Cloud-based Workday Streamlines Mobile Apps, Unveils Big Data Plans

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Workday Streamlines Mobile Apps, Unveils Big Data Plans
InformationWeek
Workday, the fast-growing, cloud-based HR and financial ERP applications vendor announced a fresh take on mobile apps and a coming wave of big data-powered analytic applications. Unveiled at the company's annual Workday Rising event in ...

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Cloud Robotics

Robots With Their Heads in the Clouds — Aspen Ideas — Medium: "....The Five Elements of Cloud Robotics are:

1. Big Data: indexing a global library of images, maps, and object data, 
2. Cloud Computing: grid computing on demand for statistical learning, and motion planning, 
3. Open-Source: humans sharing robot code, data, algorithms, and hardware designs, 
4. Collective Robot Learning: robots sharing trajectories, control policies, and outcomes that can be analyzed with statistical machine learning methods and 
5. Crowdsourcing and call centers: offline and on-demand human guidance for evaluation, learning, and error recovery. 

"Cloud Robotics will build on related effort including the “Internet of Things,” “IBM’s Smarter Planet,” General Electric’s vision of the “Industrial Internet,” and Siemens’ concept of “Industry 4.0.” These approaches have enormous potential but also open a Pandora’s Box of issues related to privacy and security. But when robots have their heads in the clouds, the sky’s the limit..." (read  more at the link above)

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Alibaba, Cloud Computing services, Big Data

Alibaba acquires private cloud service Kanbox

WantChinaTimes
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced its acquisition of private cloud computing service Kanbox on Wednesday. The internet giant plans to ...

WantChinaTimes

The rise of the machines in the study of politics: 5 things I learned ...

Washington Post (blog)
Cloud computing and similar innovations have led to a steep decline in the cost of big data analysis. (David Paul Morris/BLOOMBERG). I had the pleasure the ...

Washington Post (blog)

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Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Big Data

Cloud computing and the rise of big data

TechRepublic (blog)
Cloud computing democratizes big data – any enterprise can now work with ... If they manage public cloud services, they don't have to touch the lower layers of ...

Cloud Storage and TV Antennas Go to Court

Wall Street Journal
Cloud Storage and TV Antennas Go to Court. By Gary Shapiro. Innovations like cloud computing would not be possible without the Supreme Court verdict in ...

Wall Street Journal

Emerging nations more upbeat about Cloud computing: Study

New York Daily News
New Delhi, Oct 1 — Cloud computing has in the last few years caught the imagination of IT leaders in emerging nations like India, Brazil and China who are ...

Economic Times

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Big Data Security and Privacy Risks

Cloud Computing Experts Detail Big Data Security and Privacy Risks
Data Informed
“As big data expands through streaming cloud technology, traditional security mechanisms tailored to securing small-scale, static data on firewalled and semi-isolated networks are inadequate,” the report states. Important changes in the computing ...

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Cloud Computing Democratizes Big Data

How Cloud Computing Democratizes Big Data
ReadWrite
Share on: How Cloud Computing Democratizes Big Data. Financial firms have been crunching Big Data for years - with the help of cloud computing, now it's everyone else's turn. ReadWritecloud. Previous Next. Previous; Show; Next. How Cloud Computing ...

2 Outperforming, Rallying Cloud Computing Mid Caps
Seeking Alpha
Apparently the world's largest computer company paid $2 billion for the world's largest privately heldcloud computing infrastructure provider. Quartz reports that with this move, IBM aims to bolster itscloud services as it seeks to become a veritable ...

Skyera shows enterprise solid-state cloud storage systems at Cloud Expo New ...
Sacramento Bee
Skyera will also show its 44-terabyte skyHawk, a complete enterprise solid-state storage solution with the low latency and scalability that cloud services demand – with the highest density, smallest form-factor and lowest power consumption in the ...

3 more cloud computing myths dispelled
InfoWorld (blog)
There continues to be much mythology in the cloud computing space, as I've pointed out in the past. It's time we dispel three more myths so that we can better understand the reality of the cloud. [ Busted: 4 cloud myths that won't go away. | From ...

Secure cloud computing: Where the reseller fits
Techday NZ
By properly assessing the risk to availability posed by the cloud computing model, resellers can work with operators and end users of cloud services to minimise their risks and maximise the security postures. Resellers should advise and assist their ...

Lockheed Martin Receives Highest Level FedRAMP Authorization To Provide ...
Sacramento Bee
Through Lockheed Martin's proven Solutions as a Service (SolaS®) cloud strategy, the corporation has offered a flexible, mission-focused approach to secure cloud computing since 2009. The SolaS Secure Community Cloud combines best-in-industry ...

