HP WebOS Cloud Services, Cloud Storage, Cloud Revolution

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HP to Shut Down WebOS Cloud Services in January
eWeek
The company has put a notice on its developer Website saying that it will end webOS cloud services support for devices running the operation and will ...


PhoneDog
Have you switched to cloud storage?
PhoneDog
You can either make do with the amount of internal storage given to you, or you can choose to start using cloud storage. Most of the time, when this ...


The Japan News
US firms battle for lead in cloud computing revolution
The Japan News
Amazon.com has announced plans to lower the cost of its cloud services, ... Microsoft Japan Co. released the cloud computing version of its Office ...

Personal cloud storage plans – October 2014
Geekzone
If you're looking for cloud storage there are plenty of options. Most cloud storage providers offer a basic service for free. You may get by using these ...

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HP, Company Split, Cloud Computing

HP Company Splits as Engine of Growth Has Become Irrelevant: Video - Bloomberg:
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BlackRock chief investment strategist Jeffrey Rosenberg and Bloomberg Intelligence senior analyst Anand Srinivasan discuss what’s behind Hewlett-Packard’s decision to split into two companies and the challenges the business faces going forward. They speak on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” (Bloomberg 10/6)

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Cloud News Review: Cloud Trends, Cloud Services, Cloud Migration

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European Providers to Support a New Cloud Computing Marketplace for Science
IT News Online
HNX intends to deliver easy access to a range of commercial Cloud Services through the innovative broker technology deployed within the Helix ...

SAP Cloud Effort Pushes Forward Despite Exec Turnover, Official Says
eWeek
BOSTON—The recent executive shakeups at enterprise software giant SAP hit the company's cloud computing business particularly hard, with some ...

HP ramps up cloud investment
The Australian
US computer giant Hewlett Packard has unveiled an expanded offering of internet "cloud" services, pledging to invest $US1 billion ($A1.1 billion) over ...

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. Earnings: Will Price Wars Kill the Cloud Provider?
Motley Fool
Rackspace's business strategy has been to provide premium services for customers looking to take advantage of the power of cloud computing.

Top 10 trends for 2014 tech market: Cloud services, mobility services and more
Daily Bhaskar
Gartner has released trends for the technology market in India for the year 2014. It may also be an emerging technology that offers an opportunity for ...

The Three Essential Steps to Successful Cloud Migration
Computerworld Australia
Businesses and enterprises have quickly realised the power and efficiency of cloud computing, but migrating to the cloud can be a challenging ...

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Amazon is a threat to HP, Dell and Oracle

Amazon’s growing threat to H-P, Dell and Oracle - MarketWatch: "While Netflix may be the face for providing its subscribers access to movies such as “The Hunger Games” and TV shows like “Mad Men,” it’s Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -0.91% actually streaming that content to their screens. And the e-commerce giant has gone well beyond movie streaming, having used its massive technology backbone and expertise to solve the cloud computing needs of many large and small enterprises.As such, Amazon has quickly become a significant force in the market for corporate IT services, where it now competes against big technology names like Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc.and Oracle Corp.— to name a few. . . ."

Overcome FUD with a clear cloud services policy: Ovum
Computerworld Australia
Hodgkinson also urged policy makers to explain the difference between cloud computing and cloud services. He defined cloud computing as the suite of technology innovations, including scalable infrastructure, virtualization, automation and self-service ...

Computerworld Australia

SAP takes step into cloud computing sector
Financial Times
SAP has already dipped its toe into cloud computing with the acquisition of SuccessFactors, a so-called software-as-a-service company that was designed from the ground up to deliver its technology over the internet. However, big companies have been ...

Google simplifies content management on its cloud storage service
PCWorld
Google's cloud team is now getting ready for the I/O conference. It will take place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco between May 15 and May 17. While Google's cloud services may not get as much attention as Android and the company's consumer ...

Oracle puts cloud computing market at $207 billion by 2015
The Guardian Nigeria
Speaking at cloud computing conference organised by the firm, Country Manager, Oracle Nigeria, Layo Ajayi, said cloud computing services help businesses cut down Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) on Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and in the same ...

Cloud computing and the hospitality industry.
bdaily
This is arguably true for all but the hotel industry which has been largely receptive to the benefits ofcloud computing. Hotels handle information on internal servers and record customer visits through booking and in house data systems. Migration to ...

Cloud services need more government action: Ovum
ARNnet
Government policy-makers need to up their game and work harder in order to create a level playing field for Cloud services adoption, according to global findings from Ovum. “The logic of governmentCloud computing policy usually starts with the ...

Skali Sees Significant Growth In Cloud Services
Bernama
Skali Sees Significant Growth In Cloud Services. KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 (Bernama) -- SKALI Group of Malaysia, an integrated eGovernment and eBusiness company, expects this year to be a pivotal year for cloud computing given its ability to deliver ...

Dimension Data Joins Amazon, Rackspace With Three-Tiered Cloud Storage
CRN
Global solution and services provider Dimension Data this week unveiled tiered storage capability across its global cloud, making the company one of only a handful of cloud storage providers worldwide able to offer three tiers of service. Johannesburg ...

CRN

Dell Buys Enstratius Cloud Computing Firm
HispanicBusiness.com
Texas computer maker Dell Inc. has acquired Minneapolis-based Enstratius, a private cloud-computing firm. Terms were not disclosed. Enstratius, founded in 2008, said it helps hundreds of companies worldwide automate the process of cloud computing, ...

Global Cloud Computing Market Revenues to Hit $35.6B in 2013
PCBDesign007
Visiongain's analysis indicates that the total value of the global cloud computing services market revenues reach $35.6 billion by the end of 2013, driven by increasing adoption of cloud services from the enterprise side. Companies are often held back ...


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Can HP survive missteps?

Turning around an aircraft carrier while undergoing refitting is not easy-- Cassidy: Will Hewlett-Packard survive its missteps? - SiliconValley.com: " . . . announcing it was eventually getting out of the PC business, which killed sales; and then not getting out of the PC business, which caused confusion; buying software company Autonomy for way more than it was worth . . ."I think HP is here to stay," said Trip Chowdhry, of Global Equity Research, "but it will be very different from what people think it to be." Chowdhry says the company will need to move quickly to adjust to a technology landscape in which the cloud is the center of the tech experience for the nation's workers. Big internal corporate networks with servers, routers and other hardware that Hewlett-Packard sells are becoming a thing of the past.Of course, CEO Meg Whitman has said repeatedly that she is pushing for a bigger presence in cloud computing and emphasizing opportunities the company can seize in security and big data. She's also said shareholders and others need to be patient; that it's going to take time to turn HP around. . . ."

