OnLive Desktop: Windows on an iPad via the Cloud

OnLive Desktop Plus Puts Windows 7 on the iPad in Blazing Speed - State of the Art - NYTimes.com: "There’s an insane amount of technology behind this stunt — 10 years in the making, according to the company’s founder. (He’s a veteran of Apple’s original QuickTime team and Microsoft’s WebTV and Xbox teams.) OnLive Desktop builds on the company’s original business, a service that lets gamers play high-horsepower video games on Macs or low-powered Windows computers like netbooks. . . . Even so, if ever there were a poster child for the potential of cloud computing, OnLive is it. This is jaw-dropping, extremely polished technology. It opens up a universe of software and horsepower that live far beyond the iPad’s wildest dreams — with no more effort on your part than a few taps on glass. 

Dell buys AppAssure to boost cloud services
CBS News
Computer makes like Apple Inc. are increasingly offering cloud computing services, which give customers remote access to big data storage and processing centers. Cloud services let laptops and personal computers run with far more memory and computing ...

7 ways SMBs can make cloud storage and backup safer
ZDNet (blog)
By Heather Clancy | February 24, 2012, 4:38am PST Summary: Cloud storage and backup services are rewriting the rules for SMB business continuity strategy, but don't rush in without doing some due diligence. Earlier this week, I had the privilege of ...

BizCloud® Launches Cloud Computing Technology Placement and Recruiting ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
BizCloud connects Cloud Computing Jobs to job seekers looking for the next cloud computingchallenge. Biz Cloud Recruiting services offers a range of just in time professional services placement that meet a wide spectrum of cloud business and industry ...

Cloud computing: Rural interest likely to make global impact
Hindu Business Line
One would expect a high amount of activity in cloud computing in the major cities, but Unisys has found that people in smaller towns and non-metros are fascinated and even have the capability to write white papers on the subject.

Data Dimension Makes Cloud Adoption Easier
NetworkComputing.com
Dimension Data has announced a series of cloud services for both public and private cloudsthat are intended to make it easier for organizations to adopt cloud computing more quickly. The services perform functions associated with planning, design, ...

SunGard Availability Services Expands Cloud Services Into Canada
Bradenton Herald
23, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- SunGard Availability Services has expanded its Cloud Services to Canada with the launch of its first Canadian-based cloud computing delivery centre. The newcloud centre will offer SunGard's Enterprise Cloud Services, ...

Cloud services pose difficulty for UK tax authorities
Cloud Pro
UK businesses need to be wary of the potential tax liability of revenues and profits generated bycloud services according to a new report from KPMG. The consulting firm has warned that it is even feasible that UK businesses might be liable for double ...

Dimension Data Rolls Out Enterprise Cloud Services
Wired News
Dimension Data cannonballed into the cloud pool today with a number of new enterprise cloud services, mostly acquired with its purchase of OpSource in June of last year. In addition to the global system integrators' new cloud offerings — servicing ...

Dimension Data announces global cloud services
ITWeb
Dimension Data, an ICT services and solutions provider, today unveiled a comprehensive range of cloud services aimed at making it easier for companies to accelerate their adoption of cloud computing. Available on a global basis, Dimension Data's Cloud ...

Mapping the Global Policy Environment for Cloud Computing
Huffington Post (blog)
Cloud computing is the fastest-growing and most exciting new sector in the software and computing industries. IDC estimates that by 2015 revenue from public IT cloud services will account for one out of every seven dollars spent on commercial software, ...

Cloud computing in 2012: An InfoWorld special report
Network World
InfoWorld gives you the full scoop on the state of the cloud in 2012, including key trends in thecloud's technology and its job opportunities, as well as what you have to know about the cloudbefore developing for it. Find out how cloud computing will ...

Box gives 50 GB cloud storage to all Android users
SlashGear
Attention anyone with an Android phone or tablet – sign up for a Box account right now because you'll get a whopping 50 GB of cloud storage absolutely free. This special offer is only available for the next 30 days, and it is definitely not just some ...

