- CSC launches Unified Communications-as-a-Service
ARNnet It will also provide all hardware and software as part of the service or will manage customer-owned equipment. Regardless of delivery model, services are supported at a per-seat, … focused on cost efficiencies and reducing capital expenditure … (more)
- Microsoft Offers Guidance On Transitioning To Cloud Computing
CRN Solution providers are wrestling with the best way to add cloud computing to their areas of expertise, and Microsoft offered attendees at UBM Channel’s XChange 2012 conference in Dallas some advice on how to make the transition. Microsoft, which is in … (more)
- The Public and the Personal Cloud in the Spotlight This Week
DABCC.com This week the virtualization firm unveiled a very reasonable trial version of its vCloud management platform. For a few cents an hour prospective users can get their hands on a Linux VM that runs the software with 1 GB of RAM for testing purposes. This … (more)
- Open Data Center Alliance Publishes New Cloud Usage Models …
The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) has announced and published more documents for data center customers of cloud usage. These new cloud usage models for to address customer demands for interoperability of various clouds and … (more)
- Nimbus Data feeds flash storage frenzy
GigaOM The Gemini flash array is the first of what will probably be many solid-state storage products announced this week. Nimbus Data says the new array will cut all-in storage cost to $8 per GB from $10 per GB for its previous model. Nimbus Data Gemini … (more)
- 6 Ways the Cloud Enhances Agile Software Development
CIO Meanwhile, Salesforce.com R&D leverages cloud computing to vastly speed up release cycles. Major releases come every quarter, but incremental improvements are added in monthly, weekly and even daily builds. The company’s cloud infrastructure helps it … (more)
- Cloud Computing: Is the Hype Hiding the Benefits?
Midsize Insider Recent research from Gartner reveals that the cloud computing sector has many over-hyped terms. But that doesn’t mean that the sector is all hype. The report points out that the cloud sector includes a range of different terms and technologies, many of … (more)
- Startup SimpliVity pitches super-appliance
GigaOM … own infrastructure is one way to look at… Europe: Lots of cloud opportunity to tap. European cloud adoption has happened slower than in the U.S., but there are signs that it’s about… See More Related Stories For: Amazon / Cisco / Cloud … (more)
- Myths of the cloud
SecurityInfoWatch The cloud computing market is exploding. According to technology research firm Gartner, the market was worth over $100 billion in 2012 and is expected to double within the next four years. With a growing range of “Security-as-a-Service” offerings from … (more)
- Cloud Storage: Benefits of Better Provisioning and Better Data Protection
Formtek Blog (blog) Of those companies surveyed, 73 percent had already begun using some type of cloud computing, and more than a quarter of those companies have been using the cloud for more than three years. The report also found that users of cloud storage had more … (more)
- Xogenous targets small, mid-sized clients for the cloud
Northern Nevada Business Weekly Customers typically begin looking at a cloud-computing solution when they want to use an expensive new software application. At that point, Rutherford says, the potential cost benefits that accompany a move to the cloud help get Xogenous in the door. (more)
- Focus on Open Cloud: Rackspace Introduces New Logo And Rebranding
CloudTimes With OpenStack almost finished, Rackspace has taken its own initiative to rebrand itself in order to put emphasis on open cloud. Although it is keeping its Rackspace Hosting name, there’s going to be a new logo as it moves to offer open cloud computing. (more)
- Multitenancy
Multitenancy. With AllenPort cloud services installed in your data center you are only a few minutes away from reselling branded cloud services to your … (more)
- multitenancy in supervisor with fab deployment – Mezzanine Users …
multitenancy in supervisor with fab deployment. Options … Subject: multitenancy in supervisor with fab deployment. Print | Individual message | Show original … (more)
- Amazon lifts Python up Beanstalk to take on PaaS rivals
ZDNet Summary: By adding support for Python to Elastic Beanstalk, Amazon has further improved the capabilities of its own platform-as-a-service, increasing competitive pressure on services like Heroku and EngineYard. Jack Clark. By Jack Clark | August 20 … (more)
- Kaazing Launches PaaS with Security, Scalability, Instant Deployment
Integration Developers Kaazing Launches PaaS with Security, Scalability, Instant Deployment. Kaazing has launched a new private PaaS (platform as a service) to enable web apps to deliver data in real-time with enterprise security, high-availability, reliability, and scalability. (more)
- Formstack Launches Higher Ed Campaign with Student-Powered Organization …
Virtual-Strategy Magazine Formstack, a SaaS (Software as a Service) company that specializes in online form building and data collection, launched its Back to School campaign today. Now until Sept. 21, Formstack will be offering all college students with a .edu email address an … (more)
- Large telecoms offer a full menu of security services, but not without a …
ComputerworldUK (blog) The telecoms clearly see platform-as-a-service as the natural extension of their core telecom business. Just selling bandwidth is no longer sufficient for these companies, which is in fact now a commodity business. Orange is no exception. This … (more)
- HotLink extends virtualization heterogeneous management to Amazon EC2 …
InfoWorld (blog) HotLink, a server virtualization management startup that came out of stealth mode a year ago at VMworld 2011, is on a mission to transform real-world IT with the industry’s first true heterogeneous data center system management platform for virtual … (more)
- Enterprise IT Outsourcing: 10 Ways Cloud Services Are Changing the Game
eWeek … more sense, in terms of capital expense, security and operational logistics. In tandem with Fremont, Calif.-based IT outsourcer iGATE Corp., eWEEK offers this slide show of key data points on why cloud computing is impacting the IT outsourcing … (more)
- Massachusetts: Cloud is taxed when there’s a software license
Network World When are cloud computing services taxed and when are they not? It’s a question that many states across the country are tackling, and Massachusetts is the latest to rule on the issue. The Bay State — which some call “Taxachusetts” — issued a ruling … (more)
- AdVoice: Amazon Cloud’s ‘Elastic Beanstalk’ PaaS adds Python
Forbes The oddly named Elastic Beanstalk makes it easier to roll out and operate cloud computing services running on Amazon’s AWS/EC2 infrastructure. By Richi Jennings, this is OTOH: curated, fluff-free news and commentary, for people too busy to sift the … (more)