Interop Cloud Experts Debate SDN's Future
InformationWeek
Microsoft has been learning the same lessons through cloud services such as Azure, said Rajeev Nagar, group program manager for Windows core networking. "Scale changes everything," he said, adding that "when you're provisioning and de-provisioning ...

Cloud computing for a growing business
Telegraph.co.uk
... from cloud computing with PC World Business - Many business leaders have read about the benefits of the cloud, but are either too busy to research the technology fully or are sceptical that the advantages ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Cloud Computing 2.0 Provider Demonstrates Value for SaaS Companies
Tophosts
CAMBRIDGE, MA–(Marketwired – May 8, 2013) – ProfitBricks, the infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) company that completely reengineered the delivery of cloud computing, today released a case study detailing how its cloud computing 2.0 solution can help ...

The Art Of Reinvention: SAP Puts Its Weight Behind A Better, Faster And ...
Forbes
This week the company announced a bold new plan to re-invent itself as a cloud computingcompany. A major part of the company's cloud plan is to provide its products over the Internet using a subscription-based approach, rather than the per server, per ...

Cloud computing is the new normal
V3.co.uk
Cloud computing has been around for quite a few years now, so isn't it about time we accepted that the cloud is simply part of the way IT is delivered these days, rather than some exotic and dangerous cutting-edge technology? The very name 'cloud ...

V3.co.uk

More small businesses are adopting cloud computing in Ireland - Microsoft ...
Siliconrepublic.com
More organisations across Ireland are implementing cloud computing, in particular, companies with five to 50 employees, the second annual Microsoft/Amárach CloudIndex reveals. Fifty-three per cent of organisations with five to 50 staff members are now ...

Siliconrepublic.com

Skali sees more firms embracing cloud computing - The Star Online
The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: Integrated e-Government and e-business firm Skali Group Malaysia expects 2013 to be a pivotal year for cloud computing as more organisations now realise the agility and lower operating costs that the service offers. Last year, the firm's ...

Cloud services first: A next-generation
Delimiter
analysis We believe it is time for governments to elevate their policy thinking aboutcloud services to confront their ICT strategy conundrum. They must address increasing fiscal constraints and disappointment with existing approaches to boosting ICT ...

Delimiter

Dell and OnApp cooperate on pretested cloud packages
ITworld.com
... to launch cloud services. By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Service | Cloud Computing. May 09 ...The packages provide all that's needed to roll out a virtual infrastructure for public and private cloud services, the companies said. They combine a fully ...

The logic of rendering movies in the cloud
Sydney Morning Herald
Famed Australian digital visual effects company, Animal Logic, is mulling the use of public cloud computing services to help render the visual effects in future blockbuster movies. Animal Logic has arguably been the highest-profile private owner of ...

Evaluating Security Needs for Private Cloud - Cloud Computing ...
The Trustworthy Computing blog shares Microsoft perspectives about cloud computing. From security in the cloud to the evolution of IT, we show how Microsoft ...


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HP cloud services tackle software development, app performance

HP cloud services tackle software development, app performance
InfoWorld
In the beginning, HP's cloud services-- and those from most other providers -- were aimed at the deployment team. ... HP clearly hopes that these new cloud services will draw more developers into its orbit and funnel projects into HP's growing cloud ...

As cloud use grows, so will rate of DDoS attacks
InfoWorld
The bitter reality is that for cloud computing to be useful, it has to be exposed on public networks. Moreover, cloud services' presence is advertised and the interfaces well-defined. You can count on unauthorized parties to access those services, with ...

British Telecom Launches Cloud Storage Service
Tom's Hardware Guide
Though storage has never been cheaper, there are certain benefits to storing you files in the cloud. If there weren't, services like Google Drive, Amazon Cloud Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive, and DropBox wouldn't still be running. This month, a new player ...

Moving to cloud computing is harder, costlier than originally envisioned
Network World
Network World - A substantial number of businesses say cloud computing security challenges are daunting and the costs higher than they originally thought they would be, according to the CloudSurvey report published today by consultancy KPMG ...

IBM aims to bring cloud computing and big data to mass markets
V3.co.uk
In conjunction with its push to bring big data to the masses, IBM has also moved to boost its cloud computing storage offerings to help make the storage of data simpler and more cost-effective. Chief among the updates include SmartCloud Storage Access.

V3.co.uk

Smooth BPM The Silver Lining Of Cloud Computing
CloudTweaks News
Cloud-based software provides a way for easy management and alleviates issues companies face trying to improve these processes, particularly when it comes to prototyping and modeling. A question many businesses are trying to address is: How can cloud ...

Good-bye PC maker Dell and hello cloud company Dell
InfoWorld
The truth of the matter is Dell has slowly been reinventing itself over the past few of years, making the transition from Dell, maker of low-priced PCs to Dell, cloud-focused enterprise hardware and services company. Just take a look at the 15 ...

CGI granted FedRAMP(SM) security authorization to deliver U.S. government ...
Marketwire (press release)
In the United Kingdom (UK), CGI was also selected as one of the suppliers for G-Cloud II, the second phase of the UK government's procurement portal, G-Cloud, which is part of a government-wide commitment to the adoption of cloud computing and ...

Meet Startups And Cloud Services @ TechDays
ArcticStartup
Developers take note: Finland's largest technical event, TechDays13, will have the honor to present few startup solutions that utilize Windows Azure cloud platform. These presentations are developer –focused and describe different technical aspects of ...

Enterprises Remain Focused on Internal Clouds According to New 451 ...
eReleases (press release)
5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – TheInfoPro, a service of 451 Research, released its latest Cloud Computing Study, indicating that 47% percent of those interviewed had internal cloud projects planned for 2013. Conducted during the second half of 2012, TheInfoPro ...

Critical Infrastructure and the Cloud : Cloud Security Alliance Blog
Critical Infrastructure and the Cloud Arrow to Content. February 1, 2013 Cloud computing continues to be a hot topic. But so what if people ...
https://blog.cloudsecurityalliance.org/.../critical-infrastructure-...

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HP Sees Seminal Cloud Storage Moment Arriving in 2013

HP Sees Seminal Cloud Storage Moment Arriving in 2013
IT Business Edge (blog)
For that reason, the folks at Hewlett-Packard are making the case that when it comes to building next-generation cloud computing platforms, the conversation should start with building modern shared storage systems. According to David Scott, senior vice ...

