Mark Hurd on Oracle Business Strategy, Cloud Technology (video)

Mark Hurd on Oracle Business Strategy, Cloud Technology: Video - Bloomberg:
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Mark Hurd, co-chief executive officer of Oracle Corp., talks about the company's business strategy and management, and the outlook for cloud computing. He speaks with Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg Oct 1)

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Microsoft And Oracle Will Announce Major Cloud Computing Partnership

Microsoft And Oracle Will Announce Major Cloud Computing Partnership Next Monday | TechCrunch: " . . . the SAP angle has interesting possibilities. SAP has aligned closely with Amazon Web Services. Oracle could be looking to Microsoft to be its partner for big data, in-memory computing. For Pivotal, its effort is as much about big data as it is about application development. They also face SP as a competitor in the space. . ."

Oracle moves to embrace cloud upheaval
Financial Times
Oracle will this week lay out plans to move deeper into the cloud-computing market, as Wall Street worries that the US software company's traditional business is being disrupted by a technology transition that is bringing a new wave of start-ups to the ...

Media File Sharing via The Cloud Catching On
Broadcast Engineering
The different types of cloud services can be boiled down to two basic industry terms, “CloudWashed” and “Cloud Formed.” Cloud Washed, the most popular and easiest to deploy, gets a broadcaster up and running very quickly, but can be vulnerable to ...

What CIOs Need to Consider When Migrating to Cloud Is the Next Big Move
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The benefits of moving from an on-premises model to subscription-based, cloud-hosted computing are substantial. With cloud computing, CIOs have the opportunity to capitalize on a variable-cost structure. Until recently, data centers have needed to load ...

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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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Oracle Pitches Federal CIOs Secure Cloud Services

Oracle Pitches Federal CIOs Secure Cloud Services
CIO
When government IT managers evaluate their cloud-computing options, they have to weigh the merits of a public, private or hybrid environment. And while a consensus seems to be emerging that non-sensitive information may be suited for a public cloud and ...

CIO

Yottabyte Launches Cloud Operating System
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 ...

Orange County Cloud Computing Provider to Donate 1% of 2012 Revenue to ...
Sacramento Bee
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 24, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Zumasys, a leading provider of cloud computingand infrastructure solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, has announced its pledge to donate 1% of its 2012 revenue to nonprofit organizations.

CISA Forms Taiwan Delegation to Demo Latest Cloud Computing Achievements ...
Sacramento Bee
40 members with the majority coming from renowned Taiwan ICT companies and associations including telecom, R&D, software & hardware in cloud computing areas, all appearing in the 2012 WCIT Show held in Montreal, Canada. The Taiwan delegation ...

OneSaas Connects Cloud Services to Drive Business Efficiencies
Sacramento Bee
With 39 percent of small businesses (SMBs) expecting to be using one or more cloud serviceswithin three years[1] and the segment forecast to grow to $14.4 billion in 2012[2], businesses are looking for ways to automate the data-driven workflow ...

T-Systems Building Massive Cloud Data Center in Germany
Data Center Knowledge
Being developed to meet high demand for cloud services in Germany, the new facility, together with the data center already running in Magdeburg, will form a “TwinCore” of two facilities to offer a high level of data and operational security. Upon ...

Data Center Knowledge

Amazon Cloud Services Suffer Another Outage
Midsize Insider
The weather may have been pleasant in Northern Virginia on Monday, October 22, but for Amazoncloud services, things were stormy indeed. The company suffered the fifth outage of one of its data centers in the past year and a half, taking with it a ...

Minnesota-based Curenci Signs with VISI for Cloud Computing Services
Equities.com
With a need to respond rapidly to demands for services, Curenci was looking for a cloud computingprovider that guarantees reliability, security, and provides an overall robust infrastructure. They chose VISI, also of ... TDS HMS is growing rapidly ...

SAP AG sales rise, company boosts outlook on cloud computing growth
China Post
FRANKFURT, Germany--Business software maker SAP AG saw its third quarter profit fall from a year ago because of a large one-time gain booked then, but the company raised its sales outlook for the year and said its business in cloud computing was ...

Cloud is Disrupting the Outsourcing Industry
Forbes
Half of the outsourcing service providers studied claimed that one-fourth of their pipeline of opportunities now included cloud,-based services ISG adds. The service providers also expect cloud services to grow faster than traditional IT outsourcing ...

Forbes

No Cloud Computing For Hartford |
By Jeff Cohen
One reason Google and other cloud computing services are popular is because they're free to the individual user. But if you're the city of Hartford, making the switch from local services to the cloud is an expensive affair. Here's our … Continue ...

Cloudyn tool specs out Amazon cloud costs in advance — Cloud ...
By Barb Darrow
We all hear how inexpensive Amazon cloud computing services are. We also hear about how many companies spin up way more Amazon EC2 compute power than they need. The net, net, net, is that Amazon, as cheap as it is, could be ...
GigaOM

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Oracle Plans Cloud Push to Take On Salesforce

Oracle Plans Cloud Push to Take On Salesforce, Workday
Bloomberg
(ORCL) plans to unveil the first new version of its flagship database program in five years and an expanded line of high-end servers, as the software maker steps up its effort to win more cloud-computing business. At its OpenWorld conference in San ...

