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Daily Big Data Feed – May 1, 2012

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

Daily Cloud Feed – May 1, 2012

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

  • 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)

Daily Log News Feed – May 1, 2012

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

  • Splunk calls bug bunk
  • SC Magazine Australia By Darren Pauli on May 1, 2012 10:10 PM Splunk has poured cold water on a
    reported flaw within the free version of its forensic toolkit that allows attackers to upload and execute malware on user machines. The flaw was reported by a security consultant … (more)

  • Resources | Sensage
  • Please register to get access to Sensage resources A link will be automatically be sent to your email address with download information … (more)

  • Splunk Seeks Patterns in ‘Every Step You Take’ Online: CEO
  • CNBC.com (blog) Splunk seeks patterns in the clouds of data generated by every person who looks at a website, uses a modem or cellphone, or even one who has a heart pacemaker implanted, CEO Godfrey Sullivan told CNBC Tuesday. Life hasn’t been dramatically different … (more)

  • Identity management compliance: How IAM systems support compliance
  • TechTarget These logs are best stored in a log management system where compliance rules can be stored and where third parties can review the transactions taking place to ensure they meet the access rules of the company. Assuming these activities are functioning … (more)

  • New Splunk Nagios/Icinga ChecksHurricane Labs | Hurricane Labs
  • By mcmaster
    A few months ago, we released a tool called check_splunk_license to the world (under the GPL at the time, but as of 4/19/2012, alternatively available under the. (more)

Daily ITIL News Feed – May 1, 2012

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