SunGard: Cloud Concepts Are 'In Our DNA'
Data Center Knowledge
(Source: SunGard) In the battle for enterprise cloud computing customers, the field includes newer companies that have pioneered cloud technology, as well as established players with deep roots in enterprise IT. And then there are companies that seek ...

Data Center Knowledge

Cloud Computing: GSA Pushes Forward Government Adoption of the Cloud with FedRaMP
Formtek Blog (blog)
In this way, there is just a single test that must be passed in order to become eligible to sellcloud services into the government. The requirements were issued by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), part of the US General ...

Cloud Computing: Old Big Data Cozies Up with New Big Data
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Teradata, once famous for massaging huge classical databases so Wal-Mart, say, could stock just so many navy blue whatevers, has teamed up with Hortonworks, the months-old Yahoo-spun off open source Apache Hadoop supporter, so they can push ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Box updates Android cloud service and offers 50GB free storage
ComputerworldUK
By Matt Hamblen | Computerworld US | Published 10:37, 24 February 12 Box has updated itscloud storage service Box for Android, adding a new interface to support Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' devices and new collaboration features.

Your quick guide to a successful cloud architecture
InfoWorld (blog)
By David Linthicum | InfoWorld Technology vendors like to sell "guaranteed" success for building your own cloud computing service, whether public, private, or hybrid. Don't believe them. In my consulting work, I find the path to success is not that ...

Box Gives Android Users 50GB of Free Cloud Storage
TIME
By Harry McCracken | @harrymccracken | February 24, 2012 | + The 50GB allotment is 10 times Box's standard free offering of 5GB, and will be automatically provided to anyone who logs into Box from one of the new Android apps by March 23rd.

Cloud computing poses questions for sensitive information in virtual world
Columbus Business First
The very term “cloud computing” doesn't inspire confidence about security, emphasizing the ephemeral nature of off-site data storage. “You can outsource the capability but can't outsource the responsibility for protecting your customers' information,” ...

Building a Flat Earth for the Cloud
BusinessCloud9
Think Cloud Computing is a global phenomenon? Think again perhaps for now. Some countries are threatening the future of Cloud - and rather interestingly most of the culprits are those who've made a fortune out of offering low cost offshore outsourcing ...

Ask the Expert: Cloud services
Insider Media
By David Wigley, On Direct Business Services David Wigley, operations director at On Direct Business Services, explains whether cloud services are relevant to a business. Q: What arecloud services? Could they help my business or are they just hype?

Keynotes From Box, Amazon Web Services, Bromium, Eucalyptus and Straterra ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Leading companies in cloud computing are slated to deliver keynotes, user case studies and hands-on tutorials at Seattle's newest and largest cloud computing conference. Leading companies in cloud computing are slated to deliver keynotes, ...

SMBs Occupy Forefront of Cloud Adoption
MSPmentor
Popular opinion holds that cloud computing is a technology area dominated by large enterprises, with a few brave SMBs dipping their toes in and the rest hanging back to see how things develop this year. However, at least one set of data contradicts ...

Box offers Android users 50GB of cloud storage
Expert Reviews
Cloud storage specialist Box has extended its offer of 50GB of free storage for life to cover users of all Android tablets and smartphones, regardless of manufacturer. The move echos a similar offer from late last year, in which Box teamed up with LG...

Expert Reviews

ISACA Releases Principles for Secure Enterprise Cloud Computing
Proformative
Cloud computing provides businesses with scalable, on-demand solutions for data backup and storage, disaster recovery, application ... It's often assumed that most employees have their eye on that corner office, but research suggests a new generation ...

Government agencies shouldn't overlook Cloud approaches: Unisys outsourcing expert
CFOworld
By Hamish Barwick Making use of Cloud approaches such as virtualization and automation is something Australian government agencies shouldn't overlook, as it is a way to try Cloud computing without the risks, according to Unisys outsourcing expert Wayne ...

As Cloud Storage Is Heating Up, Box and Dropbox Give Android Users a Treat
Android Authority
by Bogdan Petrovan on Feb 24, 2012 with 0 Comments">0 Competition in the cloud storagearena is reaching a boiling point, with all major players announcing new features, more storage, and grand plans for the future. Quick recap: Apple will bake iCloud ...