Bloomberg

Cloud Computing Hurt by Lack of Innovation, Data Privacy Concerns
eWeek
Government regulations, exit strategies and international data privacy led the list of concerns that are eroding business confidence in cloud computing, according to findings from a joint survey by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and ISACA ...

eWeek

Qualys IPO Climbs After Slow Start for 'Cloud' Firm
Wall Street Journal
Other recent IPOs in the cloud-computing space have been winners. For example, Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW), which provides computer-security firewalls designed to let users collaborate on the Internet, has climbed more than 50% since its July debut.

NASDAQ Launches Cloud Computing App - Analyst Blog
NASDAQ
On Tuesday, NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. ( NDAQ ) announced the launch of an Amazon Web Services-powered cloud computing platform - FinQloud. The platform has been created to assist the financial services industry in storing and managing financial data ...

American industry groups dissect EU cloud computing report
Nextgov
The EU document, "Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe," is designed to help harmonize policies for cloud computing networks, which store information on remote servers accessed over the Internet, and which routinely cross international ...

The dark side of OpenStack
GigaOM
Just weeks before for the big OpenStack Summit, a new report cautions prospective users not to buy into the hype around this (or any) open-source cloud computing platform. Gartner Research VP Lydia Leong suggests that prospective users proceed with ...

GigaOM

3 ways to improve cloud performance
InfoWorld (blog)
Performance issues hold back some cloud computing efforts. This happens because many of those who stand up cloud-based applications did not account for the latency systemic to many cloud-based systems. For the most part, these performance issues are ...

Change.org: 20M users but not a single server
GigaOM
The online social networking platform for promoting social change handles more than 20 million users, but has a tiny in-house IT footprint thanks to its use of cloud servicesfrom Amazon and Rackspace. The key thing, says infrastructure manager Kyle ...

GigaOM

Microsoft Azure Aims To Streamline Cloud Pricing
CRN
While most cloud services are priced on services used, such as storage, RAM and CPU, Microsoft Azure's offering is based on monthly commitment and on the amount of money the user agrees to spend. For example, users committing to spend $500 to ...

Big Data and Cloud: Delivering Value from Day One
Wired (blog)
Harnessing this data can be invaluable to providers of cloud services – but there are few technologies that can gracefully handle the volume, variety and velocity of machine data in the cloudin a timely manner to make it truly useful. One pre ...

Cloud Computing Is Making A Leap In Space Technology
CloudTweaks News
The most recent example of how cloud computing is changing the outlook of far-flung science for ordinary mortals is the Mars Rover project. It is now possible to create forums that can follow the exploits of the space probe vehicle on its maiden career ...

IBM Launches Global Initiatives to Help Managed Service Providers Capture ...
R & D Magazine
As more clients embrace cloud computing, they are looking to local technology providers known as Managed Service Providers (MSP) to help them quickly develop cloud based services in a more simplistic, secure and economical way. ... Access to Global ...

Cloud computing removes the digital divide
Global Telecoms Business
... infrastructure is heavily invested but poorly used. However, the three layers in the architecture ofcloud computing -- infrastructure as a service, platform as a service and software as a service -- correspond well to these three aspects of the ...

Research and Markets: Global - Cloud Computing for Government and Business ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Cloud computing is a vehicle that will allow for government and business transformation. It is especially important for governments, in particular, to abandon silo thinking - in other words, if governments are serious about adopting cloud computing ...

Panel Discussion: Clearing the Fog Around Cloud Computing
FederalNewsRadio.com
28 panel entitled: "Clearing the Fog Around Cloud Computing." From the left are, Kopp; Thomas Bayer, chief information officer at the Securities and Exchange Commission; Mike Parker, deputy chief information officer at Treasury Department; Thomas Bayer ...

Newvem Announces Usage Analytics for Amazon S3
eWeek
The company's cloud analytics platform helps businesses devise how to best use Amazon's S3cloud storage service through metrics and data visibility. Newvem, which provides cloud analytics to Amazon Web Services customers, announced the launch of ...

The Old Law of Cloud Computing
Who's Who Legal
If one was to read the many articles about cloud computing one might come away thinking that personal data is the only dataset sitting in the cloud. This is not true, and we will increasingly seecloud services powering all the computing tasks and ...

How Cloud Computing is Changing Healthcare
Business 2 Community
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services projects that healthcare expenses will reach 19.5% of U.S. Gross Domestic Product by 2017. It's not surprising then that cloud computing is finding its way into the healthcare industry in a big way ...

How to ensure you are getting the right cloud service
ComputerWeekly.com
Examples of these risks include: loss of compliance; business continuity – the recent reported outages of major cloud services show that 100% availability may not be guaranteed; and data security. Cloud services are outside the direct control of the ...

