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ServicePRWire… today announced that leading Australian web solutions provider Squizhas chosen CA 3Tera AppLogic software as its cloud computing platform. Withthe software, Squiz delivers its product suite to customers in asoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) offering. …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)Incorporated into this question is a underlying skepticism that I addressedin my entry, Scale is the Common Abstraction of Cloud Computing, which isdoes Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) really belong within the definition ofcloud computing? …(more)

Dell, Equinix and Rackspace have collaborated to develop an OpenStack clouddemonstration and test environment, available in three data centers.(more)

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Business StandardGlobal software services and products firm IBM has announced a $38 million(around Rs 170 crore) investment in a new IBM Asia Pacific Cloud ComputingData Centre in Singapore, which will provide businesses in India withsolutions and services to …(more)

DatamationSolving this is no small feat, but it may be one of the greatest long-termbenefits of the cloud computing model, both in terms of cost and agility.It’s the processes, after all, that count most and should be easy to safelymake, remake and iterate on …(more)

BusinessesPR Web (press release)CMS as SaaS, began 2011 with a relaunch of its end-to-end CMS websiteservice for small businesses on a new cloud-based platform. The RackSpaceCloud makes our clients’ websites easy to build, highly scalable andcompletely bulletproof. …(more)

Seacoastonline.comNo revenue estimations were given for the Allegient acquisition but KevinDonovan, chief financial officer of Bottomline Technologies, said it”expands Bottomline’s portfolio of SaaS (software as a service) solutionsand will drive profitable …(more)

Telecompaper (subscription)Dell, data centre operator Equinix and cloud computing specialist RackspaceHosting have collaborated to develop an OpenStack cloud demonstration andtest environment. The demo environment will be available in three datacentres: the Equinix …(more)

InfoWorldI haven’t been shy about talking up the many of the benefits of cloudcomputing, but I address the dark side as well. Ironically, the caveats tocloud computing aren’t typically technology related. However, they canderail your cloud computing plans if …(more)

Partners and potential users now of the ability to give the OpenStackcloud, the open source cloud play, a spin thanks to new demo and testenvironments …(more)

“OpenStack provides an open, standard platform that gives organizations thechoice of how and where to deploy a cloud, as well as the flexibility tomove …(more)

RTT News(RTTNews) - Rackspace Hosting Inc. (RAX: News ), Dell Inc. (DELL: News )and Equinix Inc. (EQIX) announced Wednesday morning that they havecollaborated to develop an OpenStack cloud demonstration and testenvironment. Rackspace Hosting Inc. traded to …(more)

TechNewsWorldThe public cloud service models, be it Software as a Service (SaaS),Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), posenew challenges to protecting and controlling sensitive data. In all clouddelivery models, be it SaaS, …(more)

Business Wire (press release)(BUSINESS WIRE)–INDATA, a leading industry provider of SaaS (Software as aService) for buy-side firms including trade order management (OMS),compliance, portfolio accounting and front-to-back office, today announcedthe release of an industry white …(more)

ZDNet UKBy Larry Dignan, ZDNet.com, 31 March, 2011 11:47 Cloud-computing adoption
among datacentre managers has snowballed in the last year, according to asurvey by datacentre association Afcom, with more than 70 percent ofrespondents already implementing …(more)

Seeking AlphaOn Wednesday, Dell (DELL), Equinix (EQIX), and Rackspace (RAX) announcedthat they joined forces to offer an OpenStack demonstration and testenvironment to customers who will then enjoy the ability to move cloudassets between data centers in …(more)

ComputerWeekly.comWhile IT budgets may be shrinking, there is definitely no shortage ofattacks IT professionals face in regard to Web and email. The link betweenthe two is becoming indistinguishable, thanks to the use of Web 2.0technologies such as social networking, …(more)

ReleaseSYS-CON Media (press release)Birst is the SaaS Business Intelligence leader that accelerates businessresults by deploying fast, powerful, and agile business intelligencesolutions for its customers. Birst overcomes the traditional cost,complexity, and performance barriers of …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)Compatible suppliers can link directly to Autowork Online, enabling repairshops to identify parts, check stock and place orders directly from withinthe software. As a ‘cloud computing’ solution, Autowork Online is hostedand maintained centrally, …(more)

Renew Gridby Renew Grid on Thursday 31 March 2011 Software company Bit Stew SystemsInc. has released its Grid Director 2.0 platform - a software-as-a-serviceoffering that provides real-time event mapping, user-defined analytics, andan event-driven calendar …(more)

What can KnowEsis Software as a Service (SaaS) do for you? Host yourcustomized Fedora or eSciDoc Infrastructure instance; Integrate with yourlocal …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)PlanSource is on the cutting edge of SaaS solutions for the healthcaresupply chain creating efficiencies and enabling next generation revenueopportunities. I look forward to working with the exceptional staff andmanagement team and helping to drive …(more)

I have enabled multi-tenancy in my installation. I have hence created twoschemas in … Multitenancy In ofbiz. by Ofbiz Consultanton20110331T200451+0000 …(more)

Web Host Industry ReviewThe move comes a couple weeks after Symplified’s partnership with opensource cloud computing provider Cloud.com, which combines Symplified andCloud.com CloudStack to enable users to deliver identity and accessmanagement security and integration …(more)

InformationWeekJava and Python software development kits get upgraded as Google refreshesits platform-as-a-service offering. By Antone Gonsalves InformationWeekGoogle has upgraded the App Engine, the company’s platform for developingand hosting Web application in …(more)

By VMware Partner Team
We’re also happy to share that we’ve begun to see customer adoption ofVMware vCloud Director on HP BladeSystem Matrix operating environments.Combining strengths from both companies, customers are finding tremendousvalue as HP and …(more)

Multitenancy in Cloud Computing What’s the fear about 00439 … VirtualizedDynamic Data Center Secure MultiTenancy for Enterprise Cloud Architecture00253 …(more)

My understanding is that for the former I’d need to use the vCenter API andfor the later the vCloud API, but both seems “incompatible” i.e. I cannot”cast” …(more)

See who’s attending VMware vCloud: Architecting the VMware Cloud onLinkedIn Events.(more)

An introductory part of the GoodData presentation prepared for CZJUG (CzechJava Users Group). The purpose of this prese.(more)