The perfect Cloud is an open Cloud
Australian Techworld
There's a good reason why the words 'Cloud computing' feature in most IT dialogues today. It's a hugely important evolution in the way we consume and operate computing today. More than that, it's a fundamental shift to an operational model in which ...

Cloud computing in North and South America - GridCast
By Catherine Gater
A further working group on cloud computing for science is looking in particular at security issues in cloud storage. In general, future research areas in Brazil will include finding clean and cheap energy sources for large data centres, using ...
GridCast: live and behind the...

Maximum PC | Box Offers 50GB Of Free Cloud Storage To Android ...
By Brad Chacos
While PC geeks may be eagerly awaiting the launch of Ivy Bridge and Kepler GPUs, less hardcore tech fans have been throwing dollars at two particular niches: mobile and the cloud. Box, a cloud storage company competing for your ...
Maximum PC - All Articles

Cloud Computing - Why Cloud? - Microsoft UK Government Blog ...
By HowieT
So what could cloud computing bring to Public Sector organisations? At Microsoft we articulate the benefits of cloud in three key areas: Agility, Focus & Economics. Agility: Public Cloud servicesenables organisations to move to utility ...
Microsoft UK Government Blog

Box offers 50 GB of FREE cloud storage, revamps Android app for ...
By Andrew Kameka
Online storage service Box has updated its Android app and is offering 50 GB of free personal storage to celebrate.

Thursday Poll: Your Cloud Storage Service of Choice is? – Droid Life
By Kellex
I use Minus because I got 11GB for free which has bumped up to 15 for referrals and the upload limit is 2GB. I just checked out box because of the free 50GB, but what is the point if you can't even upload a avi file to watch a movie? 100MB is ...
Droid Life

SunGard Availability Services Expands Cloud Services into Canada ...
By editor
SunGard Availability Services has expanded its Cloud Services to Canada with the launch of its first Canadian-based cloud computing delivery centre. The new cloud centre will offer SunGard's Enterprise Cloud Services, a highly-secure, ...
FindMyHost Directory

The Right Coast: Crazy cool cloud computing for your iPad Tom Smith
By Tom Smith
This may be the excuse I need to get an iPad when the new one comes out in March or April.
The Right Coast

Friday Cloud News Roundup | GMO Cloud America
By miccilopez
Cloud Computing News Highlights: Hollywood Goes to the Cloud, Formal Opinion on Cloud Computing, Golden Age of SaaS, UCertify Now CompTIA Approved, Cloud Utility. ... Utility Cloud Computing Talk. An article in Daily Finance takes notice of the steadily increasing cloud startups and companies that want to expand their presence. The author lists down which companies offer their cloud services utility-style and identifies which aspects they are particularly strong in. For instance: ...
GMO Cloud America

Is Nicira a Game-changer? Maybe. Harbinger? Definitely ...
By cwhitehouse
Also bear in mind that there are quite a lot of major players, such as Cisco also plying their trade in the same Layer 2 and 3. via Is Nicira a Game-changer? Maybe. Harbinger? Definitely. | CloudTweaks.com – Cloud Computing Community.
Enterprise Strategy Group

OakLeaf Systems: Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 ...
By Roger Jennings (--rj)
A compendium of Windows Azure, Service Bus, EAI & EDI Access Control, Connect, SQL Azure Database, and other cloud-computing articles. image222 .... By leveraging the Cloud storageeffectively, applications can scale better. image ...
OakLeaf Systems

South African cloud services get less nebulous | AfricanBrains
By AfricanBrains
Cloud computing offerings from vendors have divided into two camps: those in which the vendor controls the entire stack from top to bottom with large potential benefits in integration and performance but at a risk of lock-in, and those that have ...
AfricanBrains

Zenny's Weekly Cloud Links #47 by @tbalinas via @Zenoss
By Travis Balinas
Every Friday we like to highlight some of our favorite posts on IT Operations, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Big Data and anything else that grabbed our attention over the week. Here are some great articles from the week of February 20th that ...
The Cloud Management Blog

Box gives 50GB free cloud storage for all android users! ~ Hitech 24
By thekir
In the middle of last October, the famous cloud storage service Box.net offered 50GB free to all holders of equipment iOS, in order to get noticed by the iCloud. Now the company is back with the same offer to all holders of equipment Android, ...
Hitech 24

Cloud computing & financial services for the poor: Primer ...
It focuses particularly on microfinance and mobile money (m-money) services, which demonstrate the promise and perils of relying on cloud services.
zunia.org/.../cloud-computing-financial-services-for-the-poor-...

