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June 24, 2011

Daily Cloud Feed – Jun 24, 2011

This post is a daily aggregation of all news links from @onsaas. This post is automatically generated everyday at 11:45PM UTC.

  • Wyoming switches to Google’s email, calendar systems
  • 9NEWS.com”It really means that the state is kind of going a new direction in termsof adopting cloud computing,” Wyoming Chief Information Officer FlintWaters said. “It’s having the latest software available to you through aweb interface. …(more)

  • CIO Cloud Summit Provides some Cloud Reality
  • Wireless WeekHonestly, I could attend a cloud computing event every week, if not two orthree. Many of these events are the typical vendor showcase where I getbriefed all day by the tech vendors and cloud service providers. That’s whyit was so refreshing to spend …(more)

  • SMEs embracing new opportunities in cloud computing
  • Dynamic BusinessIt can be argued that the beginnings of cloud computing can be traced backto when Salesforce launched its automation software as a service. Indeedprior to this, most businesses of any size were content to buy softwarethat needed to be installed on …(more)

  • 8×8 Promises Big VAR Returns In New Cloud Networking Channel Program
  • CRN8x8′s roots are in producing chips and software for the videoconferencingmarket as well as chips for VoIP manufacturers, and it began sellingend-to-end VoIP services in 1999 following several acquisitions. In 2010,8×8 shifted its focus to providing …(more)

  • openstack-dashboard-networking-poc : Code : Dashboard for OpenStack
  • 1) OpenStack Quantum( previously known as Network as a Service or NaaS) …2) Demonstrates an UI for OpenStack Networking, in a manner consistent with…(more)

  • Drawing a Curtain Around the Cloud
  • TechnoratiThis week, the cloud computing start-ups Bromium and ScaleXTreme eachannounced exceptional investor funding of $9.2 and $11 millionrespectively. Bromium promises to deliver security services for the cloud,while ScaleXTreme specializes in helping …(more)

  • Oracle’s Ellison Were cloud 2.0 multitenancy religion a crock | ZDNet
  • Oracle’s Ellison Were cloud 2.0 multitenancy religion a crock … Cloud 2.0is people say were not building multitenancy software Remember when Istarted my …(more)

  • Curtin University deploys Office 365
  • iTWireBy Renai LeMay Perth’s Curtin University has flagged plans to deploy
    Microsoft’s Office 365 software as a service productivity suite, in one ofthe first major known local implications of the technology and ahead ofwhat is expected to be a substantial …(more)

  • Enterprise Java upgrade geared to PaaS clouds
  • InfoWorldBy Paul Krill | InfoWorld The next version of enterprise Java will be
    fitted with capabilities for PaaS (platform-as-a-service) cloud computing,an Oracle official said Thursday afternoon in offering specifics on what toexpect in the upgrade. …(more)

  • Orb Data offers Tivoli-as-a-Service for SMEs
  • ComputingBuckinghamshire-based Orb Data’s two service models, Remote Support andTivoli-as-a-Service (TaaS), are aimed at SMEs without the resources to beable to manage the Tivoli application platform. Tivoli is the servicemanagement brand of the IBM Software …(more)

  • Cloud Computing to Drive Growth in Business Process Management Market …
  • Gamut NewsInternet and Cloud Computing technologies are likely to propel the businessprocess management market, thanks to their ability to provide real time,usable data and information, as well as the providing straightforwardapplication building capabilities …(more)

  • Scality: Climbing The Cloud Storage Heights
  • NetworkComputing.comThe traditional storage business models of NAS and SAN have been worthwhilefor many enterprises, but the question remains whether NAS or SAN (or somecombination of both) is best for cloud computing environments. Scality, astorage vendor with offices …(more)

  • openstackcloudcomputingOpenstack Default ports for services msg …
  • SubjectOpenstack Default ports for services msg00256 … to keep track ofdefault ports for services to avoid conflicts A wiki page onwikiopenstackorg …(more)

  • What Can Cloud Computing Mean for Your Company?
  • Business InsiderCloud computing can do everything, or only some things if you don’t needeverything. Cloud Computing. It’s one of those new small-businessbuzzwords, yet, 71 percent of small businesses said in an eWeek.com surveythat they’ve never heard of it, …(more)

  • Infosys sees big opportunities in cloud computing
  • Moneycontrol.comPublished on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 17:45 | Source : PTI Country’s secondlargest software exporter Infosys is eyeing big opportunities in cloudcomputing but advocates that there is need to put in place a policyframework for the same. …(more)

  • Businesses Have Tough Decisions To Make About Cloud Computing
  • NetworkComputing.comA survey of attendees at a cloud computing conference this week in SiliconValley, shows that, despite ongoing concerns about what approach to take tothe cloud, IT professionals and business executives know they have to adaptto the new technology. …(more)

  • Cloud Computing: Sun Burns Oracle
  • SYS-CON Media (press release)Oracle performed trimly enough last quarter reporting results Thursday thattore through estimates and whisper numbers. It plunked earnings of 75 centsa share, or $3.9 billion, up 27%, on Wall Street’s plate. On a GAAP basisearnings were up 36%. …(more)