By trey
The ON24 platform is a complete Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloudoffering; no deployment resources are required. ON24 offers fullyintegrated, enterprise-wide solutions for applications ranging fromtraining, user conferences and …(more)

Fresh Business ThinkingOrganisations can already choose between OpenStacks operated by twodifferent … The OpenStack project is now supported by competing hostingproviders from …(more)

MSPmentorTop 50 MSPs Profiting From Cloud Computing | MSPmentor Managed ServicesNews & Blog | Whats going on! Says: The Talkin’ Cloud 50 global surveyidentifies the world’s top VARs, managed services providers (MSPs) andcloud services providers working …(more)

Healthcare Technology Online (press release)4medica, provider of the industry’s leading cloud software-as-a-service(SaaS) clinical integration platform, announced recently that Amerinet,Inc., selected it as a healthcare IT connectivity supplier to the nationalgroup purchasing organization’s …(more)

Switchedby Sebastian Anthony on March 30, 2011 at 06:30 AM Cloud Girlfriend,despite what it sounds like, doesn’t really have anything to do with cloudcomputing. Rather, it uses a cloud of women to pose as your girlfriend onFacebook, or your favorite social …(more)

RegisterDell, Rackspace and Equinix have teamed up to offer you a few free dateswith OpenStack, the nine-month-old open source “infrastructure cloud”platform. …(more)

4-tradersOpenStack is a collection of open-source technologies delivering a …Originally founded by Rackspace and NASA, OpenStack has grown to be aglobal software …(more)

TheStreet.comIt is the first demonstration of an open standard platform wheregeographically dispersed OpenStack clouds can offer customers the abilityto move …(more)

By Nick Farrell
According to Leo, two operating systems is a big advantage for softwaredevelopers, because they can develop applications for any HP device usingthe same webOS toolkit and platform. Apotheker has apparently heard of the… Of course Big Blue has been there for years, but ,Apotheker said thatHP will be rolling out a new platform-as-a-service business for cloudsystem building. That’s almost as interesting as anything SAP ever did. Hefinished off with a quote which sums …(more)

I want to bring to light NetApp’s next-generation framework that we’rearchitecting specifically for cloud deployments, with ITaaS, vCloudDirector, …(more)

I must admit, I’m one of those guys who can’t stop checking the shippingstatus of my online orders. When order five hundred pounds of rare earthmagnets …(more)

This white paper describes two HP Matrix Operating Environmentinfrastructure orchestration templates for provisioning the resourcesneeded to support a …(more)

Terremark engineers will be performing proactive maintenance on our vCloudExpress Platform. This has been scheduled on March 30, and April 3, 6, and10, …(more)

ERP Cloud NewsCompanies have the option to purchase a license or purchase a SaaSsolution. When purchasing a license you own the software and have theability to deploy it in your datacenter (on-premise) or outsourceoperations to an external provider (hosting). …(more)

IT Business Edge (blog)By date: Most of the moves to embrace software-as-a-service (SaaS)
applications come under the heading of tactical. Rather than being acquiredas part of a formal IT strategy, most SaaS applications were brought intothe organization by business users …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)OneLogin offers Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendors a free and open-sourceSAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) toolkit designed to shorten thedevelopment time and reduce the complexity previously needed to SAML-enablean application. …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)LOS ANGELES, March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Aplicor Cloud Suite 7, a truecloud-based business software solution, reaches beyond traditional SaaS todrive business agility and provide a Transformational User Experience. …(more)

EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Digital Reef Inc, the leading supplier ofmassively scalable SaaS based discovery and file governance servicesannounced that it has recruited Chris Risley to become its President andCEO. Bob Lentz, Digital Reef’s Interim …(more)

Developing MultiTenancy Cloud SaaS Applications With Ease … likesalesforcecom To turn an application to multitenancy you simply set themultitenancy flag …(more)

PlatformEON: Enhanced Online News (press release)Recently launched after more than 15 months in beta, City Cloud is aservice used by more than 500 Swedish companies and is the firstinfrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform in Sweden. City Network choseGluster cloud storage for its City Cloud …(more)

Marketwire (press release)With more than 25 years of experience in designing and delivering hardwareand software products, internet services and Software as a Servicesolutions, Mckelvey brings strong technical expertise and a passion fordelivering product to the Mashery …(more)

TMC NetBy Ed Silverstein Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine has named cloud
computing solutions provider NaviSite one of the 100 Top Cloud ComputingVendors, according to a company statement. The list of the top 100 vendors,published in CRN, …(more)

Cabot Wealth AdvisoryHewlett-Packard’s CEO Leo Apotheker outlined plans on Tuesday for HP topush deeper into the hot market of cloud computing by runningnext-generation data centers for large customers, IBD reported. Apothekersaid that the more devices that are used, …(more)

New …BenzingaGigaOM, a leading business media company, today announced that moretop-tier speakers have joined the lineup at the Structure 2011, thenumber-one cloud computing conference now in its fourth year. Returningheadliners Paul Maritz, CEO of VMware, …(more)

Experian QAS Data Quality News (UK)Cloud computing on hosted systems is to become more popular with smallbusinesses in the near future. This is according to a new report fromMicrosoft, which found 39 per cent of the small and medium-sizedenterprises (SMEs) it questioned expect to be …(more)

By Bruce Levinson
In September 2009, the Obama Administration announced the Federal CloudComputing Initiative. As the government’s CIO explained, cloud computing”has the potential to greatly reduce waste, increase data center efficiencyand utilization …(more)

Automation is a powerful driver for cloud computing. When done correctly itlets end users handle tasks previously handled by IT staff, leaving IT todo what it does best — handle the big picture items, leaving the resourcesportal as …(more)

By Media Law Prof
W. Kuan Hon, Christopher Millard, and Ian Walden, all Queen Mary Universityof London School of Law, have published The Problem of ‘Personal Data’ inCloud Computing - What Information is Regulated? The Cloud of Unknowing,Part 1, …(more)

Huffington Post (blog)Software as a service (SaaS) made it easier and cheaper to use computersespecially for those of us that use multiple devices. It’s software ondemand anywhere anytime. It’s no longer necessary to load computer programswith a disk, you can access …(more)

ZDNet (blog)By Larry Dignan | March 30, 2011, 11:10am PDT Cloud computing adoption
among data center managers has snowballed in the last year with more than70 percent of respondents who have implemented the technology or seriouslyconsidering it, according to a …(more)

