Daily Cloud Feed - Aug 31, 2010
This post is a daily aggregation of all news links from @onsaas. This post is automatically generated everyday at 11:45PM UTC.
- VMware vCloud Director Secure Private Clouds Infrastructure as a …
- Belgacom ICT Commercial Data Centre Hosting Services Selects AccelOps …
- Jefferies expects VMware to introduce new technologies
- 3 Vendors on the Relationship Between Cloud Computing and Virtualization
- RSA Comes Up with New Security, Compliance Package for Cloud Providers
- NEC to offer cloud computing in China
- Colt offers VMware’s vCloud service in Europe
- Granicus expands government cloud computing platform — Washington …
- 3 Vendors on the Relationship Between Cloud Computing and …
- The Difference Between Virtualization and Cloud Computing | ERP …
- Transparency in Cloud Computing Performance - Web 2.0 Watch
- A way out of the private cloud dead end
- Voltaire launches high density switch for cloud computing
- DeskStream unveils Dynamic Virtual Desktop platform
- Queplix Appoints Michael Zuckerman as Chief Marketing Officer
- Textile Manufacturer Quantum Group Switches from NetSuite to Acumatica’s
- Professional Research on EMC Corporation and Quantum - A Roller Coaster
- EMC Transforms Management of the Private Cloud
- NetApp Integrates With VMware(R) vCloud(TM) Director to Improve IT
- VMware Introduces Cloud Application Platform to Drive IT as a Service
- Red Hat Announces Developments in Cloud Foundations Portfolio …
- Red Hat Outlines Comprehensive Platform-as-a-Service Cloud …
- NaviNet Software as a Service (SaaS) | NaviNet
- Citrix acquires VMLogix, mulls open strategy
- Private Clouds: Not as Easy as it Looks
- Citrix To Buy Virtualization Management Firm VMLogix | WHIR Web …
- Trend Micro brings encryption to the cloud
- Security-as-a-service growing
- Bick Group to Design, Build $20 Million Green, Cloud Computing Data Center
- HP Unveils Cloudstart Storage Solution
- Wooing 3PAR
- Plum Voice Lowers the Cost of Managing IVR Systems
- Hosters link hands for vCloud kumbaya
- Is cloud computing worth it?
- Cloud Computing: Digital Economy X Factor | Cloud Computing Journal
- Vordel Enables Management of Cloud Computing Providers via VMware …
- Introducing Cloud Computing: A Gentle Overview | Virtualization …
- Microsoft to Build a Cloud Computing Data Center at Boydton …
- CA’s Cloud Computing Spending Spree: 6 Acquisitions, 14 Months, $1 Billion
- Wyse Extends Its Leadership in Cloud Client Computing with Large
- AMI Says over 4.2 million US SMBs Interested in Adopting CRM Cloud Computing
- VMware To Acquire Integrien And TriCipher
- HP May Be Running Below Par
- Cloud computing by the numbers: What do all the statistics mean?
- Verizon Uses VMware for Enterprise Cloud Service
- VMWare Sees Clouds With 2 Buys
- Trend Micro brings encryption to the cloud
- Dell’s Cloud Computing is Possible With 3Par Acquisition
- Cloud Computing: New Name, Same Old Tech
- HP Promoting Private Clouds With CloudStart
- FT.com / Technology - NEC to offer cloud computing in China
- How Virtualization Enhances Cloud Computing - Forbes.com
- Novell rolls cloud-security service
- ITEXPO West Speaker: Anything-as-a-Service on the Horizon?