How To Counter Threats Of Cloud Computing
CloudTimes
Security logo How To Counter Threats Of Cloud Computing Phishing is a popular scam to bait internet users into providing private information. It usually acquires information for the purpose of identity theft. A “phisher” usually sends emails to various ...

Three questions that can make any open source cloud vendor squirm
TechTarget
The term "open cloud" isn't just a new, subordinate cloud computing buzzword, it's fast becoming a religion. So, at which church do you pray -- the church of OpenStack, the church of CloudStack, the church of Eucalyptus or do you attend services at the ...

Cloud's a highway, but I hit some speed bumps on the post-PC road
BetaNews
So while I applaud Joe's boldness in fully embracing cloud computing, I know that at least some offline capability will remain a bottom-line requirement for me. Have I fallen off the post-PC bandwagon? Hardly. I still value the raw mobility of the ...

BetaNews

Perimeter E-Security Announces Cloud Mobile Device Management
Manufacturing Business Technology
Milford, CT – Perimeter E-Security, the leading provider of secure cloud services, today announced that it has added Mobile Device Management (MDM) technology to its broad portfolio of secure messaging and network security services. With Perimeter's ...

Top 5 Cloud Computing Trends Of The Future
CloudTweaks News
Businesses are using cloud computing (both private and public) to supplement their internal infrastructure and applications. Experts predict that these services will optimize business process performance. The adoption of cloud services is a new ...

More firms look to the cloud
Financial Times
Cloud computing enables users to access information stored remotely over the internet. Supporters claim that the technology not only gives people the flexibility to access information whenever they are at a computer, but can enable small companies to ...

Officials Discuss Cybernet Transformation Efforts
Department of Defense
28, 2012 – Defense officials gathered at the National Press Club yesterday discussed DOD efforts to transform its cyber operations into cloud computing technology that's envisioned to provide added agility, security and cost effectiveness. Robert J ...

Photobucket and Free Cloud Storage!!= What do you Choose?
The Sudbury Star
Photobucket and Free Cloud Storage!!. and this is a different media because Photobucket more focused on photo sharing, and while Cloud Storage as Hard Drive online to backup your photo files from computer virus attacks. Cloud Storage Online have many ...

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Regulators pull their head out of the cloud
SC Magazine UK
In the former's case it was about ensuring understanding and giving clarity, as well as harnessing financial benefits, while the ICO's guidance is about reminding businesses of their responsibilities towards personal data as more look to cloud ...

ESADE Law School professor warns of cloud computing security ...
Despite the uncertainties surrounding the subject, Professor Ramon Miralles had the following to say, "Cloud computing is both the present and the future; we have to get out there, but not at any price". Professor Miralles is Co-ordinator of ...
ESADE News and Events

European Union Unveils its Cloud Computing Strategy
By Ignacio M. Llorente
During the last two years I have been reporting about the different consultation events undertaken during the development of the cloud computing strategy. Now, finally, the European Union has just announced a strategy to boost the use of ...
Cloud Strategy and Innovation

HP Blogs - Service technology, Oracle OpenWorld, Cloud Comput ...
By HP_ES
My “3 compelling business reasons” series looked at creating business cases for cloud computing, mobility and big data solutions with a focus on the real business reasons for adoption. This brings me to my next topic: Security. Rogers Communications solves ... From managing the chaos of big data to driving business improvement – we have exciting cloud services and solutions you'll want to hear about. Be sure to visit the HP booth to learn more! Everyone's Tags: Finance and ...
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NASDAQ Launches Cloud Computing App - Zacks.com
By Zacks Equity Research
On Tuesday, NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ - Analyst Report) announced the launch of an Amazon Web Services-powered cloud computing platform – FinQloud. The platform has been created to assist the financial services industry in ...
Zacks Investment Research - All...

Protect Your Data With a Personal Cloud
By Fran Berkman
The Personal Cloud. Sharing is at the heart of cloud computing. Cloud services provide smart and easy-to-use channels to selectively make files available to friends, family and colleagues. On the downside, security and privacy are serious ...
Mashable!

Can you reccomend a good cloud storage where... - Renoise Forums
Hi guys, I am looking for a good cloud storage where I can have 1 or 2 gigabytes free.. + have password protected share, for free. I know box.com ...
Renoise Forum

Cloud Computing at the NCI 
By Latest News
A new cloud computing centre has been opened here in the city this afternoon. The facility is based at the National College of Ireland in the IFSC as part of their school of computing. It's been funded by businessman Denis O'Brien and has ...
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Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe ...
By John Casaretto
The opportunity to jump in to cloud services at this point is a reaction to the unleashed potential ofcloud services within Europe and an unfulfilled need for standards. With no existing standards and clear contracts that guide cloud computing ...
ServicesANGLE

Samsung Shows Us Just How Power Hungry the Cloud is in New ...
By Megan Treacy
Samsung/via. Samsung Semiconductor has created an infographic called "Clean the Cloud" that breaks down the numbers on just how fast cloud computing is growing and the data centers that power those operations are growing along with it ...
Latest Items from TreeHugger