Vancouver SunSalesforce.com has been jostling with rivals such as IBM and Dell Inc todifferentiate itself in the highly competitive cloud computing market, bypicking up small companies with promising technologies, according toreports from Reuters. …(more)

InformationWeekThe move will give Cisco a larger claim to being a provider ofcloud-computing equipment and services. In the past, it has claimed itsUnified Computing System blade servers and networking fabric were productssuitable for virtualizing the data center. …(more)

Manchester Evening NewsPolymorph, one of the UK’s leading collaboration experts and IT serviceproviders, are hosting the largest customer focused Microsoft SharePoint &Cloud event in the UK this year. The event provides a unique opportunityfor you to hear what’s new with …(more)

Business Wire (press release)She brings experience from various treasury organizations across differentindustries, such as Electronics, Retail, Technology and Transportation, inpositions at companies such as Samsung, Avnet, Levi Strauss, leading SaaStechnology provider …(more)

ADT MagazineBy Jeffrey Schwartz Dell, Equinix and Rackspace today launched a demo of
the environment available for service providers and enterprise customers totest cloud-based apps running atop the OpenStack platform. The threevendors teamed to provide demos …(more)

InformationWeekBy Doug Henschen InformationWeek Salesforce.com is known for its sales
force automation and customer service capabilities — the two sides of itssoftware-as-a-service-based customer relationship management system. Butwith Wednesday’s purchase of …(more)

San Jose Mercury NewsSalesforce: The San Francisco software-as-a-service pioneer, which providesan online customer-relationship-management platform, intends to buy Radian6for $326 million in cash and stock. Fredericton, New Brunswick-basedRadian6 develops technology …(more)

eChannelLineThe company is privately-held newScale, which makes self-service, servicecatalog, and lifecycle management software for enterprise IT andprivate/hybrid cloud computing. The San Mateo CA-based company has been inbusiness since November 1999, …(more)

ComputerworldBy Tam Harbert Computerworld - Mention cloud computing to a mainframe
professional, and he’s likely to roll his eyes. Cloud is just a new name –and a lot of hype — for what mainframes have done for years, he’ll say. “Amainframe is a cloud,” …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)”Fast growing economies represent a significant long-term businessopportunity for HP and an important component of our growth strategy,” saidApotheker. “Brian’s proven track record, excellent leadership skills andbroad international experience will …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)The Federal Trade Commission has charged Google and its infamous Buzzsocial network with deceptive privacy practices and violating its ownprivacy promises. To settle up Google has agreed to implement a”comprehensive privacy program” and submit to …(more)

ServerTMC NetThe company’s SaaS (News - Alert) Cloud File Server offering will nowsupport visual versioning of files in the Web platform. An announcement inthis regard has been made by SMEStorage, a UK-based Limited Companyoperating out of London. …(more)

Peninsula On-lineBoth companies in association with Citrix presented Hyper-V Cloud FastTrack programme, a $250m joint investment that simplifies technologyenvironments with solutions built on an infrastructure-to-applicationmodel, during a recently held roundtable …(more)

eWeekIT integrator and cloud service provider CSC on March 28 launched itsTelePresence as a Service offering, an end-to-end managed videoconferencingpackage that serves up TelePresence’s product suite without the need forusers to purchase any equipment. …(more)

IDG News ServiceApptio, which developed a software-as-a-service for technology businessmanagement (TBM), was among the companies featured. I recently did afeature for Computerworld on start-ups that are aiming to ease IT’s pain.Apptio, which developed a …(more)

ITWorld CanadaMcNab said OpenFlow can be included in the OpenStack cloud computingplatform backed by Cisco, Citrix and others. Access to IT World Canada isrestricted to …(more)

QAS.co.nzCloud computing solutions are giving small businesses the chance to competeon a more level playing field with their larger rivals. Writing for NZBusiness magazine, columnist Duncan Campbell explained most companies ofthis size want the opportunity …(more)

Forbes (blog)I don’t typically read the Army Times, but a few days ago I ended up therewhile searching for info on the US federal government’s adoption of cloudcomputing. The page I landed on was all but astonishing. Army General KeithAlexander, commander of US …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Workday, the multi-tenancy SaaS outfit Dave Duffield (pictured) started tomake up for his loss of PeopleSoft to Oracle, has opened its in-houseIntegration Cloud Platform to customers and partners. It’s supposed to makeit easier, cheaper and quicker …(more)

Multitenancy. Nowdays, cloud computing has been widely adopted byindividuals and large enterprises for agility, scalability and low cost….(more)

Conversations from around the web of relevance to large scale computing.(more)

Virtual Strategy MagazineBy leveraging VMware technology, BlueLock is able to provide certified
VMware vCloud Datacenter services to the enterprise that are fullycompatible with their existing VMware investments, enabling a hybrid cloudstrategy. This approach provides a …(more)

CIOLNEW DELHI, INDIA: Telecommunication service provider SingaporeTelecommunications Limited (SingTel) and virtualisation software makerVMware announced the launch of SingTel PowerON Compute, enabled by VMwarevCloud Datacenter Services. …(more)

PR-USA.net (press release)Skytap, the leading provider of self-service cloud automation solutions,today announced it was named to the “100 Top Cloud Computing Vendors” listby Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine. The comprehensive list features themost innovative vendors and …(more)

PR Web (press release)As part of their long term digital strategy, Cascio Interstate Music willre-launch their flagship B2C eCommerce website,http://www.interstatemusic.com, on the OrderDynamics eCommerce SaaSPlatform to set the stage for significant retail and wholesale …(more)

Gardner tracks and analyzes a critical set of enterprise software …That’s why integration platform as a serviceiPaaS and a multitenancy cloudenvironment …(more)

Cloud Computing Journal: A very general question first, about cloudcomputing itself: Surely we’ve heard all of this before in various formsand guises - grid computing / utility computing, etc.? What is differentthis time - why is …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)”Getting data into and out of applications in the cloud is critical,especially now that SaaS alternatives for core systems, such as WorkdayHuman Capital Management (HCM), Payroll, and Financial Management, havereached parity with the previous …(more)

PR Web (press release)The first in the series of five webinars, “Learning Management Systems:Trends and Issues” will feature Tom Werner, Brandon Hall’s Chief ResearchOfficer, discussing topics such as the credibility of SaaS learningmanagement systems and the nine …(more)