- eFuture Announces Sale of Stake in Subsidiary bFuture
- VMware vCloud Director gets Zenoss monitoring app | Cloud …
- VMware CEO Says SaaS Could Leave IT ‘Holding the Bag’
- CRM: What to Consider When Choosing Between SaaS and On-Premise Systems
- VMware CEO Maritz Says Acquisitions Won’t Affect Earnings
- CIOs Respond to ‘Mega-Trend Trio’: Mobile, Cloud And Social
- Cox Communications Deals With Cable Guy Problem Using SaaS
- New entry into cloud computing
- VMware Upgrades Its Virtualized Desktop Lineup
- Global Net Access (GNAX) Gives Exclusive Demo of Latest Cloud Solution
- Setting up VMware vCloud Director
- VMware Introduces Cloud Application Platform to Drive IT as a Service
- Novell rolls cloud-security service
- SaaS Sales Commission Calculator for Long Term Contracts
- Heads in the Cloud: Why HP and Dell Are Crazy About 3Par
- BlueLock Introduces VMware vCloud Datacenter Service With CloudConnector
Build secure private clouds with VMware vCloud Director and increasebusiness agility while maintaining security and control. Try it free for 60days.(more)
MarketWatch (press release)AccelOps provides award-winning data centre and cloud service monitoringsoftware delivered as a virtual appliance or SaaS for enterprises andservice …(more)
International Business TimesThe analyst said VMware is expected to announce its new vCloud Director …vCloud Director provides interfaces, automation, and management tools totie …(more)
ReadWriteWeb (blog)VMworld starts in the morning and all eyes will be on what gets announcedand how virtualization is extending its reach into the realm of cloudcomputing. …(more)
eWeek30 introduced a new integrated security and compliance package designedexpressly for multitenant cloud computing. RSA Solution for Cloud Securityand …(more)
Financial TimesBy Kathrin Hille in Beijing NEC has agreed to set up a joint venture with
Neusoft, China’s largest IT outsourcing provider, to offer cloud computing…(more)
ComputerWeekly.comUK telecoms firm Colt will be the first European operator to offer VMware’svCloud datacentre services. The deal will allow organisations to extend and…(more)
Granicus Inc., a vendor of cloud computing solutions for governmentagencies, announced it has acquired Webcasting.com.(more)
VMworld starts in the morning and all eyes will be on what gets announcedand…(more)
By Nancy Phillippi, Custom Information Services
Cloud computing offers scalable infrastructure and software off site,saving labor, hardware, and power costs. Financially, the cloud’s virtualresources are typically cheaper than dedicated physical resources connectedto a personal …(more)
By Ian Withrow
So I’m new here on the product team at Keynote and one of the things I’vebeen asked to do is think about is Cloud Computing. My background isoriginally in telecommunications, especially in secure communications overpublic …(more)
InfoWorldA trend circulating among both the cloud computing upstarts and theircorporate equivalents is the ability to offer a private cloudinfrastructure with a …(more)
Comms-express.comVoltaire has launched a new high-performance switch for use in cloudcomputing applications, designed to save space and boost data centreefficiency. …(more)
Computer Business Review… as a Service (DaaS) over the Cloud, the company said. DeskStreamfounder and CEO Rao Cherukuri said the company is confident that its DVDplatform will …(more)
MarketWatch (press release)Enterprise data virtualization enables companies to automatically andsecurely integrate cloud and SaaS-based applications with the rest of theenterprise, …(more)
Cloud ERPMarketWatch (press release)Following an extensive evaluation of its existing NetSuite system, theCompany decided to move to Acumatica’s fully integrated, web-based SaaSsolution to …(more)
Ride …MarketWatch (press release)Another problem or boon, depending on how companies adapt to themarketplace, is the strong emergence of cloud computing. Traders can getdirect and free …(more)
PR Newswire (press release)Customers can now accelerate their journey to pervasive virtualization andcloud computing while lowering risk and operating expenses,” said PhilHarris, …(more)
Flexibility …MarketWatch (press release)”NetApp’s unified storage platform helps us deploy our cloud services toquickly meet strong customer demand for our cloud computing products. …(more)