CSA, ISACA Study Finds Government Regulation Tops List of ...
Aside from issues around government involvement, having an exit strategy is also a major concern for enterprises looking at cloud services. For this reason, a lot of cloud platforms claim to prevent vendor lock-in by enabling users to move ...
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Video: Oracle Cloud Computing Strategy | Inside-Cloud.com
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EU chalks out cloud computing strategy - Computer Business Review
Implementation of cloud computing to generate €160bn for EU economy by 2020.
CBR - News

Cloud Recap: NY Times vs Wired, IOPS for Amazon RDS, Nasdaq ...
By Travis Balinas
Cloud computing can mean many different things depending on whom you speak with and what their experience has been thus far with the cloud…It's a fast-growing segment…worldwide revenues fromcloud services are expected to reach ...
Transforming IT Operations

Cloud Services Market to Top $109 Billion in 2012: Gartner
Cloud / Cloud Services Market to Top $109B in 2012: Gartner. right ... The worldwide cloud services market shows no sign of slowing down, with IT research firm ...
www.eweek.com/.../cloud-services-market-to-top-109b-in-201...

European Cloud Computing Strategy - European Commission
European Cloud Computing. ... Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe - [pdf 105KB]. Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe ...
ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/.../index_en.htm

Red Hat | Public Cloud Storage Meets Enterprise Levels-of-Service ...
Public Cloud Storage Meets Enterprise Levels-of-Service with Red Hat Storage. September 26, 2012. Red Hat Storage Team. With the rise of cloud computing ...
www.redhat.com/.../public-cloud-storage-meets-enterprise-lev...

Cloud computing companies seek FedRAMP reviews - Federal Times
Industry participation is higher than expected in a new program that assesses the security of companies' cloud-computing products and services.
www.federaltimes.com/.../Cloud-computing-companies-seek-F...

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Oracle Set to Debut Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Oracle Set to Debut Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Datamation
At Oracle's upcoming OracleWorld event, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) will be added to Oracle's Cloud services. "With that addition, Oracle will be providing its customers with all 3 tiers of cloud computing: Software as a Service, Platform as a ...

PaaS promises devops in the cloud
InfoWorld (blog)
Platform as a service is the fastest-growing area of cloud computing: Gartner forecasts the worldwide enterprise market for PaaS platforms will grow from $900 million in 2011 to $2.9 billion in 2016, representing a 26.6 percent rise each year. The ...

EMC: Cloud Computing Makes This Worth Buying
Seeking Alpha
Based on the research firm IDC data, public IT cloud services will reach $72.9 billion in 2015. This equates ... It noted that cloud computing will be a significant component in the IT industry, which would help transform other sectors within the ...

Public Cloud Services Market Growing Faster Than Expected: Gartner
eWeek
As has been reported here in eWEEK previously, infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is the fastest-growing segment of the public cloud services market; that sector is expected to grow a whopping 45.4 percent in 2012. "The cloud services market is clearly ...

Bringing Air Traffic Management into the Cloud
Scientific Computing
General Electric Company has embarked on an 18-month project with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to help bring NextGen air traffic management (ATM) technology into “The Cloud.” Cloud computing will enable airlines and air ...

Scientific Computing

HP's Whitman Said Planning Cloud-to-Tablet Push to Revive Growth
Businessweek
In its drive to help customers building out data centers to handle cloud computing, Hewlett-Packard is developing a system that combines server computers, data storage and networking components in the same device, the people said. It will run Intel Corp.

Intermedia Pushing Cloud Server Through Partners
TalkinCloud (blog)
According to the company, the suite of cloud services gives channel partners complete control over the cloud environment, giving them the opportunity to be the trusted provider for SMBs that want to stay focused on their core competencies. For partners ...

Xamarin links mobile apps with Microsoft cloud services
Register
Xamarin, the mobile app dev company founded by the creators of the open source Mono project, have partnered with Microsoft to bring support for Windows Azure Mobile Services to apps that are running on Android and iOS devices. Redmond announced its ...

SMB Cloud Storage On the Rise
Midsize Insider
The article also pointed out that cloud services to store data will reach 625 million in 2013, registering a robust growth of 25 percent. The consultancy firm predicts that the trend will continue yearly until 2017 when it is estimated to be worth $1.3 ...

Salesforce.com's Benioff Preaches To New Flock: CMOs
InformationWeek
As businesses seek new ways to interact with customers via social channels and demand decision-making information faster, cloud services also give marketing execs a way around IT. At the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco this week, Benioff told ...

OpenStack Foundation Launches to Promote Open Cloud
The VAR Guy
It's official: OpenStack, the open source cloud platform, has formed an independent entity, the OpenStack Foundation, to promote the project and open source cloud computing more generally. Here's the scoop, and what it means for the open source channel.