InfoWorldOracle credits cloud computing for the revenue jump; indeed, Oracle’sdatabases posted a 29 percent gain in new license sales. This is due to thefact that we’re hooked on Oracle, we’re moving to the cloud, and we’rebringing Oracle along for the ride, …(more)

Dominant force in a limited Open source version of release of vcloudexpress, which allows Newmelbourne it appears is vmware vcloud vcx mobileDavi …(more)

Uploading a VMware Guest into vCloud Director. Posted on: Sunday, March 27,2011 5:47:00 PM, Running Time: Uploading a VMware Guest into vCloudDirector …(more)

Citybizlist (press release)GAITHERSBURG, MD — GXS today announced that it has acquired RollStream, asoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) leader of enterprise community management.This acquisition accelerates GXS’s strategy to speed and simplify theintegration of global business …(more)

CommitteePR Newswire (press release)SALT LAKE CITY, March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — (RPRN) CompTIA, the leadingglobal provider of vendor-neutral IT certifications and the current CompTIACloud/SaaS community elected ClearCenter’s CEO Michael Proper to be thechair of the CompTIA …(more)

Digitaltrends.comThe era of mainstream cloud computing officially arrived today withAmazon’s launch of three cloud products: Cloud Drive, Cloud Player for Weband Cloud Player for Android. Through this release, Amazon has catapulteditself over the competition, …(more)

Linux …Marketwire (press release)The Cloud Plugfest is a forum for vendors to test, identify, and refinetheir implementations of the CDMI and Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI)in a collaborative setting with the goal of helping companies developinteroperable products. …(more)

with …PR Web (press release)iland provides a cloud and physical IT infrastructure solutions includingredundant, standby computing resources based on VMware vCloud Director,vCloud Director and vSphere. Customers can enhance their disaster recoveryplans by utilizing Vocal’s …(more)

Remote …PR Newswire (press release)The initial integration of EasyVista combines the ease of codeless ITSM,process automation wizards, SaaS and advanced ITIL v3 functionality withthe powerful remote support capabilities of LogMeIn Rescue. Customers cancollaborate in real-time with …(more)

Computer Business ReviewIt will also audit any SaaS activity that is blocked. The plug-in can showor hide application tabs, hyperlinks and buttons and mask sensitive data,depending on the role, location and device status of the person using theSaaS application, …(more)

Network WorldSailPoint announced it is now supplying connectors for pulling userinformation related to Salesforce.com and Google Apps, thesoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) applications its customers may use, so thatidentity-based information can be centrally stored …(more)

Marketwire (press release)SAN MATEO, CA–(Marketwire - March 29, 2011) - Emergence Capital Partners,the leading venture capital firm focused on Technology-Enabled Serviceswith investments in such SaaS leaders as Salesforce.com and SuccessFactors,today announced that Kevin …(more)

Marketwire (press release)GAITHERSBURG, MD–(Marketwire - March 29, 2011) - GXS today announced thatit has acquired RollStream, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) leader ofenterprise community management. This acquisition accelerates GXS’sstrategy to speed and simplify the …(more)

Marketwire (press release)CULVER CITY, CA–(Marketwire - March 29, 2011) - 4medica, provider of theindustry’s leading cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) clinical integrationplatform, announced today that Amerinet, Inc. selected it as a healthcareIT connectivity supplier to …(more)

ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc said on Tuesday it plans to buyprivately held software company newScale Inc, in a deal that would ramp upits cloud computing services. Financial terms of the deal were undisclosed.Cisco said the deal would be …(more)

DatamationBanners promoting EMC’s cloud computing capabilities hung above theelevated walkway between central parking and the terminals at Boston’sLogan Airport (my home base) as I kicked off my travels. The firstbillboard greeting me as I drove out of …(more)

Business Wire (press release)The company will be represented on the Cloud Computing Deployment panel byDavid Dudas, vice president of video solutions and a prominent expert inthe areas of hosted digital media platforms and software-as-a-service,including cloud applications. …(more)

ServicesBenzingaThis achievement will combine Znode’s innovative ecommerce technologieswith the benefits and advantages of a cloud computing environment,resulting in a truly streamlined and efficient way for companies to managetheir ecommerce strategy and website …(more)

ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release)Passware Kit allows the use of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2,http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/) - a highly scalable cloud computing platform -for accelerated password recovery, without the need to buy expensivehardware. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, …(more)

GigaOmCisco joined the OpenStack project in February. Given Cisco’s enterprisefocus, it’s likely that future deals will involve smaller, serviceofferings that …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)”How are we supposed to rip out millions of dollars of legacy IT andreplace it with Cloud?” This question came from a petrochemical industryexecutive in China, during a get-together of a few hundred IT managers inBeijing in late March. …(more)

InformationWeekWorkday, the SaaS-based ERP system provider, announced on Monday that it’stackling the problem with a new cloud-based integration platform. TheWorkday Integration Cloud Platform combines the vendor’s existingEnterprise Interface Builder (EIB) with a …(more)

I’m looking for the following regarding Multi tenancy and any help would beappreciated.Say 2 organisations that must be kept singular both with.(more)

eWeekCisco Systems is looking to bolster is cloud computing services offering byacquiring privately-held newScale, a company that offers software thatenables businesses to more efficiently provision resources across their ITenvironments. …(more)

ComputerworldCloud computing presents an analogous challenge with services we want touse, but don’t really control. You might not see it the short run, but ifyou plan to have clouds applications operational over years, this canpresent a very real issue. …(more)

MSPmentorGive Hewlett-Packard credit. At the HP Americas Partner Conference thisweek, Channel Chief Stephen DiFranco (pictured) provided multiple updateson HP’s channel strategy. Plus, VP Meaghan Kelly described a successful SMBmanaged services engagement …(more)

Network WorldThe Vyatta net tools introduce an interesting new dimension to cloudcomputing because they can be evoked at will, where and when needed,something that is impossible with hardware, says Carpathia CTO Jon Greaves.Network World Editor in Chief John Dix …(more)

Last week I took part in the VMware vCloud Director: Architecting theVMware Cloud class. I’ve talked to a bunch of people that took the sameclass at PEX …(more)