Cloud Computing and Government Security - CSEDEV
Cloud computing is used by the government to both help make public services more accessible and to keep certain secrets permanently off-limits. The “G.
www.csedev.com/cloud-computing-and-government-security/

Smart, Safe and Secure Cloud Computing | European Identity ...
Even though the term “smart” has been used a bit inflationary on this planet in recent times, the tectonic shift induced by cloud computing is significant, and it has ...
www.id-conf.com/blog/2012/02/17/newsletter-2012-3/

Global Cloud Computing Scorecard | Summary | Business Software ...
Summary. The first-of-its-kind BSA Global Cloud Computing Scorecard ranks 24 countries ... or data transfers may act as barriers to the take-up of cloud services.
portal.bsa.org/cloudscorecard2012/

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Counting on a Rush to the Cloud

Counting on a Rush to the Cloud
New York Times (blog)
In effect, Mr. Georgens is predicting a much faster move to cloud computing than most of his peers and industry analysts. Information technology, he says, “is where manufacturing was 30 years ago, when people said, 'I can't outsource my process, ...

New York Times (blog)

Windows on an iPad: OnLive Desktop rents you PC in the cloud
CNET
by Scott Stein January 9, 2012 2:43 PM PST Follow @jetscott The limitations currently make such a proposition unlikely, but OnLive's announcement of a cloud-based Windows environment for the iPad provides an alternative to the App Store. ...

Cloud Services Emerge as CES Trend
PCWorld
By Ian Paul, PCWorld Jan 9, 2012 6:32 AM Lenovo and Acer are following software giants such as Apple, Google and Microsoft into the cloud with services that make your music, videos, photos, and documents available instantly across all your devices. ...

Cloud, APIs, LTE: AT&T Makes the Biggest Splash On Day 1 of CES 2012
ReadWriteWeb
The carrier is hosting its annual developers' summit in Las Vegas and made a bevy of announcements today including new HTML5 APIs for developers, six new Android phones and one, enormous, Windows Phone, a partnership with an important cloud operator. ...

Lenovo's cloud vision could use a tailwind
CNET
First Acer outlined its cloud plan, which revolves around basically copying other services. Sync your documents and pictures across devices—as long as they're Acer. Sound familiar? You bet. Acer cribbed everything that Apple, Amazon, Google, ...

CNET

Cloud Computing Report Card: Grading Our Predictions
Network World
By Bernard Golden, CIO A year ago I laid out my predictions for cloud computing in 2011. In the spirit of honesty and willingness to display my errors in public, I thought it would be useful to recap those predictions, grade them, comment on them and ...

Netgear unveils Smart Network Cloud App Platform, invites developers
CNET
by Dong Ngo January 9, 2012 10:49 AM PST Follow @riceandstirfry LAS VEGAS--Netgear announced today at CES 2012 its Smart Network Cloud Application Platform (SNCP), which enables consumers to purchase and download apps from the cloud to optimize and ...

CNET

D-Link Cloud router gets down-to-earth pricing
CNET (blog)
by Dong Ngo January 9, 2012 2:00 PM PST Follow @riceandstirfry LAS VEGAS--D-Link today unveiled a portfolio of Cloud Services that includes a new router that costs just $40. The device in question is the Cloud Router (model DIR-605L), ...

CNET (blog)

Army Awards $250 Million Cloud Contract
InformationWeek
IBM, Lockheed Martin, and HP will help the military consolidate data centers and provision IT via a private cloud. By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek The US Army has awarded nearly $250 million to a group of contractors to consolidate data centers ...

