Showing posts with label Google Cloud Storage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Cloud Storage. Show all posts

Friday, July 25, 2014

Google Cloud Storage Gets Closer to Free

With Google Offer, Cloud Storage Gets Closer to Free - Digits - WSJ: "... Research firm Gartner in March estimated companies’ spending on outsourced computing services like those provided by Google and Amazon would rise 45% this year to $13.3 billion. Panzura, the startup working with Google, helps companies store data remotely in Amazon, Google and Microsoft data centers and provides tools that let them access the files from multiple locations with existing software programs. The Google offer covers access from one location using a free Panzura service. If companies need access from multiple locations, they have to pay Panzura, although Google will still charge nothing for the storage for a year. “This is a way for customers to try something new, especially if they have had some kind of aversion to using the cloud in the past,” said Chris Rimer, global head of partners at Google’s Cloud Platform business. He said Google wants to encourage businesses to move more of their computing to the cloud. “We want to make sure potential customers are not worried about cost as a barrier to entry,” Rimer said... " (read more at link above)

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Google Cloud Storage, server-side encryption

Cloud Platform Blog: Google Cloud Storage now provides server-side encryption: "We know that security is important to you and your customers. Our goal is to make securing your data as painless as possible. To help, Google Cloud Storage now automatically encrypts all data before it is written to disk, at no additional charge. There is no setup or configuration required, no need to modify the way you access the service and no visible performance impact. The data is automatically and transparently decrypted when read by an authorized user."

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Google Cloud Storage vs. Amazon S3: Price War Accelerates

Google Cloud Storage vs. Amazon S3: Price War Accelerates
Talkin' Cloud
Time for VARs, MSPs and rival cloud services providers (CSPs) to panic? Not exactly. Smart channel partners are charging a premium for cloud storage in specific vertical markets. For instance, health care providers and legal firms are typically willing ...

Proformative Announces Top 5 Benefits of Cloud Computing and Launches ...
Equities.com
Cloud computing and cloud services have become so prevalent and integral to organizations of all sizes that Proformative is hosting another Cloud Computing Survey to gain even more insight into the topic. Cloud Computing is very easily applied to the ...

GOT: Google Cloud Storage & Sugarsync or BACKUP with Unlimited Space
Victoria Advocate
If you look at the Google Cloud Storage & SugarSync you will find the prime of their system but you must be smart in choosing the best online backup. Because Online Storage already Trends in 2012 as Hard Drive online to backup your important files from ...

Microsoft Building Cloud-Based Music Locker into SkyDrive
PC Magazine
Microsoft's been a little late to the party with its cloud storage offerings – at least, when compared to that which one can do on competing services from Google and Amazon, to name a few. However, Microsoft appears to be a bit closer to catching up if ...

Edit: Work In Progress—Cloud Services For SMBs
CRN.in
Dhaval Valia, CRN, November 30, 2012, 1030 hrs. Cloud computing is a natural progression for a channel partner with an established base of customers and strong influence in the mid-market and SMB space.

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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.
CIO - News RSS feed

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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Friday, March 9, 2012

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 ...
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...

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.
www.dbresearch.com/.../Cloud+computing%3A+Clear+skies+a...

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.
www.twinstrata.com/google



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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Google Cloud Storage brings more storage solutions

Official Google Enterprise Blog: Google Cloud Storage brings more ...
By Raj Sarkar
Google Cloud Storage enables developers to store and access massive amounts of data on Google's infrastructure with high reliability, availability and performance. ... Labels: cloud computing, cloud services, developers, enterprise ...
Official Google Enterprise Blog 

Cloud Backup to Google Cloud Storage Now Available from Zmanda
SunHerald.com
Zmanda™, a leading provider of backup solutions, today announced availability of cloud backup solutions integrated with cloud storage from Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG). Amanda Enterprise (AE), Zmanda's flagship network backup product, now natively ...

Cloud computing will create over 200000 UK jobs, says IDC
Network World
Spend on public and private cloud computing services will create 226000 jobs in the UK by 2015, according to a study from analyst firm IDC. These would be part of the approximately 14 million jobs that would be created globally during the next four ...

Cloud as job creator or destroyer? Microsoft says the former
GigaOm
6, 2012, 10:30am PT No Comments A new Microsoft-funded IDC report purports to show that the adoption of cloud computing will spark the creation of 8.8 million new jobs worldwide (1.1 million in the US) in the next four years.

GigaOm

Cloud Computing's Employment Boom
Insurance Networking News
Banking and financial services will spend more on the cloud to meet customer needs, resulting in approximately 1.4 million cloud jobs by 2015, according to IDC. Along with spending and hype,cloud computing will generate millions of jobs, ...

Cloud Computing To Generate 2 Mln. Jobs In India By 2015: Microsoft
NASDAQ
(RTTNews.com) - With corporates in India evincing more interest in adopting cloud computing, the research firm IDC projected over two million job opportunities to be created in India by 2015, reports said. In its study, the research firm for software ...

