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Forbes (blog)Consumerization, virtualization, cloud computing, software as a service,mobility are all increasing the complexity of the job of managing IT byorders of magnitude. The vast majority of CIOs are not ready to handlechallenge of managing today’s IT …(more)

This blog is used to disseminate information about what’s going on in thevirtual cloud computing market.(more)

Right now, we have the following vCloud-related modules org.jclouds.common/vcloud-common org.jclouds.common/trmk-common org.jclouds.api/vcloudexpress…(more)

We have, in effect, evolved SMX to become a ‘platform as a service’. We’veleveraged the open architecture of the SMX platform to maximise our abilityto …(more)

Issue 634: unhook vcloud and vcloud-express. 2 people starred this issueand may be notified of … Right now, we have the following vCloud-relatedmodules …(more)

iTWireBy Peter Dinham Compuware has joined HP and IBM at the top of the
leaderboard as the third largest global system management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendor. With HP and IBM ranked first and secondrespectively, Compuware had the highest growth …(more)

SaaS …BenzingaAs a provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) integrated talent acquisitionand talent management solutions for 1700 of the world’s leading companies,security of data relating to job applicants and employees is anincreasingly important priority for …(more)

InfoWorldBy David Linthicum Cloud computing must be green. After all, those who
provide cloud computing technology say so, most cloud advocates say so, andeven those who check up on such things say so. Take the Carbon DiscloserProject, for example. …(more)

eWeekBusinesses are looking to service providers of smart phones and tablets tooffer solutions with mobile devices, AMI said. The use of smart phones andtablet PCs by US small to medium-size businesses (SMBs), businesses withfewer than 1000 employees, …(more)

Data Center KnowledgeThe Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit has been making headlines inrecent days, unveiling new auto scaling features last night, whilesecurities analysts speculate how much revenue the AWS business isgenerating. Meanwhile, the New York Times …(more)

Computerworld (blog)Muglia, the ex-president of the Software And Tools Business (STB) is off tohelp Juniper with its cloud computing strategy. In IT Blogwatch, bloggersfollow the money. Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits foryour entertainment. …(more)

Business …BenzingaHeadquartered in Naples, Florida, OnFast was founded in 2010 by serialinternet and travel technology entrepreneur Aaron Shepherd. The company isa cloud-based software as a service provider for the online coupon andsocial network marketing space with …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”Northcore has a toolset that presents an excellent fit with our enterpriseplatform,” said Van Potter, CEO of Manuweb Software Inc. “We stronglybelieve that there are significant opportunities for both companies tocross sell our respective solutions …(more)

Collection …PR Newswire (press release)ADI Time offers a wide variety of on-site software-as-a-service (SaaS)solutions designed to fit each customer’s application or needs. Through itsopen API, ADI Time and its partners offer a seamless solution to customerswhile greatly simplifying …(more)

CRNBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN Dell is pushing its allegiance to the Rackspace-led
OpenStack open source cloud project to the next level with the launch of anInfrastructure-as-a-Service play based on the OpenStack cloud operatingsystem. …(more)

Washington Post (blog)By Hayley Tsukayama Software industry group SIIA said policymakers should
not specifically legislate cloud computing. Above, Apple CEO Steve Jobstalks about the music component of iCloud at the Worldwide DevelopersConference in San Francisco, Monday, …(more)

One Stop ClickA senior figure at Amazon has asserted that cloud computing is becoming anincreasingly popular IT solution for companies within Europe and that thistrend will continue over the next few years. Adam Selipsky, vice-presidentat Amazon Web Services, …(more)

GigaOmMore and more, the Rackspace-led project looks like the Linux of cloudcomputing software. For its part, Dell’s reference architecture is basedupon its PowerEdge C servers designed for cloud computing, and leverages aDell-developed software tool …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)RIM Monday morning described itself as swollen and said it would lay off2000 people, 11% of its staff. The company said a few weeks ago that itwould make cuts in an attempt to compete with the Apple and Android tabletsand phones that are killing it. …(more)

SolutionMarketWatch (press release)ROUND ROCK, Texas, Jul 26, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — To further advance theadoption of open source Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Dell todayannounced the first available cloud solution offering based on theOpenStack platform–the Dell OpenStack …(more)

EnterprisesBusiness Wire (press release)Mycroft Inc. is the innovation leader in delivering cloud-based IT identityand security solutions as a service. Focused on the configuration, deliveryand management of its offerings, the company seamlessly integrates softwareand professional …(more)

Electronic …MarketWatch (press release)By leveraging a multitude of deployment options, including
Software-As-A-Service (SaaS), Retalix serves a large customer base ofapproximately 60000 stores across more than 50 countries worldwide. TheCompany’s headquarters are located in Ra’anana, …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)This combines Quest’s leading identity management solution with Identropy’sbest-in-class advisory, implementation and Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS)offerings to provide organizations with an unprecedented level offlexibility, management and control …(more)

Accelerate …MarketWatch (press release)Avnet’s partners can build on these engagements to provide their end-usercustomers with the quantitative and qualitative analysis they need to makeinformed decisions on how to incorporate cloud computing into their datacenters. …(more)

Risk WatchDogCloud computing has been a hot topic in the IT world for some time. Theidea of abandoning on-site servers and moving all data and applicationsinto ‘the cloud’ brings many benefits for companies and organisationslooking to cut costs. …(more)

ManagementAdvanced TradingAlthough cloud computing adoption started in small and medium sizedcompanies, cloud services are rapidly gaining market share in theenterprise. Despite these statistics, there are still misunderstandings onthe definition of cloud computing and even …(more)

PhysOrg.com(PhysOrg.com) — Microsoft has published a research paper that proposesinstalling servers used for cloud computing into homes and businesses,instead of in vast data centers. The idea being, that because such serversgenerate so much heat, …(more)

TMC NetBy Nathesh, TMCnet Contributor Dex One Corporation, a marketing solutions
provider, announced that it will be making use of Salesforce CRM as part ofits new effort to leverage new technologies to simplify selling process andat the same time aid other …(more)

Solutions …PR Newswire (press release)RIVERWOODS, Ill., July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — CCH, a Wolters Kluwerbusiness today announced it has acquired SpeedTax, a provider of innovativeSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) sales and use tax solutions. The acquisitioncontinues CCH’s expansion in the …(more)

Enterprise IrregularsBy Evangelos Simoudis on July 26, 2011 A couple of years ago while
analyzing the ways SaaS business applications could evolve we startedthinking about the social web’s impact on business processes. At the time,Facebook’s success was accelerating …(more)

GlobeNewsWire (press release)SAN FRANCISCO, July 26, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Convirture, maker ofvirtualization management software, announced today that it has joined theOpenStack initiative to contribute its resources and expertise to help movethe project along and make it a …(more)

RIVERWOODS, Ill., July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — CCH, a Wolters Kluwerbusiness today announced it has acquired SpeedTax, a provider of innovativeSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) sales and use tax solutions. The acquisitioncontinues CCH’s …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”Cloud computing is transforming the IT landscape,” said Michael Capellas,Chairman and CEO of VCE and Co-Chair of the Commission. “I am proud to saythat the Commission really took this mission seriously. In the end, weclearly identified barriers to …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Dell Tuesday picked up OpenStack - which it’s been fiddling with since theopen source initiative kicked off a year ago - and started running with it,morphing it into the Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution and positioning it as analternative to existing …(more)

Video …SYS-CON Media (press release)Sorenson Media today announced that company CEO Peter Csathy and VicePresident of Video Solutions David Dudas participated in the TechAmericaFoundation CLOUD 2 Commission, which today unveiled its highly anticipatedcloud computing roadmap to the …(more)

Software-as-a-Service …TMC Net”This ranking reaffirms our strength and leadership in the systemmanagement SaaS market and shows that our aggressive growth strategy isworking,” said Bruce Reading, senior vice president and general manager ofCompuware’s APM (News - Alert) business …(more)

ReutersBy Derrick Harris at GigaOm On Tuesday Dell announced a reference
architecture, open-source software and services offering designed to makedeploying an OpenStack-based cloud as easy as following directions. Calledthe Dell OpenStack Cloud solution, …(more)

Wall Street JournalHunt said the addition of Google Inc.’s (GOOG) Google Apps to its platform”was a significant addition” and the company continues to work onintegrating other important software-as-a-service applications into itsplatform. …(more)

