide and 1.1 million ...

Cloud Computing Will Produce the Next Mark Zuckerberg
CloudTweaks News
The next king or queen of science and technology will come from the cloud, I predict. Budding geniuses wanting to make a name for themselves must master cloud computing. Naysayers wag their fingers with conservative statements like “the cloudis far ...

CloudTweaks News

Google Cloud Storage prices slashed
ComputerworldUK
By Juan Carlos Perez | IDG News Service | Published 10:31, 07 March 12 Google has cut the price of its Cloud Storage, a hosted service designed for enterprise developers who want to store their applications' data in the cloud, as opposed to in their ...

Cloud computing will create jobs in SA — Microsoft study
Business Day
CLOUD computing is expected to create about 14-million jobs globally by 2015 — and of those, nearly 145000 will be in SA, according to a new research study released this week by Microsoft and conducted by international analysis and research firm IDC.

Cloud Computing: Samsung Files New Suit Against Apple
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Hours before Apple introduced its new third-generation iPad Wednesday Samsung said it filed a new suit in South Korea charging the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 with trifling with three of its patents. Samsung told the Korea Times there would be "no compromise" ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cloud computing could bring 14000 jobs to Valley, study says
AZFamily
by Stacey Delikat PHOENIX -- A new study says Phoenix could see 14000 new jobs by 2015 as more companies begin using "cloud computing." The cloud is a type of computing service that allows easy access and management of data without the physical ...

CILF to resolve cloud computing legal issues: News roundup
SearchStorage.co.uk
A Cloud Industry Legal Forum (CILF) has been launched to focus on the legal issues associated with cloud computing in Europe. CILF is the sub-group of Cloud Industry Forum (CIF), the European industry body that promotes cloud adoption and helps end ...

Microsoft keen on cloud computing centers in India | SmartPlanet
By Betwa Sharma
Jean Philippe Courtois, head of Microsoft International, told Jayalalithaa that these centers will serve as a “Centre of Excellence in cloud computing,” according to her office. They also discussed investing in education and e governance.
Global Observer | SmartPlanet

Cloud Computing Emerging As A Coveted Business Model ...
By Drew Bowling
The budding surge of cloud computing in businesses is only just beginning, according to a study released today by IBM. Over the next three years, the study found, the number of businesses that will adopt cloud computing is expected to more ...
WebProNews

International Public Sector Cloud Computing Summit in DC
By noreply@blogger.com (Kevin L. Jackson)
Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. .... operational requirements. Currently, he is General Manager, Cloud Services at NJVC, LLC.
Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson

ECpE professors research cloud computing
By Kelsey Schirm
Iowa State's electrical and computer engineering professors, Joseph Idziorek and Mark Tannian, have been researching cloud computing and the security issues it may face. Cloud computing, the use of remote computers accessed via the ...
Iowa State University College...

Hosted Exchange and Cloud Services Provider Intermedia ...
By Intermedia Editor
Revenue from Intermedia partners increased 40% year-over-year. In a press release today Intermedia, a global leader in cloud services and the largest Microsoft Exchange hosting provider, today announced the unification of the company's ...
The Business Cloud Blog

Lucian Web Service | Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services
By admin
Using the practices by which Amazon compute resources are provisioned, configured, and managed requires learning new skills. Cloud computing expert Bernard Golden guides you through a fast-paced introduction to cloud-based system.
Lucian Web Service

legal, internet, cloud computing - Enterprise Strategy Group
By cwhitehouse
In other words, notes Katey Wood, an ESG analyst, “they said yes, they think theyll have litigation, but no, they are not prepared for it.” via E-discovery in the cloud? Not so easy – legal, internet, cloud computing – IT Services – Techworld.
Enterprise Strategy Group

The Next Era of Cloud Computing | Blogs | ITBusinessEdge.com
By webadmin@itbusinessedge.com
As the debate over whether to adopt some form of cloud computing increasingly comes to a close, the next logical question is going to be how to manage it. It's plain to see that without some form of governance cloud services will sprawl. At the ...
Mike Vizard