  • SaaS vendor avoids downtime with SIOS high availability failover
  • Search StorageSan Francisco-based ezRez Software, an online travel Software-as-a-Service(SaaS) vendor, runs SIOS Technology Corp.’s SteelEye Protection Suite (SPS)for Linux for high availability failover of its PostgreSQL-based platform….(more)

  • BeroNet GmbH Unveils World’s First SaaS Cloud Based Solution
  • TMC NetBy Deepika Mala BeroNet GmbH, Europe’s premier manufacturer of ISDN,
    Analog, Hybrid and Fixed GSM VoIP PCI Cards, Gateways and Appliances, hasrecently introduced ‘BeroCloud’, the world’s first SaaS (News – Alert)Cloud based Solution. …(more)

  • What Can Cloud Computing Mean for Your Company? | Small Business …
  • By Allison Midori Reilly
    Cloud computing can refer to software as a service, such as Salesforce.comfor customer relationship management (CRM); to file storage,synchronization, backup, and other utility computing, such as Dropbox; andto infrastructure as a …(more)

  • Dispatches from Structure cloud conference
  • SearchCIO-Midmarket.comSAN FRANCISCO — For a who’s who of cloud industry bigwigs debating how todo cloud computing versus the standard “what is” cloud computing blah-blah,this week’s Structure conference was the place to be. Let’s face it, that”what is” debate is …(more)

  • Hosters, ISVs, SaaS and Cloud Providers Amass at HostingCon to Shape Future
  • of …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)This fast growth is driven in part through technology advancement fromcloud computing, Software as a Service, Smart phones, and streaming video.Further, The 451 Group, parent company of Tier 1 Research, expects acontinuation of strong M&A activity …(more)

  • NovaStor Positions as Global Storage Specialist for MSPs
  • MSPmentorNovaStor has been in the overall backup and recovery market for over 20years and in the cloud/SaaS (Software-as-a-Service)/online data space forover 15 years. According to Andrews, NovaStor has thousands of partnersthat offer backup infrastructure. …(more)

  • Take advantage of cloud computing: Infosys CEO
  • The HinduPhoto: G. Krishnaswamy Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan on Friday favouredcreation of a regulatory framework to tap the huge cloud computingpotential for providing citizen services. Talking to reporters afterdelivering a talk on ‘Growing penetration …(more)

  • VMWare may Just be Seeing Red (Hat) in the Cloud
  • The Data Center JournalIts main arsenal in this battle is the rapid growth of OVA or OpenVirtualization Alliance and the company’s own open source platform forcloud computing. VMware’s Cloud Foundry is seeing a barrage of attack from65 companies which have joined the Open …(more)

  • DreamHost Pledges Support to OpenStack Project by www …
  • By THN News
    (The Hosting News) – DreamHost, a global full-service web hosting company,today announced its commitment to support the development of OpenStack, anopen.(more)

  • NBN highs and myki lows
  • ZDNet AustraliaOracle’s Ellison: We’re cloud 2.0, multitenancy religion a crock | ZDNet:http://t.co/K2WmJ9B RT @DrInfoSec: Travelodge investigates customer databreach …(more)

  • Eclipse Foundation`s Indigo Release Empowers Java Developers
  • eWeekEclipse extensions are instrumental to developers working on a broad rangeof frameworks ranging from the tried and true Spring to the more recentcrop of web frameworks such as Google Web Toolkit, and now to PAAS[Platform-as-a-Service] and cloud …(more)

  • Nefsis offers video and collaboration in the cloud
  • Network WorldIt’s unusual for us to cover VoIP, video conferencing, collaboration andcloud-based software as a service (SaaS) — especially when it is all aboutone company’s offer, but in this newsletter edition we can do so after arecent introduction to Nefsis …(more)

  • Quadrant 4 Systems Details Cloud Computing Offerings and Go-to-Market
  • StrategyMarketWatch (press release)(otcqb:QFOR), a leading IT consulting company (“Quadrant”), today announceddetails regarding its Cloud Computing Offerings and go-to-market strategyto launch Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), andInfrastructure as a Service …(more)

  • Searchlight Comments on Its Opportunity in a Growing Cloud Computing
  • Market …MarketWatch (press release)ATLANTA, GA, Jun 24, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Searchlight SolutionsLtd. (pinksheets:SLLN) today comments on recent reports that highlight thegrowth potential of the cloud computing industry. — TG Daily reports cloudcomputing market to hit …(more)

  • Top cloud candidates? Startups and non-critical apps
  • ZDNet (blog)By Jason Hiner | June 24, 2011, 1:57pm PDT The 2011 Future of Cloud
    Computing Survey was the headliner of the Structure Conference. See themost interesting slides and cloud leaders’ comments on the survey. LarryDignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and …(more)

  • OneLogin Raises $1.5M to Further Democratize Identity & Access Management
  • Sacramento Bee”As the SaaS migration landslide gains momentum, executives are becomingincreasingly concerned about the security of their most sensitive data,”said Devdutt Yellukar, Charles River Ventures partner. “OneLogin’seasy-to-use solution makes enterprise …(more)

Daily Log News Feed – Jun 24, 2011

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Daily ITIL News Feed – Jun 24, 2011

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