Daily Cloud Feed - Jul 26, 2011
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- The Coming Crisis of IT Management
- National Democratic Institute: vCloud Director and Bluelock …
- Issue 634 - jclouds - unhook vcloud and vcloud-express - multi …
- New SMX3 ‘platform as a service’ delivers fast, easy cloud …
- Issue 634 - jclouds - unhook vcloud and vcloud-express - multi …
- HP, IBM, and now Compuware, top SaaS rankings
- Lumesse Adds ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Certification to its
- Beware: Cloud computing’s green claims aren’t always true
- Mobile Business Apps Bring Cloud Computing Closer to SMBs: AMI Report
- Amazon Unveils New Auto-Scaling Features
- Bob Muglia quits Microsoft for Juniper in cloud coup
- Software Service Provider OnFast Launches Social Coupon Generator for
- Northcore Announces New Strategic Partnership
- ADI Time Announces Trade-Up Program on New adiPad and adiTouch Data
- Dell Goes Open With OpenStack-Based Cloud Infrastructure
- No need for cloud-specific legislation, SIIA industry group says
- Amazon identifies surge in cloud computing uptake in Europe
- Dell wants to make OpenStack as easy as 1-2-3
- Cloud Computing: RIM Fires 2000 People
- Dell Unveils Industry’s First OpenStack Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud
- Mycroft Inc. and SailPoint Deliver Identity Management-as-a-Service to
- Retalix Acquires MTXEPS, a Leading Provider of SaaS and On-Premise
- Identropy Becomes an Elite Partner for the Quest One Identity Solution
- Avnet Technology Solutions Introduces New Consultative Services to
- Cloud Computing: The Opportunities And Risks
- On-Premise vs. Cloud: The Impact of Cloud Computing on Web Content
- Microsoft paper proposes using ‘cloud’ servers to heat homes
- Dex One Corporation to Deploy Salesforce CRM Cloud Computing Software
- CCH Acquires SpeedTax: Move Positions CCH As Only Provider of SaaS
- Social Business SaaS Applications
- Virtualization Management Software Startup Joins OpenStack
- CCH Acquires SpeedTax: Move Positions CCH As Only Provider of SaaS …
- VCE Helps Government Agencies Embrace the Cloud
- Cloud Computing: Dell’s OpenStack Chickens Ready to Roost
- Sorenson Media Execs Add Expertise to Cloud Computing Commission as Sole
- IDC Ranks Compuware among Leading System Management
- Dell wants to make OpenStack as easy as 1-2-3
- Vasco 2Q Profit Surges 88% But Shares Slide As Margins Narrow
- Group: US Govt’ Can Help Encourage Cloud Adoption
- Sorenson Media Execs Add Expertise to Cloud Computing Commission as Sole
- CLOUD2 Study Shows How the Feds Can Migrate to Cloud Computing
- Cloud computing is a lot of hot air (and it can heat your house)
- Silico Delivers SaaS-Based Quality Framework
- ‘Cloud’ computers could heat homes
- Amazon eyeing success in cloud computing
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)
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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)
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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)