Cloud Infographic: 12 Excellent Cities to Find an IT Job ...
By cloudtweaks
Cloud Infographic: 12 Excellent Cities to Find an IT Job Here is a terrific looking infographic submitted by Britt from Modis.com The information is based. ... Cloud Computing Companies and Information Database · CloudTweaks.com – Cloud ...
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Google to Amazon: You're not the only price chopper around ...
By Barb Darrow
Updated: Amazon isn't the only cloud provider slicing storage prices. On Tuesday Google cut the price on Google Cloud Storage by up to 15 percent in some cases. With this move and the naming of five new front-end storage partners, Google ...
GigaOM

Cloud Computing to Create 14 Million New Jobs by 2015: New IDC ...
March 5, 2012 – Spending on public and private IT cloud services will ... Cloud computing will create nearly 14 million new jobs between 2011 and 2015.
www.microsoft.com/.../03-05CloudComputingJobs.mspx

Experts Question Whether Google Can Protect Information in the ...
BizCloud® computing | Cloud Computing & Business Technology ... which may compromise the security of government information in Google cloud services.
bizcloudnetwork.com/google-can-protect-information-in-the-c...

Cloud computing
Cloud computing is designed to enable users to concentrate on their core ... impediments exist among both users and providers of cloud computing.
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Google Cloud Storage–Enterprise Announcements Roll In from ...
Browse: Home / Google Cloud Storage–Enterprise Announcements Roll In from Panzura and Zmanda ... power and scalability of Google's cloud services without all the hassles of deployment of applications ... Since Google Cloud Storage graduated from preview last year, many customers have .... Cloud Computing News: .
www.cloudave.com/.../google-cloud-storage-enterprise-annou...

ISACA sets cloud computing guidelines | Telecom Asia
ISACA, a global non-profit IT association has published "Guiding Principles for Cloud ComputingAdoption and Use" to help companies manage the challenges ...
www.telecomasia.net/.../isaca-sets-cloud-computing-guidelines

Report: Cloud Computing To Create 14 Million Jobs By 2015
The growth of cloud computing will lead to the creation of 14 million new jobs by ... their lack of infrastructure will spur investment in private IT cloud services, and ... From Box.net to Microsoft's Sky Drive, the leading cloud storage services for ...
www.crn.com/.../report-cloud-computing-to-create-14-million...

Tool Educates SMBs on the Cloud - Cloud Computing
A new app for the iPad contains key tools to help small and medium-sized businesses learn more about the benefits and risks of cloud computing.
www.smartertechnology.com/.../Tool-Educates-SMBs-on-the-...

Cloud Storage - A Webopedia Small Business IT Definition
Definition: Cloud storage means. ... cloud services » · cloud computing » · cloud computingaccounting software » · CloudBurst (IBM CloudBurst) » · Click here ...
www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/cloud_storage.html

Free CloudArray Gateway for Google Cloud Storage | TwinStrata
TwinStrata CloudArray® for Google Cloud Storage. CloudArray®makes Google Cloud Storage as fast, easy and secure to access as local storage.
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Google Play Exemplifies How Cloud Is King

Google Play Exemplifies How Cloud Is King
eWeek
Google Play is an example of the personal cloud service Gartner said will be ubiquiftous on roughly 90 percent of all Web-enabled devices by the end of 2013. Some 90 percent of all Web-connected devices will have consumer cloud services tucked into them ... 

Google Cloud Storage, Zmanda Connect for New Service
eWeek
Zmanda provides its flagship network backup suite, Amanda Enterprise, as the connecting software, and Google chips in with its cloud storage capacity. Open-source network backup software maker Zmanda and Google have shaken hands on a deal to offer a ...