Why Cloud Computing Projects May Fail

CloudTweaks News
Cloud Computing offers a large number of benefits which make an enterprise switch over to the cloud. From startups to medium and large enterprises all are keen to adopt it mainly due to the cost saving in cloud computing. However it is very important ...

Should cloud service providers take a vertical tack?
TechTarget
I know what I'm about to propose goes against the mass appeal of the cloud computing model -- low cost, on-demand standard configurations that meet the needs of a broad customer base. ... In talking with Michael Daly, corporate director of information ...

Content marketing can help cloud vendors educate users
Brafton
AYTM Market Research recently reported that consumers use cloud computing every day, but many don't realize it. For companies offering cloud services, whether B2C or B2B, content marketing offers a strong chance to educate their target audiences and ...

Brafton

Week in research: Cloud takes hold in Australia; data center growth drives ...
FierceTelecom
Cloud services take hold in Australia: The idea of shifting parts of their operation into the cloud is taking off in Australia, where 53 percent of all companies surveyed in a new Frost & Sullivan report say that they now spend more than 10 percent of ...

Dropbox Best 100% Alternative Cloud Storage (NOW)
The Sudbury Star
Dropbox Best 100% Alternative Cloud Storage (NOW), From in the newest information Dropbox have a case with security system and a lot of IT executives say that employees do not use it anymore. And now we would recommend Free Cloud Storage as an ...
The Sudbury Star

City Hall in the Cloud?
Information Management (blog)
Pike's range of “smart government” technology in the report is broad, covering analytics and cloud computing, as well as green tech, communications systems and application development platforms. Overall, that smart government investment by municipal ...

McCusker & Company Partners With IceWEB
Sacramento Bee
"We are very excited to be creating this partnership with a cutting-edge cloud computing firm," said McCusker & Company Chief Executive Officer Will L. McCusker. "They have a great leader in Rob Howe, and we are looking forward to working together to ...

The DMTF's Cloud Infrastructure Management Interface (CIMI)
IT-Director.com
If cloud computing is to mature as a reliable enterprise computing platform, we need more effective standards for cloud - that is, working standards generated by the industry and supported by interoperability testing, not more ivory tower documents ...

HP cloud services to be sold through colo data centers
DatacenterDynamics
“Today's CIO seeks solutions that deliver on the promise of cloud computing – on-demand infrastructure, self-service, consumption-based billing, 'burstability' and rapid provisioning – without compromising security and reliability,” said Christian ...

Create your own local Dropbox with AeroFS
Ars Technica
Cloud storage services like Dropbox are incredibly convenient, but that convenience comes with a price: your data is stored in a place where others can get at it, and the only things preventing that from happening are the service's own security and ...

SSDs boost Instagram's speed on Amazon EC2
InfoWorld
Instagram got trial access to solid-state drives on the EC2 cloud-computing platform before that option became generally available, one of the perks of being a large customer, Krieger said. [ Get your websites up to speed with HTML5 today using the ...

Parallels SMB Cloud Insights™ for India Details the Most Profitable ...
Moneylife
Parallels, a hosting and cloud services enablement leader, today released the key findings of Parallels SMB Cloud Insights™ for India, a detailed report illustrating how service providers can profit by delivering cloud services to small and medium ...

Research and Markets: IT Market in Malaysia 2011-2015: Cost Advantage of ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Commenting on the report, an analyst said, ''The cost advantage of cloud computing is one of the main drivers of cloud services in Malaysia. Software vendors such as Microsoft are focusing on introducing affordable products for small and medium ...

Cloud Storage Subscriptions to Increase by 100 Million ...
By Tavis J. Hampton
Cloud storage subscriptions will increase by 25 percent in 2013, according to a report by IHS iSuppli. Subscriptions rose from 300 million in 2011 to 500 million in 2012. The report predicts that in 2013, that number will grow to 625 million.
SiliconANGLE

Cloud Computing: A key player in the printing world
By Guest Author
If you have taken a look at any B2B blog, website or magazine lately, it is more than likely that you would have read a bad review about cloud computing. Serious questions have been raised discussing the security of private data, the risk ...
Fourth Source

New Market Report: Cloud Computing in Pharmaceutical Research ...
GBI Research, leading business intelligence provider has released its latest report, "Cloud Computingin Pharmaceutical Research and Development - Virtualization of Data through the Cloud Optimizes Next-Generation DNA Sequencing and ...
SBWire - Latest Press Releases

Intronis CEO Change -- But Cloud Storage, MSP Growth Continue ...
By Joe Panettieri
Managed Services & Cloud Services Blog for VARs & MSPs. Subscribe: ... Traditional consumer-oriented cloud storage companies (Carbonite, Mozy) have been launching channel partner programs. Businesses are seeking new ways to ...
MSPmentor

Oracle's hardware hangover continues — Cloud Computing News
By Barb Darrow
Oracle's still fighting to recover, recoup and profit from its $7.4 billion buyout of Sun Microsystems three years ago. In its first quarter, Oracle's overall hardware business was off 24 percent year over year despite “triple-digit growth” in ...
GigaOM

