- Smart Computing, Cloud Computing, And Mobility Will Boost US IT …
The common theme in both presentations is that new technologies like Smart Computing, cloud computing, and mobility will drive companies to increase their … (more)
- Two Cloud Myths Busted: Lock-In and Locked Up
PCWorld By David Linthicum, Infoworld The world of cloud computing grows like a
weed in summer, and many assumptions are being made that just aren’t correct. I’ve previously exposed four cloud myths you shouldn’t believe. Now it’s time for me to climb up on my … (more)
- Bright Computing Brings Data Aware Scheduling to Cloud Bursting into Amazon
EC2 PR Web (press release) Bright Cluster Manager ensures that the data required for cloud computing is accessible just prior to the start of the job, initiates the job, and then transfers the results back as soon as the job is completed. This work is completed as a single step … (more)
- Study: Cloud Computing Cuts $5.5 Billion Annually From Federal Budget
CRN The IT managers surveyed also reported spending 11 percent of their current, fiscal year 2013 budgets, or $8.7 billion, on cloud computing. The chief impediment to implementing cloud services was security, listed by 85 percent of federal IT managers. (more)
- Intuit Grabs for Bigger Chunk Of Small-Business SaaS Market With …
By Antone Gonsalves
In announcing plans to buy Demandforce, a marketing Software-as-a-Service provider, Intuit is signaling its intention to grab a bigger share of the high-end of the small business market. With its market-leading Quickbooks product, Intuit is … (more)
- Why Freedom PaaS Choice Is Important | Blogs | ITBusinessEdge.com
By webadmin@itbusinessedge.com
In the name of customer service, most platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings have included any number of tools for managing the application development process. … Extending the Benefits of Server Virtualization Without Shared Storage. Read this white paper to learn how the vSphere storage appliance (VSA) software allows organizations with limited IT resources to unlock the benefits of server virtualization. (more)
- VMware, Piston Cloud team up to develop open source PaaS offering
ComputerworldUK Read more Piston Cloud announced today the Cloud Provider Interface, an open source project that will allow for integration of OpenStack with Cloud Foundry. Piston Cloud leverages the open source OpenStack code to create an IaaS cloud deployment model … (more)
- Sponsor post: Get ready to rule the cloud!
GigaOM HP Cloud Services, CloudStack by Citrix Systems, enStratus, Joyent Cloud, MomentumSI, Splunk and VMware are among leading technology providers sponsoring the conference, providing you a rich ecosystem of innovative companies driving the next generation … (more)
- Does Cloud Computing Matter?
Forbes Joe Weinman is a Senior VP at Telx and the author of Cloudonomics: The Business Value of Cloud Computing Cloud computing is top of mind for computer geeks, information technology (IT) providers, web and mobile start-ups, and most CIOs (chief … (more)
- To win with cloud computing, change IT first
InfoWorld Indeed, many initial uses of cloud computing resources in such organizations will end up in failure. The dirty little secret is that most of the change to IT needs to occur before the first implementation to make cloud computing holistically successful … (more)
- QBE Wins $4 Million Task Order to Support US Army Cloud Computing
MarketWatch (press release) “This prime task order will lay the foundation for expanding those services and provide a proving ground for cloud computing within the Department of Defense. For QBE, it is a critical milestone of our continued growth as a leading provider of … (more)
- The CFO’s role in the cloud question
ITworld.com Cloud computing will affect everything in your organization — right down to the bottom line. For the CFO whose job centers on managing risk, what happens to your organization’s data in the cloud is directly relevant to your role in the organization. (more)
- Understanding the risks of multi tenancy
ComputerworldUK SAP for example avoid had to redesign its ByDesign software-as-a-service offering for multi tenancy, because it could not make it pay commercially otherwise … (more)
- Piston Cloud Computing to incorporate Cloud Foundry and OpenStack
CTR Piston Cloud Computing Inc., an enterprise OpenStack vendor, announced Monday a new community open source project to allow the Cloud Foundry platform-as-a-service to run on OpenStack. With cooperation from VMware, Piston Cloud is developing the Cloud … (more)
- Amazon’s 7 Cloud Promises: Hype Vs. Reality
InformationWeek Doug Henschen 05/01/2012 Amazon says cloud computing is an indispensable enabler of seven important computing transformations. We hype-test the promises with a few reality checks. Seven crucial technology transformations have strong foundations in … (more)
- JDA Outlines the Top Four Things Chief Executives Should Expect from the
Cloud MarketWatch (press release) SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — In the information technology world, no topic is receiving more attention than cloud computing. Unlike in the past where cloud computing was perceived as a cost-effective, flexible option for small to … (more)
- Cloud Computing: First Decision in Java Trial Goes to the Jury
SYS-CON Media (press release) By Maureen O’Gara Two weeks after the trial started, the first part of the
three-part Oracle case against Google went to the jury mid-day Monday. Among other things the poor jury – one of whom reportedly didn’t want to continue but the judge persuaded … (more)
- MediaValet Thrives on Microsoft’s Cloud Platform
MarketWatch (press release) VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Global content services and photography provider VRX Studios turned to Microsoft’s platform-as-a-service (PaaS) cloud platform, Windows Azure, to replace its costly, unscalable, … (more)
- Hosted Application and Cloud Services Company, Virtuon, Provides SaaS
Platform … MarketWatch (press release) The Sigercon software typically requires a customer database server configuration. With the Virtuon vApp Software-as-a-Service platform, SigerTax is now immediately deployed to customers without local server hardware installation and setup. (more)
- DataFlux Marketplace Provides Cloud-based Services to Improve Customer
Data … MarketWatch (press release) ATLANTA, May 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — DataFlux, a leading provider of data management solutions, today announced the launch of DataFlux Marketplace — a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering that validates and enriches mailing and email addresses. (more)
- Spigit Launches New Crowdsourcing Platform ICON, a People-Powered Social
Solution MarketWatch (press release) PLEASANTON, CA, May 01, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Spigit, the global leader in social innovation software and services, today announced the availability of ICON, a new crowdsourcing platform that gives employees a quick way to tap their … (more)
- Corso Launches New SaaS Platform for Strategic Planning and Enterprise …
PR Web (press release) Corso is now offering customers instant access to a working strategic planning environment via its new Strategic Planning Platform as a Software as a Service (SaaS) offering. Corso, a developer of strategic planning solutions for enterprise … (more)
- CDC Software Launches Ross 7.0, Its Next Generation Suite of ERP
Applications MarketWatch (press release) ATLANTA, May 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — CDC Software, an enterprise software provider of on-premise and cloud technologies, today announced the general availability of Ross ERP 7.0, the major release of its next generation of ERP applications offering … (more)
- Mix non-cloudstack instances?