PCWorldBy Grant Gross, IDG News The US government can help grow the nation’s cloud
computing market by assisting private companies in the development of cloudsecurity standards and by encouraging cloud providers to allow dataportability among them, …(more)

Video …Newsday (subscription)Click here Sorenson Media Execs Add Expertise to Cloud Computing Commissionas Sole Video Workflow Solutions Provider Making Recommendations toPresident Obama Published: July 26, 2011 1:45 PM By The Associated Press–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul. …(more)

ReadWriteWebBy David Strom / July 26, 2011 3:00 PM / 0 Comments This post is part of
our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualizationand cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Read thewhite paper about how Intel …(more)

MicroScope (blog)By Billy MacInnes on July 26, 2011 9:06 PM | No Comments There’s an
intriguing paper published by Microsoft in which the authors argue that itcould be possible to send servers used in cloud computing data centres tohouses and office buildings and use …(more)

Managing Automation MagazineThrough a new partnership, the startup’s business process managementWeb-based templates are now available via the cloud, giving users a way toconfigure quality management into enterprise applications. by StephanieNeil Silico Corp., a purveyor of …(more)

UPI.comREDMOND, Wash., July 26 (UPI) — Microsoft says installing cloud computingservers into homes and businesses could heat them instead of wasting energyby cooling the air in server data centers. A research paper published byMicrosoft in conjunction …(more)

TechSpotBig names like Microsoft and Google have already established successfulcloud computing platforms while others like Apple and their iCloud serviceare just around the corner. Reuters is reporting that Washington-basedonline retailer Amazon suspects …(more)

Objectives: The emergence of cloud computing delivery models for ITservices has many C-levels executives believing they can reduce costs andimprove …(more)

SBWire (press release)The Cloud Computing World Series will make its final stop of 2011, when itarrives in Hong Kong for the 2nd Cloud Computing World Forum Asia, takingplace on the 30th and 1st December at the Mira Hotel. The event follows onfrom the success last year’s …(more)

Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Chugoku Systems Limited today announced theavailability in Japan of a SaaS-based version of the company’s documentmanagement …(more)

iT NewsThe company used a platform-as-a-service offering from local Dimension Datasubsidiary BlueFire to provide the private cloud hosting arrangement, withsupport for RedHat and Windows operating systems as well as both VMware andCitrix hypervisors. …(more)

Perth NowAMCOM Telecommunications has signed a $9 million contract to supply cloudcomputing services to the University of WA. Under the deal, Amcom hasagreed to host dedicated cloud services for the university, with 400terabytes of storage. …(more)

InformationWeekIT’s in a position to push beyond the initial vision–”let’s deliver thisreport to a smartphone”–by helping to build a software platform that spursmore innovation. These kinds of high-profile projects let IT set a new toneand get out, …(more)

VMware is hiring! View and apply for the Sr Solution Specialist, vCloud,Central Europe Job at VMware in Germany bases.(more)

GigaOmEconomies of scale: It’s cheaper for bigger cloud computing folks to makeefficiency improvements because they can spread the costs over a largerserver base and can afford to have more dedicated folks focused onefficiency improvements. …(more)

ComputerActive.co.uk From time to time, Microsoft will fix a long list of Windows bugs andsecurity problems in one go, and release the lot as a Service Pack. Thesesave people from having to download hundreds of different updates afterre-installing Windows, …(more)

for …BenzingaMore flexible, with a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) than competingproducts, A3 Modeling 2011 is available as software-as-a-service (SaaS) andon-premise offerings that tightly integrate with leading enterprise OLAPand relational database …(more)

Cable …PR Web (press release)OpenVault provides solutions which help broadband providers managebandwidth utilization on their networks and optimize the network’s revenuepotential via a unique Software as a Service (SaaS) offering. Networkproviders can purchase a host of …(more)

BenzingaPeakColo is a provider of cloud-based solutions and services includingInfrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) that is used for cloud-based solutiondeployments and as the foundation for Software-as-a-Service andPlatform-as-a-Service. …(more)

InfoWorld (blog)To help address this challenge, Uptime Software has created a newsoftware-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud management subscription service calledUptimeCloud, an online cost and capacity management service that helpsmeasure, monitor, and manage the cost and …(more)

Global Surf NewsSurfersvillage Global Surf News, 25 July, 2011 : - - If you hear peopletalking about the cloud, they probably don’t mean the sky. The cloud ismassive data centers spread out around the globe, rows of servers thatstore huge amounts of data. …(more)

India PRwire (press release)e-Zest has upgraded and strengthened cloud computing practice centreconsidering increased demand for cloud computing. Pune, Maharashtra, July24, 2011 /India PRwire/ — e-Zest, a global software product engineeringand enterprise application …(more)

ZDNet (blog)By Phil Wainewright | July 25, 2011, 2:59am PDT Since 1998, Phil
Wainewright has been a thought leader in cloud computing as a blogger,analyst and consultant. He founded pioneering website ASPnews.com, andlater Loosely Coupled, which covered …(more)

for …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)”BRIGHTRIZE’ unique combination of domain expertise, integrated IT, HR, andFinancial services offering, and SaaS hosting environment has opened up amarket for CPM that A3 Solutions could not otherwise address.” “Partneringwith A3is an obvious choice …(more)

Year”Benzinga… and 15 to Watch represent the top private, emerging companies in theGlobal Silicon Valley that are demonstrating significant market tractionand pursuing game-changing technologies in digital media, mobile, socialmedia, cloud, and SaaS computing. …(more)

Business InsiderRight now Amazon Web Services, its cloud computing unit, is small enoughthat Amazon doesn’t report its revenue, but according to estimates, itgenerated $500 million in revenue last year and will do $750 million thisyear–a 50% growth rate, …(more)

InformationWeekAdd in the inherent design restrictions of software as a service–thinkislands, not exactly designed to exchange data–and things get eventrickier. Fortunately, there are some products and best practices that canmake your apps work together. …(more)

Enterprise Apps TodayBusiness intelligence (BI) software provider MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR)has introduced its cloud-based platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and announced anew Facebook Connect Gateway for enterprise customers. Called”MicroStrategy Cloud,” the company says …(more)

InquirerBy Inquirer staff A CONSORTIUM of hardware and software vendors is starting
its second year of developing the Linux based Openstack cloud operatingsystem to take on the proprietary alternatives such as VMware. Also VMwareis not based on Red Hat, …(more)

InfoWorld (blog)By Eric Knorr Why do you need a private cloud? What could possibly induce
you to go to the time and expense of transforming a big chunk of your datacenter into an environment resembling that of a cloud service provider?Well, for one thing, …(more)

Google …Marketwire (press release)They also show preeminence of relatively new, software-as-a-service toolsamong startups and small businesses, a rising trend across all businesses.The findings also show the distribution of market share within specificcategories of products and …(more)

CRNIf that weren’t enough, Maritz has been busy gobbling up some of theindustry’s best and brightest IT talent, recruiting two of Google’s topengineers to help build Cloud Foundry, a Platform-as-a-Service for the nextgeneration of cloud applications. …(more)

Marketwire (press release)DotNetNuke 6 is compatible with Windows Azure Cloud Hosting (Platform as aService) and also provides two folder provider options (Amazon S3 and AzureFile Storage) that can be used to store files in the cloud (Storage as aService). …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)151 Ventures will rebrand the Wireless Rain CHANNELOCK program, a completechannel sales partner strategy and deployment platform, as a service to itsclients. CHANNELOCK encompasses a full range of services for channeldevelopment including: industry …(more)

TechnoratiCloud computing has definitely moved into the mainstream. You now seecommercials from Microsoft, Cisco, IBM and others every evening on primetime Cable TV. CNBC has created a Cloud Computing Special Report forinvestors to learn more about it. …(more)

Channel News AsiaAnd it’s jumping on the cloud computing bandwagon, hoping that the movewill help the firm regain ground that it had lost to tablet computers.iGware is a little-known cloud computing firm based in the US. Itssingle-page website reveals nothing about …(more)

TMC NetBy Mae Kowalke Is cloud computing a trend or a fad? That depends on whom
you ask. For early adopters and those who are enamored with the cost andefficiency benefits of the technology, cloud computing is clearly a trend.For IT managers concerned about …(more)