MarketWatch (press release)VMware vFabric(TM) cloud application platform combines the market-leadingSpring Java development framework with platform services includinglightweight …(more)
Cloud Foundations: Edition One: Private “Infrastructure as a Service”Clouds is a software architecture enabling companies to both build andmanage private …(more)
Red Hat has outlined its comprehensive Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloudstrategy. The portfolio is expected to promote consistency betweenenterprise …(more)
NaviNet’s Software as a Service (SaaS) solution offers application hosting,technical operations, production systems health monitoring, and hardware…(more)
ZDNet UKCitrix is a participant in the OpenStack scheme, and said as part of theannouncement that it will further integrate the standards behind Citrix’sown …(more)
IT Business Edge (blog)Citrix is also developing an open management system called OpenStack thatshould present a unified control point for public and private cloudarchitectures. …(more)
We are excited to see an OpenStack-powered solution for enterprisesintegrated with the XenCenter management console. We think this is just thestart of many advances that will be built on OpenStack and we welcomeCitrix and the rest of …(more)
IDG News ServiceSecureCloud allows you to maintain control over the encryption key used tosecure data stored in the Amazon EC2, Eucalyptus or VMware vCloud cloud …(more)
ComputerworldBy Andreas M. Antonopoulos Network World - When you ask IT professionals if
they use cloud computing or software-as-a-service, most start by saying”no”. …(more)
PR Web (press release)This new data center will be not only efficient, but also at the heart ofcloud-computing platforms for companies throughout the region, as well asaround …(more)
ITProPortalHewlett-Packard (HP) has unleashed a new cloud storage package to allow itscustomers implement cloud computing technology quickly. …(more)
Data Center JournalUtility computing allows IT firms to deliver SaaS and hardware as a servicevia storage and server virtualization. The 3PAR utility storage has come to…(more)
TMCnetBusinesses had no choice but to over invest in Telephony since multitenancy is not supported by a lot of legacy IVR platforms. Plum says itsplatform can …(more)
SearchCloudComputing.comBy SearchCloudComputing.com Staff A throng of shiny new VMware cloud
providers touted the possibilities of vCloud Director today at VMworld. …(more)
Cloud computing has topped many technology that must be implemented lists,yet CIOs still remain wary of the technology.(more)
Cloud computing is such a powerful investment area for government becausenot only can it modernize their IT and therefore enhance their businessprocesses and reduce their own operating costs, but this same platform canalso boost …(more)
Jian Zhen, director, cloud computing solutions, VMware “We welcome Vordeland its Cloud Service Broker to the VMware vCloud ecosystem and are excitedto see Vordel add support for VMware vCloud Director into its appliance….(more)
3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo Call For Papers andSponsorship Opportunities Now Open! June 23-24, 2008 New York City.(more)
By zxue
Microsoft to Build a Cloud Computing Data Center at Boydton, Virginia.zxue. 31 Aug 2010 7:54 AM. Comments 0. DataCenterKnowledge reports thatMicrosoft has selected a site near Boydton, Virginia for a major new datacenter project, …(more)
ChannelWebCA Technologies is on a hot streak and is going all out to get into cloudcomputing. Over the past 14 months the tech giant has amassed throughacquisition …(more)
Deployments …Business Wire (press release)”The requirement to move to Windows 7 and new PC refresh cycles are drivingrapid adoption of Cloud Computing and desktop virtualization by CIOs,” said…(more)
TMCnet… amongst SMBs as the next favorable cost-saving model is expedited bythe macro situation today although cloud computing is seen as the next ITplatform. …(more)
Wall Street JournalCloud computing is a trend that lets companies and consumers accessapplications and data over the Internet. Much of it is powered byvirtualization, …(more)
Barron’s3Par’s key technologies, such as multitenancy and advanced tiering, areexpected to augment HP’s storage portfolio. Storage is a key focus area forHP, …(more)
Computerworld (blog)Ray Wang recently quoted an interesting survey that showed the disconnectbetween IT’s perception of SaaS application usage and what’s actuallyhappening …(more)