Financial services and the public cloud: Go or no go?
GigaOM
But if you talk to others in the cloud services arena, the answer gets more nuanced. An earlier GigaOM post on this topic sparked a debate on Twitter about just how much CIOs really know about what their devs are doing. My feeling is that many ...

GigaOM

Need Work? Learn Cloud Computing: 7 Mil Jobs by 2015
Sci-Tech Today
Looking for a tech job in the new year? Cloud computing could be your ticket. Cloud-related skills represent virtually all the growth opportunities in IT employment worldwide and demand for cloud-related positions is expected to grow by 26 percent ...

Sci-Tech Today

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HP Cloud challenges Amazon and Google

Review: HP Cloud challenges Amazon and Google
InfoWorld
Not everything is on the list. Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Server, two operating systems offered for a bit more money by Rackspace and other clouds, aren't anywhere to be seen. This promises to be temporary. Marc Padovani, HP Cloud Services ...

Cloud computing: here we go again
ZDNet
Summary: The same pattern has emerged again and again in the history of IT. New ideas emerge. Vendors develop their own approaches. Camps form to support those approaches. Eventually standards emerge. The battle over cloud computing standards ...

Cloud Computing In Agriculture: 5 Key Questions You Must Answer
CropLife
That's not to say you shouldn't have any worries about security with cloud computing. The CloudSecurity Alliance recommends you be aware of software interfaces, or APIs, that are used to interact with cloud services. "Reliance on a weak set of ...

Cloud Computing: Is Microsoft's Azure Number One?
Formtek Blog (blog)
By most measures, Amazon's AWS service tops all cloud computing services. It is Amazon's AWS that supports NASA's recent Mars rover exploration. And AWS is used by hundreds of thousands of companies in 190 countries. Many high-profile companies ...

Microsoft Will Judge Your Company's Cloud Readiness
InformationWeek
... Will Judge Your Company's Cloud Readiness. Microsoft's Cloud Security Readiness Tool surveys the state of compliance, security, and infrastructure in advance of a move to cloud services. By Charles Babcock · InformationWeek ... The only type of ...

Beyond the hype of cloud computing
ITworld.com
October 10, 2012, 8:00 AM — Despite all of the hype that cloud computing is getting, a recent survey shows that in terms of actual pace of deployment, three popular open source cloud computing platforms are not exactly seeing growth to match that hype.

ComodIT wants to bring about intuitive IT
GigaOM
ComodIT, a startup in Liege, Belgium wants to take the IT management world by storm with its product that's adapted for cloud computing as opposed to legacy IT. The startup, which is a finalist in our Structure:Europe LaunchPad competition is seeking a...

GigaOM

ONE CONNXT Cloud Services Platform Simplifies Content Distribution
Broadcast Newsroom
ONE CONNXT, a proven leader in broadcast delivery, has been praised for its new cloud servicesdemonstration following the 2012 IBC in Amsterdam. ONE CONNXTs cloud service is a virtual storage system for content that allows regional time shifting and ...

Lunacloud Deploys Cloudian® To Grow Business, Offer S3 Compatible Cloud ...
Einnews Portugal
... the leader in S3 compatible cloud storage software, today announced that Lunacloud, a leading European pure-play cloud services provider, has selected Cloudian's industry-leading Cloudian software to power its cloud storage service, marking ...

Egnyte Unveils Hybrid Cloud Storage Platform
Infostor magazine
Egnyte, a provider of cloud-based file services, today announced that is has partnered with some major IT systems makers to deliver its technology to enterprises that prefer to roll their own cloud file sharing infrastructures. The Mountain View, Calif ...

Akamai Zaps Web Content Delivery Delays
InformationWeek
Find out the nine questions you must ask before migrating apps to the public cloud in the CloudReady? special issue of InformationWeek. Also in this issue: It's time to lay to rest two common myths of the cloud computing era. (Free registration ...

Mobile banking, cloud computing and IT investment cash top wish list for bank ...
Finextra
Mobile banking, cloud computing and IT investment cash top wish list for bank CIOs. Half of Britain's financial services firms think that mobile banking is already important to their customers, while 71% predict it will be by 2015, according to a ...

Finextra

CenturyLink Brings Self-Service to Savvis Cloud
Data Center Knowledge
In the long-running debate about the definition of cloud computing, many cloud-watchers insist that a true cloud must be self-service, allowing users to provision and deploy their own servers. With its new savvisdirect service, CenturyLink is bringing ...

Data Center Knowledge

Savvis launches cloud database in Europe
ZDNet
The enterprise cloud infrastructure and IT solutions firm launched the Symphony Database project last year in North America. Now, the cloud-based database platform is available to European companies. Savvis says that the platform brings cloud computing ...

Back When the Cloud Was Dumb
PC Magazine
Several years ago, I was in Holland and was taken to task by a huge group of cloud computingfolks who berated me for my continued and obnoxious objection to the whole notion. I had to convince them that many conceptual uses of remote servers, as I ...

Intelligence community cloud coming online in early 2013
FederalNewsRadio.com
"The plan is centered on cloud computing and cloud storage and the security enhancements bound up in the bumper sticker slogan, 'tag the data, tag the people,'" he told the 2012 GEOINT symposium in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday. "If we execute this right, we ...

Single Sign-On For The Cloud
InformationWeek
Enterprise single sign-on isn't really all that important for companies that use one or a small number of cloud apps. This situation applies to 27% of 166 respondents to InformationWeek's State ofCloud Computing Survey, who have only one cloud ...

Cloud Choice Today Matters Tomorrow
Channelnomics
Alternatively, solution providers can split with a network operations center and create an entire portfolio wrought form á-la-carte cloud services, delivered as a singular (customizable) solution set. It would be easy if one could point to 'the best ...

BT boosts R&D cloud services with Aspera's high-speed transfer technology
ITWeb
BT today announced it is working together with Aspera, a creator of next-generation data transport technologies that move the world's data at maximum speed, to integrate its innovative file transfer technology into BT for Life Sciences R&D, the first ...

KVH debuts private cloud services
Automated Trader
Tokyo - KVH is to launch a private cloud service from October 15, 2012 at its data centre in Tokyo. The data centre facility has a seismically isolated structure, 766 square meters of server room space, 640kw of maximum power capacity, and is directly ...