Security ParkThe US is adopting cloud computing faster than the UK. The drivers forcloud computing hang on cost efficiency, scalability and ease of use. Butdoes all this outweigh the risks? To many, the notion of putting more dataand more applications on the …(more)

is …PR Newswire (press release)… redundant networks and auto-recovery processes can all help, but theyseem to ignore the fundamental problems created by centralizedapplications,” said Paul Burns, president of Neovise, an analyst firmfocused on cloud computing. …(more)

Along with this, VMware has also announced the VMware product line vShield5, vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5, vCloud Director 1.5. The combination ofthree …(more)

What are the main security issues when deploying a Platform as a Service(PaaS) model of cloud computing such as Windows Azure? …(more)

informITThe suffix “as a Service” (aaS) means that the platform exists “in thecloud,” accessible to customers via the Internet. Many variations exist onthis acronym, including SaaS (Software as a Service), IaaS (Infrastructureas a Service), and so forth. …(more)

San Francisco ChronicleThe vision that Benioff has articulated for more than a decade - thatincreasingly software and services will be delivered online, via paidsubscription, in what we now call the cloud - has arrived. “Software as aservice,” a technology category that …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)According to IDC’s market analysis report titled: “Worldwide SystemManagement Software-as-a-Service 2011-2015 Forecast and 2010 VendorShares,” Compuware’s Application Performance Management (APM) business unitranked third, with SaaS revenue …(more)

Middle East North Africa Financial NetworkSpecifically designed for imaging clinical trials, thisSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) image management solution enables rapid trialstarts and increases overall efficiency of the collection, distribution andprocessing of images. …(more)

Cloud IT ProTwo of the core developers of OpenStack, the open-source cloud-computingplatform that was launched last year by Rackspace and NASA, are seizing theopportunity they helped forge to create more cloud solutions forenterprises and find more success in …(more)

All Things DigitalOne of the basic assumptions about cloud computing is that services outagesare bad. An application that goes down for one reason or another is anexpensive problem when it happens. But it’s also an expensive problem forwhich to plan ahead, …(more)

Seeking AlphaGet out your crystal balls: join several analysts in today’s guessing game,giving Amazon’s (AMZN) AWS cloud computing unit a revenue run rate. AmazonWeb Services (AWS) provide companies with an infrastructure web servicesplatform in the cloud. …(more)

National JournalThat’s one of many questions raised by the increase in cloud computing,according to a Brookings report released on Monday. Regulators need toprovide clear guidance to users of the cloud, said John Villasenor, seniorfellow in governance studies and …(more)

CRN From jaw-dropping acquisitions to mountainous investments, traditionalcarriers are putting their money where their mouths are and aggressivelyshouldering their way into the cloud computing space. For telcos, it justmakes sense. …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Google last week lost its shot at getting the Android trial delayed whilethe Patent and Trademark Office re-examines Oracle’s Java patents.Presiding judge William Alsup said the trial is still on for Halloween.Google did get its Daubert hearing. …(more)

Network WorldBut to get the job done in the era of virtualization, smartphones and cloudcomputing, you’ve got to avoid technical and political mistakes. Inparticular, here are five security mistakes to avoid: 1. Thinking that thebusiness mindset of the …(more)

eWeekIn other enterprise Linux news, Oracle acquired Ksplice and its Linux-basedhot-patching technology, and an eWEEK review says the Ubuntu-based StackopsLinux distro speeds the process of configuring and deploying OpenStackclouds. …(more)

SearchSecurityChannel.comISACA released a new guide designed to help organizations understand how toimplement effective cloud computing governance. The guide, IT ControlObjectives for Cloud Computing, aims to help readers understand cloudcomputing and how to build the …(more)

If your vCloud Director machine is on the same vCenter as the ComputeClusters are (not a best practice but it does work), you can not have thesame vCloud …(more)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based JARING is scheduled to unveil what itdescribes as a full-blown cloud in two weeks, targeting enterprisecustomers (by JARING’s …(more)

Mendix Expands Platform-as-a-Service Offering, with Version 3.0 of its …Software makes it easier for developers to work with other stakeholders toensure …(more)

We are thrilled to announce our recent investment in Piston Cloud Computingalong side Hummer Winblad, Divergent Ventures and other prominent angels….(more)

ZDNet (blog)I could have gone with OpenStack, but it was more effort than I wanted toput into something that should be little more than plug and play forsomeone that just wants to share files with family and friends. I wouldalso have to continue maintaining it, …(more)

BenzingaThey created the hosted version, called DaaS (DocuClass as a Service)combining the powerful features and userfriendly applications of theclient/server system with the convenience of a cloud-based system in asecure environment without the need for …(more)

I want to convert my current Java EE 6 app to support multi-tenancy. Atfirst, I was gonna do it “manually” by adding a tenant-id into every entityand …(more)

consumers?Asbury Park PressSteve Jobs, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., unveils the iCloudstorage system at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in June in SanFrancisco. Apple is using iCloud to try to retain its dominance in thesmartphone and tablet markets amid …(more)

Taipei TimesOn Thursday, Acer Inc chairman JT Wang unveiled the company’s plan toacquire US-based cloud-computing firm iGware Inc for US$320 million. Heshared his views with a group of reporters, including Lisa Wang of the’Taipei Times,’ about the company’s …(more)

Read ‘Cloud computing to create one lakh jobs in India: Study’ on Yahoo!News. Bangalore, July 19 (IANS) As the next technology wave, cloudcomputing by …(more)

USA TodayYou might have heard of SaaS, many small business people have. But it alsoremains a bit of a hazy subject for many, and that’s too bad because, likethe small business above, SaaS is an affordable, powerful way to run andexpand a small business. …(more)

then?ZDNet (blog)The popularity of SaaS services is also driving increased interest inInfrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)services as businesses become more comfortable with the cloud. Awareness ofdata protection legislation, …(more)

Dear all,. We have Exchange 2010 SP1 /hosting switch in our environment. Ihave installed Sharepoint 2010 hosted mode. How do we integrateorganizations …(more)

Given that Linux was the OS of choice for the top 10 supercomputers in June2011 , Linux professionals are sitting pretty in the cloud.(more)

Current SaaS providers know that improvements in the customer lifecycle canhave a substantial impact on their profitability. Selling to the rightpeople …(more)

Times of IndiaThis year the big thing we think is cloud computing. So we have a wholestrategy on cloud and we are now very focused on it.” But every quarter, HPIndia identifies emerging developments. Financial inclusion became bigtowards the end of last year. …(more)

InformationWeekBy Doug Henschen InformationWeek IBM took pains to highlight hot-button
topics like cloud computing and big-data computing in its second-quarterearnings report this week. But behind the scenes, the backbone of IBM’ssoftware profit engine is …(more)

vCloud Hosting Cloud Hosting Offers. … Introducing VMware vCloud Hostingfrom StratoGen Europe’s leading VMware Hosting Service Provider …(more)

Bradenton Herald/PRNewswire/ — A Wyle information technology executive is closely involvedwith an industry effort in defining the course of cloud computing for theFederal government. This effort will include the establishment ofrecommendations to policy makers on …(more)

NCR Corporation and Radiant Systems, Inc. announced a definitive agreementfor NCR to acquire Radiant Systems, a leading provider of multichannel …(more)

Read ‘enStratus Expands Capabilities For OpenStack’ on Yahoo! News. Newcapabilities for OpenStack Object Storage and Compute released on one-year…(more)

Delegated Administration / Multi-Tenancy in View 4.6. Hey all,. Whensetting up a pilot environment we came across a couple of hiccups. …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Philadelphia based Software-as-a-Service Distributor Excel Micro, Inc. hasassisted thousands of companies migrate to the cloud and sees cloudcomputing not as a trend, but as an industry standard. Companies ranging inall sizes and all industries …(more)

By Dan Rowinski
OpenStack is a popular open source cloud operating system used by more than90 companies and the U.S. government. In the world of cloud, OpenStack iswhere the cool kids hang out and where some of the most talented developersin the …(more)

Computerworld AustraliaNow, telcos such as Telstra, Optus and Macquarie Telecom talk of the Cloudwith gusto and services offerings across Infrastructure-as-a-Service(IaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) movedown into the mid-market. …(more)

ReutersO) Inc’s cloud computing unit may be its next billion-dollar business andanalysts will be watching for clues on how fast this secretive unit isgrowing when the Internet retailer reports results next week. Amazon WebServices started small in 2006 by …(more)

