- Ellison: Oracle Will Deliver World’s ‘most Comprehensive Cloud’
PCWorld “It’s been a long time coming,” Ellison said of the Oracle Public Cloud, which encompasses Oracle’s suite of Fusion Applications delivered as both SaaS (software as a service) and PaaS (platform as a service) features, including the Java Cloud Service … (more)
- Apprenda Delivers Hybrid Cloud Solution for .NET
San Francisco Chronicle (press release) NET Applications Clifton Park, NY (PRWEB) June 06, 2012 Apprenda, the open Platform as a Service (PaaS) stack for .NET, today announced Apprenda Azure, providing enterprises with a hybrid cloud solution for .NET. With Apprenda Azure, enterprises will … (more)
- Microsoft Moves to Level the Cloud Platform Playing Field
ZDNet (blog) That seems the be the pattern playing out with Windows Azure, its cloud platform. Windows Azure debuted as an ahead-of-its-time foundational Platform as a Service (PaaS) for its core installed base of .Net developers but has since expanded and extended … (more)
- What if “platform as a Service”? – Yahoo! Answers
platform is a kind of base. which may include hardware+software+data+protocols …? in fact is everything? 4 minutes ago; – 4 days left to answer. Report Abuse … (more)
- Help Desk Software-as-a-Service
Happy Fathers Day from the scrap metal forum. Scrap room memberships are only $25 from now until fathers day Get Yours Now. Results 1 to 2 of 2 … (more)
- infrastructure as a service service News and Other Resources | ZDNet
Companies; Hardware; Software; Mobile; Security; Research; Special … Platform As A Service … Microsoft Moves to Level the Cloud Platform Playing Field … (more)
- Oracle unveils suite of ‘cloud computing’ services
BusinessWeek The concept of leasing software applications reachable on any Internet-connected device is known as “cloud computing.” It’s an idea that Ellison has frequently mocked as a passing fancy, but his comments Wednesday made it clear that he realized some … (more)
- Why Cloud Pricing Comparisons Are So Hard
InformationWeek Third in our series on cloud computing pricing. By Charles Babcock InformationWeek Public cloud computing companies all perform similar functions, so why is it so hard to compare the value of one cloud infrastructure service with another? (more)
- FedRAMP will standardize security requirements for cloud computing
contracts. Washington Post (blog) By Timothy R. Smith The General Services Administration on Wednesday
unveiled a single authentication standard for government cloud computing services. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, known as FedRAMP, will standardize the basic … (more)
- HP salutes Amazon’s dominance, plugs CloudSystem into EC2 …
By feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors)
… in three variants: HP CloudSystem Matrix is an entry-level configuration for managing infrastructure-as-a-service clouds; HP CloudSystem Enterprise helps companies build IaaS, platform-as-a-service and software-as-a-service applications; … (more)
- Service robots make software open source | Machine Design
By Jared Rader
Among the latest robot designs to use software available via open-source is one called REEM. Designed as a service robot, it stands 5.5-ft high so it can interact with humans at eye level. It has a mobile base that lets it move at 2 mph and a … (more)
- Insure that new Magic ACE introduced for multitenancy does not …
The platform team recently introduced a new Magic ACE (a perm. that is automatically given to all users with a given logical role regardless of perms actual … (more)
- Microsoft Brings Linux to Windows Azure Cloud
eWeek Microsoft enables Linux instances to run on its Windows Azure cloud computing platform. Azure now supports OpenSUSE 12.1, CentOS 6.2, Ubuntu 12.04 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2. Not to be outdone by competing distributions, SUSE announced … (more)
- Is OpenStack the new Linux?