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Steve Pavlovsky, Product ...
By candicearnold
SM: What else is interesting in terms of what's happening in your industry? This is a very old industry that innovates very slowly. SP: Yes, that is absolutely true in terms of where our industry has been. We're in the process of launching a new ...
Sramana Mitra

Microsoft Private Cloud 2.0 – Flexible Workstyles - Cloud Computing ...
By Neil McEvoy
BYOD Private Cloud -. In this paper Flexible Workstyles they start to look at the solution areas these types of platforms can be targeted. They headline this around the transformational effect upon IT of trends like 'BYOD' – Bring Your Own ...
Cloud Computing Best Practices

Cloud Recap: Disney Big Data, PaaS & DevOps, Cloud Disrupts ...
By Travis Balinas
Businesses are subscribing to software, storage and computing power delivered over the Internet at a jaw-dropping pace, Over the next five years, global spending on cloud-computing services will increase at a pace five times greater than the ... Cloud Services Expected to Reach $100 Billion by Xath Cruz | CloudTimes; What to Look for in Cloud Storage Security by Dave Bower | Cloud Computing Path; Amazon Glacier is an Affordable Cloud Backup Service, Moves at the Speed of…
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Global Survey Reveals Why NGOs Are Moving IT to the Cloud
By eJP
TechSoup Global has announced the results of its 2012 Global Cloud Computing Survey of 10,500 nonprofits, charities, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from 88 countries – the most extensive technology survey ever conducted of ...
eJewish Philanthropy: Your Jewish...

Need cloud storage? Consider the new MyCorpVault!
By Guidant Financial Group
Need cloud storage? Consider the new MyCorpVault! Friday. Our partners at MyCorp recently launched a cloud-based secure document storage system, and we invited them to tell us more about it. What follows is a guest blog from their Social ...
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Oracle cloud hype set for major escalation

Oracle cloud hype set for major escalation
Computerworld
But products such as Exalogic don't necessarily meet that definition of cloud computing, said analyst Frank Scavo, managing partner of IT consulting firm Strativa. While the machines can handle large, sudden spikes in workloads and also be chained together, ... Oracle hasn't released public pricing for its cloud services, but has said they will be subject to the subscription and pay-per-use pricing now typical in the cloud. Chris Kanaracus covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for The IDG ...

Cloud Computing: Apple Wants Samsung to Forfeit Patent Trial as Sanction
SYS-CON Media (press release)
If Apple gets its way it'll win its high-profile patent infringement case against Samsung in San Francisco without there being much of a trial. They'll go directly to the damages. It wants Samsung punished for attempting to influence a seated jury with a ruling ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cisco adds two CEOs to board of directors in cloud, green push
ZDNet (blog)
"Marc has changed the face of technology through his bold ideas around cloud computing and the social enterprise," Cisco chief executive John Chambers said in a statement today. With Benioff's knowledge of social enterprise and good head-screwed-on ...

Cloud Computing: Symform Joins Cloud Security Alliance
SYS-CON Media (press release)
As the market's first and largest distributed cloud storage network, Symform is committed to collaborating on and addressing security initiatives, industry standards, and the research and development of cloud computing standards. Symform's participation in ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cloud Computing: HP Wins Key Itanium Legal Decision Against Oracle
SYS-CON Media (press release)
A California Superior Court judge Wednesday ruled that Oracle contracted to port its software to HP's Itanium-based servers until HP phases out the machines and that HP doesn't have to pay Oracle anything for the critical widgetry. Oracle immediately said it ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Dropbox fiasco serves as reminder of cloud-storage insecurity
InfoWorld
But as the recent spam attacks against Dropbox users demonstrate, cloud-based file-sharing services represent a potential security challenge for cloud-wary IT admins -- who are already dealing with the security challenges brought on by the BYOD movement ...

Cloud Computing in Healthcare Expected to Grow
ADVANCE for Physician Assistants (blog)
The cloud has already proven to be successful in these areas of business throughout other industries by combining mobile computing, unlimited cloud storage and the ability to send large files over the internet. As the healthcare industry continues to convert to cloud computing, we will see ... data loss regardless of which hospital or provider we see. Jason Hunter is a tech writer who follows cloud computing security and suggests you click here to find out more about cloud services and security. posted by Jennifer Ford ...

Cloud Computing: Amazon Launches Provisioned IOPS for EBS
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Amazon Web Services has launched Amazon Elastic Block Store Provisioned IOPS for customers looking to run high performance databases in the cloud. Provisioned IOPS (input/output operations per second) are a new EBS volume type designed to deliver ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Exclusive Cloud Computing Briefing Held In Nassau By Cloud Carib Ltd.
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Mariano Colon, System Engineer with Citrix for the Caribbean, presented the Citrix vision for the Executive of the Future, and discussed the cost savings and operational efficiencies organizations can realize through the latest cloud computing technologies. Matt Allen, Sr. ... With market-leading cloud, collaboration, networking and virtualization technologies, Citrix powers mobile workstyles and cloud services, making complex enterprise IT simpler and more accessible for 260000 organizations. Citrix products touch ...