Cloud computing will create job boom in Canada
Edmonton Journal
EDMONTON - Cloud computing will create 70000 jobs in Canada in the next three years, says a report released this week by market research firm IDC and commissioned by Microsoft. But the projected growth lags behind much of the world when viewed as a ...

Google Cloud Storage cuts prices, integrates with tech providers
ITworld.com
March 08, 2012, 7:52 AM — Google yesterday cut the cost of Google Cloud Storage--a service geared to enabling developers to store and access massive amounts of data on Google's infrastructure--between 8% and 15% depending on the service tier.

Cloud computing 'to create 145 000 jobs in SA by 2015'
ITWeb
Cloud computing will create nearly 14 million jobs globally by 2015 – and of those, nearly 145 000 will be in South Africa, according to a new research study released by Microsoft today, and conducted by analyst firm IDC. The study examined current ...

Cloud Computing Jobs Set to Skyrocket in Next Three Years, Study Finds
Infoboom
Cloud computing is often heralded as the "next big thing," but what's often skirted is the discussion of cloud computing jobs. In part, this avoidance can be attributed to a concern that increased outsourcing will lead to fewer positions in small and ...

Cloud computing to create 70000 jobs in Canada
Canada.com
By Russ Martin, canada.com March 7, 2012 Cloud computing–the use of external systems to host data and even run software–may be at its tipping point: A recent study commissioned by Microsoft has revealed that cloud computing may create as many as 70000 ...

TwinStrata Announces Free 1TB Storage Gateway for Google Cloud Storage Users
StorageReview.com
TwinStrata has announced it is offering customers fast and flexible access to data stored on GoogleCloud Storage through the TwinStrata CloudArray storage gateway. Additionally, TwinStrata has released a free CloudArray virtual appliance capable of ...

Cloud computing could create SA jobs
TechCentral
You can also leave a comment below this article Despite the costs and manpower it's supposed to save, cloud computing will lead to the creation of 68 000 new jobs in SA this year, and a further 82 000 in 2013, a new research study predicts.

TechCentral

Drobo integrates with Amazon Web Services to offer hybrid cloud storage solution
CTR
Drobo, makers of data storage products for businesses and professionals, announced Thursday that it has certified a new hybrid cloud storage solution with Amazon Web Services. The Drobo-AWS solution delivers a robust, easy-to-use, and affordable data ...

Google cuts Cloud Storage service prices
Cloud Pro
Google has lowered the price of its Cloud Storage service, which is aimed at enterprise developers needing application data storage in the cloud. The monthly usage fees have dropped from between eight and 15 per cent, depending on the amount of data ...

Cloud to create 145 000 SA jobs
ITWeb
By Alex Kayle, Senior portals journalist The cloud is making a real difference for businesses today: powering productivity, cutting costs and freeing up IT staff to focus on more mission-critical work, says Microsoft SA's Mteto Nyati. Cloud computing ...

ITWeb

With mobile cloud storage the problem with BYOD is LLYOD
GoMo News
The drawback to many cloud based synchronisation offerings is that for certain sectors – like financial – data has to be held securely. All business are scared of leaking confidential data or intellectual property when employees access files on the go.

Cloud link between PNG, South Australia 'life changing'
iTWire
South Australia's Mt Barker Council is helping a small town's local council on the remote Papua New Guinea island of East New Britain to run their operations using cloud computing in what is described as a “life changing” project.

Cloud computing explained by Cloudstrong
CareersPortal
Rarely a week goes by without news of new jobs being created within the cloud computing industry. Cloud Strong currently employs five people and is recruiting two more in their sales department. And the company expects to create at least 15 new jobs ...

CareersPortal

Cloud computing: The trustworthy cloud
Science Daily (press release)
However, when it comes to technologies like cloud computing, trust and security are essential if we intend to use data and applications that are flexible, cost-effective and above all, mobile. Fraunhofer researchers are working on a series of security ...