The Business InsiderPlatform as a service. Here, service providers offer a set of application”components” which developers can put together into applications — a bitlike building with Legos. Examples here include Salesforce.com’s Force.complatform and Microsoft’s …(more)

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Customers …TradersHuddle.comCyclone is the cloud computing offering for technical computingapplications such as computational biology, computational chemistry andmaterials, computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis andcomputational electromagnetics. …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)As detailed out in my earlier articles, Cloud Computing & BusinessIntelligence , OLAP & Cloud, analytical applications on the large amount ofdata is a key component that can take advantage of agility of Cloudplatform. Extensive support for Cloud …(more)

Cambridge NetworkManagement Process Systems Limited (MPS) today announced that theirinnovative ContractChange Management (CCM) system, which supports the NECform of construction contract, has been selected for three importanthighway projects in Wales. …(more)

istockAnalyst.com (press release)Telepo is an innovative software vendor enabling any type of ServiceProvider to offer advanced business communication as a Service under itsown brand/s. Telepo’s Business Communication Solution (BCS) integratesmobile, fixed, and IP-based …(more)

Server WatchBy Jeff Vance (Send Email) A lack of understanding of security risks is
hampering cloud computing adoption. Virtual machine launched attacks,multi-tenancy risks and hypervisor vulnerabilities all challenge cloudcomputing security. …(more)

OnTheSnow.comRock the pipe and park in spring, summer, and autumn with a freestyle campon Saas-Fee’s Allalin Glacier. The camps, open to all ages, are led byQuiksilver/Roxy pro riders and Eskimos coaches. The camps are held: April24 to May 1, July 24-31, …(more)

HardwareZone.comSingTel and VMWare today announced the launch of SingTel PowerON Computeenabled by VMware vCloud Datacenter Services. This ground-breakingenterprise hybrid cloud computing solution enables enterprises to upgradetheir IT resources without the heavy …(more)

PR Web (press release)Sentrigo, Inc., the innovator in database security and compliance solutionsfor on-premise and cloud deployments, today announced that it has beennamed one of the Top 100 Cloud Computing Vendors by Everything Channel’sCRN Magazine. …(more)

One executive from the petrochemical industry noted that Cloud Computingwas in the newly launched, 12th Five-Year Plan. Oh yes, I had forgottenabout these and how so many things on China hinge on them. But he seemeddubious as to how …(more)

2)Spend MattersIn the first post in this series, I provided a general update onCombineNet, an advanced sourcing vendor that has made the transition fromfocusing on leading with technology enabled solutions to now driving intoaccounts with software — SaaS, …(more)

ServerPR.com (press release)London, United Kingdom, March 28, 2011 –(PR.com)– SMEStorage todayannounced support for visual versioning of files in the web platform fortheir SaaS Cloud File Server offering, which enables small businesses toreplace their office file server with …(more)

IT-Director.comFor example, an infrastructure-as-a-service offering still needs somesystems and application software licences to make it functional, whereassoftware as a service includes all that, and so just needs user-accessdevices and connectivity. …(more)

FundamentalsStorebrand Bank has selected leading Nordic IT service company Tieto toprovide Software as a Service (SaaS) solution for its capital marketsbusiness. Tieto runs the service from its carbon-neutral data centre,taking full responsibility for ensuring …(more)

FinextraStorebrand Bank has selected leading Nordic IT service company Tieto toprovide Software as a Service (SaaS) solution for its capital marketsbusiness. Tieto runs the service from its carbon-neutral data centre,taking full responsibility for ensuring …(more)

InfoWorld (blog)Think of it as a golden opportunity to upgrade your infrastructure In thepast year or two, I wouldn’t be surprised if some excitable businessmanagement type has come up to you and asked a loaded question: “So whatare we doing about cloud computing? …(more)

AddPR.com (press release)The firm cloud computing deal with anything that involves delivering hostedservice over the Internet. Cloud computing is applied more on theinformation technology today which helps the business reduces the cost forhost computer. …(more)

Salesforce …GlobeNewsWire (press release)One of the first to bring Wall Street experience to Cloud Computing,Navatar Group is a leading provider of cloud solutions for the financialsector, with customers in more than 20 countries. We pioneered the conceptof cloud products where customers …(more)

Software as a Service testing, red-design, QA is a QA Freelance Jobavailable on iFreelance.com. I have designed a web-based softwareapplication that is …(more)

India Infoline.comBecause cloud computing is both a service and a platform for hostingnext-gen service features and content, cloud testing is a major priority.Cloud testing gives visibility to enterprises how their applications wouldperform on a cloud platform form a …(more)

ZDNet AsiaAnnounced last September, the partnership saw VMware provide the cloudplatform, management and security features for SingTel’sinfrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering, or PowerON Compute, he noted.SingTel is one of seven industry partners …(more)

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SBWire (press release)Dallas, TX — (SBWIRE) — 03/28/2011 — In comparison to othertechnologies, the SaaS based expense management market is relatively smallwith low adoption rates. Despite this, the market is expected to see goodgrowth with several big players driving …(more)

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Marketwire (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire - March 28, 2011) - PivotLink, the leadingprovider of business intelligence (BI) solutions delivered via Software asa Service (SaaS), today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn asone of the OnDemand Top 100 …(more)

PCWorldSaaS (software as a service) vendors have had an uneasy relationship withthe channel at times, since the fact that the software is delivered fromthe vendor’s own data centers means the line is blurred over who “owns” thedirect customer relationship …(more)

InformationWeekLooking at information quality as a service, IT must take on the role ofnot just service provider but also educator. Data quality, in fact, liessmack at the intersection of BPM and data governance– the cross-hairs, ifyou will, of what Forrester …(more)

HealthNewsDigest.comThe cost advantages that cloud computing offers are enticing, especially ina time when healthcare organizations are investing in robust computingtechnology as part of their plan to qualify for the federal government’s$20 billion-plus HITECH …(more)

V3.co.ukby Dan Worth Neelie Kroes, the vice president for the Digital Agenda, hasoutlined her belief that cloud computing needs stronger regulations inorder to ensure its continued growth. In a blog post, she said it wasnecessary for the European Commission …(more)

