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Daily Mobile Computing Feed – May 31, 2012

Daily aggregation of mobile computing news from @cloud_aware, mobileaware.net.

Daily Big Data Feed – May 31, 2012

Daily aggregation of big data news from @cloud_aware, dataaware.net.

Daily Cloud Feed – May 31, 2012

Daily aggregation of cloud news from @cloud_aware, cloudaware.net.

  • VenyuCloud Brings VMware vCloud to MSPs
  • Channelnomics (blog) So enter, Venyu, a cloud and virtualization provider, which is has unleashed its VenyuCloud offering, built on VMware’s vCloud services. Venyu is bringing the VenyuCloud to the channel in an effort to simplify the delivery of cloud services for managed … (more)

  • ORACLE CORPORATION : Oracle CEO Preps Cloud Services To Keep Edge
  • 4-traders That approach, called “multitenancy,” combines services for multiple companies on … One problem with multitenancy, Ellison said, is that customers find … (more)

  • Fedora 17 includes latest version of OpenStack cloud platform
  • ComputerworldUK For instance, RHEL has yet to include a copy of OpenStack, though this is the second Fedora edition to include open source cloud platform software. Last month, the company announced that it would be joining the OpenStack Foundation. (more)

  • Fedora 17 Takes to the Cloud
  • PCWorld By Joab Jackson, IDG News The newest release of the Red Hat-sponsored
    Fedora Linux distribution includes a number of technologies that haven’t made their way into Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) yet, including a new version of the OpenStack cloud … (more)

  • Fedora aims cloudwards with Beefy Miracle release
  • Register As promised by the new Fedora boss Robyn Bergeron, version 17 of the Fedora Linux build aka “Beefy Miracle” is looking towards the cloud, with an update to OpenStack and new virtualization tools, as well as adding a spiffy new Gnome 3.4 interface. (more)

  • Windows Azure Recipe: Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog) This book demonstrates how you can create from scratch a multi-tenant, Software as a Service (SaaS) application to run in the cloud using the latest versions of the Windows Azure Platform and tools. The book is intended for any architect, developer, … (more)

  • Larry Ellison: Oracle’s cloud will cast a shadow over the enterprise
  • software … CNET In a wide-ranging at the D10 conference, the Oracle CEO opened up about the June 6 announcement of a new cloud-based platform and complete rewrites of CRM and ERP applications. by Dan Farber May 30, 2012 6:02 PM PDT Follow @dbfarber Larry Ellison likes … (more)

  • Windows Azure Recipe Software as a ServiceSaaS | Web 2.0 Journal
  • Here’s a sketch of how a basic Software as a Service solution might be built out … Windows Azure is an internetscale cloud computing and services platform … (more)

  • A Beefy Miracle: Fedora 17 arrives with GNOME 3.4 and GIMP 2.8
  • Ars Technica (blog) Fedora 17 also brings some welcome improvements for servers, including some great updates for OpenStack users. OpenStack is an effort to produce a standardized cloud computing stack that is conducive to building self-hosted elastic clouds. (more)

  • Memset Launch Cloud API
  • SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog) The API works for a range of Memset products including Miniserver VM provisioning, DNS management, Performance Patrol cluster management, bandwidth management and, in the case of Memstore their cloud storage product, augments the existing OpenStack API … (more)

  • Fedora 17 Takes to the Cloud
  • CIO The newest release of the Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Linux distribution includes a number of technologies that haven’t made their way into Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) yet, including a new version of the OpenStack cloud platform, code-named Essex, … (more)

  • Windows Azure Recipe: Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • The cloud was tailor built for aspiring companies to create innovative internet based applications and solutions. Whether you’re a garage startup with very little … (more)

  • Cloud Computing: do you have a clue?
  • ZDNet (blog) Here’s a rundown of some of their tactics This week’s BTL guest posting by an IBM IT architect, Cloud Computing: Is it right for you?, was an interesting insight into what the big systems vendors are telling their customers about cloud. (more)

  • DRFortress Launches the First Local Pay-As-You-Use Cloud Computing Service
  • for … MarketWatch (press release) HONOLULU, May 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — DRFortress, Hawaii’s premier colocation and cloud services provider, today announced that it has launched DRFcloud, the first local, pay-as-you-use, cloud computing services based in the State and available … (more)

  • Avnet Technology Solutions Debuts Dedicated Cloud Solutions Team
  • MarketWatch (press release) The focus of this portfolio is on the areas of cloud computing that are in demand among end users and best served by off-premise cloud delivery models. Initially, Avnet will provide partners with offerings in workload categories, such as productivity … (more)

  • Polkast(SM) 2.0 Ushers in Next Wave of Personal Cloud Computing
  • MarketWatch (press release) About Polkast Founded in 2010, Polkast is ushering in the next wave of personal cloud computing. Polkast apps connect consumer devices directly, letting users build their own personal cloud, bypassing the public cloud. Polkast is a smarter solution for … (more)

  • Cetrom Honored by SmartCEO as a Best-Run Company in Greater Washington
  • MarketWatch (press release) LANHAM, Md., May 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Cetrom Information Technology, Inc. (Cetrom), a leader in providing comprehensive Cloud Computing solutions, today announced it has been honored as a 2012 SmartCEO 100 Best-Run Company by SmartCEO magazine. (more)

  • Sopexa Groupe Chooses TOPYX’s LMS Professional Services Program
  • San Francisco Chronicle (press release) TOPYX is an award-winning social LMS and comprehensive software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution which engages learners and provides collaborative learning environments for businesses, associations, academic departments and eCommerce needs of any size … (more)