Cloud News: VMware Adds Support for AWS to vCloud
Data Center Knowledge
“We believe this new service from two recognized leaders in cloud computing provides a compelling way for large organizations to exploit cloud's transformational power.” Polycom launches RealPresence CloudAXIS. Polycom (PLCM) unveiled its ...

Expert Q&A: Cloud computing, HIE will be the 'new normal'
TechTarget
Ken Ong: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the most comprehensive definition of cloud computing to date: 'Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of ...

eHosting DataFort to launch public and private cloud services at Gitex ...
AME Info
eHosting DataFort (eHDF), the region's leading managed IT services provider and a member of TECOM Investments, announced it will launch its public and private cloud services at Gitex Technology Week 2012. One of the largest ICT exhibitions in the ...

AME Info

Financing a transition to the cloud
Healthcare Finance News
Transitioning to cloud services may be the next big technology move for your organization. What's involved? How much does it cost? Is it worth it? We talked to some folks familiar with cloud computing for “Navigating the Cloud,” an e-supplement ...

Wireless and The Cloud and Virtualization: Definitions Required
Network World
So, then, Cloud storage? Ditto - a (simulated) disk drive (or, perhaps, a file system or just sea of non-volatile storage) magically available at the end of a virtual wire. And ditto for servers and resources of all forms hosted in The Cloud. So, then ...

Amazon Web Services Is A Hit Among Government Agencies
WebProNews
Amazon Web Services Is A Hit Among Government Agencies. Amazon, Google and other cloud storage companies have found great success in the private sector by offering storage solutions to consumers and companies alike. Negotiating contracts with the ...

Can Cloud Computing Be Regulated? Join The Debate
CloudTweaks News
We can assume that a proper regulatory board will act as an instant stimulating factor for the popularity of cloud computing services. 2. So far, there is no certification for core cloud services. With the establishment of a regulatory board ...

DIEBOLD INCORPORATED : Diebold Showcases Cloud Services At BAI Retail ...
4-traders
Pre-staged and cardless transactions are showcased on an ATM that uses the cloud for services integration and delivery, demonstrating streamlined and simplified management of software from various providers. Software and services delivery via the cloud ...

Cloud could give European economy €1 trillion boost by 2020, predicts EC report
International Science Grid This Week
The report, entitled Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe predicts that cloud computing could cause the EU economy to grow by an extra 1% by 2020, as well as creating 3.8 million extra jobs. However, the report warns that a number of ...

DigitalGlobe unveils cloud-services portal
Boulder County Business Report
LONGMONT - DigitalGlobe Inc., a provider of high-resolution earth imagery, publicly unveiled its My DigitalGlobe cloud-services platform this week at the GeoInt 2012 intelligence symposium in Orlando, Florida. Longmont-based DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) ...

Rackspace cleared of false advertising rap over cloud services
IT PRO
A complaint was issued to the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) by an unnamed party regarding a sponsored search advert, which read “The World Leader in Cloud Computing & Hosting. 100% Uptime Guarantee!”. The complainant thought the advert was ...

IT PRO

IO raises $90M to rethink the corporate data center
GigaOM
7 reasons why Europe really matters to cloud computing. It's not home to Google, Amazon or Facebook, but from plucky entrepreneurs to the world's most-advanced computing... For the future of big data startups, look to Facebook. Facebook knows something ...

Box Embed HTML5 framework helps vendors integrate cloud storage service
Techworld.com
Box has announced an HTML5 framework that makes it possible for customers and other vendors to fully integrate features of its file sharing and cloud storage software into websites and enterprise applications. The framework, called Box Embed, is pre ...

Funambol gets $5.75M to fuel mobile carriers' cloud services
GigaOM
The company started out as a cross-platform mobile e-mail synchronization service, but it's evolved into a white-label cloud services company that lets wireless and wireline operators, ISPs and device makers to launch their own branded cloud storage...

GigaOM

Box Brings 'Like' Button to Cloud Storage Service - SocialTimes
By Cameron Scott
At Box's conference today, CEO Aaron Levie announced that the cloud storage company would add social features, including collaborative editing and a.
SocialTimes

Adopting cloud computing to mitigate IT problems « CopperEgg
By CopperEgg
"As the U.S. cloud services market continues to mature, enterprises find that overall business impact and productivity gains from the cloud are as significant as achieving cost reductions," Tapper said. If organizations want to remain competitive ...
CopperEgg

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Cloud? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Sam Laird
This infographic looks at why some organizations have been slow to adapt to cloud computing.
Mashable » Tech

Can Cloud Computing Change the Way Utilities Approach ...
By Zurine Garcia
Utility companies don't readily change their information systems, but a recent survey by IDC revealed that “big data” may drive them to the cloud. According to IDC, nearly 79 percent of utilities in Western Europe believe cloud computing could ...
Intergraph CONNECT

Raising the Stakes for Data Centers at the 451 Cloud Computing ...
By Steven Carlini
Last weeks conference – 451 Cloud Computing Transformational Summit mixed business discussions and technology developments that are guiding the direction for data centers and “digital infrastructure” Highlighted where complex ...
Schneider Electric Data Center Blog

Cloud Computing: Compuware Unveils Outage Analyzer | Cloud ...
Research shows that the typical website has more than ten separate hosts contributing to a single transaction, many of which come from third-party cloud services such as social media, ecommerce platforms, web analytics, ad servers and ...
Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal

Help For Cloud-Storage Hoarders » The Novice Archivist
By admin
Help For Cloud-Storage Hoarders. Distributed Data Disorder symptoms include hoarding online storage, not remembering where your files are, fractured mobile indexes, and performance hits on your primary system. Let's take a look at each ...
The Novice Archivist

Streak powers their business on Google Cloud Platform
By Raj Sarkar
As a result, Cloud Storage is a conduit to route this data to other Google cloud services, such as BigQuery and the Prediction API. Last, we use Google ... Labels: cloud computing, cloud platform,cloud services, Google App Engine, guest post ...
Official Google Enterprise Blog

VMware: Hey, Other Cloud Services Exist - Slashdot
Nerval's Lobster writes "VMware has updated its cloud-management portfolio to support alternative tools, including Amazon's platform. That's a big step for the ...
tech.slashdot.org/.../vmware-hey-other-cloud-services-exist

Oracle OpenWorld: Here Are Seven New Cloud Services
The announcements are the latest in a blitz of cloud computing news at the ... into cloud computing and plans to offer Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud services.
www.crn.com/.../oracle-openworld-here-are-seven-new-cloud-...