By J.C. Hornbeck
System Center Virtual Machine Manager Microsoft SCVMM Virtualization.(more)

eWeek”When it comes to storage as a service, customers demand 100 percent uptimeand ironclad security. That is exactly what we give them, and the SLAformalizes our commitment. Our confidence is based on extensive, long-termmonitoring of every Nasuni …(more)

By NoelleRitter
We are a software and services company with the industry’s only end-to-endplatform for delivering the most effective data-driven digital advertisingin the world. Our self-service interface, optimization algorithms,real-time analytics, … Oversee enterprise level software quality controlprocess, release process, and support engineering for enterpriseSoftware-as-a-Service (SaaS) for the digital advertising market; buildautomated testing framework for front end, …(more)

Companies; Hardware; Software; Mobile; Security; Research; Special Coverage…. this site began as a subscriptionbased service calledZiffNet thatoffered …(more)

ITWeb (blog)The cloud computing hype cycle has well and truly left the building, andSouth African businesses now stand before the next phase: making thedecision and moving to the cloud. This is where reality starts rearing itshead; it is now about choosing the …(more)

Calgary HeraldTaiwan’s Acer Inc. will buy US-based cloud computing firm iGware Inc. for$320 million, the fifth-largest ever Taiwanese buyout of a US company, asit seeks to move beyond its core hardware manufacturing business. Theworld’s No. …(more)

eWeekTheInfoPro, a division of analyst and data company The 451 Group, releasedthe results of a cloud computing study outlining the key market factorsrelating to cloud services growth. The survey found slightly more than half(53 percent) of interviewees …(more)

CenterBeamThe state of Vermont recently announced the implementation of cloudcomputing to improve its business operations, improve revenue and enablestate employees to collaborate more effectively. Vermont’s Department ofInformation and Innovations found it …(more)

the …Marketwire (press release)Corporate plans are to transition the business to a Software as a Service(SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PAAS) business model with substantialinvestiture in expanding across vertical market opportunities withinexisting customer groups and beyond …(more)

Thread: CSP / SPLA licencing XenApp multi-tenancy architecture … CSP /SPLA licencing XenApp multi-tenancy architecture. Posted: Jul 22, 2011 4:00AM …(more)

Blending of Web analytics and marketing management services is designed toease multi-channel analysis and campaign management.(more)

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InformationWeekMcKenty is the behind-the-scenes architect of Nebula and one of thefounders of the OpenStack open source code project that sprang out of it.OpenStack, with contributions from infrastructure-as-a-service supplierRackspace as well as NASA, …(more)

TMC NetContactual’s Software as a Service solution allows companies to keep theirexisting PBX and ACD system while expanding their capabilities. Thisvirtual call center is a hybrid approach to give all staff moreflexibility. …(more)

SearchCloudComputing.comBOSTON — The unmistakable results from the shift to cloud computing wereevident at a cloud computing conference here this week. Though IT pros haddifferent problems and different solutions, all saw swift-moving, deepchanges to IT as we know it. …(more)

CNBC.comVerizon Communications is seeing “robust growth” in cloud computing becausecustomers are looking to lower their IT costs, Lowell McAdam, the incomingchief executive, told CNBC Friday. To accelerate its footprint in thecloud, Verizon “Those are doing …(more)

CRNAnd with Cloud Foundry platform-as-a-service, VMware is now trying to winthe hearts and minds of application developers. This is a new area forVMware — how are you going about getting developers into your camp? Welook at the world in three layers: …(more)

Daily MarketsAthenahealth’s Software as a service (SaaS)-based approach allows for alower cost and more flexible delivery mechanism that is expected to helpAthenahealth win deals. We believe that the company’s focused marketingapproach is paying dividends, …(more)

ComputerworldThere are many choices of remote support technologies, but they mainly fallinto two categories: software as a service (SaaS) and on-premise. Bydesign, any data that is accessed through a SaaS remote support tool isautomatically passed through a …(more)

Newswire Today (press release)Our other offerings include content management, technology planning anddeployment, CRM Implementations, SaaS (Software as a Service) applicationsdeployment, open source consulting, application maintenance and datamanagement. …(more)

By Klint Finley
This week the report Cloud Computing - The IT Solution for the 21st Centuryfrom the Carbon Disclosure Project has been making rounds in cloudcomputing circles. …(more)

By itproportalstaff@itproportal.com (Staff Writer)
PC vendor Acer has announced the acquisition of cloud computing companyiGware as it plans to tap the emerging cloud…(more)

Huffington PostOpenStack, the open source cloud computing project initiated by NASA andRackspace, celebrated its first birthday on July 19. OpenStack’s opensource code enables customers to create public or private cloudenvironments that deliver functionality …(more)

The first point to underscore is that CloudStack and OpenStack are highlysynergistic by design. They share the same core principles, architecturesand …(more)

Fast forward a year and 88 companies have embraced OpenStack as the’standard’ that they are trying to achieve for a cloud platform. …(more)

The open source cloud project, OpenStack, which is led by Racksapce, turnedone year old on Tuesday, but the initiative is not resting on its laurelsand is …(more)

ComputerworldBy Nicolas Zeitler IDG News Service - Increasing customer demand for big
data technologies and cloud computing brought record financial results atEMC in the second quarter, the company reported Wednesday. EMC’sconsolidated revenue rose 20% to $4.85 …(more)

Information ManagementMicrosoft said the platform will expand the toolset for scientists in needof large-scale data computation capabilities and is designed to run a wideclass of analytics on Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud computingenvironment. …(more)

Kendrickcoleman.com - I blog about tech solutions. VMware, networking, andsecurity. Sometimes a little bit about my life.(more)

What is PaaS? Is it the same as SaaS? Actually, many SaaS companies doabuse the term this way.(more)

Here to explore the new era of integration-as-a-service and what it meansfor the future is David Clarke, Director of Integration at SaaS ERPprovider Workday. He is interviewed by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst atInterarbor Solutions …(more)

CIO MagazineThe challenges faced by the chief information officer of 2015 will includechanges to outsourcing, a winnowing of the number of Cloud vendors andincreasingly converged IT, according to IDC’s Chris Morris. Speaking at CIOSummit 2011 in Sydney, …(more)

Computer Business ReviewFujitsu has launched a SaaS-based version of its document managementsystem, which employs reliable cloud environment to share informationglobally between offices and business partners, enabling streamlinedbusiness continuity measures. …(more)

The NationVMware Thailand’s country manager Chawapol Jariyawiroj said thecloud-infrastructure suite including vCloud Director 1.5, vShield 5,vCentre Site Recovery Manager 5 and vSphere 5. He said vCloud Director 1.5enabled a self-service model for …(more)

ReutersTAIPEI (Reuters) - Acer Inc, the world’s No.2 PC maker, will buy US basedcloud computing firm iGware Inc for $320 million, looking to move into thepotentially lucrative cloud market and add value to its main hardwarebusiness. …(more)

Siliconrepublic.comCloud computing is being lauded for its environmental and financialbenefits in a new study released by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)today, which predicts that companies that embrace cloud computing canrealise US$12.3bn in energy savings and …(more)

ZDNet AsiaPlatform-as-a-service (PaaS) plays an important role in reducing complexityand time in developing cloud apps for companies, but the market’s unevenmaturity level is making it difficult for companies and independentsoftware vendors (ISVs) to focus …(more)

Apps …MarketWatch (press release)Kinita allows VoicePort clients to manage their mobile web assets as usual,while Kinita manages new platforms, feature updates, app stores, operatingsystem updates and multiple device and OS fragmentation — all as aservice. …(more)

SaaS …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Savtira’s SaaS platform is an innovative B2B offering that will furtherexpand Live365’s network of retailers and consumers,” said AbrahamYacobian, Director of Business Development at Live365, Inc. Savtira’s(SaaS) Software-as-a-Service Cloud Commerce …(more)

VC CircleCvent, a software-as-service (SaaS) provider of online event management,venue selection and Web survey solutions, has raised $136 million infunding, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Insight VenturePartners while Greenspring Associates also …(more)

SAAS DirectoryLeading IT service provider, Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Chugoku SystemsLimited, has announced the release of its SaaS based document managementsystem to its Japanese userbase. The system is already available to around400 companies across the …(more)