ScaleMatrix Safeguards 100 Terabytes of Data and Continuity of Cloud Services ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CA ARCserve forms the basis of a ScaleMatrix managed data security service that uses cloud storage to minimize costs. The company also uses the CA AppLogic(R) cloud platform to support its private cloud services. "We selected the CA Technologies ...

Cloud Computing: TwinStrata Earns Top Scores for Value, Product Features
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Along with its high scores in product breadth and affordability, TwinStrata was recognized by Info-Tech Research Group as an "Innovator" in the Cloud Backup Gateway market. The Innovator category exists to identify vendors that have demonstrated ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cloud Computing: Java EE PaaS and Application Server Interoperability
SYS-CON Media (press release)
... PR.com Newswire, Nicole Gorman, Kevin Remde. Related Topics: Cloud Expo, Java, SOA & WOA, Websphere, Weblogic, AJAX & REA. Cloud Expo: Article. Cloud Computing: Java EE PaaS and Application Server Interoperability. Waratek Java EE PaaS ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Cisco Names Salesforce CEO Benioff as Director
eWeek
Company executives have been vocal about the idea of the network being the foundation forcloud computing, and how Cisco will leverage the cloud in key growth areas, such as video. Benioff's cloud experience was a key benefit in getting him onto the ...

Cloud Has Silver Linings for Operators Worldwide
MarketWatch (press release)
This focus and the issues, market challenges and the potential of the cloud computing space, will all be highlighted and debated during the three day Broadband Cloud Summit as part of October's flagship industry event, the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam. Almost half of the 185 operators selling cloud services today are in Europe. In the first half of 2012, European operators have already outstripped their operator peers in pace of cloud service launch - accounting for 55% of all new services brought to ...

How to control the keys to your cloud storage castle
TechHive
Cloud storage typically relies on a very weak primary link: a single password that protects access to your account. That bit of text and numbers is the only thing that stands between criminals who use stolen information for identity theft, scams, and bank-account ...

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Rackspace broadens cloud-computing offerings
FierceEnterpriseCommunications
Internet-hosting service Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) expanded its portfolio of OpenStack-poweredcloud products for enterprises, with Tuesday's introduction of new open-source, public-cloudofferings and a new control panel for cloud-based service ...

Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: Reducing Cost & Complexity of Cloud Migrations
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Analyst research shows that the change, cost, and complexity associated withcloud migrations continue to be key challenges for cloud computing adoption. In his session at the 11th International Cloud Expo, Adiascar Cisneros is Director of Operations at ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Developers: Here's your updated backend ecosystems roadmap
GigaOM
Mobile SDK providers look elsewhere for revenue, including to backend cloud services. Appcelerator acquired Cocoafish and released the functionality this spring as Titanium Cloud Services. Yesterday, Flurry acquired Trestle to tack oncloud services to their ...

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Akamai's Cloud Has A Silver Lining
Seeking Alpha
Content delivery and cloud infrastructure company Akamai (AKAM) sees opportunity in cloud computing, mobile computing, online video and Internet security. The company is in the process of diversifying its business into these other areas besides its ...

Mobile Demand Driving Growth in the Cloud
SYS-CON Media (press release)
"Increasing mobile demand will drive a lot of the growth in cloud computing," stated James Strayer, VP of Product Management and Marketing at Racemi, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. "But," Strayer continued, "there ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)

Zero-Day Attacks Can Impact Business Continuity
InformationWeek
Recovering applications and data from hard-to-thwart exploits is a matter of planning and smart use of cloud services. By David ... We profiled 13 cloud storage vendors in our InformationWeek Buyer's Guide to Cloud Storage, Backup, and Synchronization.

3 first steps in building your own cloud services
InfoWorld
In essence, enterprises are becoming cloud computing providers. Enterprises are standing upcloud services in support of new business opportunities, such as better supply chain integration, better customer service, or even the ability to charge a subscription ...

Cloud storage provider rapped by ASA for "misleading" ads
IT PRO
Internet gallery · Cloud storage provider Carbonite has hit out at the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for describing its offer of “unlimited online backup” as misleading to consumers. ... For further coverage of cloud computing visit our sister site Cloud Pro.

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Cloud Computing: The Legal Dilemmas
CloudTweaks News
Cloud computing has fronted the expansion of the personal computer. Microsoft's Bill Gates envisioned the personalization of the computer over 20 years ago, and these dreams have been surpassed. The desire to expand the utility of personal computing has ...

CloudTweaks News

Cloud storage: Evaluate your options
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
If you're ready to move some of your documents to the cloud for storage, backup or easy sharing, you have homework to do. There are numerous cloud-storage services available, including about a half-dozen top contenders. Many of the popular ones are ...