Hi there, Is it possible/safe to mix cloudstack and non-cloudstack instances on the same VMware cluster? I tried and while it worked, I’m worried Cloudstack may … (more)
- CloudStack Networking Considerations | CloudStack Consultancy …
With the Acton release of CloudStack, the choices for networking were significantly enhanced. Cloudstack 3.x now has more options than ever before which … (more)
- Corent Named As A Finalist in Cloud Computing Category For TechAmerica
High … MarketWatch (press release) Corent Technology, Inc., a disrupting innovator in Cloud Computing, announced that its key product Corent Multi-tenant Server(TM) has been named a finalist for the most innovative cloud computing product/technology in the TechAmerica Orange County … (more)
- North Bridge Ventures and Leading Cloud Organizations Launch 2012 Future
of … MarketWatch (press release) What: 2012 Future of Cloud Computing Survey Who: Presented by North Bridge Venture Partners in Collaboration with 38 industry leading organizations. Where: Take Survey Here www.northbridge.com/software North Bridge Venture Partners and the 38 leading … (more)
- 3 Predictions for Cloud Computing
Internet Evolution Taking the stage during a panel on cloud computing, Hebner, along with IBM VP of software standards Angel Diaz, offered up theories on developments to come in the cloud computing space in the near future. 1. Distinction between “private” and “public” … (more)
- Category:OpenStack – FedoraProject
Category:OpenStack. From FedoraProject. Jump to: navigation, search. This is the category for any pages related OpenStack. (more)
- Corso Launches New SaaS Platform for Strategic Planning and Enterprise …
San Antonio Express Corso, a developer of strategic planning solutions for enterprise architecture and strategic planning, today announced the launch of its Strategic Planning Platform as a Software as a Service (SaaS) offering that leverages the cloud to provide … (more)
- XO Communications Launches Concentric Cloud Solutions
MarketWatch (press release) Concentric Cloud Solutions offers new cloud computing, content acceleration, and cloud voice solutions for businesses. These solutions are designed to help customers quickly and cost-effectively deploy and manage infrastructure and services they need, … (more)
- GNAX 50% Off Promotion on Cloud Computing Ending
Albany Times Union The GNAX Cloud is an enterprise-grade, multi-tenant cloud computing solution, powered by VMware vCloud Director. It allows customers to manage an entire virtual infrastructure through a simple web interface, maximizing resource utilization while … (more)
- University of Melbourne fires up kit for OpenStack cloud
iT News By Liam Tung on May 2, 2012 7:13 AM (43 minutes ago) The University of
Melbourne has acquired its first major round of servers to support the launch of the first node of the OpenStack-based NeCTAR Research Cloud. NeCTAR is a nationwide $47 million … (more)
- EarthLink Offering Cloud, Security Services Bundles Through Channel
CRN EarthLink offers additional VMware virtualization capacity and makes its services interoperable with VMware virtual machine instances, doing so through the hosted vCloud offering EarthLink already provides with VMware. The Cloud Entry Bundle is for … (more)
- BitNami Adds Support for Latest Version of Ubuntu
PR Web (press release) In addition to making the BitNami packages freely available to end users, BitNami provides subscriptions of custom-built application images for public and private cloud platforms based on vCloud, CloudStack, Eucalyptus, OpenStack and other cloud … (more)
- Cloud Computing ‘May Be a Lot of Hot Air’
Billing World That prompted the company to wonder if the cloud computing craze is nothing but “a lot of hot air.” The law seems to be getting in the way for some companies. A number said government or industry regulations (such as HIPAA or Sarbanes-Oxley) prevent … (more)
- Dell Cloud with VMware vCloud Datacenter Service Comes to Canada …
I am pleased to announce that the Dell vCloud Datacenter Service is now available to Dell customers in the Canadian market This is a small step in the 2012 … (more)
- Cloud Computing: Piston to Integrate Cloud Foundry & OpenStack
SYS-CON Media (press release) By Maureen O’Gara Piston Cloud Computing, the start-up peddling an
OpenStack distribution for enterprise private clouds, is co-operating with VMware of all people to develop a Cloud Provider Interface (CPI) that integrates OpenStack cloud … (more)
- Piston Cloud Integrates Cloud Foundry PaaS with OpenStack
TalkinCloud (blog) by Brian Taylor on Piston Cloud Computing, an enterprise-level OpenStack specialist, announced a community open source initiative to integrate VMware’s (NYSE: VMW) Cloud Foundry Platform-as-a-Service product with OpenStack. Piston Cloud is designing a … (more)
- Informatica announces industry’s most complete cloud integration
platform-as-a … PRWire The new release delivers the industry’s most comprehensive cloud integration platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering, including a Cloud Connector Toolkit, Cloud Integration Templates and new enterprise features. The latest release of Informatica Cloud … (more)