EngadgetBy Zach Honig posted Jul 21st 2011 9:52AM There’s no question that cloud
computing has hit the mainstream — even the US federal government, whichisn’t typically a front-runner when it comes to tech adoption, has takenthe plunge. …(more)

with …BenzingaVirtustream’s innovative Enterprise Cloud platform, xStream, has spurredincreased interest in cloud computing among companies that look to thecloud to gain cost efficiencies but must be assured of security andavailability of data and IT resources. …(more)

Platform …PR Newswire (press release)We will provide Software as a Service (SaaS) for various applications,including real-time transportation management system (TMS) service,server-based computing, IT service management (ITSM), enterprise portal andenergy analytics,” said Myung-se Kim, …(more)

WebcastMarketWatch (press release)Archipelago Learning /quotes/zigman/115276/quotes/nls/arcl ARCL +2.63% is aleading subscription-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider ofeducation products used by approximately 14 million students in about 37600schools throughout the United …(more)

Marketwire (press release)… and SaaS (Software as a Service) enterprises. As virtualizationcontinues to advance, maintenance of its speed and performance becomesincreasingly important. Coordination of virtual machine activities on thesame platform must also be maintained. …(more)

Datamation… an independent consulting firm focused on the business implications ofthe on-demand services movement. He is also the founder of the CloudComputing Showplace (www.cloudshowplace.com). He can be reached atjkaplan@thinkstrategies.com.(more)

IBM …PR Newswire (press release)ARMONK, NY and MONTREAL, July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) andSilanis Technology today announced that the State of Vermont is using cloudcomputing to transform its business operations to improve efficiencies,boost profits and more cost …(more)

BenzingaDataServ and Angelica Corporation have entered into a new three-yearagreement under which DataServ will provide Angelica with ElectronicDocument Management capability via its SaaS Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) Solutionincluding Automated Workflow and …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Software vendors transitioning from a license software model to a Softwareas a Service (SaaS) model have the opportunity for a more sustainable andpredictable business model but face the potential for significant customerlifecycle missteps in the …(more)

Leveraging the new SMX3 platform, service providers, telecom operators andlarge enterprises will now be able to deliver a number … Call CenterSoftware …(more)

We have, in effect, evolved SMX to become a ‘platform as a service’. …Jack Henry & Associates Offers Microsoft Productivity Software ViaSubscription …(more)

Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if… both business an IT by providing a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)offering the …(more)

Software as a Service Understanding What the Cloud Means for HR - Thisresearch bulletin is a primer for HR practitioners who seek to understandthe …(more)

The GuardianFCO Services has made the first software as a service (SaaS) available onits cloud computing infrastructure. Huddle IL3, a platform for sharingdocuments, reviewing content and discussion, has been accredited for usewith ‘restricted’ content on FCO …(more)

San Francisco Chronicle (press release)”People think the software as a service (SaaS) model is all about how thesoftware is delivered, but it’s really about the customer experience,” saysMonteiro. “Companies that get it right have fiercely loyal customers. Thosethat don’t risk becoming …(more)

By Larry Steele
Moving to a managed cloud model for Software-as-a-Services (SaaS) deliverymakes a lot of sense for independent software vendors (ISVs). However, it’skey to first conduct research and ask the right questions beforeoutsourcing to cloud. … of flexible storage and processing capacity. Besure to conduct research, ask questions and find a solution that meets yourneeds. Larry Steele is technical vice president, Software-as-a-Service, atSavvis, A CenturyLink Company. …(more)

NetworkComputing.com… technologies that are used to orchestrate multiple virtual centers andmultiple hypervisors, and to provide multitenancy, customer-scoped views….(more)

InformationWeek… hosting and platform as a service options for Drupal websites, andpre-packaged distributions of Drupal for simplified installation withrecommended add-on modules. Acquia Commons 2.0, the latest release of thesocial software version of Drupal, …(more)

at …Sacramento BeeCombining i/o’s operational expertise with its purposefully designed andengineered hardware and software architecture, i/o delivers the world’smost efficient and scalable data center solutions. The i/o ANYWHERE modularplatform is managed and …(more)

GigaOm21, 2011, 2:05pm PT No Comments [OpenStack] looks not only like anopen-source alternative to Amazon Web Services and VMware vCloud in thepublic Infrastructure as a Service space, but also a democratizing force inthe private-cloud software space. …(more)

Network WorldBy Jon Brodkin, Network World A year after Rackspace and NASA unveiled
OpenStack, Rackspace is planning to deploy the open source software acrossits entire cloud infrastructure. Rackspace’s cloud storage service, knownas Cloud Files, …(more)

services …ZDNet (blog)Here to explore the fast-approaching era of integration-as-a-service andwhat it means for the future is David Clarke, Director of Integration atSaaS ERP provider Workday. He is interviewed by Dana Gardner, PrincipalAnalyst at Interarbor Solutions. …(more)

Washington TechnologyBy David Hubler General Dynamics Corp. has acquired Network Connectivity
Solutions Corp., a provider of enterprise services and cloud computing tothe Defense Department. The value of the cash transaction was not disclosedin the announcement dated …(more)

ReutersShares in the company, whose software is used to build cloud computing datacenters and boost the efficiency of PCs and computer servers, rose morethan 6 percent as it reported second-quarter profit and revenue on Tuesdayfar ahead of Wall Street’s …(more)

ReutersSoftware-as-a-Service products have proliferated because cloud computinglets startups get a business started for next to nothing, relativelyspeaking, and it lets business grow organically. But OpenStack is just oneexample of how cloud computing, …(more)

DABCC.comOne of the most frequent questions I have been asked since the acquisitionof Cloud.com by Citrix has been around the future plans for aligning thecommercial CloudStack platform acquired from Cloud.com with OpenStack, thepopular open source …(more)

NDTV.comAs the next technology wave, cloud computing has the potential to createabout 100000 new jobs in India, a study said Tuesday. “Of the projected$4.5-billion total cloud computing market in India by 2015, private cloudwill account for $3.5 billion, …(more)

New York TimesVivek Kundra, chief information officer for the government, said cloudcomputing could save the country billions of dollars. Computer centerstypically do not employ many people to tend the machines, but analystsestimate that tens of thousands of jobs …(more)

By Bruce Houghton
Music licensing and technology company Audiosocket, is launching a uniquedigital music licensing platform dubbed Music as a Service (MaaS). Anywherethat MaaS is embedded, content producers can offer the ability to searchfor and …(more)

By Klint Finley
While cloud computing gains steadily in the U.S., U.K. and Germany (andrather slowly in Canada), it’s taking off in emerging markets like Brazil,China and India. …(more)

Nicole covers news on technologies including Cloud Computing,Virtualization, AJAX, Rich Internet Applications, SOA, and WOA. You canforward your press releases via email at her home pagepatromanski.ulitzer.com. …(more)

By Jonathan Wylie
The public cloud is volatile, unreliable and a privacy nightmare. So,setting up a private cloud may well be the best thing you can do for yourdata.(more)

Integration DevelopersrPath, provider of an automated platform to manage software acrossphysical, virtual and cloud environments, is shipping an OpenStack ComputeAppliance to simplify the building and maintaining of private clouds. Theappliance is a set of ready-to-run, …(more)

Computerworld… made from its original direction, consider the basic facts: The vendorproviding the software as a service (SaaS), Coupa Software, is only fiveyears old and is funded with venture capital. Its software is hosted onAmazon.com’s cloud platform. …(more)

Middle East North Africa Financial Network(MENAFN - Jordan Times) Cloud computing can help the government improveservices provided to citizens, according to an international expert incloud computing. “Cloud computing means less procedures, less bureaucracy,more interaction and more …(more)

RegisterTake software as a service (SaaS). Having access to company data frommultiple locations means even more opportunities for more employees toleave a laptop open to anyone who happens to be passing. The IT departmenthas had to deal these risks for a …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Tokyo, July 20, 2011 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu ChugokuSystems Limited today announced the availability of a SaaS-based version ofthe company’s document management system, which has a deployment trackrecord of approximately 400 …(more)

The Future of OpenStack and Why Ubuntu Linux has come firstMay 20 2011 …The Technology Behind the OpenStack Cloud Computing ProjectAug 26 2010 …(more)

With software as a service (SaaS) solutions the security may be only at theapplication level. In a public cloud scenario, this requires a high degreeof …(more)

ZDNet (blog)Uptime released its newest product, uptimeCloud, offering the firstreal-time, integrated cloud cost and cloud capacity management software asa service (SaaS) tool. uptimeCloud eliminates confusing and complex cloudvendor pricing by delivering users …(more)