ProfitBricks Appoints William Toll Vice President of Marketing and Clint Miller ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BOSTON, Aug 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ProfitBricks, the cloud computing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider that has completely reengineered the delivery of cloud computing, announced today the appointment of web hosting and Internet ... ProfitBricks has built the world's first true virtual data centers from a combination of the best data centers, hardware and networks, enabling flexible user defined virtual hosting servers with live vertical scaling capability, class leading cloud storage allotments, all with ...

The IEEE's Cloud Computing Initiative: Chair Steve Diamond ...
By Nick Hardiman
Nick Hardiman interviewed Steve Diamond, Chair of the IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative to find out more about its goals for creating a cloud standard.
on TechRepublic

Mobile Platforms Turn To Cloud Services With StackMob ...
By Korilynn
Mobile Platforms Turn to Cloud Services with StackMob There are hundreds of cloud startups popping up on the radar, but one that made recent headlines in an. ... Cloud ComputingCompanies and Information Database · CloudTweaks.com – Cloud Computing ... API Creation – Allows users to create their mobile applications instantly by creating an API through the StackMob cloud storage and accessing the data at any time during the development. StackMob customers are ...
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Cloud Computing – Key Enabler of Smart Grid | Market Research ...
By admin
GlobalData's report “Cloud Computing – Key Enabler of Smart Grid” provides an analysis of the different factors that would position cloud computing as a key enabler of smart grid. Cloud computing is a dynamic solution where IT capabilities ...
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Cloud Storage Provider Dropbox Hacked |
By wwwehr
Lot of healthcare organizations rely on cloud storage providers for storing digital images, medical transcription records and other sensitive patient related information. Dropbox is one of the leading cloud storage provider leveraging Amazon S3 ...

3 Reasons to Consider a Hybrid Cloud - SSD Cloud Computing ...
By Courtney C
However, there are other ways to dive into cloud computing without going all it, such as using a Hybrid cloud. A hybrid cloud lets you have the best of both worlds by offering cloud computingwhen you need, while you still use your own ...
Cloud Provider USA

Cloud Storage Could Further Help Mobile Working Productivity ...
By admin
Well, if their employers were to adopt a centralized cloud storage system which their staff could access from any location outside of the office, this could become a reality. Cloud storage isn't just practical for everyday use, but is great for when ...
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Cloud Computing Creates New Career Opportunities | SADA Says ...
By meredith.tiras
As the cloud computing industry evolves, why not take an opportunity to take your career to the next level at SADA Systems.
SADA Says | Cloud Computing Blog

3 first steps in building your own cloud services | The Future of ...
By Molly Keyes
3 first steps in building your own cloud services. Posted August 2, 2012. Categories: Bits. These days, I'm running into more than a few innovative enterprises looking to stand up their own cloud computing services or APIs for consumption ...
The Future of Enterprise Computing

Always On Digital Government – Cloud Computing Best Practices
By Neil McEvoy
Always On is a term we use to describe new technologies that harness Cloud Computing to achieve very High Availability systems – These can be used to mitigate these downtime risks through achieving multi-data centre configurations.
Cloud Computing Best Practices

Cloud 2020: What Does Cloud Computing Bring To The Table ...
By Jose Ricardo
The internet and computer service related industries are the most versatile and flexible. Under the guidance of probably the most ingenious individuals, there is no telling where the industry is headed. However, most tech-enthusiasts, myself ...
Tech 4 Business

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Cloud Server and Virtual Server Hosting by Rackspace
Create cloud virtual servers in minutes and pay per usage. Scalable, flexible, open ... Cloud Computing; What is Cloud Computing? Cloud University · Hosting ...
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Amazon cloud services provide enormous savings, company says ...
Cloud · Amazon cloud services provide enormous savings, company says ... receive huge return on their investments in the company's cloud computing service.
www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2012/07/.../57068/

Top Cloud Services for Collaboration | PCWorld
Looking to work with colleagues on shared project files? Google Drive, Office 365 , and Zoho promise to help. We tried all three services and picked a winner.
www.pcworld.com/.../top_cloud_services_for_collaboration.ht...

Startup Floats Cloud Storage for Lawyers
LawCaseXchange, a new company that opened Friday, is aiming for its online case documents service to become known as a Dropbox for lawyers, its founder ...
www.law.com/jsp/.../PubArticleLTN.jsp?id...Startup...

Insider Threat Blog: Insider Threats Related to Cloud Computing ...
While not necessarily “new,” cloud computing is a paradigm that has recently ... important to organizations using cloud services, including malicious insiders.
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Cloud Computing is the Way to Go - AAPL, DELL, HPQ, MSFT ...
You must have had enough experience with cloud computing. ... of free new cloud services that work seamlessly with applications on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, ...
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Cloud Servers and Cloud Computing FAQ from Rackspace Cloud ...
Cloud Servers & Cloud Computing FAQs from Rackspace. Live Chat with us or Call1.877.934.0409 Today.
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Five Myths of Cloud Computing | ITworld
Top cloud services for collaboration Posted July 30, 2012 - 12:28 pm. Top cloud ... In recent years, cloud computing has been as visible as any topic in IT.
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