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Daily Cloud Feed – May 15, 2012

Current results from Data Survey #1: Data Scientists. Thanks to everyone for helping the world understand Big Data better!

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

  • Software as a Service EMR Model Garners Greater Appeal – Press …

    • OREM, UT, May 14, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ — As providers continue to seek ways to do more with fewer resources, the limited hardware expenses, ease of … (more)

  • What is Vertical SaaS (Software as a Service)? – Definition from …

    • Vertical SaaS describes a type of Software as a Service cloud computing solution created for a specific industry. (more)

  • YouTube – Platform as a service – YouTube

    • Brian Gracely provides an overview of Platform as a Service (PaaS) and looks at the key characteristics to consider when selecting a PaaS platform to develop … (more)

  • ADP and Cornerstone OnDemand Sign Agreement to Extend Talent Management …

    • EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) Our integrated software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution consists of the Cornerstone Recruiting Cloud, the Cornerstone Performance Cloud, the Cornerstone Learning Cloud and the Cornerstone Extended Enterprise Cloud. Our clients use our solution to source … (more)

  • Nimsoft delivers effective rapidly deployable monitoring of VMware

    • vCloud … ITWeb Nimsoft South Africa has announced the availability of Nimsoft Monitor for vCloud – an advanced solution for monitoring and optimising the performance of VMware vCloud environments. Harold van Graan, GM, Nimsoft South Africa, notes the highly dynamic … (more)

  • Adobe Delivers Web Experience Management in the Cloud

    • MarketWatch (press release) Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) today announced the availability of Adobe(R) CQ Cloud Manager, a Software-as-a-Service application that provides enterprises the ability to easily and quickly launch marketing initiatives in the cloud. (more)

  • Research Shows Cloud Computing Reduces Time and Money …

    • By Himanshu_Singh
    Research Shows Cloud Computing Reduces Time and Money Spent Managing Security. Himanshu_Singh. 14 May 2012 8:33 AM. Comments 0. Security is often reported as one of the top concerns or barriers to cloud adoption for businesses. (more)

  • Who is using cloud computing: Five observations – Spiceworks

    • By vendorpageid_443
    IT Best Practices, How-tos, Product Reviews, discussions, articles for IT Professionals in small and medium businesses. (more)

  • Kelway ServiceWorks cloud platform gets market debut

    • MicroScope (blog) Solutions and services specialist Kelway has been showing off its new vCloud-powered cloud services platform, ServiceWorks, which it hopes will cut through some of the fear and doubt surrounding the cloud to give customers a more insightful and … (more)

  • Gemini Technologies integrates Cloudian with Citrix CloudPlatform

    • Computer Business Review “Big Data” applications provider Gemini Technologies has integrated its Cloudian Cloud Storage Platform with Citrix CloudPlatform, an open source cloud platform based on the Apache CloudStack, for deployment of S3 compatible cloud storage for Apache … (more)

  • 3 winners, 3 losers in the move to big data

    • InfoWorld Recently, Yahoo and Google both tossed their very big hats into the ring, and the cloud computing leaders are already offering access to big data services. It’s becoming the killer application for cloud computing, and I believe it will drive a … (more)

  • Download the Cloud Applications Deep Dive report

    • InfoWorld … Thanks to the success of Amazon EC2, Salesforce, and other public cloud services, most enterprises understand the value of cloud computing, and an increasing number of enterprises are exploring the idea of getting into the cloud computing business. (more)

  • Choosing a Cloud Hosting Provider with Confidence

    • InformationWeek Cloud computing is rapidly transforming the IT landscape, and the conversation around adopting cloud technology has progressed from “if” to “when.” Enterprises are showing strong interest in outsourced (“public”) cloud offerings that can help them … (more)

  • HP Releases Trio of Cloud Services for Public Beta

    • Campus Technology By Tim Sohn HP Cloud Services, created with OpenStack technology, is an
    open-source development architecture that provides storage in the cloud for developers and organizations developing Web applications. It includes a management console, … (more)

  • MultiTenancy Who is the Tenant | The Virtualization Practice

    • There seems to be a myriad of definitions of who is a tenant when it comes to secure multi-tenancy. This debate has occurred not only within The Virtualiza. (more)

  • Microsoft Sees Cloud As SMB Security Cure

    • InformationWeek By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek If cloud computing were marketed as a
    medicine, it would be a wonder drug. Its healing powers would be so great that the cautious consumer might suspect quackery. But Microsoft insists the cloud can cure a bleeding … (more)

  • Oracle Positioned to Succeed in the Cloud Computing Market

    • NetworkComputing.com In the second of a three-part series on Oracle’s cloud computing offerings, Network Computing takes a look at the vendor’s position in the software and hardware markets. Part one, “Oracle Embraces Cloud Computing, the New Consumption Model,” examined … (more)

  • Information Services Group Joins Cloud Security Alliance

    • MarketWatch (press release) The CSA is a broad coalition of industry practitioners, corporations, associations and other key stakeholders dedicated to promoting best practices on security assurance within cloud computing environments and to providing education on the uses of … (more)

  • Terremark Expands North American Cloud Infrastructure Capacity

    • MarketWatch (press release) MIAMI, May 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Seeing increasingly strong enterprise demand for secure cloud computing solutions across North America, Terremark, a Verizon Company, increased its cloud infrastructure capacity by deploying a node of its … (more)

  • Bill.com Integrates with NetSuite to Deliver Seamless Cloud-Based

    • Financial … SYS-CON Media (press release) By Business Wire Bill.com, the leader in integrated bill payment, online
    invoicing and cash flow management solutions for businesses, today announced seamless integration with NetSuite’s (NYSE: N) cloud computing platform. NetSuite is the industry’s … (more)