InformationWeekNew York’s famed Museum of Modern Art and its 750 employees recentlytransitioned to Google Apps and deployed Backupify’s cloud backup andarchiving platform to ensure data integrity. By Kevin Casey InformationWeekEven Jackson Pollock is moving to the …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)inContact /quotes/zigman/112982/quotes/nls/saas SAAS -0.40% helps callcenters around the globe create profitable customer experiences through itspowerful portfolio of cloud-based call center software solutions. Thecompany’s services and solutions …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)Choice Hotels Corporate can now manage the web-based choiceADVANTAGEproperty management system from a central location and provide it as alightweight Software as a Service (SaaS) application to franchisees. Thissubstantially reduces the installation …(more)

Online …MarketWatch (press release)”The affiliate portal is an important move in our focus of automating andscaling our SaaS business model,” states Micheal Morgan, President and CTO.”We are making it easier for new affiliates to signup and get sellingquickly. …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)Skydera C3 Developer Edition is available as an affordable SaaS offeringand seamlessly interoperates with infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)capabilities from market-leading cloud providers Amazon, Rackspace, GoGrid,SliceHost and others. …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)The company’s Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions help employers managecritical issues relating to the performance, development and compensationof personnel. Workstream’s innovative systems are delivered in a Softwareas a Service (SaaS) offering …(more)

InformationWeek”Project Daytona” tools let researchers use Windows Azure cloud platform tocrunch data, and some tech from archrival Google plays a part. By PaulMcDougall InformationWeek Microsoft unveiled new software tools andservices designed to let researchers …(more)

By shehani
WSO2 Technology Executives to Present Sessions on Open Source Approaches toCloud Middleware and Lean Software at OSCON 2011. OSCON Sessions to ExplorePlatform-as-a-Service and Lean Enterprise Application Development UsingWSO2’s 100% …(more)

PR Web (press release)New capabilities for OpenStack Object Storage and Compute released onone-year anniversary of open source cloud computing project. enStratus isvery excited to extend capabilities with OpenStack to help our customersmanage public and private clouds. …(more)

Virtualization Review (blog)OpenStack turns one today, and some 350 supporters from all overEurope–including Hungary, Norway, France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, andmore–recently celebrated the occasion at EMEA OpenStack Day in London.According to Lauren Sell, …(more)

GreenBiz.comThis report shows that business use of cloud computing can play animportant role in an organization’s sustainability and IT strategies:improving business process efficiency and flexibility whilst decreasing theemissions of IT operations. …(more)

eWeek… 10 also offers its Open Cloud Networking strategy, anopen-standards-based initiative that stresses automation and virtualizationto enable customers to migrate their networking environments into scalabledata center and cloud computing fabrics. …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Cloudcor announcesFabasoft, a leading European software vendor and public cloud provider, asa bespoke Gold Partner at the UP 2011 Cloud Computing Conference.Fabasoft’s Folio Cloud offers a wide …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)CLEAR LAKE, Iowa, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — IT leaders will use cloudcomputing and virtualization as a means to improve efficiency, but nearly65 percent of those surveyed believe that IT efficiency is impossiblewithout capacity planning. …(more)

InformationWeek (blog)The IBM Coremetrics Web Analytics and Digital Marketing Optimization Suite,the vendor’s new SaaS service, got my attention in part because Coremetricsand Unica were starting to overlap before they were acquired by IBM. Office365’s online services …(more)

PCWorldHowever, the list did not address pricing for versions of Fusion sold asSaaS (software as a service), which is also expected to be a deploymentoption. While all Fusion Applications price lists have been completed, it’snot clear when the remaining …(more)

GreenBiz.comLook no further than cloud computing, experts say. A new report releasedtoday by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) makes the case for whytechnologies such as virtualization and third party-hosted services,applications and websites can save big …(more)

SalesCMSWire… earning for the second quarter jumped dramatically by 28%, which thecompany is attributing to increased spending on storage products andsoftware licenses, as well as to a growing interest in its Big Dataproducts and cloud computing offerings. …(more)

CTO EdgeAccording to a cloud tracking poll released by government-focused serviceprovider CDW-G, 34 percent of colleges and universities are implementing ormaintaining a cloud computing environment and 27 percent of schools servinggrades K-12 are looking to …(more)

Local Wed Jul 20 2011 127 pm. Subject Multitenancy and CPU usage control… Nowadaysmultitenancy becomes a very popular word when it comes to …(more)

BenzingaBy Jonathan Chen Cloud computing is here to stay, there is no question
about it. It affects almost everyone’s lives, whether you use Google(NASDAQ: GOOG) Docs, iTunes, Dropbox, movies, video games or any other typeof content. …(more)

Multitenancy the hard way - Free source code and tutorials for Softwaredevelopers and Architects.(more)

MarketWatch (press release)CAMPBELL, CA, Jul 20, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Market research firmInfonetics Research today released excerpts from its new Worldwide WebSecurity SaaS Provider Scorecard, which analyzes and ranks the top websecurity-as-a-service (SaaS) …(more)

IT Business Edge (blog)While SaaS now accounts for just $1 billion of total ERP revenue, Forresterforecasts annual growth of 21 percent through 2015, when SaaS will commanda still-small 4 percent of the ERP market. I got a similarly bullish takeon SaaS ERP from Paul …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)”We grew our SaaS bookings 276% and SaaS revenue 59% in the fourth quarterof fiscal year 2011. We now have one of the fastest growing SaaS businessesamong public companies,” said Bobby Yazdani, Chairman and CEO of Saba. “Wesigned four of the five …(more)

CRNBy Andrew R Hickey, CRN Cloud computing has the potential to save large
companies a total of $12.3 billion annually on energy costs and reduceannual carbon emissions by 85.7 metric tons come 2020, according to arecent study examining the …(more)

SlashGearThe chip giant’s PC business growth slowed down, netbook sales expectedlydeclined, but its server business burgeoned with data center upgrades thatfollowed the increased demand for cloud computing. PC business revenue forIntel rose by 11 percent …(more)

I’m about to take a week off from my new gig as COO at Zendesk and it gotme reflecting on the company and my decision to join. I stayed with MySQLthrough …(more)

OpenStack, the open-source cloud-computing software project founded byRackspace and NASA, launched a year ago today. It has been a busy year forthe …(more)

Server WatchBy Sean M Kerner (Send Email) Middleware servers used to be locked down to
on-premise deployments, but that has now changed in the modern world of thecloud and Platform-as-a-Service. Middleware vendor WS02 is advancing itsPaaS offering this week with …(more)

TMC NetJul 19, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) — EMC announced all-new storagemanagement solution for the cloud computing era. According to a release,EMC ProSphere was designed to provide customers with the ability to manageincreasingly larger, …(more)

Along with the release of vSphere 5, widely acclaimed as a technicalsuccess and a potential licensing crisis , VMware has unveiled vCloud.(more)

Software as a service or SaaS is something we come across everywhere. …They provide a set of services and market it as a whole platform, andtherefore …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)By John Considine Last week I wrote about the Cloud.com acquisition and
what it means for Citrix, Rackspace, OpenStack and the industry. Next, I’dlike to dig into the VMware announcement about their cloud infrastructuresuite. Citrix clearly wanted to …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)With MAP 6.0, organizations now have the ability to identify workloads andestimate the infrastructure size and resources needed for both WindowsAzure and Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track. Also, new to MAP 6.0, is an Office 365client assessment, …(more)

To our knowledge SMX3 is unique in the market We have in effect evolved SMXto become aplatform as a service Weve leveraged the open architecture ofthe SMX …(more)

NDTV.comPTI, July 19, 2011, (New Delhi) The cloud market in India is expected tocreate 1 lakh additional jobs by 2015, creating a huge demand for skilledmanpower to address cloud computing implementation in India, according to arecent study. …(more)

MemeburnBy Mohau Mpoti The buzz around cloud computing has been around for a while
now, and it doesn’t seem like the frenzy around this new phenomenon willwane out any time soon. This might be due to the realisation that theentire IT industry is on the verge …(more)

VMware vCloud Director | Size733.23 MB. Module 1 VMware Cloud DirectorOverview provides an overview of what cloud is defines VMware vCloudDirector and …(more)