Cloud Computing: DOJ Reportedly Threatens to Sue Apple for Antitrust
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The Justice Department has told Apple and five price-pinched publishers that it's going to sue them for colluding to raise the price of e-books according to the Wall Street Journal. The story broke hours after Apple unveiled its latest iPad, ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cloud Computing: Cloud Good for 14 Million New Jobs, Microsoft Says
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Microsoft has a study run up by IDC that claims that cloud computing will create nearly 14 million new jobs by 2015 along with business revenues of close to $1.1 trillion. The theory is that "Enterprises that embrace cloud computing reduce the amount ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Five myths of cloud computing
Insurance & Technology
Overview: In recent years, cloud computing has been as visible as any topic in IT. Its front-page news status has been accelerated by Amazon, Salesforce.com, Yahoo, and Microsoft®, among other firms, aggressively vying for leadership in providing cloud ...

Cloud storage data risks and encryption
Naked Security
One of the standout leaders in the BYOS cloud storage arena is Dropbox. Dropbox provides a way for users to easily move data between the home-office and the office-office without the need for, say, a USB memory stick. The good news is that this means ...

Naked Security

Cloud Computing With a Chance of Mobile: Weather Channel Adds Former Quattro ...
All Things Digital
In an interesting move, the Weather Channel Companies has added Andy Miller to its board. While such adds are not usually the biggest of news, the appointment of the high-profile former CEO and co-founder of mobile advertising firm Quattro Wireless as ...

IBM Pulse 2012: Cloud computing use to double by 2015
IT PRO
The number of businesses using cloud-based delivery models will double over the next three years, according to research published this week by IBM. By Maggie Holland, 7 Mar 2012 at 21:26 Business use of cloud computing will more than double between now ...

IT PRO

Cloud computing company creates eighty new jobs for Galway
Galway Advertiser
By Martina Nee The jobs front in Galway was given a much needed boost earlier this week when it was announced that cloud computing company SourceDogg.com is to create 80 jobs. Founded in 2009 by Mark Scanlon and John Quigley SourceDogg.com has ...

Startup Coursera to Deliver Cloud Course Content
Wired News
The cloud services model works because a few large entities (think on the scale of Amazon or Google) provide an infrastructure service with the reliability and cost structure smaller companies can't match. When you frame MOOCs as educational cloud ...

Apple Plans a Cleaner Cloud
Scientific American
Data centers powered by biogas and solar energy could make Apple's Cloud cleaner. Larry Greenemeier reports Cloud computing has been hailed as the best way to provide any data to any gadget at any time. Unfortunately, all this ubiquity comes at a ...

Cloud Computing and Accounting Software - Ecademy
Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of what's available or what works (for them)? Several clients have asked (turnover £300k and £900k) ...and I'd like to point them in the right direction. Please, NO sales pitches... just user ...
Ecademy: user blogs

Cloud Computing: Public, Private and Hybrid Clouds « EHRScope ...
The global cloud computing market is projected to grow to $241 billion by 2020, the public cloudmarket to $159 billion and the virtual private cloud market to $66 billion. Cloud computing comes in three forms – private, public and hybrid clouds. Depending on the ... Although public cloud servicesare easy to administer and cost effective, they are not considered as secure as private clouds. • Private clouds: This type of cloud is preferred when you require greater level of security and ...
EHRScope.com

Azure not a slam dunk for Ray Ozzie's next venture — Cloud ...
By Barb Darrow
... Bill Gates designated him as chief software architect. In that role, Ozzie had to drive the tricky — and contentious — transition from on-premises software that made a ton of money, to the new world of cloud computing as embodied in Azure.
GigaOM

Where the Businesses are - Cloud Computing
This week IBM announced results of its cloud computing study amidst the proceedings of the company's Pulse 2012 conference. Not for the faint hearted, IBM reports businesses ' use of cloud computing will more than double by 2015. Cloud ...
About.com Collaboration Tools