TechSoup Webinar: Cloud Computing -- Benefits and Barriers for ...
Topics: cloud computing, Techsoup, toolshed, tsg, webinar · See all of laneystrange's blog posts.Cloud Computing: Benefits and Barriers for Nonprofits and ...
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HP's Cloud Services Beta

HP Expands Cloud Services Beta
PCWorld
By Joab Jackson, IDG News Preparing for its entry into the market for IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service), Hewlett-Packard on Thursday launched a second beta program of cloud computingservices it plans to offer commercially. The company's HP Cloud ...

Riverbed Whitewater Cloud Storage Gateway Solutions Now Support HP Cloud Services
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, May 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ:RVBD) , the performance company, today announced that the Whitewater(R) family ofcloud storage gateway solutions now support HP Cloud Object Storage, ...

HP pushes OpenStack cloud services into public beta
BetaNews
By Ed Oswald Today, HP made OpenStack available in public beta, announcing general availability of three services to customers: Cloud Compute, Cloud Object Storage and Cloud Content Delivery Network; they're available on a pay-as-you-go basis.

BetaNews

New Report Provides Cloud Computing Forecast from Top Tech Executives
MarketWatch (press release)
The report was released today during All About the Cloud (twitter:#AATC)--the software industry's most comprehensive ISV conference on cloud computing. Vision from the Top is available to members of the media upon request. To obtain a copy, ...

ActiveState to Deliver Stackato 1.2 Support for HP Cloud Services
MarketWatch (press release)
VANCOUVER, BC, May 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- ActiveState, whose software enables developers and enterprises to innovate from code to cloud, today announced an alliance with HP that provides Stackato 1.2 support for HP Cloud Services.

Gladinet Announces Support for HP Cloud Services
MarketWatch (press release)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Gladinet today announced that Gladinet Cloud is now available with HP Cloud Services ( http://hpcloud.com ). As part of an agreement between Gladinet and HP, Gladinet has delivered Gladinet ...

TwinStrata Unveils CloudArray® Storage Gateway for HP Cloud Services
MarketWatch (press release)
In addition, TwinStrata is extending a limited time introductory offer that enables HP Cloud Services customers to store up to one terabyte (1TB) in the cloud through a free CloudArraycloud storage gateway at www.twinstrata.com/cloudarray-for-HP .

Opscode Announces Integration With HP Cloud Services
MarketWatch (press release)
SEATTLE, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Opscode®, the leader in cloudinfrastructure automation, today announced its Open Source Chef(TM), Hosted Chef(TM) and Private Chef(TM) solutions provide full integration with HP Cloud Services ...

Dome9 Security Enables Secure Cloud Computing With HP Cloud Services
MarketWatch (press release)
As a result of this agreement and technology integration, subscribers to HP Cloud Services (http://hpcloud.com ) can leverage Dome9's proven security management capabilities to secure their HP Cloud Compute servers. Under an agreement with HP, ...

Spirent Offers Cloud Infrastructure Testing Solutions for HP Cloud Services ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Spirent Communications (LSS:UK:SPT) today announced that its cloud infrastructure and application testing solutions will be available with HP Cloud Services. Spirent is partnering with HP to offer ...

SOASTA Brings CloudTest To HP Cloud Services
MarketWatch (press release)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SOASTA, the leader in cloud and mobile testing, today announced the company will offer HP Cloud Services as one of the publiccloud choices available for the SOASTA Global Test Cloud.

ScaleXtreme Announces Early Support of HP Cloud Services
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ScaleXtreme, the leading provider ofcloud and server management products, supports the recently announced HP Cloud Services, providing customers a wide range of cloud management tools.

Geeknet Media Launches Cloud Computing Website for IT Pros
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Geeknet Media, a wholly owned subsidiary of Geeknet Inc. (NASDAQ:GKNT) , today announced the launch of its first website dedicated to cloud computing, SlashCloud http://slashdot.org/topic/cloud/.

FeedHenry Announces Availability of Its Mobile Application Platform on HP ...
MarketWatch (press release)
There they will find all the information to set up an account on the FeedHenry platform using their HP Cloud Services credentials. FeedHenry's mobile application platform uses HP CloudCompute and HP Cloud Storage to deliver the end-to-end service on a ...

New Relic Announces Free Application Performance Management Available With HP ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, May 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- New Relic, Inc., the SaaS-based cloud application performance management provider, today announced its availability with HP Cloud Services, HP's public cloud services available today as a ...

CloudBees Platform as a Service Now Available on HP Cloud Services
MarketWatch (press release)
WOBURN, MA and PARIS, May 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- CloudBees, Inc., the Java Platform as a Service (PaaS) innovation leader, announced today the CloudBees PaaS is available on HP Cloud Services. CloudBees provides users the flexibility to ...

StorSimple Cloud-integrated Enterprise Storage Connects Enterprises to HP ...
MarketWatch (press release)
StorSimple customers can mix and match HP Cloud Services with any other cloud storageservices they are currently using, eliminating the vendor lock-in on the data center floor that is common with traditional SANs. "HP's open-source approach to cloud ...

Engine Yard Expands Infrastructure Offerings With HP Cloud Services
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, May 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Engine Yard, the leading Platform as a Service (PaaS), today announced its support of HP Cloud Services, expanding the infrastructure options available to Engine Yard customers.

Panzura Integrates Global Cloud Storage System With HP Cloud Services
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JOSE, CA, May 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Panzura, a leading provider of global cloud storage solutions, today announced the company supports tight integration with the newly launched HP Cloud Object Storage offering, effectively expanding ...

Achieve Cloud Economics for Operations and Services
CIO (blog)
Cloud computing has reached an inflection point for enterprises — a comprehensive strategy for its use is now required. Until now, most companies had adopted cloud services in an ad hoc fashion, driven mostly by business leaders and developers looking ...

Zuora Delivers Enterprise-Class Subscription Billing Services for HP Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
With Zuora's participation in HP's new public cloud services, customers and partners will be able to rapidly monetize their cloud offerings through Zuora's metering, pricing and billing platform that matches the business model of cloud computing with ...

This just in: Cloud computing is hard and takes a long time
InfoWorld
[ In the data center today, the action is in the private cloud. InfoWorld's experts take you through what you need to know to do it right in our "Private Cloud Deep Dive" PDF special report. | Stay up on the cloud with InfoWorld's Cloud Computing ...