Gladinet Selects Google Cloud Storage Solutions
MarketWatch (press release)
As part of a continuing effort to help customers "... get the most out of Google's cloud services," Martin Buhr, head of technology partnerships for Google Cloud Platform, commented, "we are excited to have Gladinet join a select group of companies we ...

Cloud computing helps companies cut costs
Hostway
"[Cloud computing] helped to keep our costs down significantly. "Costs are lower in the equipment that we had to buy, costs are lower in the skills that we would need to employ and in our whole environment, physical space, dealing with security," he ...

Hostway

Cloud computing to create 2m jobs in India: Study
Times of India
Cloud computing will generate some 14 million new jobs worldwide by 2015, and India alone will create over 2 million. HYDERABAD: Cloud computing will generate some 14 million new jobs worldwide by 2015, and India alone will create over 2 million, ...

Paths to the Cloud: Cloud Computing and the New Channel Engagement Model – Webinar
PR Web (press release)
Attendees will gain insight into Vendor best practices to assist Partners with a successful business transformation to a cloud computing services model. While the state of cloud computing is still in flux, 2012 is turning out to be the year during ...

Panzura Provides Enterprise On-Ramp for Google Cloud Storage Platform
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JOSE, CA, Mar 06, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Panzura, a leading provider of globalcloud storage solutions, today announced that it is among the first vendors to build an enterprise solution on Google Cloud Storage.

Cloud computing growing jobs, says Microsoft
Chicago Sun-Times
Hostway is one of several companies hiring new employees because of the trend toward 'cloud' computing. The Chicago area is expected to gain 38000 new jobs by the end of 2015 because of this trend, according to a new report being issued Tuesday.

Cloud Services Provider Intermedia Now Offering Microsoft Office 365
Newsday
"We're excited to combine Microsoft's Office 365 with Intermedia's value-added, proprietary cloud services and support in order to help businesses realize the cost-effectiveness and power of cloud computing. Businesses that demand the highest level of ...

Intel launches high-end chip meant for cloud computing
San Jose Mercury News
By Noel Randewich Intel (INTC) formally launched its newest high-end "Xeon" server chip on Tuesday, seeking to capitalize on an explosion of Internet traffic sparked by Web-based cloud computing, social networking and expanding use of smartphones and ...

Jaya promises help to establish Cloud Computing Centres
Zee News
Chennai: US-based software giant Microsoft today discussed the prospects of further investments in the fields of education and e-governance with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa while she promised support in establishing Microsoft Cloud ...

Zee News

TwinStrata Launches a Free 1-Terabyte Storage Gateway for Google Cloud Storage ...
MarketWatch (press release)
TwinStrata has also released a free CloudArray virtual appliance capable of handling up to one-terabyte of data (and expandable to 50 petabytes), available for download atwww.twinstrata.com/google-cloud-storage .

Microsoft sees huge market for cloud services
Hindu Business Line
Microsoft sees a huge market for its cloud services in India, given the level of interest from enterprises and governments here, Mr Jean-Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft International, said today. In a conversation with Business Line, ...

Hindu Business Line

StorSimple Integrates Enterprise Data Centers with Google Cloud Storage
MarketWatch (press release)
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Mar 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- StorSimple, a leading provider of cloud-integrated enterprise storage, today announced availability of its enterprise appliance for the GoogleCloud Storage service. StorSimple's support for Google ...

Cloud Services Leader Chooses MIR3 Intelligent Notification as Communication
Newsday
Nation Newsday > News > Nation Cloud Services Leader Chooses MIR3 Intelligent Notification as Communication Published: March 6, 2012 9:43 AM By The Associated Press SAN DIEGO, CA -- - (Marketwire) -- 03/06/12 -- MIR3, Inc., the innovator of real-time ...

Cloud Computing Could Create 14 Million Jobs Worldwide By 2015
Business Insider
The cloud is an invisible shared space that stores networks, servers and applications without taking up any concrete space and needs very little management maintenance. The study estimates that 75 percent of all current IT spending is set aside for ...

Business Insider

Cloud Computing Generates New York City Jobs
Workforce Management
A new report shows that the shift to the cloud will add more than 60000 jobs in New York this year. By Matthew Flamm Add cloud computing to the forces contributing to job growth in the New York City tech sector. According to a report released Monday by ...

Cloud computing firm to create 80 new jobs in city
Galway Bay FM
BY CIARAN TIERNEY The commitment of the engineering and business faculties at NUI Galway to engage with local enterprises was a key factor in the decision by an indigenous cloud computingfirm to create 80 new jobs in the city.

Report: Cloud Computing To Create 14 Million Jobs By 2015
CRN
By Jack McCarthy, CRN The growth of cloud computing will lead to the creation of 14 million new jobs by 2015, with most going to India and China, IDC said Monday in a new study commissioned by Microsoft. Countering what it said is a 'misconception" ...