EC to look at connected TV/cloud computing
By Chris Dziadul
Speaking in the closing keynote on Day Two of Cable Congress, she also spoke of the need to support cloud computing and said she would be presenting a strategy on it before the summer. Kroes pointed out that three out of five homes ...
Broadband TV News

Peter's Griddle on Club Cloud Computing.com: Learn about the ...
By pve
Peter's Griddle on Club Cloud Computing.com. Peter's Griddle: what is cooking on the net? Cloud computing, virtualization and other digital infrastructures: adopting, operating, governing.
Peter's Griddle on Club Cloud...

Can big data nab network invaders? – SIEM, security, internet, cloud ...
By cwhitehouse
SIEM, security, internet, cloud computing, Big Data; security; SIEM; SIM; security information and event management; hadoop, Apple – Computerworld. Published on Thursday, March 8th, 2012 at 7:43 am. Categories: In The News | Security ...
Enterprise Strategy Group

Mitchell Feldman CloudAmour on Cloud Computing Strategies
By Mitch Feldman
You have to be living on another planet if you haven't heard about Cloud Computing. Everywhere you read everything starts with Cloud. But what does it actually mean. Now before you drift off thinking I'm about to get all technical trying to ...
Cloud Computing | Cloud Providers...

Cloud Computing With a Chance of Mobile ... - AllThingsDigital
By Kara Swisher
The weather media giant picks a mobile expert as a director.

Google Cuts Cloud Storage Prices, Answering Amazon ...
By @WebEmporium
Cloud Storage at Google I/O in May 2010. The service leverages the RESTful application programming interface (API) and Google's storage and networking infrastructure to store data and code from cloud computing projects while they are ...
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Cloud Computing Potential for E-Commerce
It's no surprise that e-commerce and cloud computing are starting to gel together. As companies online are looking for more and more flexible platforms to sell to ...
it.toolbox.com/.../cloud-computing-potential-for-ecommerce-...

Dimension Data Cloud Services Go Global | Cloud Computing Journal
Dimension Data said its Cloud Services offer differentiated capabilities, ... “Add social media, mobile proliferation, cloud computing, and CDNs to the mix,” ...
cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2180204

THINKstrategies' Cloud Computing Showplace Surpasses 1900 ...
I'm very pleased to announce that THINKstrategies' Cloud Computing Showplace now ... Today, theCloud Computing Showplace provides a clearinghouse of ... New ADP Growth Reflects Rising Acceptance of Cloud Services Among SMBs ...
www.thinkstrategies.com/.../thinkstrategies-cloud-computing-s...

CERN joins Europe cloud computing project - Technology & science ...
GENEVA — Three key research centers and a consortium of Internet companies said on Thursday they would work together on a European cloud computing ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../cern-joins-ambitious-europe-cloud-c...

Cloud Computing to Enable Global Job Growth, According to IDC ...
Today, Microsoft released a commissioned study from analyst firm IDC challenging the misperception that cloud computing is a job eliminator and suggesting ...
blogs.msdn.com/.../cloud-computing-to-enable-global-job-gro...

Not-For-Profit Finds Security in Cloud Storage with StorSimple
Given these limitations, it went shopping and came up with a cloud storage solution in ... Because of HIPPA concerns, the organization couldn't trust its cloud storage ... From Cloud Slam 2011 , The Cloud Computing Virtual Conference; How is ...
it.tmcnet.com/.../271478-not-for-profit-finds-security-cloud-st...

Infrastructure Security Design (Public Clouds) (Cloud Computing ...
Infrastructure Security Design (Public Clouds) As we discussed in my previous post, transparency or more control is need of the hour with regards to security on ...
https://www.ibm.com/.../infrastructure_security_design_public...

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HP Cloud Services: Delivering Leading Edge Cloud Innovations. HP Cloud Services is committed to delivering leading edge public cloud infrastructure, platform ...
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