HP Stands Up To Amazon With Real Live Open Source Cloud
Wired News
Zorawar “Biri” Singh was once the vice president of cloud computing at IBM, and he parachuted into HP in May of last year, grabbing control of the company's new Cloud Services group, which was already developing an online service along the lines of ...

HP Cloud Services now available in public beta through a pay-as-you-go model
CTR
HP made its first public cloud services available as a public beta, the company announced Thursday. Advancing the company's Converged Cloud portfolio, HP Cloud Services deliver an open-source-based public cloud infrastructure with business-oriented ...

EnterpriseDB's Postgres Plus Cloud Database Is Now Available Through HP Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
EnterpriseDB has configured its enterprise-class PostgreSQL Database-as-a-Service to be offered through HP Cloud Services, which provides a powerful new option for businesses tapping into cloud environments that are also seeking a dynamic and ...

Google plays catch-up to Amazon in cloud services
San Francisco Chronicle
Google has offered cloud-computing services for four years without gaining much traction. "We missed it," said Amit Singh, a Google vice president, who runs the global enterprise team. "We have to get better." The Mountain View company is hiring more ...

Xeround Announces Availability of Popular Cloud Database on HP Cloud Services
MarketWatch (press release)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, May 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Xeround, the CloudDatabase Company, today announced the availability of their database-as-a-service for MySQL applications on HP Cloud Services ( http://hpcloud.com ).

HP Cloud Services is now a public beta
Ubergizmo
By Edwin Kee on 05/10/2012 10:27 PDT “Cloud computing” seem to be the buzzwords for today, and HP has just moved their HP Cloud Services to public beta status, and the beta services will include HP Cloud Compute, HP Cloud Object Storage and HP Cloud ...

Dome9 Security Enables Secure Cloud Computing with HP Cloud ...
"We are very pleased to build the next generation of secure cloud computing with HP Cloud Services, and to be the first vendor to manage HP Cloud Security Group policies leveraging the OpenStack API," commented Dave Meizlik, Dome9 VP of Marketing and Business Development,.... Cloud storage and enterprise-class cloud storage gateways have recently begun to overcome these limitations using a pay-as-you-go cost model, unlimited capacity, multi-site scalability and even .
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Cloud Computing vs. Virtualization « EHRScope.com
Cloud computing and virtualization are often used interchangeably with both technologies developed to let organizations make optimum use of their resources while keeping costs down. However, the truth is that despite striking similarities ...
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Gladinet Announces Support for HP Cloud Services - Press Release
By Gladinet
Gladinet Cloud has four editions: Starter, Professional, Premium and Team, which allow different types of users to leverage HP Cloud Services. A Starter or Professional edition user can use HP Cloud Storage as a drive on their desktop and ...
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Webcast: Top 100 Cloud Services Providers (CSPs) Revealed ...
By Joe Panettieri
Learn about the world's top 100 cloud services providers (CSPs) during our Talkin' Cloud 100 webcast on May 16. Data for CSPs, VARs and MSPs in cloud computing. ... Managed Services &Cloud Services Blog for VARs & MSPs. Subscribe: ...
MSPmentor

Panel: HP Cloud Services Opens Public Beta | insideHPC.com
By Rich Brueckner
Preparing for its entry into the market for IaaS, Hewlett-Packard on Thursday launched a second beta program of cloud computing services it plans to offer commercially. The company's HPCloud Compute, HP Cloud Object Storage and HP ...
insideHPC

Samsung Acquires mSpot to Bolster Their Cloud Services – Droid Life
By Eric
Samsung Acquires mSpot to Bolster Their Cloud Services. by: Eric | posted 05.09.12 | News · Samsung is looking to beef-up their cloud presence, because let's face it, who doesn't have acloud storage offering for you these days? While you ...
Droid Life

StorSimple Cloud-integrated Enterprise Storage Connects ...
By Richard
Computing data and power is moving to Cloud Computing - We'll keep you informed ...StorSimple customers can mix and match HP Cloud Services with any other cloud storageservices they are currently using, eliminating the vendor lock-in on the data center floor that is common with traditional SANs. “HP's open-source approach to cloud services encourages customers to deploy applications in HP Cloud Services with the confidence that they will not be locked into one particular ...
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TwinStrata Unveils CloudArray Storage Gateway for HP Cloud ...
By David Marshall
Combined with HP Cloud Services, the solution gives customers immediate access to enterprise-class cloud storage, enabling them to accommodate data growth on-demand or meet archiving, data protection and disaster recovery needs, ...
VMblog.com - Virtualization Technolog...

Adobe CS6 now available, cloud services coming tomorrow - Neowin
By Stefano Elia
In somewhat expected news, Adobe has now publicly released the next version of their Creative Suite software which includes the favourites such as Photoshop and Premiere Pro, as of May 7th. The software suite has been released for both ...
Neowin News Feed for: Software

Grow Your Business By Moving To The Clouds | CloudTweaks.com ...
By Florence
Grow Your Business By Moving To The Clouds Cloud computing is becoming more and more popular in business due to the practical solutions it offers to many. ... The necessary algorithms and hardware can be provided by cloud services so that these firms can focus on their business operations rather than on maintaining the software and hardware. There is a need for business firms to standardize their applications and processes, especially when they want to move to thecloud in ...
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...

CloudBees Blog: CloudBees is Live on HP Cloud Services
By Steve Harris
Behind the scenes, that meant we had been working closely with HP Cloud Services to take advantage of the great work they've done and which is now available to the general public. What that means for you as a CloudBees customer is that ...
CloudBees Blog

BitNami Brings Your Favorite Apps to HP Cloud Services
By Erica Brescia
Today, HP's new public cloud offering, HP Cloud Services, was released into public beta. We are very happy to announce that we have made two of the BitNami "bundle" Stacks available on HPCloud Services: DevPack and WebPack.
BitNami Blog

Banking View | Incorporating Big Data and Cloud Computing ...
By Michael Mischker
No comments. Cloud Times show that while database migration into the public cloud holds many potential benefits for companies, there are at least three main issues that need to be addressed first; namely integration, security and relevance: ...
Banking View

SaaS Business Apps Drive SMB Cloud Computing Adoption ...
Cloud Computing Companies and Information Database ... broader SaaS market through Microsoft's growing portfolio of SMB cloud services and Google's Google Apps ... The LG CloudService: LG's Take On Cloud Storage Come Streaming ...
www.cloudtweaks.com/.../saas-business-apps-drive-smb-cloud...