Australian Techworld Citrix cited two main reasons for abandoning OpenStack in favor of CloudStack: insurmountable technological incompatibilities between the two platforms and OpenStack’s insufficient responsiveness to customer needs. Citrix also went out of its way to … (more)
- Is OpenStack the new Linux | Cloud Computing InfoWorld
Or is this open source ‘cloud operating system’ just a launching pad for a million new cloud businesses? Either way, the excitement is contagious. (more)
- CLOUD FASTTRACK / ONLINE TRAINING AWS AZURE EUCALYPTUS RACKSPACE …
CLOUD FASTTRACK / ONLINE TRAINING AWS AZURE EUCALYPTUS RACKSPACE CLOUDSTACK OPENNEBULA CLOUD COMPUTING FASTTRACK TRAINING @ KNOWLEDGE LABS CHENNAI PH:+91 … (more)
- Cloud’s Big Caveat: Runaway Costs
InformationWeek Fourth in our series on cloud computing pricing. By Charles Babcock InformationWeek It’s Friday, and as the software testing team heads home for a three-day weekend, they forget to turn off a 250-server cluster they’ve been renting from a public cloud … (more)
- QLogic to Address Migration of Storage to the Cloud and I/O for Big Data
at … MarketWatch (press release) QLogic experts will provide attendees with insight and practical information that will allow them to address current trends in cloud computing and better manage their storage in the cloud era. Presentations include: — Ilker Cebeli, director of cloud … (more)
- Cetrom to Bring Custom Cloud Solutions to CPAs at Upcoming AICPA Conferences
MarketWatch (press release) VIENNA, Va., Jun 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Cetrom Information Technology, Inc. (Cetrom), a leader in providing comprehensive Cloud Computing solutions, announces it will be exhibiting its custom Cloud Computing solutions at booth #406 during the … (more)
- Cloud-Based Software Company Appature Appoints Pharmaceutical Marketing …
MarketWatch (press release) Appature, a leading software-as-a-service (SAAS) provider for life sciences, offers a “surprisingly simple” relationship marketing platform that enables healthcare marketers to easily mine data, launch campaigns, and get actionable insights to drive … (more)
- Eccentex’s Solution for New York State Department of Financial Services …
MarketWatch (press release) LOS ANGELES, CA, Jun 07, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Eccentex Corporation, a leader in the delivery of Dynamic Case Management (DCM) Cloud solutions through the company’s leading Platform as a Service (PaaS), AppBase, is proud to announce one of … (more)
- iSimplyConnect Shows Early Promise With Over 2500 Enterprise Sign Ups in
Four … MarketWatch (press release) ATLANTA, GA, Jun 07, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — iSimplyConnect, an Asavie Technologies Software-as-a-Service remote access Virtual Private Network (VPN) for iOS devices, today announced the company has signed up more than 2500 businesses since the … (more)
- Oracle’s Mark Hurd: App complexity will drive customers to our cloud
InfoWorld The Oracle Cloud will offer over 100 SaaS (software as a service) enterprise applications, a PaaS (platform as a service) primarily intended to serve Java developers, and a cloud version of the Oracle database. The company also unveiled a new Platinum … (more)
- VMware VMware vCloud Blog How To Handle Some vCloud Director …
The other day I was sent a link to a 9slide deck titledLife before and after vCloud Director put together by someone I do not know that takes time to point … (more)
- Apcera will battle VMware, Red Hat, Oracle in PaaS market
ZDNet (blog) Very little is publicly known about Apcera, except that Collison intends to harness OpenStack and extend the DevOps capabilities of Platform-as-a-Service to enterprises with a special focus on management. Apcera’s focus will be on providing enterprises … (more)
- Telcos Cautiously Consider the Enterprise PaaS Market, Heavy Reading Reports
MarketWatch (press release) It discusses the evolution of enterprise PaaS and the opportunity for telcos to offer PaaS as part of a cloud stack of services. It provides a comparison of key PaaS providers, some of which would be telco competitors in this market and some of which … (more)
- Oracle Cloud: Big Bravado, Huge Questions
InformationWeek Such software has a full understanding of multitenancy, data protection, billing and so on. By running a single instance of the app, Workday and Salesforce … (more)
- OpenStack consortia to rival Citrix VMware Microsoft as VDI hits …
One open source consortia will announce plans this month for an OpenStack VDI stack to rival those of Citrix, Microsoft and VMware. Citrix last month. (more)
- Enrollment Rx Wins THINKstrategies’ Best of SaaS Showplace Award
MarketWatch (press release) This program is aimed at promoting the measurable business benefits delivered by today’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions. The BoSS Awards are part of an ongoing program in THINKstrategies’ new Cloud Computing Showplace and recognize SaaS … (more)