VC CircleSpeaking of a third industry (besides social networking applications andmobile telephony), Cloud computing, which is only five or six-year old interms of widespread usage of the term that is still trying to establish abig market case, …(more)

Unified …PR Newswire (press release)HOPKINTON, Mass., July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC)today announced that Lone Star College System, the fastest-growingcommunity college system in Texas, has turned to EMC and VMware to buildand deploy a private cloud computing …(more)

ITProPortalMicrosoft’s Daytona tool kit has been designed to allow scientists to run awide range of analytical and machine learning algorithms on the MicrosoftAzure cloud computing platform, in order to process large amounts ofresearch data. …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)We have, in effect, evolved SMX to become a ‘platform as a service’. We’veleveraged the open architecture of the SMX platfrom to maximize our abilityto integrate other applications and services,” Thom Hooker says. Thelargest implementation of the …(more)

CommunityTMC NetBy Jamie Epstein, TMCnet Web Editor On-demand IT provider rPath has just
deployed the OpenStack Compute Appliance to the open-source cloud-computingindustry. The appliance can be downloaded for free in multiple formatsincluding ISO or VMware format, …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)Aternity Inc., the industry’s technology leader in end user experiencemanagement solutions for Global 1000 enterprises, announced today that itwill deliver a 30-minute webinar for ISV/SaaS providers on July, 26, 2011at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET. …(more)

and …SYS-CON Media (press release)As an organization’s needs evolve, DigitalPersona Pro Workgroup SaaSenables advanced security, such as strong authentication and passwordmanagement, to be added for a low incremental cost. This allows SMBs toaddress new threats and regulations as …(more)

Information …PR Newswire (press release)TopSchool’s SLM is delivered in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, andgoes beyond the capabilities of a traditional college student informationsystem (SIS). It provides the portal for prospective students to learnabout programs, the customer …(more)

ATLANTA (Reuters) - General Dynamics Corp said on Monday it acquiredNetwork Connectivity Solutions Corp, a supplier of cloud computing andother …(more)

Seeking AlphaAthenahealth (ATHN) is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) based provider oftechnology services to over 30000 medical professionals nationwide. Theirproduct line allows physicians the ability to enjoy faster payment,increased collections, …(more)

the …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)eTrigue Corporation (www.etrigue.com), a leading provider of marketingautomation and sales acceleration Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)applications, today announced it is has joined as a charter Vendor Councilmember of The Marketing Automation …(more)

Mobile …Marketwire (press release)Joyent offerings also include Platform-as-a-Service based on Node.js, theopen source server-side JavaScript development environment that has beenembraced by enterprises and telcos around the world, including Microsoftand HP. …(more)

Business Wire (press release)(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gale Technologies, a leading provider of infrastructureautomation software solutions that power IT as a Service for labs,enterprises, and service providers, is now offering service tieringcapabilities for its GaleForce Turnkey Cloud …(more)

By Leena Rao
Audiosocket, an indie music licensing and technology company, is launchinga new platform today called Music as a Service (MaaS), which givesdevelopers a way to offer users the ability to license music forapplications. …(more)

CRNOpenStack now stands as a full-fledged, scalable cloud operating systemsoftware that comprises three components: Compute, Object Storage and ImageService. OpenStack also represents the first true open source alterative tomajor public cloud …(more)

Business Wire (press release)(BUSINESS WIRE)–ScaleXtreme, Inc., the leading cloud-based systemsmanagement company, today announced support for the emerging OpenStackstandard, as well as support for the upcoming OpenStack-based cloudinfrastructure product from Citrix code named …(more)

Read ‘Mendix Expands Platform-as-a-Service Offering, with Version 3.0 ofits … IT Agility, Model Driven Development, SCRUM, Software DevelopmentTools, …(more)

Audiosocket has just unveiled Music as a Service, a platform that can beplugged into third-party photo- and video-sharing services, gamingplatforms, …(more)

Search SAPSoftware as a Service (SaaS) has been around longer than the cool new”cloud.” It shares some aspects of cloud computing, but its focus tends tobe clearer: SaaS is simply the delivery of software applications over theInternet from a server that’s …(more)

ReutersApril 26: CloudBees extends its formerly hosted-only Java Platform as aService to run on OpenStack-based clouds. April 29: AT&T details at theOpenStack Development Summit plans to build a private cloud based onOpenStack. …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)SL360.com will serve a group of customers and partners that are moving to acloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. It will expand thecapability to not only access marketing data on demand, but take action onthe added business intelligence …(more)

ComputerworldTwo types of cloud computing — software as a service (SaaS) andinfrastructure as a service (IaaS) — promise to bring great changes to therole of IT in the enterprise. IT professionals really need to learn how totalk the talk when it comes to SaaS …(more)

CRNAt the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles last weekMicrosoft executives touted Azure’s capabilities and urged solutionprovider partners to add the cloud computing platform to their productlineups. The three-day Faculty Summit is …(more)

eWeekIntel officials said that cloud computing is driving the demand not onlyfor the high performance and low latency offered by 10GbE and 40GbEnetworks, but also in the continued convergence of data center server,storage and networking technologies. …(more)

One of the very frequent questions I see internally on the VMware mailinglists is how to publish a vCloud Director portal on the Internet.(more)

GigaOm19, 2011, 12:15pm PT No Comments Something I thought about a lot whilewriting about OpenStack yesterday is how much OpenStack democratized accessto cloud computing in just a year. Whereas cloud choices were once limitedto a handful of service …(more)

eChannelLineBy Mark Cox DigitalPersona has unveiled DigitalPersona Pro Workgroup SaaS,
a new cloud-managed full disk encryption (FDE) solution aimed at the SMBspace. DigitalPersona is probably best known for its hardware-centricbiometric authentication solutions …(more)

PCWorldMoney saved by moving to a third party support provider could free up cashto install SaaS (software as a service) products that add new functionalityto the core system. Rimini Street can fit in well with customers who gothat route, said president …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)At Iron Mountain he led the sales force for Iron Mountain Digital, thecompany’s Storage-as-a-Service solutions division. Prior to Iron Mountain,he was senior vice president of worldwide sales at Mimosa, which wasacquired by Iron Mountain in 2010. …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)VMware vShield(TM) 5, VMware vCenter(TM) Site Recovery Manager 5, andVMware vCloud(R) Director 1.5, products together with VMware vSphere 5amplify the value customers can realize from virtualized resources byenabling cloud-scale operations. …(more)

MSN IndiaBangalore, July 19 (IANS) As the next technology wave, cloud computing byenterprises has the potential to create about 100000 new jobs in India, astudy said Tuesday. ‘Of the projected $4.5-billion total cloud computingmarket in India by 2015, …(more)

Network WorldBy Bernard Golden, CIO One of the topics most associated with cloud
computing is its cost advantages, or lack thereof. One way the topic getsdiscussed is “capex vs. opex,” a simple formulation, but one fraught withmeaning. At its simplest, capex vs. …(more)

Experian QAS AustraliaOnline shopping giant Amazon could be expanding its cloud computingoperations, with rumours suggesting it plans to set up a data centre inAustralia. According to an article in The Australian, the firm’s WebServices cloud computing division will be …(more)

QAS.co.nzThe cloud computing market is reaching new levels of maturity, according toone industry expert. Speaking to Techday New Zealand, David Fox, head ofenterprise services for HP South Pacific, said that the market has evolvedsignificantly in recent …(more)

IT Jungleby Dan Burger For 10 or more years, we’ve been hearing how hosted ormanaged services, software as a service, and cloud computing is sweepingacross the business landscape picking up customers like a Hoover sucks updirt. But what is “the dirt” here? …(more)

Network WorldVMware announced enhancements last week to its VMware vSphere, new versionsof vShield 5, vCenter Site Recovery Manager and vCloud Director and a newvSphere Storage Appliance. VMware vSphere 5 now supports virtual machineswith up to 1TB of memory and …(more)

iTWireBy Peter Dinham IT infrastructure provider, Thomas Duryea Consulting, has
appointed cloud computing ‘pioneer’, Nick McMenemy, to the position of NSWstate manager as the company moves to capitalise on what it says is stronggrowth and an expanding …(more)