Solution Providers Consider "Agent" Model For Cloud Services
A Comcast Business Class cloud executive, speakign at IT Solution Provider Business ... as providers of broadband service and TVs, telecos and cable companies, now offer a variety ofcloud services. ... 10 Free Cloud Storage Options ... As cloud computing undergoes rapid changes, Gartner has tracked some key trends.
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Cloud Computing 'May Be a Lot of Hot Air'
Despite the fact that "cloud" has become a ubiquitous technology term, more than half of IT pros who responded to a new survey said it's "too risky for prime time" ...
www.billingworld.com/.../cloud-computing-may-be-a-lot-of-h...

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HP Builds Private Cloud For The US Army

HP Headed For $39, Builds Private Cloud For The US Army
Forbes
The Army Private Cloud Contract (APC2) is valued at $250 million. HP competes in the cloud computing space with IBM and Cisco. The rationale behind this contract is quick deployment and scale and to increase cost savings. Cloud services tend to be ... 

NASA's New Web Plans Stress Open Source, Cloud
InformationWeek
NASA's entirely new Web architecture will lean heavily on cloud computing, open source tools, and social media. By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek NASA is building an entirely new Web architecture that leans heavily on cloud computing, ... 

SunGard Availability Services Expands Enterprise Cloud Services
MarketWatch (press release)
WAYNE, Pa., April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- SunGard Availability Services today announced latest additions to its Enterprise Cloud Services portfolio. A new Managed Workflow feature further enhances the built-in resilience of SunGard's ...

Microsoft, Accenture Wrap Azure Cloud Deal
InformationWeek
By Charles Babcock InformationWeek Microsoft has signed a deal with Accenture that makes the IT consulting firm the first authorized to sell an end-to-end public cloud solution on the Windows Azure platform. Under the agreement, customers can sign a ...

How to Choose a Cloud Hosting Service
Computerworld
Here's everything you need to know about cloud computing, plus reviews of three service providers. By Eric Geier PC World - Not sure what cloud computing is, or how it can benefit your business? In this article, I'll introduce you to the cloud, ...

Cloud Computing Skills Shortage Forces CIOs to Grow Their Own
CIO
CIOs, technology vendors and consultants agree that a serious shortage of cloud computingskills across the IT industry threatens to impede adoption and deployments. CIOs best bet for addressing this dearth of talent is to focus on training their ...

Cloud Storage Rewriting SAN's Future
NetworkComputing.com
Purveyors of storage technologies are keeping a close eye on the cloud, wondering if cloud storage is poised to displace SAN and NAS technologies anytime in the near future. It is a valid threat after all, since cloud storage offers a whole host of ...

HP offers its view of cloud's future
Computerworld
By Patrick Thibodeau Computerworld - Hewlett-Packard sees the cloud computing's Big Bang, which started with the launch of Google Apps and Amazon EC2, coming to en end and a new future about to begin. Instead of an expanding universe of hundreds of ...

HP Goes After Amazon With New Cloud Services
RedOrbit
Hewlett-Packard launched a new portfolio of cloud services on Tuesday, dubbed HP Converged Cloud, which could boost sales of its servers and software to large corporate customers. Cloud computing offers a more efficient use of information technology ...

RedOrbit

Verizon Joins General Dynamics Team to Help U.S. Army Move to Cloud Computing
MarketWatch (press release)
ASHBURN, Va., April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Verizon Enterprise Solutions will help the US Army move to cloud computing, enabling it to lower costs and consolidate data centers. Verizon, as part of a General Dynamics-led team, ...

IBM Sets 'PureSystems' Model For Cloud Services
International Business Times
2 computer services provider, announced a new campaign called "PureSystems" to sell computers and software for cloud computing. The goal is to sell new servers, software and middleware to businesses that is open-source, or completely compatible with ...

International Business Times

ZipCloud's Ian Leighfield, Head of Business Development, Interviewed by Cloud ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Cloud Storage Reviews interviewed the Head of Business Development at ZipCloud, Ian Leighfield, about ZipCloud services and the online data storage market. Atlanta, Ga (PRWEB) April 11, 2012 Cloud Storage Reviews (http://cloudstoragereviews.co) ...

Cloudcor Names Nimbula an Elite Gold Partner for Its 4th Annual Cloud Slam'12 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Apr 11, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Cloudcor(R) today announced that Nimbula, the Cloud Operating System Company, is an Elite Gold Partner for its fourth annual Cloud Slam'12 Cloud Computing Conference taking place May 30 - June ...

How the cloud democratizes and complicates disaster recovery
InfoWorld
By Jeff Vance | CIO.com Cloud computing is slowly upending the disaster recovery market. Only a few years ago, disaster recovery meant one of two things: For large organizations, it necessitated huge capital investments; for the mid-market on down, ...

More Than One-Third of IT Budgets Now Spent on Cloud: Survey
Forbes
Companies are investing heavily in cloud computing, a new survey of 1650 IT and business executives shows. On average, they report, more than a third, 34%, of their current IT budgets are now allocated to cloud computing solutions.

Forbes

Piston Cloud Founders and Customers to Present at OpenStack Design Summit and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Apr 11, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Piston Cloud Computing, Inc., the enterprise OpenStack company, today announced its founders and customers will be leading four sessions at the OpenStack Conference taking place in San ...

What should cloud providers know about their customers?
ITworld.com
IBM, though, may take that even a step further by not just protecting data that's in the cloud, but regulating which customers use their cloud services. A blog post from Microsoft community website Redmond Channel Partner recently reported an interview ...

Cloud Passage Raised 14 Million Dollars To Secure Cloud Computing
Portfolio.com (blog)
But as cloud computing has brought data, well, everywhere, keeping it secure has become quite a task. That mission has brought attention to companies like 2-year-old cloud security provider CloudPassage, which faces the hard-to-wrap-your-mind-around ...

Cloud Computing Turns InfoSec Upside Down
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Then Cloud Computing comes along. Without getting into the nuances what it is and how long it has been around, it is significantly changing the Information Technology (IT) landscape. Cloud is proving to be a force not to be reckoned with.

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)

ViewSonic Creates Cost-Effective Path to Cloud Computing With New MultiClient ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Following MultiClient's unveiling at ISTE 2011, ViewSonic has made it even easier for educators and businesses to create and manage their own private cloud computing environments. With this scalable solution, users can simultaneously power up to 20 ...