E-discovery in the cloud? Not so easy
ITworld.com
By Tam Harbert, Computerworld | Cloud Computing Add a new comment March 06, 2012, 11:08 AM — Your company is embroiled in a lawsuit, and your general counsel has come to IT for help in conducting e-discovery on a batch of data.

Personal clouds will be on 90% of devices by '15
Computerworld
By Brandon Butler Network World - Within three years the personal cloud will be ubiquitous on consumer devices, Gartner predicts in a research report released Tuesday. Consumer cloud services that allow users to store, synch, stream and share content ...

Zmanda Says Cloud Backup To Google Cloud Storage Is Now Available
NASDAQ
(RTTNews.com) - Zmanda, a provider of backup solutions, announced availability of cloud backup solutions integrated with cloud storage from Google Inc. (GOOG). Amanda Enterprise, Zmanda's flagship network backup product, now natively supports backup of ...

Cloud Computing: Intel Intros Cloud Chip
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Intel Tuesday started promoting a new high-end Xeon E5-2600 server processor it called a cloud chip. The widgets in the family are supposed to improve performance up to 80% and scale to meet the aggressively escalating data traffic.
SYS-CON Media (press release)

IDC: Cloud Services To Create IT Jobs
TechWeekEurope UK
A new IDC study commissioned by Microsoft suggests that cloud computing services will help create millions of new jobs over the next few years. “IDC estimates that last year alone, IT cloud services helped organisations of all sizes and all vertical...

TechWeekEurope UK

Recent Cloud Computing Team Ups – III
CloudTweaks News
This is a continuing series on cloud computing companies joining hands. As is evident from the previous articles, cloud companies are increasingly looking to join forces to better leverage their individual competencies. Three big companies – Atos ...

Gladinet Selects Google Cloud Storage Solutions - Press Release
By Gladinet
Gladinet to offer Online Collaboration, File Storage, Team Workspaces and Backup Solutions built on Google Cloud Storage for small and medium. ... As part of a continuing effort to help customers “… get the most out of Google's cloud services,” Martin Buhr, head of technology partnerships for GoogleCloud Platform, commented, “we are excited to have Gladinet join a select group of companies we are working with to augment our platform. Gladinet's focus on helping small and ...
eReleases Press Release Headlines

Forecast: Gartner Says Personal Cloud Services Will Be Integrated ...
By Gary D. Price
By the end of 2013, consumer cloud services for accessing content will be integrated into 90 percent of all connected consumer devices, according to technology research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc. Speaking at a briefing for technology ...
INFOdocket

Microsoft: Cloud Computing Equals 12500 Detroit Jobs « CBS Detroit
By Matt Roush
Spending on public and private IT cloud services will generate nearly 14 million jobs worldwide from 2011 to 2015, according to a new study by the analyst firm IDC -- including 12500 in the Detroit area.
CBS Detroit

The Promise and Perils of Cloud Computing | Blogs ...
By webadmin@itbusinessedge.com
Before Marrying That Cloud Provider, Be Sure It Isn't a Bridezilla Six key questions to ask before selecting a cloud partner. Like most things in life cloud com.
Mike Vizard

Cloud Services and Hosted Exchange Provider Intermedia Now ...
By Intermedia Editor
“We're excited to combine Microsoft's Office 365 with Intermedia's value-added, proprietary cloud services and support in order to help businesses realize the cost-effectiveness and power of cloud computing. Businesses that demand the ...
The Business Cloud Blog

Cloud computing will create 14 million new jobs | TechJournal South
By Allan Maurer
Cloud computing will create 14 million new jobs. March 6th, 2012. cloud Spending on public and private IT cloud services will generate nearly 14 million jobs worldwide from 2011 to 2015, according to a new study by the analyst firm IDC.
TechJournal South

EMBL Joins in European Cloud Computing Consortium ...
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A consortium of 18 European companies and research organizations have banded together to launch a cloud computing ...
www.genomeweb.com/.../embl-joins-european-cloud-computi...

Oracle Purchases Taleo to Extend Cloud Computing
Oracle recently helped bolster its position in the battle for cloud computing supremacy with the $1.9 billion purchase of Taleo Corp. The acquisition adds Taleo's ...
www.devarticles.com/.../Oracle-Purchases-Taleo-to-Extend-Cl...

Acquire news: Paths to the Cloud: Cloud Computing and the New ...
Acquire news: Paths to the Cloud: Cloud Computing and the New Channel ... are training Partners on the technical aspects of cloud services deployment, ...
news.morningstar.com/.../paths-to-the-cloud-cloud-computing...

Global Cloud Computing Scorecard Ranks 24 Countries - meshIP ...
Cloud Computing & Hosted PBX News – Dallas, TX ... a wall around the country to limit the provision of cloud services to companies that are located in Germany.
meship.com/.../global-cloud-computing-scorecard-ranks-24-c...

UK Government Launches Online Cloud Services Store for ...
Related Topics: cloud computing, europe, government and regulations, uk ... which will authorizecloud services for use by federal agencies and monitor those ...
www.thewhir.com/.../uk-government-launches-online-cloud-s...



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