ZDNet (blog)By Dana Gardner | March 28, 2011, 9:31am PDT Solving this is no small feat,
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PCWorldBy Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Cybercriminals are taking a page from the
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Complex.comBy Reggie Ugwu, | Mar 28, 2011 | 3:13 pm | Permalink Ever since shrinking
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ComputerworldWe use a lot of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications over theInternet, and I’ve put each of them through a thorough vendor securityreview. I want to do the same thing for our new service, now that we aregetting into the SaaS business. …(more)

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These services are broadly divided into three categories:Infrastructure-as-a- Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) andSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS). The name cloud computing was inspired by thecloud symbol that’s often used to …(more)

Survey SaysSmall Business News from Gaebler.comA new survey from Microsoft finds that the number of small businesses whouse cloud computing services is expected to increase by 34 percent in thenext three years. While social media may have been one of the biggest itemsin technology news for …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)In December 2010, the Company released the first version of its Green2Ccloud computing platform: Calm 1.0. The Company developed the Platformafter projecting that cloud computing would be the future development trendfor the virtualization industry. …(more)

Investor’s Business DailyBy J. BONASIA, INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 06:18 PM ET Web-based cloud
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SYS-CON Media (press release)Mentor Graphics’ board Monday unanimously rejected Carl Icahn’s month-oldoffer to buy the joint for $1.9 billion, which translates into $17 a share.It says it’s too little. It also said that “Icahn’s proposal that Mentorput itself up for sale to a …(more)

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Online PR News (press release)Gale Technologies, a leading provider of innovative software solutions thatpower IT as a Service for the lab, data center, and cloud, is now offeringthe GaleForce Turnkey Cloud solution, which allows customers to converttheir existing IT …(more)

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SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)According to research conducted by a GFK (Global Research North America)Survey, only about one in ten consumers understand the term, CloudComputing. This is surprising with the amount of connectivity out theretoday where information and data are …(more)

Zawya (press release)Delivered as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, it is designed to beeasy to deploy and maintain. The Talent Management Suite is a key componentof SunGard Higher Education’s Human Capital Management offerings, whichincludes Banner Human …(more)

RegisterA new abstract posted by lead researcher Helen Wang explains that ServiceOSsupports the SaaS (software as a service) approach, also a heavy focus forHP. Using the platform, a “master copy of a user’s applications resides inthe cloud and cached on …(more)

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PR-USA.net (press release)ValGenesis, Inc., an industry-leading provider of Validation LifecycleManagement (VLM) software solutions, today announced the availability ofits industry-proven solution as an On-Demand software as a service (SaaS)offering hosted on MUSA’s …(more)

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IT Business NetBut it’s his latest venture, cloud-computing service Gaikai, which promisesto revolutionize interactive entertainment by letting players enjoy almostany electronic amusement online with a single click. We asked Perry toexplain how — for developers, …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Motorola Mobility is building a web-based mobile OS of its own as a”possible alternative” to the Android operating system powering its Xoomtablet according to InformationWeek, which says it’s been hiring Apple andAdobe engineers for the purpose. …(more)

ZDNet (blog)By Joe McKendrick | March 25, 2011, 3:56pm PDT The latest Microsoft
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Within …PR Newswire (press release)The study also looked at adoption of software as a service (SaaS) andinfrastructure as a service (IaaS) and found that SMBs that are adoptingboth SaaS and IaaS services are larger, more growth-oriented and moreinterested in additional services, …(more)

Washington TechnologyIf near-term cost savings are the most important consideration, then yourcustomer’s first action should be to review software-as-a-service (SaaS)applications that are available through Apps.gov. SaaS applications aremultitenant — that is, …(more)

Montreal Gazette”The latest offerings in that area include either systems that areinstalled on site, or systems that can be accessed on the Internet (usuallyknown as ’software as a service,’ or SaaS),” he says. “One advantage ofSaaS is that it does not require a …(more)

InformationWeekFor HP those new lines are platform as a service, data warehousing,analytics, and, for consumers and businesses alike, an app store. That lastone will probably play Sears to Apple’s Bloomingdale’s, but it’s a newbusiness announced, so that box gets …(more)

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Information Management”There’s hype in it,” Perretta says of ‘cloud computing,’ “But there’ssubstance as well.” In State Street’s private cloud, customers do notinteract with it over the public Internet on computers run and maintainedby someone else. …(more)

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ZDNet UKBy Lori MacVittie , 26 March, 2011 09:13 Cloud computing is not some
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ComputerworldHe previously was CIO at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field,Calif., where he was founder of NASA’s Nebula Cloud Computing Platform.Prior to joining NASA in 2006, he helped create the online communityClassmates.com, the vacation rental site …(more)

MacworldThe Lexington, Mass., biopharmaceutical company uses Amazon’s EC2infrastructure and S3 storage services, as well as software-as-a-serviceoptions when possible, says Nate McBride, executive director of IT. “We’removing all of our storage to that …(more)

Bradenton HeraldIn the news release, GfK Survey: Cloud Computing Has the Power to EnhanceConsumer Data Consumption, But Obstacles Hinder Greater Short-TermAdoption, issued 24-Mar-2011 by GfK Business & Technology over PR Newswire,we are advised by the company that …(more)

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“Cloud Computing will become more entrenched in reality as it continues tocost- effectively solve real-world problems and as it enables new revenueopportunities,” stated Andy Land, Vice President of Marketing at UnboundID,…(more)

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PR Web (press release)SAManage, a leading provider of SaaS IT management software, todayannounced that Hans van Stek has been appointed as General Manager, EMEA.Also joining SAManage is Nir Tzur, who will serve as VP of Engineering. Thenewly appointed executives will …(more)

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istockAnalyst.com (press release)QAD On Demand is QAD’s cloud ERP offering, delivering full strength ERP inSoftware as a Service (SaaS) model. “QAD views China as a key growthmarket,” noted Daniel Lender, CFO of QAD. “We are excited to announcegeneral availability of QAD Enterprise …(more)

InformationWeekProcurement and implementation, not the technology, will complicategovernment cloud deployment according to a Federal Cloud ComputingInitiative contractor. By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek Federalagency IT managers should think carefully …(more)

Experian QAS Data Quality News (UK)Two public lectures on the topic of cloud computing on hosted systems areto be held at the University of Cambridge next month. The events are beinghosted by the Faculty of Philosophy in association with Microsoft ResearchCambridge and will address a …(more)