Siemens Enterprise Communications' OpenScape Cloud Services Leverage Fortinet ...
MarketWatch (press release)
When Siemens Enterprise Communications launched its OpenScape Cloud Services to extend its voice and UC services to customers using a public cloud, the company looked at setting up secure and reliable IT and communications infrastructures as well as ...

Mobile, Cloud, App Wish List for 2012
eWeek
NEWS ANALYSIS: Wishing for things that should be fixed or would like to see happen in mobile, wireless and cloud computing. Recently, I stated my predictions for 2012. Here, I provide my wish list. The difference is simple: In my earlier column, ...

AT&T Joins OpenStack
PCWorld
By Nancy Gohring, IDG News AT&T became the first US telecom service provider to join OpenStack, the organization that has developed an open-source cloud software stack. Having a major carrier like AT&T backing OpenStack will help drive the project ...

Cloud systems 'increasingly popular for up-to-date security'
Hostway
Cloud computer anti-virus software is soon to become the most sought-after security option for protecting sensitive data and private information. This is according to a representative from Techworld, a website offering news and features on technology ...

Hostway

Cloud Computing Lifting Hewlett-Packard Stock To $42
Forbes
The increasing adoption of cloud computing and penetration of mobile devices are the two biggest trends shaping the IT industry today. While a lot is said about the rapid pace at which these technologies are being embraced by consumers and enterprises ...

Army's cloud email move delayed at least 45 days
FederalNewsRadio.com
By Jason Miller It will take the Army at least 45 more days to complete the migration to email in the cloud. Army Deputy Chief Information Officer Mike Krieger wrote in a blog post Jan. 5 the requirement in the 2012 Defense Authorization bill for a ...

Cloud computing in healthcare: the question is not if, but when
FierceHealthIT
comes the drumbeat of exhortations: "to the cloud, to the cloud!" Some industries have already decided that that's the way to go. But healthcare providers aren't so sure, according to a recent report by KLAS Research. When you examine their reasons, ...

CSC unveils a cloud for federal agencies
GCN.com
By Rutrell Yasin CSC has unveiled a cloud computing platform designed primarily for federal agencies, which provides infrastructure-as-a-service offerings. Built using National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines, the CSC CloudCompute for ...

KTL Solutions Adds Acumatica, Award-Winning Cloud ERP
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
KTL Solutions partners with Acumatica Cloud ERP to offer mid-sized businesses cloud ERP software with deployment flexibility, robust customization, and real-time dashboards. KTL Solutions, Microsoft Silver Dynamics ERP Partner, announced today that ...

Omek and Ubitus Announce Collaboration to Develop Cloud-Based Gesture-Enabled ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The service combines Omek's Beckon(TM) technology, which enables gesture gaming experiences across all of the major 3D cameras, and Ubitus' GameCloud technology, which renders games that require graphical processing on the cloud server and processes ...

Nemours Leverages Saba People Cloud Applications for Enterprise-Wide ...
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Saba (NASDAQ:SABA), the premier People Cloud provider, today announced that leading pediatric healthcare system Nemours, is using Saba People Cloud Applications to accelerate enterprise-wide learning and compliance with its Electronic ...

The Aldridge Company Signs MOU to Move Chinese Companies to the Cloud
MarketWatch (press release)
HOUSTON, TX, Jan 09, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Aldridge Company, a leading provider, consultant and integrator of Information Technology and Cloud Computing solutions for SMBs, today announced it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ...

Samsung Debuts a Boatload of Wi-Fi Cameras, Plus Cloud Storage
Mashable
Having Wi-Fi built right into the camera enables quick and easy sharing, and Samusng's also debuting a cloud storage service so you'll have a place to put them. Three Wi-Fi point-and-shoot cameras join the DualView DV300F, which debuted a few days ...

LAPD retreats from the cloud
Police News
A little over a year ago, we reported the bold decision of the City of Los Angeles to move much of its internal communications and records structure to “the cloud,” namely, Google Apps. This decision portended what many viewed as a trend away from ...

Polkast(TM) to Extend Personal Cloud to NAS Devices
MarketWatch (press release)
LAS VEGAS, NV, Jan 09, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Polkast, a revolutionary personalcloud service that securely connects a user's computers and mobile devices directly, is demonstrating a prototype of its latest advancement on the ZyXEL Media ...