Softlayer Platform is a “Real Growth Engine” for IBM Cloud Services ...
By Mellisa Tolentino
This acquisition would bolster IBM's cloud computing efforts by creating a new cloud services division within its Global Services unit, where SoftLayer will continue to operate independently. The acquisition will also help the company “beef up ...
SiliconANGLE

IBM Acquires Cloud-Computing Firm SoftLayer | News & Opinion ...
By marrying SoftLayer's public cloud services with the IBM SmartCloud portfolio, the computer manufacturer aims to make cloud computing easier and faster.

IBM Acquiring SoftLayer, Forming New Cloud Services Division
The acquisition will strengthen IBM's position in cloud computing and will help speed business adoption of public and private cloud services. Financial terms ...

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Mobile, social and big data drive cloud computing boom

Mobile, social and big data drive cloud computing boom: studies
ZDNet (blog)
By Joe McKendrick | March 22, 2012, 6:40am PDT Summary: Two separate studies, one from Microsoft and the other from SAP, point to job creation as a result of cloud computing. A new study commissioned by SAP and conducted by Sand Hill Group speculates ...

Manage your public/private cloud services with ScaleXtreme
ZDNet (blog)
By David Chernicoff | March 22, 2012, 8:18am PDT Systems management as an SaaS application seems to be the next big thing in the cloud and virtualization space. And ScaleXtreme really wants to provide these services for you with their server management ...

ZDNet (blog)

Cloud Services Brokerage: A Must-Have for Most Organizations
Forbes
Enter the Cloud Services Brokerage, or CSB. A cloud services brokerage is a third party company that adds value to cloud services on behalf of cloud service consumers. Their goal is to make the service more specific to a company, or to integrate or ...

Forbes

Cloud Computing: Dome9 Security Addresses RDP Cloud Server Vulnerability
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Pat Romanski Dome9 Security on Thursday announced that its cloud security firewall management service protects cloud servers from serious cloud server security threats, including the recently publicized Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)

Research and Markets: Analysis of Cloud Services, Companies, and Applications
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Currently, only a handful of companies have created successful businesses around Cloud services. This research evaluates the major trends in the cloud computing industry including the effect of cloud services on mobile applications/stores.

Cloud Visionaries to Signal Progress on Open Cloud Adoption at ODCA Forecast 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
The presenters and moderators represent leaders in shaping today's conversations on cloud computing supporting an agenda focused on broad adoption of open cloud solutions. Forecast 2012 will feature leading enterprise IT executives discussing their ...

Cloud Computing Calls for Rebuilding Enterprise IT
CIO
For all of the buzz about cloud computing, there remains confusion about its real implications for an IT organization. CIO.com's Bernard Golden argues that to take full advantage of the cost savings and efficiency improvements of the cloud, ...

Yahoo! Demos & Drinks - hosted by Cloud Services
San Jose Mercury News
Cloud Services is hosting a Demos & Drinks event on March the 29 th, 6 – 8PM at its Sunnyvale campus headquarters. Please join us for some pizza, demos and a tech-talk about some of Yahoo!'s exciting cloud technologies. This is a unique opportunity for ...

CIOs' Love-Hate Relationship with the Cloud Revealed
Forbes
For information technology leaders, cloud computing offers opportunities to make their jobs easier and help business technology shine. But what does it mean to be an IT leader in an era of do-it-yourself IT? Two new surveys suggest as cloudmoves into ...

Forbes

Amazon, Eucalyptus Team On Hybrid Cloud
Wired News
Looking to build out its portfolio of cloud services, Amazon has partnered with Eucalyptus to deliver an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) product. As part of the deal, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is letting the IaaS provider tap into its application ...

Has Amazon Solved its Private Cloud Dilemma?
Forbes
Amazon Web Services (AWS) are great, but many of our enterprise clients want those cloud services and values delivered on premise, behind their firewall, where they can protect their intellectual property. AWS isn't very interested in providing an...

Forbes

IIJ Group to Provide Cloud Computing Service "IIJ GIO US Service" in the U.S.
MarketWatch (press release)
TOKYO, Mar 21, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Internet Initiative Japan Inc. ("IIJ") (NASDAQ:IIJI) (tse1:3774) and its 100% owned subsidiary, IIJ America Inc. ("IIJ America") today announced to jointly provide Cloud computing service "IIJ GIO US ...

How To Navigate Intersection Of MDM, Cloud Email
InformationWeek
Mobile isn't the only thing dominating IT conversations these days--cloud services are right up there too. As companies feverishly examine cloud-based services to shave cost and operational responsibility, email is one of the first candidates they ...

Cloud computing - time to get on with it?
New Zealand Herald
By Anthony Doesburg Nearly four years ago, IT research company IDC described cloud computing as being in first gear. Today, says Chris Morris, IDC's Asia-Pacific head of cloud computing analysis, the cloud is here and organisations should "get over it ...