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Mass High TechBy Galen Moore A former Citrix Systems Inc. executive is behind a startup,
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Express ComputerCloud computing and virtualization is his answer to them. Traditionaldistributed computing models require individual management for hundreds orthousands of desktops across the enterprise. The support burden furtherincreases with the size of the …(more)

CRNBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN Cloud computing changes the game for VARs and
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SYS-CON Media (press release)Contrary to its supposed open source belief system, Google is rationingHoneycomb, the tablet-optimized version of Android, ostensibly to keep itout of the hands of people who might customize it. Supposedly the widgetryisn’t ready to be messed with. …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)It’s a matter of newfangled centralized cloud computing versus old-linedecentralized network design, the paper said. It separates packet switchingmechanisms from control functions. SDN comes out of six years of researchat Stanford and Berkeley. …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)The arrival of robust off-the-shelf products means telcos no longer need tobuild their own cloud platforms, which could mean the end of Infrastructureas a Service (IaaS) offerings, Chappell says. “IaaS is becoming a commodityservice, and it may even …(more)

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VatorNewsThe new funds will help Voxel secure its footprint in theInfrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) industry. Founded in 1999 as a Linuxhosting business, Voxel now offers a suite of on-demand hosting services,including a hybrid cloud hosting service that …(more)

Business Wire (press release)The OnDemand 100 recognizes emerging Internet companies disrupting theestablished enterprise and pioneering cloud computing and Software as aService (SaaS) technologies and solutions. PowerReviews was selected forthe OnDemand Top 100 by the AlwaysOn …(more)

MarketWatchThe IPO follows another successful debut a week ago by business softwarecompany Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ:CSOD) , which offerssoftware-as-a-service to enable customers to train employees. Cornerstone’sstock was down 4% Friday to $18.23, …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Delivered through Software as a Service (SaaS), Bullhorn is backed by themost compressive roster of cloud-based partner solutions and continues tomeet the evolving business and recruitment needs of thousands of firmsworldwide, including some of the …(more)

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CRNThe move to launch a cloud computing channel play comes just after Wayne,Penn.-based SunGard Availability Services, the service provider businesswithin SunGard, launched its SunGard Enterprise Cloud Services, a cloudcomputing services offering that …(more)

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Forbes (blog)Government cloud computing, however, is changing this image fast. Longknown for it’s glacial speed and risk avoidance culture, the US FederalGovernment is moving with surprising speed into the brave new world ofcloud computing. …(more)

Forbes (blog)It offers Web services like cloud computing and cloud storage serviceofferings, in which it competes with bigger players like Google, Microsoftand Salesforce.com. Amazon also owns and operates websites such asAudible.com, IMDB.com, and Shelfari.com. …(more)

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SYS-CON Media (press release)”We conducted an extensive search for the right video solution, andultimately Kaltura demonstrated the highest level of flexibility, deep andspecific expertise, and Kaltura is the only provider that has both SaaS andself-hosted deployment options to …(more)

Computerworld New ZealandBy David Watson | Auckland | Thursday, 24 March, 2011 The adoption of cloud
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Digital …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Contenix debuted the Contenix Application Portal, a SaaS-based solutionthat enables premium brands to control, manage and distribute their digitalbrand assets across global channels - all via the cloud and from oneeasy-to-use dashboard. …(more)

RightScale, a provider in cloud computing management, on Tuesday announceda global partnership with Tata Communications, a global provider of a newworld of communications and the InstaCompute cloud offering. Specificallytailored to …(more)

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BloombergBy Dina Bass - Thu Mar 24 20:15:26 GMT 2011 Oracle Corp. (ORCL), the
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Siliconrepublic.comIDA Ireland and Microsoft are on a mission to New York today to encourageUS cloud computing companies to locate their cloud operations in Ireland.As many as 20000 cloud jobs could be created in Ireland. Cloud computinghas been identified as a major …(more)

Wall Street JournalDemand for the company’s software-as-a-service, or SaaS, offerings has beenaccelerating, which has had the effect of lowering overall near-termrevenue but increasing subscription revenue and bookings. The company hasalso noticed a trend of …(more)

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PCWorldBy Jennifer Baker, IDG News The head of the European Commission’s digital
agenda has put interoperability and standards at the forefront of the cloudcomputing agenda. “Users must be able to change their cloud provider asfast and easily as changing …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)RightScale, a provider of cloud computing management, on Tuesday announcedthat RightScale customers have substantially expanded the use of cloudcomputing in their companies, with a rapid increase in the number andvariety of RightScale ServerTemplate …(more)

Infosecurity Magazine (US) (blog)During his 20-plus-year career in the information security industry,Allison has served in management and technical roles, including thedevelopment of NaviSite’s cloud computing platform; chief engineer anddeveloper for a managed security operations …(more)

I think that the PR effort around Openstack has had a tremendous effect onits success thus far but it is adjunct to the project and not the meat ofthe …(more)

RegisterAfter just 18 months with Rackspace, OpenStack chief architect Rick Clarkhas left the company for Cisco, accusing his ex-employer of exerting undocontrol over the open source project. Clark was hired from Ubuntu shopCanonical in 2009 to apply his …(more)

Enterprise IrregularsNot that I want to veer into a ‘green crystals’ debate here about whosemulti-tenancy follows the one true path. But the fact remains that thereare ways of …(more)

GigaOmAs an example Bechtolsheim pointed to is the OpenStack project, anopen-source cloud platform, which hopes to compete with several proprietarycloud platforms including those being developed by Microsoft and VMware.RackSpace is spearheading the …(more)

Forbes (blog)Salesforce.com is a pure cloud computing player offering a number ofcloud-based products including customer relationship management software aswell as its development platform Force.com. Salesforce.com competes withSAP, Oracle, Microsoft and IBM in …(more)

TMC NetBy Anil Sharma To capitalize on widespread pan-European demand for its
services, Vindicia, a provider of SaaS (News - Alert) billing solutionsthat help digital leaders optimize customer retention and acquisitionthrough integrated marketing best …(more)

New York TimesAcknowledging that so-called cloud computing will blur the distinctionsbetween computers and networks, about two dozen big information technologycompanies plan to announce on Tuesday a new standards-setting group forcomputer networking. …(more)

DelimiterPerth-headquartered IT services group ASG has standardised oninfrastructure from existing partner IBM as it builds out its cloudcomputing base. Early this year, ASG announced it had signed a SAP-relatedcontract with mining company, CITIC Pacific, …(more)