Cloud Computing: DOJ Sues Apple, Five Publishers for Antitrust
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Maureen O'Gara The Justice Department sued Apple and five prominent book publishers Wednesday morning for colluding to fix the price of iPad-borne e-books. The suit was filed in Manhattan federal court. Those charged include Macmillan, Penguin, ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Five Cloud Computing Trends That Will Impact Your Technology Strategy
Midsize Insider
Hybrid cloud computing is an imperative: Policies and regulations necessitate that many organizations leverage a combination of public and private cloud services. Organizations should define a strategy for how to integrate these environments and hide ...

Citrix Adds Social Networking Collaboration Cloud Service with Podio
eWeek
Citrix, which is moving more into cloud services but best known for its virtual desktop infrastructure products and services, said it bought the privately held, Denmark-based company to upgrade its cloud-related application options for SMBs.

Firm Interactive Partners with Green House Data for Their Cloud Services and ...
PR.com (press release)
Denver based application development and cloud integration company selects Green House Data for cloud hosting provider and will participate Channel Partner program. Cheyenne, WY, April 11, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Denver based application development and ...

Four Barriers to Cloud Due Diligence
CFO.com Magazine
Cloud computing comes with significant risks. Mitigating them takes work, but that's better than crossing your fingers and hoping you'll get lucky. As a CFO overseeing your organization's transition to cloud, how can you ensure your journey delivers on ...

HP's Newest Puzzle Piece: The Cloud
Sci-Tech Today
As she sees it, HP's decision to launch the new HP Converged Cloud service can offset some of those declines. Amazon may not have seen this one coming. With Google getting so much attention for cloud services, Hewlett-Packard's new cloudplay seemingly ...

Sci-Tech Today

How To Implement Cloud Computing Security | CloudTweaks.com ...
By Florence
How To Implement Cloud Computing Security You may not realize it but your company may have adopted cloud computing. Your company may have subscribed to other.
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...

Cloud Computing Climate in Canada « CCSK Guide
By hannah
While Canadians are one of the world leaders in terms of internet use and online social networking, it comes as a bit of a surprise that they are significantly behind in adopting cloud computing technologies. According to 2011 statistics, ... According to a Microsoft Canada survey conducted by Leger Marketing, 19% of Canadian C-level executives across all sectors reported that they are not currently using cloud services, when in fact they were using them. The study also showed that ...
CCSK Guide

Cloud Computing Meets Big Data
By admin
With cloud computing companies can spread that data along a number of different servers and still have complete access to the data for analysis. How wants to have a few petrabytes of storage space on their physical location? Not many ...
Analytics

Xeround Now Available in Beta on HP Cloud Services
By Avigail Ofer
Xeround Cloud Database is now offered in beta on HP Cloud datacenter. Launch a zero-management, scalable and highly-available cloud database with 1-click.
Xeround Blog

How is Cloud Computing Like Teenage Sex? Answer Below ...
By John Mancini
We've all just about had it with monolithic proprietary systems that cost lots of money in purchase costs and annual service, require expensive customizations in order to get anything actually done, with frequent upgrades requiring additional ...
Digital Landfill

SunGard Availability Services Expands Enterprise Cloud Services ...
By David Marshall
SunGard Availability Services today announced latest additions to its Enterprise Cloud Servicesportfolio. A new Managed Workflow feature further enhances the built-in resilience of SunGard's enterprise-ready Infrastructure-as-a-Service ...
VMblog.com - Virtualization Technolog...

HP Blogs - Converged Public Cloud Services – By HP - The HP Blog ...
By gtinker
April 10, 2012 HP announced our Public Cloud Services – Something that we – the technical team behind the scenes – have been very excited about for a while. Go check it out @http://hpcloud.com/ and see firsthand how public cloud ...
Technical Support Services Blog articles

Online Tech hires 5 as it expands cloud computing sales
By admin
Compliance is becoming an increasingly important word at Online Tech. The IT firm continues to grow its bottom line as more companies are looking for secure cloud computing options to comply with government regulations, such as HIPAA.
Ann Arbor USA Blog

International Journal on Cloud Computing: Services and ...
By cfptech
Mobile Clouds for new millennium, mobile devices. Social Clouds (Social Networks in the Cloud) Maintenance and Management of Cloud Computing Cloud Computing Architecture CloudApplications in Vertical Industries Cloud storage and ...
techcfp

IBM dives into converged hardware with PureSystems — Cloud ...
By Barb Darrow
Whatever you do, don't compare IBM's new PureSystems to Oracle Exadata or Cisco's Unified Compute System. The company said it's spent three years and $2 billion to get these systems just right for cloud computing and other workloads.
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Book Review - Cloud Computing Journal - Sys-Con Media
There are many books on Cloud Computing in the market today. Most of them focus on the technical aspects of dealing with designing, developing and ...
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How cloud computing can improve your charity's efficiency ...
Cloud computing allows staff to access IT systems from remote locations and ... to fund capital costs for equipment than the ongoing costs of cloud services.
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Internet Evolution - Jeff Kaplan - Face It: Cloud Services Improve ...
The management features and functions that come with cloud services are an ... and minuses associated with cloud computing is how clouds will impact IT.
www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=983...

YouDazzle combines social collaboration, cloud storage
YouDazzle combines social collaboration, cloud storage ... Network World staff writer Brandon Butler covers cloud computing and social media. ... the cloud · 10 most powerful IaaS companies · THE ARCHIVE: Enterprise Cloud Services ...
www.networkworld.com/.../040612-youdazzle-258053.html

Cloud Computing in 2012: Ready for Enterprise? | Managed Data ...
It's no surprise that computing, applications, and data storage have been creeping ever so more and more into the idea of “the cloud.” Cloud computing is ...
resource.onlinetech.com/cloud-computing-in-2012-ready-for-...

CETC32 and Eucalyptus Sign Strategic Partnership to Accelerate ...
April 2, 2012 – Eucalyptus Systems, creator of the most widely deployed on- premise cloud computing platform, today announced a strategic partnership with ...
www.eucalyptus.com/.../cetc32-and-eucalyptus-sign-strategic-...

Application Security using Secure Cloud Storage | The Virtualization ...
Virtualization & Cloud Computing News, Resources, and Analysis ... web application, can make use of secure cloud storage for certificate verification means.
www.virtualizationpractice.com/application-security-using-sec...

Alive in the Cloud: Cloud Computing: Google Cloud Storage: high ...
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 ...
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cloud computing « Greg DeKoenigsberg Speaks
They've taken quite an interest in cloud computing. In fact, they decided to come up with a definition for the term “cloud computing”. And when a standards body ...
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