Turkcell to Become "One-Stop Shop" for Cloud Services With HP CloudSystem
MarketWatch (press release)
"HP cloud technologies and expertise are providing Turkcell the ability to enter this market quickly, and the flexibility to deliver cloud services that are tailored for each customer." "To compete with rivals, communications service providers must use ...

EMC enhances cloud services to accelerate transformation of IT environments
CTR
EMC Corp. announced Wednesday an expanded portfolio of cloud services to help customers accelerate the adoption, consumption, optimization, and management of cloud technologies. The new services help customers accelerate their IT transformation ...

CORRECTING and REPLACING Yardi Announces Voyager SaaS and Private Cloud Solutions
MarketWatch (press release)
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Mar 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Eighth graph, first sentence of release should read: Yardi's SaaS options are backed by 12 years of cloud computingexperience (sted Yardi's SaaS options are backed by 10 years...).

CEOs Tackle Cloud Computing & Other Association/Not-for-Profit Issues at ASI's ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Key issues on the docket included increasing constituent acquisition and retention, outsourcing, and cloud computing. iBEF's interactive symposium format allows attendees to collaborate with speakers and fellow participants in an intimate setting; ...

Study: Cloud computing becoming pervasive, and IT needs to take...
IT-Director.com
Cloud computing may be taking the business world by storm, but its success could mean a 'perfect storm' that endangers the role of IT. As a result, IT needs to step up now and change its approach to cloud services. This includes building trust with the ...

Cloud services and the new platform wars
Earth2Tech
The defining battle is: who will become the standard platform for cloud computing power? The stakes are massive, and not simply because of the burgeoning spending on compute as a utility. Also at stake is control, as with past operating system battles, ...

Study: Cloud computing to create 8500 local jobs in '12
AZ Central.com
21, 2012 06:11 PM Cloud computing will create about 8500 metro Phoenix jobs this year, according to a study commissioned by Microsoft. The study, which looked at the impact of increased use of cloud-based services on all types of industry, ...

Turkcell Aims Two Million Turkish Companies With Cloud Services
BusinessWeek
By Ercan Ersoy on March 22, 2012 Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TCELL), Turkey's biggest mobile-phone company, targets two million small and medium-sized companies with cloud services it offers with Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) and Microsoft Corp.

AWS deal improves Eucalyptus' chances at enterprises
ITworld.com
March 22, 2012, 3:16 PM — Eucalyptus has become far more attractive to enterprises wishing to build private clouds, now that the number-one cloud provider -- Amazon Web Services -- has thrown its weight behind the software company.

Cloud storage co CTERA Networks raises $15m
Globes
Cloud storage enablement solutions company CTERA Networks yesterday announced that it had closed a second round of funding led by Venrock. Also participating in the investment, the company said, are existing investor Benchmark Capital and Cisco Systems ...

Minnesota Completes Migration To Microsoft Cloud
InformationWeek
By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek Minnesota's IT agency has completed its migration to Microsoft Office 365 for employees using cloud-based email and collaboration software as state governments continue to follow the lead of the federal ...

What is Cloud Computing: David Davis Clears Myths about the Cloud
By Chris Magiet
How can I leverage my environment to use cloud services? Does my... ... vCloud Director Essentials covers both the implications of cloud computing, and how vCloud Director functions to bridge between private and public cloud. Implementing ...
TrainSignal Training

Matching Optimization with Demand: Private Cloud Computing (The ...
By Nick Amato
Matching Optimization with Demand: Private Cloud Computing. There has been a lot of recent interest in industry efforts towards virtualizing the network to match the transformational results realized by virtualized computing. The argument ...
The Riverbed Blog

Cloud Computing Is Here to Stay « Storage CH Blog
By rogerluethy
Cloud Computing Is Here to Stay. Post by Todd Nielsen (thank you) on the Status Quo of Cloud Computing. In psychoanalysis, “being in denial” is a defense mechanism used by a person faced with an unpleasant situation too uncomfortable to ...
Storage CH Blog

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Matthew J. Schitz, CEO of ...
By candicearnold
Matthew J. Schitz: In cloud storage and backup, or in cloud computing in general? SM: Start withcloud storage and backup, and then we can look at cloud computing. MJS: Well, I think there are a lot of opportunities that have traditionally been ...
Sramana Mitra

Survey: Only few Singapore CIOs considering cloud computing ...
By fmmonteverde
In a surprising result, a Fuji Xerox survey of 150 Singapore based CIOs and IT directors found that only 10% of them were considering a cloud computing deployment. The other CIOs said that security concerns and the alignment of the cloud ...
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Dedicated and Cloud Computing Blog » Blog Archive » Why do you ...
By Admin1
Why do you need to backup cloud computing hosting servers ? Filed Under (Cloud Hosting) by Admin1. Cloud servers with access on-demand to resources with less management and automated methods can easily be deployed. It includes : ...
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