PC WorldBy Stephen Lawson, IDG News Verizon Business is tapping into the popularity
of VMware technology with a cloud computing service designed to letcustomers …(more)
TheStreet.comThe pickups, while immaterial to VMWare’s finances, come as the cloudcomputing movement gains momentum. Tighter fisted businesses areconsidering virtual …(more)
San Francisco ChronicleOther cloud-computing variants could be added in the future. “IT operationsmay be firing up [a remote virtual machine] image but we have security …(more)
Blogote (blog)The basic idea Dell has behind the acquisition bid is to strengthen itspresence in cloud computing. At the same time the company is relaxed aboutHP’s …(more)
Tom’s Hardware GuideThe other day, Tom’s Hardware’s Tuan Nguyen sent me a link to this video onYouTube, which shows Larry Ellison ridiculing cloud computing. …(more)
InternetNews.comBy David Needle: More stories by this author: For more on cloud computing
and the enterprise, visit Internet.com’s new cloud computing site. …(more)
NEC has agreed to set up a joint venture with Neusoft, China’s largest IToutsourcing provider, to offer cloud computing services in the country, …(more)
Virtualizing computing enables cost savings, flexibility and speed.(more)
NetworkWorld.com… function to multiple software-as-a-service (SaaS) options thatenterprise customers want to use so they can easily provision andde-provision employees. …(more)
TMCnet From data centres and software as a service to communications as a service,many benefits emerge. Any user of hosted IP PBX (News - Alert) services …(more)
MarketWatch (press release)… Ltd. (”bFuture”), one of China’s leading Software-as-a-Service (”SaaS”)providers in the retail and consumer goods industry, to Mr. Peter Jiang,…(more)
The Zenoss Enterprise server and networking monitoring application has beencustomized for monitoring VMware vCloud deployments.(more)
Server WatchMaritz said more management solutions are needed to deal with the growinguse of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications like Salesforce in theenterprise …(more)
CIOYou have choices now between on-premise and software-as-a-service (SaaS)applications. Why You Care :: According to Mark Ameres, a CRM consultant,…(more)
Wall Street JournalVMware is buying Integrien Corp. for its IT-management products forvirtualization, a key technology behind cloud computing, and TriCipher forits security …(more)
San Francisco Chronicle(08-31) 11:40 PDT — Whenever I talk to CIOs these days, I test theirreactions to what I call the “mega-trend trio” of mobility, cloud computingand social …(more)
NetworkWorld.comBy Kim S. Nash, CIO We’ve all been there. Your TV channels go on the blink,
your DVR won’t R, or you can’t connect to the Internet no matter how manytimes …(more)
San Antonio ExpressThe company in July launched OpenStack, its open-source cloud computingsoftware, in conjunction with NASA and commercial developers. …(more)
eWeekVMware vCloud Director: This offers a centralized way to produce andconsume IT services across hybrid and public clouds. “This one enables ITmanagers to …(more)
at …Dedicated Server Directory… newest cloud solutions based on VMware vCloud Director technology atthe VMworld cloud computing conference in San Francisco, August 30 -September 2. …(more)
SearchCloudComputing.comThis model does allow the vCloud administrator to set limits and reserve apercentage of resources to the organization VDC to guarantee quality ofservice …(more)
VMware delivers virtualization benefits via virtual machine, virtualserver, and virtual pc solutions.(more)
San Francisco ChronicleThat on-premises component becomes the central point for enabling controlover password-based authentication, and the provisioning of SaaS servicesand the …(more)
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)Since my post entitled SaaS Sales Compensation Made Easy, I’ve received anumber of inquires about how to adjust SaaS sales commission percentagesfor very …(more)
DailyFinanceShifting IT operations to the cloud can help them do that, making cloudcomputing one of the few hot areas in tech at a time when overall ITspending is …(more)
Data Storage Connection (press release)BlueLock is one of only three North American service provider partners tooffer the vCloud Datacenter Service beta. As part of BlueLock’s enterprisecloud …(more)