Contractors dealt blanket cloud security specs
Nextgov
The White House is speeding ahead on a program to expedite security clearances forcloud products, having just notified contractors of about 170 specific protections soon to be required. The security controls, released Friday, are intended to prepare ...

Nextgov

Rovi Unveils Solution for Providing Cloud Access to DVD and Blu-Ray Disc ...
MarketWatch (press release)
According to Forrester Research, by 2016 the personal cloud services market will hit $12 billion and be used by 196 million consumers; yielding a new computing experience that is focused on seamless access to virtual libraries from across personal ...

AT&T Cloud Architect: lets devs build their own clouds -- Engadget
By Daniel Cooper
We're here at the AT&T Developers keynote and CTO John Donovan just revealed that the network is building AT&T Cloud Architect. It's a deve.
Engadget

eNlight Cloud – Cloud Computing as it should be. Auto Scaling and ...
By Ben
Today, eUKhost Ltd. introduces an entirely new cloud computing product called “eNlight Cloud” - a cost-effective, auto-scaling, pay-per-use cloud hosting.
Official Web Hosting Blog by...

Bridging the Sign-On Gap in the Cloud (Identity Management)
By B Shashikumar
Adding multiple cloud applications to the mix makes it even more difficult for end users and increases the help desk call volume. Single Sign-On can bridge the gap between the enterprise and the cloudwhile reducing user frustration. ...
Oracle Blogs

Is Cloud Computing Green? – GreenMonk: the blog
By tom@redmonk.com (Tom Raftery)
I started the talk by explaining what Cloud Computing is and the many advantages it can bring to companies. However, because none of the Cloud providers are publishing energy figures aroundCloud computing, we can't say whether or not ...
GreenMonk: the blog

Sam Johnston: Cloud computing's concealed complexity
By Sam Johnston
James Urquhart claims Cloud is complex—deal with it, adding that "If you are looking to cloudcomputing to simplify your IT environment, I'm afraid I have bad news for you" and citing his earlier CNET post drawing analogies to a recent flash ...
Sam Johnston

CES 2012: Acer Announces New Cloud Storage Service ...
By Zach Walton
Cloud storage is everywhere, and one of the biggest PC manufacturers just threw their name in the ring. Acer announced at CES the AcerCloud service which.
WebProNews

(Super)computing On the Cloud | CloudTweaks.com - Cloud ...
By cloudtweaks
(Super)computing On the Cloud $1279 an hour – seems a lot to hire a computer, right? What if it's a supercomputer capable of performing 240 trillion.
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...

OnLive Goes Beyond Gaming: Announces Cloud-Based Windows 7 ...
By Frederic Lardinois
Here is some unexpected news from CES: OnLive, the company best known for streaming video games over the Internet, just announced that it will release a new...
SiliconFilter

linux - Cloud Hosting for PHP - Explain away my fears? - Stack ...
By AlishahNovin
The time has come (or maybe it came long ago) for me to consider the cloud. But with the cloudcome a few concerns (all arising out of my own ignorance) and I'm hoping StackOverflow can put my fears to rest. While I've heard some answers ...
Recent Questions - Stack Overflow

CIOs' Challenges in Transitioning to the Cloud | Guest Opinions ...
By sadagopan.s@hcl.com
Sadagopan Singam is Global Vice President, Cloud Computing, HCL Technologies . Cloudcomputing has cast a shadow over the IT landscape in the past several year.
Guest Opinions

The secret behind all those shiny CES gadgets? Cloud computing ...
By Barb Darrow
As usual, a big chunk of the news out of the Consumer Electronics Show this year revolves around bright-and-shiny devices. But this time out, those devices are acting as the trojan horses for the hardware makers' cloud vision. The battle's all ...
GigaOM

Forrester: As Growth Slows, Apple to Be More Influential than Cloud ...
By Scott M. Fulton, III
A devastating assessment of the course of technology growth last Friday from technology analyst Forrester flies in the face of what competitive firms would consider.
ReadWriteWeb

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