- Microsoft Pushes Windows Azure to Play With the Big Clouds
eWeek Microsoft’s move to open Windows Azure up and launch a new Infrastructure as a Service play along with its initial Platform as a Service strategy can only be viewed as a bold move aimed directly at segment leader Amazon Web Services (AWS). (more)
- CloudEnable and CumuLogic Launch PaaS Center of Excellence
San Francisco Chronicle (press release) … MA and Cupertino, CA (PRWEB) June 07, 2012 CloudEnable (a division of Cambridge Technology Enterprises (NSE: CTE), a leading provider of Cloud Management Services and CumuLogic, a Java Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) software provider for enterprises, … (more)
- RedChip Research Issues Research Update on Asure Software
MarketWatch (press release) ORLANDO, Fla., Jun 7, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — RedChip Research(TM), a division of RedChip Companies, Inc., today announced it has issued a research update on Asure Software Inc. (NASDAQ:ASUR) , a software-as-a-service provider with a suite … (more)
- KeyedIn Solutions Launches Complete Project Management Solution for US
Market MarketWatch (press release) MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Jun 07, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — KeyedIn Solutions, a global SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions provider and consultancy, today announced the US launch of KeyedInProjects. The on-demand project management software suite … (more)
- Is OpenStack the New Linux Slashdot
snydeq writes “As the self-proclaimed ‘cloud OS for the datacenter,’ OpenStack is fast becoming one of the more intriguing movements in open source … (more)
- Around the Web The Stack Wars OpenStack vs CloudStack Gestalt IT
InformationWeek is the leading news and information source for information technology professionals and business managers with technology management and … (more)
- Email Software As A Service: The Route To Greater Productivity …
By Alistair Johnson
Email Software As A Service: The Route To Greater Productivity? By Alistair Johnson June 07, 2012. Every day IT managers are bombarded with requests to help email users locate missing or deleted messages. On an almost hourly basis … (more)
- Microsoft wants Azure cloud to play with the big boys
By Ed Oswald
Microsoft beefed up its Windows Azure cloud platform Thursday, announcing a host of features that take it out of a primarily Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) role and place it into the realm of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). The Redmond … Oracle’s announcement yesterday spanned across all of the major aspects of cloud computing — Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), PaaS, and IaaS — and Oracle has gone from a nobody in the cloud to a significant player practically overnight. Microsoft … (more)
- Mythbusters: Cloud Computing is a Deployment Model, Not a Point …
By Diana Wong
You do not purchase and install the application on your server or your desktops; depending on the cloud-based software (also referred to as Software-as-a-Service or SaaS), you might install a specialized client that people use to connect to … (more)
- Apps, social, platform: Oracle aims for planet Earth’s broadest cloud …
By feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors)
The company’s new cloud strategy takes in platform-as-a-service, on-demand applications and social networking tools for the enterprise, as it strives. (more)
- US unveils single standard for cloud-computing services
Washington Post The General Services Administration earlier this week unveiled a single authentication standard for government cloud-computing services. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, known as FedRAMP, will standardize the basic security … (more)
- Complexities could lead to cloud ‘meltdowns,’ researcher says
Computerworld By Chris Kanaracus IDG News Service – As the use of cloud computing becomes
more and more mainstream, serious operational “meltdowns” could arise as end-users and vendors mix, match and bundle services for various means, a researcher argues in a new … (more)
- Unisys VP: Federal Budget Crunch Is Driving Cloud Computing Services
Momentum CRN By Steven Burke, CRN The federal government budget crunch is resulting in a
sharp uptick in federal government agencies embracing cloud computing services. “The budget crunch is obviously making the federal government look for opportunities to save … (more)
- OrangeScape CEO Suresh Sambandam to Speak at DeployCon 2012 at “Future of
PaaS … San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Founder and CEO of OrangeScape will take part in the very first Enterprise PaaS Summit, DeployCon 2012 New York, NY (PRWEB) June 07, 2012 OrangeScape, a Global 10 Platform as a Service (PaaS) provider, announced today that CEO & Founder Suresh … (more)
- Apache CloudStack at LinuxCon Japan
This is the slide @kkitase used at LinuxCon Japan 2012. (more)