DelimiterAustralian cloud computing specialist Ninefold has warned that anydatacentre set up by global rival Amazon Web Services in Australia wouldstill be subject to US legislation, despite being located in a differentjurisdiction. Last week, The Australian …(more)

iTWireThe warning comes from research firm Frost & Sullivan following a study ofcloud computing and a strategic analysis of the Australian date centreinfrastructure and services market that revealed that even though securityleads the list of data centre …(more)

in …The Nation”Newer delivery models (eg SaaS and appliances), together with “socialytic”applications - a convergence of EA, unified communications (UC),collaboration tools, social media, analytics - and enterprise applicationsmobility, will start gaining …(more)

DigitalJournal.com (press release)Starting in July, Service Skeds cloud based, software-as-a-service offeringannounces the integration of QuickBooks Online and Sage Simply Accountinginto the market leading dispatch management software. Easily exportdispatched and completed …(more)

CIOLEMC ProSphere is designed to provide customers the ability to manage large,more disparate environments, while integrating virtualization and hybridcloud computing models. With its federated architecture, ProSphere deliversan end-to-end view of …(more)

Computer Business ReviewEnterprise middleware company WSO2 has unveiled the WSO2 StratosLiveplatform-as-a-service (PaaS) and the WSO2 Stratos 1.5, the newest releaseof WSO2’s open source cloud middleware platform software. The middlewareofferings are designed to enable …(more)

IT News OnlinePhoenix is a cloud-based software as a service platform offering anextensible and scalable collection of multi-tenanted modules that cater forthe evolving digital landscape. “Our modular Phoenix platform allows us tosolve the significant challenges …(more)

TheStreet.comBy Chris Stuart 07/18/11 - 06:00 AM EDT BOSTON (TheStreet Ratings) –
IBM(IBM) is scheduled to report second-quarter earnings after the stockmarket closes today, with analysts forecasting year-over-year improvementsin earnings and revenue. …(more)

ComputerworldTrends such as server virtualization and cloud computing didn’t exactlycreep up on us. It’s a good idea to chart some of the more notabledevelopments to keep things in perspective. 10. Microsoft’s decliningclout. Microsoft is out from under federal …(more)

Worldwide software as a serviceSaaS revenue is forecast to reach $12.1billion in 2011 a 20.7 percent increase from 2010 revenue of $10 billionaccording to …(more)

PR Newswire (press release)”In addition, Envysion’s SaaS model delivers rapid innovation cycles andnew feature development which means we will always have the latest videotechnology.” By applying the Software as a Service (SaaS) model to videosurveillance, Envysion Video …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release)”This year’s AlwaysOn Global 250 are companies driven by the biggestmega-trends, including the accelerating growth of mobile users, cloudcomputing, and SaaS offerings, globalization, and the socialization ofcommerce, and basically everything online …(more)

Sacramento Bee”With support for nearly all forms of performance advertising includingCPM, CPA, CPC, email and display, AdCirrus is uniquely positioned to changethe industry with cloud computing, extensive fraud controls andresponsiveness.” The AdCirrus network is …(more)

The AustralianPicture: Tomasz Machnik Source: The Australian IT infrastructure providerThomas Duryea Consulting has appointed cloud computing pioneer NickMcMenemy as NSW manager. Charged with driving the company’s expansion alongthe eastern seaboard, …(more)

Business InsiderIts suite of virtualization solutions addresses a range of complexinformation technology (IT) problems, that include cost and operationalinefficiencies, facilitating access to cloud computing capacity, businesscontinuity, software lifecycle …(more)

ZDNet (blog)If Adobe’s previous SaaS acquisitions are anything to go by, today’s newsis less cause for celebration than commiseration with EchoSign’s users andfans over the next few years. Since 1998, Phil Wainewright has been athought leader in cloud computing …(more)

Digital Signage Today”We’ve always been known for our cloud, SaaS solutions, but now we’removing away from being a full turnkey solution provider and being much moreof a software and networking solution provider,” Wilson said. Reach yourkey audiences and grow revenue by …(more)

Complex …MarketWatch (press release)Dan Brown, Vice President of Energy Management for Cascade, will bepresenting real-life examples of how to run eSight in a SAAS model tomanage data for industrial clients at the eSight Energy Annual Summit onAugust 24th at Soldier Field in Chicago, …(more)

Business InsiderThe results from a Zoomerang survey taken earlier this year found that manysmall and medium-sized business owners are confused about cloud computing,what the term means, and what the technology could mean to them.Specifically, the survey found this …(more)

MarketWatch (press release)(NETCONN), a provider of enterprise services and cloud computing to the USDepartment of Defense (DoD). The value of the cash transaction, which isexpected to be accretive to General Dynamics’ earnings beginning in 2012,has not been disclosed. …(more)

The AustralianAUSTRALIAN cloud computing customers are increasingly taking advantage offixed pricing compared with spot or on-demand instances as the domesticcurrency continues to soar. Setting the pricing regime gives companies morecertainty with their IT …(more)

breaches?FierceCIOHanding one’s data over to a cloud computing service presents thepossibility of cost savings, but when it comes to the really importantdata, information executives still prefer to keep it in-house. There areworries about portability and …(more)

CRNAnd as cloud computing shifts the market from IT products to IT services,open source cloud computing and open standards become a necessity to pushcloud initiatives forward. The Open Cloud Initiative isn’t alone in itsquest for cloud standards. …(more)

Virtualization …PR Newswire (press release)LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Founded in 2006,Infradapt, a managed technology firm, has experienced continued growth inadvanced infrastructures, IP communications and cloud computing as servicesolutions, according to Managing …(more)

GigaOm18, 2011, 1:30pm PT No Comments OpenStack, the open-source cloud-computingsoftware project founded by Rackspace and NASA, celebrates its firstbirthday tomorrow. It has been a busy year for the project, which appearsto have grown much faster than …(more)

SaaS may help you achieve cost saving or it may not I may or may not alsomake you more agile but what it will definitely do is to relieve you of the…(more)

PR Newswire (press release)… network into the Savtira Cloud Commerce platform. Savtira’sSoftware-as-a-Service Cloud Commerce solution covers both digital andphysical goods, using e-commerce to sell everything from downloadableentertainment programs to consumer electronics. …(more)

Server WatchNew additions to the Cisco product portfolio support three key cloudcomputing requirements: data center virtualization, network performance andsecurity, and span the entire cloud infrastructure, from the end-user andbranch office, …(more)

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)So how exactly are Joyent and Cloud9 defining the future of cloudcomputing? Rik Arends: By providing a complete development and deploymentstack for Node.JS, Cloud9 and Joyent are the first to bring the promise ofprofessional app development to the …(more)

I’m really hesitant about jumping on the cloud computing bandwagon. There’ssomething about it that makes me uneasy. Am I being a curmudgeon forwanting to …(more)

The freely downloadable appliance was developed to make it easier for ITorganizations to deploy and upgrade OpenStack software.(more)

cloud …AME InfoEMC, announced that it has been selected to complete a project for theconsolidation and virtualization of Kingdom of Bahrain’s CentralInformatics Organization (CIO), the starting point of its journey to cloudcomputing. The implementation is intended …(more)

Read ‘MostHost Announces Partnership with SaaS Internet Security ServicesProvider MXSweep’ on Yahoo! News. MostHost to address customer dataretention …(more)

Korea TimesNot only businesses but also individuals are more often opting for cloudservices, with the country’s leading mobile carrier KT announcing that thenumber of subscribers for U Cloud, its personal cloud computing service,reached 1 million, …(more)

Maritime propulsionBy George Backwell at July 17, 2011 04:30 Motor yachts commonly fill up
their shelf-space with a hefty load of machinery manufacturer’sdocumentation, parts catalogs, data sheets, and troubleshooting guides,’just in case’. However, although not widely …(more)

Hello, I need help understanding how I can use multi tenancy. If I have anapplication that will be used by x amount of organizations and I want todeploy …(more)

Clouds are familiar enough in north-west England, with its reputation forrain. Less predictable is the emergence of companies that see their futurein the …(more)

By siddharth.garg
SM: What applications do you think are going to go to platform as a servicerather than software as a service and infrastructure as a service? MF: Thatis a great question, and I guess the way I am looking at it right now, …(more)

By James Johnson
Cloud computing giant Savvis Inc. was bought out this week by CenturyLinkInc. for $2.5 billion. The merger was expected after the FederalCommunications.(more)

Welcome back guys! Last few weeks, I have been extremely busy with on-goingprojects that keeps me away from writing. I promise to write frequentlyfrom now …(more)