BenzingaFounded in 1996, Replicon, Inc. is the market leader inSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based time and expense tracking software.Serving more than 1.5 million users in 70 countries, Replicon enables 7300companies of all sizes to increase their …(more)

By Megan McClure
Radish’s ChoiceView software allows customer-service, social commerce, andtech- support-driven businesses as well as individual PC users tocommunicate real- time voice and visual information with a mobile deviceuser. … Based in Boulder, Radish Systems, LLC is improving the waybusinesses communicate with smart mobile device users through itsChoiceView Communications-as-a-Service technology platform, available as ageneral app on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch; …(more)

InfoWorldI’m not talking about those people who actually design clouds, meaningthose who create multitenancy approaches, use-based account subsystems, andthe like, …(more)

ZDNet (blog)By Dan Kusnetzky | March 22, 2011, 2:44am PDT CA and IDG study indicates
that cloud computing is redefining IT’s role to that of supply-chainmanagement and require IT staff members to acquire more business skills.Daniel Kusnetzky, Distinguished …(more)

StorageAME InfoHP today announced the integration of 3PAR Utility Storage across the HPConverged Infrastructure portfolio to simplify scalable cloud computing,and introduced new storage solutions for virtualization and datadeduplication. …(more)

InformationWeekCredenceHealth, an 18-month-old Nashville, Tenn., firm that employs about12, sells via a software-as-a-service model clinical surveillance softwarethat monitors patient data in real-time from hospitals’ electronic medicalrecord systems. …(more)

Data …Business Wire (press release)New technologies such as SaaS based policy and cloud based computing areexpected to generate product sales. Most of the policy enforcers continueto be mobile broadband providers. The overall market is expected to grow.Increase in data and growing …(more)

By Adrian Bridgwater
Not central software services such as core apps, Platform-as-a-Servicefundamentals, or even infrastructural cloud elements such as storage,database functions and networking connectors. Those we’ve all discussed tothe nth degree right …(more)

ZDNetBy Phil Wainewright | March 22, 2011, 6:36am PDT I don’t believe you can
get the full benefits of multi-tenancy just by porting your app to aplatform that …(more)

I don’t believe you can get the full benefits of multi-tenancy just byporting your app to a platform that grafts it on. Cloud platform vendorGigaspaces …(more)

Web Host Industry ReviewWhat Microsoft calls the Hyper-V Cloud is the infrastructure cloud built bycustomers using Microsoft’s Dynamic Data Center Toolkit. …(more)

With …Bradenton HeraldrPath, the service factory for on-demand IT, today announced theavailability of rPath X6, an IT-as-a-service platform for thenext-generation data center that automates the delivery and management ofsoftware systems across physical, virtual and cloud …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)The company’s web-based financial management software manages the processesassociated with fees, commissions and payouts to help increase revenue andoperational efficiency, and reduce costs. The Software as a Service (SaaS)platform automates middle- …(more)

Creative MacFiberlink has set the standard for what it means to deliver a trueSaaS-based mobility solution that can be securely accessed on-demandthrough the Internet. Vendors that host their existing on-premise solutionsand label it SaaS can’t offer the …(more)

Virtualization ReviewWith vCloud, Virtacore built pools of virtual servers, with users rentingcapacity on a monthly … The vCloud Express service is built on a publiccloud. …(more)

ForbesIf you’re interested in more details, I invite you to watch my keynotespeeches here, or visit our Hyper-V Cloud web site. Let us know yourthoughts!(more)

InformationWeek (blog)By Alison Diana InformationWeek ON24, a developer of software as a service
(SaaS) applications, on Tuesday released a platform that allows businessesto personalize Webcasts and build custom Webcasting applications, enablingviewers to interact with …(more)

GigaOm22, 2011, 8:33am PT No Comments Cloud platform-as-a-service startupDotCloud has raised $10 million from Benchmark Capital and TrinityVentures, further evidence that openness will be critical if PaaS is tobecome the future of cloud computing. …(more)

GigaOmUp until now, VMware has had the hypervisor-based hybrid cloud computingmarket largely to itself with its vCloud initiative, but Microsoft couldnow change …(more)

ZDNetMany Asia-Pacific organizations are deploying SaaS to meet their key ITneeds and overcome challenges posed by the rising cost of deploying andmanaging traditional software systems. Commentary - There’s no doubt thatSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) or …(more)

VMware vCloud Connector Make Hybrid Cloud Computing a reality - QuicklyMove Applications from Internal Datacenter to BlueLock Virtual Datacentersand.(more)

vCloud Business Development Manager, JapanJob ID 21752-VMDivision SalesJobLocation TokyoCityState Country Job Status Full TimeJob Category …(more)

AboundCRNBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN And a major hurdle is in shying away from its
traditional hardware-focused business and taking a cloud computing mindsetto market. “It’s going to be a challenge…the reality is, in theirbusiness today there’s a lot to lose,” …(more)

Wall Street Journal(MSFT) wants the EU to harmonize rules governing cloud computing, wheredata is stored remotely, in order to give the bloc of 27 countries acompetitive advantage, the group’s Brussels-based counsel said Tuesday. “Onprivacy and data retention, …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Upgrades to version 3.1 include porting to cloud computing, which willprovide substantial benefits to both the company and consumers because itwill eliminate current bandwidth limitations and the need for additionalserver capacity. …(more)

E-Commerce TimesBeyond connected endpoints, HP’s strategy also extends across the datacenter, particularly in solutions and services related to cloud computing.The company will continue to deliver solutions based on traditionalenterprise …(more)

CRNBy Rick Whiting, CRN Microsoft is pitching its new System Center 2012
system management suite as a way for business to begin transitioning theirtraditional IT systems to private and public cloud computing services.Microsoft unveiled System Center …(more)

InformationWeekGSA assistant commissioner Mary Davie tries to dispel cloud computing’myths’ and says a phased deployment strategy will raise the chances forsuccessful projects. By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek Moving to thecloud is easier, …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)CoSentry serves as a one source provider of data center, cloud computingand managed technical services. For over 10 years CoSentry has been helpingclients create and protect technology platforms to compete in today’sALWAYS ON business environment. …(more)

It debate here about whose multitenancy follows the one true path But thefact remains that there are ways of emulating multitenancy that deliver aquickfix …(more)