  • ServiceMesh Selected as a Red Herring Top 100 Americas Award Winner
  • MarketWatch (press release) SANTA MONICA, CA, May 31, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — ServiceMesh, provider of the market-leading cloud application management platform for Global 2000 companies, has been named a Red Herring Top 100 Americas Award winner, a mark of distinction for … (more)

  • CertiVox launches PrivateSky(TM) Secure Information Exchange
  • MarketWatch (press release) This new software as a service (SaaS) provides fast and easy-to-use protection for messages, files and other information sent via the cloud through a unique two-factor authentication process and a sophisticated, certificateless encryption platform. (more)

  • VMware Communities: vCloud API and OCCI
  • We are running a vCloud powered Cloud that needs to interconnect with a set of other facilities that run OpenNebula, Eucaliptus, etc… under the OCCI standard. (more)

  • Oracle, Ellison and fun with cloud computing sound bites
  • ZDNet (blog) If Oracle CEO Larry Ellison were running a cloud computing political campaign he could be haunted by comments when they were reduced to sound bites. The reality of Ellison’s cloud computing opinion is a bit more nuanced. Ellison has been riffing on … (more)

  • NIST: Cloud reliability, information security remain ‘open issues’
  • FierceGovernmentIT A new publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology summarizes major classes of cloud computing technology and their benefits, but also notes 23 “open issues” regarding the cloud computing technology overall. (more)

  • How can cloud computing work for you?
  • CNYcentral.com As the ability to access the internet grows ever wider, so does the desire to be able to access our own content from just about anywhere. That’s where “the cloud” comes in, and it’s getting more popular. Whether it’s to tap into your files and photos … (more)

  • Elliott Lays Out Argument for a Sale of BMC Software
  • New York Times In its presentation, Elliott argued that BMC had meaningfully trailed its competitors in the enterprise software industry, and had failed to capitalize on newer trends like software-as-a-service offerings and cloud computing. Elliott added that BMC’s … (more)

  • Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • IT as a Service or ‘Cloud’ as it is often referred to, can be divided into several areas, most often referred to as: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a … (more)

Daily Log News Feed – May 31, 2012

Daily aggregation of log management and SIEM news from @cloud_aware, cloudaware.net.

Daily ITIL News Feed – May 31, 2012

Daily aggregation of ITIL news from @cloud_aware, cloudaware.net.

Daily Mobile Computing Feed – May 30, 2012

Daily aggregation of mobile computing news from @cloud_aware, mobileaware.net.

  • Cisco Axes Tablet Due to BYOD (Bring Your Own Device to Work …
  • By Small Business News
    Highlighting today’s news roundup is the announcement that Cisco plans to discontinue its Cius business tablet. Reason: employees are bringing more. (more)

  • Bring your own device: Welcome to our sci-fi future | memeburn
  • By Barry Gill
    The reality is that the concept of ‘Bring Your Own Device’ has been present for some time already. Tablet PCs and smartphones are as equally disruptive as Lazlow Biro’s ballpoint pen was to the corporate environment in the early 20th century … (more)

  • More Than Half of IT Professionals Don’t Have BYOD Security Plan …
  • By Nicole Henderson
    BYOD, or Bring Your Own Device, is becoming increasingly common, but many companies have not implemented security procedures to accommodate it. GlobalSign has published a white paper to offer best practices for implementing an … (more)

  • The Current Status of BYOD: Not Working as Planned at Cisco, IBM …
  • By Josette Rigsby
    Cisco has announced that it is ending its investment in its Android-based Cius tablet. The company points to consumerization as the reason for the tablet’s demise. OJ Winge, SVP of TelePresence atCisco, said that employees are increasingly … (more)

  • Pushing the Cloud to HPC Levels
  • IT Business Edge (blog) By date: The cloud is widely recognized as the answer to infrastructure and
    resource limitations in the age of Big Data and the advent of mobile computing. But this offers only a limited view of the technology’s true potential. (more)

  • Rubbermaid Medical Solutions Honors Nation’s Nurses During ‘National Nurses
  • Week’ MarketWatch (press release) HUNTERSVILLE, NC, May 30, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Rubbermaid Medical Solutions (RMS), the premier provider of medication carts, wall-mounted workstations, mobile computing solutions and telemedicine carts for healthcare facilities, honored our nation’s … (more)

  • Real-time management of businesses is key to competitiveness of MENA
  • AME Info By extending its core applications with mobile computing, cloud computing
    and in-memory computing SAP is able to create an Intelligent Business Web that offers a complete new level of productivity, value and flexibility. SAP innovations at high speed … (more)

  • Lexmark Quarterly Business Roundup
  • MarketWatch (press release) Additionally, Perceptive Software and Brainware introduced software in two rapidly growing categories – mobile computing and cloud-based offerings. Lexmark announced the Distributed Intelligent Capture Solution that integrates Lexmark Document … (more)

  • Attention CXOs: There’s something you need before you BYOD.
  • ZDNet (blog) If you haven’t explored a mobile device management (MDM) or mobile application management (MAM) suite, then you’re not ready for BYOD. From a C-level seat, a bring your own device program saves money, effort and irritation but you have to manage it … (more)

  • BYOD and Data Custodianship Change the Face of IT | Interviews …
  • By cweinsch@optonline.net
    Carl Weinschenk spoke to Orlando Scott-Cowley, senior product marketing manager at Mimecast. In late April, the company released a survey on BYOD (bring your own device) conducted at the DevConnections conference in Las Vegas. (more)