  • Video: SAIC’s Cloud Computing Centers

    • Data Center Knowledge In December 2011, SAIC recently put into operation a new cloud computing data center in a colocation facility. The data center is dedicated to enterprises clients processing massive amounts of information and operating private clouds. (more)

  • SAP Lays out Cloud Strategy Post-SuccessFactors Deal

    • PCWorld By Chris Kanaracus, IDG News SAP announced a broad set of plans to become a
    player in cloud computing, spanning from a “loosely coupled suite” of business applications to data integration and PaaS (platform as a service) Tuesday during the Sapphire … (more)

  • IDA urges S’pore businesses to take up cloud computing

    • Channel News Asia SINGAPORE: The government is taking the lead when it comes to the adoption of cloud computing. The Infocomm Development Authority Singapore (IDA) said it has awarded a key tender to allow Singapore’s first private computing cloud infrastructure for all … (more)

  • EMC Unveils New VMAX Service Provider Platform

    • MarketWatch (press release) EMC VMAX Service Provider (VMAX SP) is a new platform, purpose-built for service providers, enabling the rapid and cost-effective purchase and deployment of a storage infrastructure to power new cloud services–in as little as four hours. (more)

  • elicit Secures $1.5 Million Series A Funding for Roll Out of New Software

    • That … MarketWatch (press release) CHICAGO, IL, May 15, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — elicit ( http://www.elicitsearch.com ), a software as a service (SaaS) company that has designed technology to help marketers easily improve the on-site search experience — and improve conversions … (more)

  • Accenture Launches Cloud-Based New Business and Underwriting Software …

    • MarketWatch (press release) Part of the Accenture Life Insurance Platform, Accenture’s life and annuity insurance software suite, the software component is now available with a Software as a Service (SaaS) licensing option, and is designed to help life and annuity insurers drive … (more)

  • Engine Yard Gamifies Customer Support Community with Badgeville Behavior

    • Platform MarketWatch (press release) MENLO PARK, Calif., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Badgeville, The Behavior Platform and global gamification leader, today announced that Engine Yard, the leading Platform as a Service (PaaS), has selected Badgeville’s technology to add a … (more)

  • Leading Global Advertising Network, Lucky Pacific, Selects Cake Marketing

    • for … MarketWatch (press release) NEWPORT BEACH, CA, May 15, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Cake Marketing, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) division of Accelerize New Media, Inc. (OBB:ACLZ) , announced a new partnership with Lucky Pacific, a leading domestic and international … (more)

  • MuleSoft suite of tools eases way for SaaS integration in the cloud

    • ZDNet (blog) The Mule iON integration platform as a service (iPaaS) connects across cloud-based applications and also connects SaaS to on-premise applications. MuleSoft’s Anypoint technology for on-demand API connectivity eliminates the need for copious custom … (more)

  • Silicon Valley legend John Sculley on cloud computing | Technology …

    • The former Apple CEO talks about cloud computing, plus we look at the ongoing turmoil at Yahoo and the state of broadband in Britain. (more)

  • BMC Communities: Question on CMDB–> Multi Tenancy

    • we are planning to move to a multi tenancy environment. As part pf this we would like to know from CMDB perspective. 1. What all are the changes needed in … (more)

  • Netcelerate’s New Website Contributes to Cloud Computing Awareness

    • San Francisco Chronicle (press release) As the benefits of cloud computing solutions continue to gain momentum in Canada and worldwide, Netcelerate is doing their part to provide clear and straightforward information about hosted telephony, internet and managed IT services. (more)

  • Top 10 Cloud Influencers, Thought Leaders

    • Wired News Cloud computing is everywhere these days and is becoming increasingly vital to any IT strategy. Forrester forecasts that the global cloud market will grow from $40.7 billion to more than $241 billion in 2020. Let’s take time to reflect on how we got to … (more)

  • NetSuite rolls out commerceasaservice platform | Cloud Computing …

    • NetSuite rolls out commerceasaservice platform. SuiteCommerce is being touted as a unified hub for all ecommerce activity. By Chris Kanaracus | IDG News … (more)

  • Bentley Acquires InspectTech, Leading Provider of Software-as-a-Service

    • for … MarketWatch (press release) The InspectTech software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution helps asset owners streamline the process of planning inspections, collecting and managing inspection data, and complying with government reporting requirements. Benefits include a disciplined and … (more)

  • NetSuite Announces Commerce As A Service

    • MarketWatch (press release) … management software suites, today announced NetSuite “Commerce as a Service” (CaaS), enabling businesses to manage their interactions with other businesses and directly with consumers via a cloud platform that delivers the customer experience, … (more)

  • Engine Yard Gamifies Customer Support Community with Badgeville Behavior

    • Platform Sacramento Bee Engine Yard is the leading Platform as a Service (PaaS), empowering software application innovation more rapidly, easily and cost effectively. With deep technical expertise, powerful infrastructure orchestration, strong support of the open source … (more)

  • EMC Unveils New VMAX Service Provider Platform

    • Sacramento Bee … integration and operational enablement services as well as a series of VMAX SP reference architectures to accelerate deployment of their Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a Service (SaaS) offerings. (more)

  • Family Dollar Store Selects AccessVia Web dSignShop SaaS for Shelf-Edge

    • Signs Houston Chronicle The Family Dollar Store has selected AccessVia Web dSignShop Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to print shelf-edge signs and labels in their stores. The discount retailer operates 7100 stores in 45 states. Family Dollar not only required a solution they … (more)

  • NVIDIA Unveils Cloud GPU Technologies, Redefining Computing Industry for

    • Third … MarketWatch (press release) “Kepler cloud GPU technologies shifts cloud computing into a new gear,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA president and chief executive officer. “The GPU has become indispensable. It is central to the experience of gamers. It is vital to digital artists … (more)

  • Nvidia to Offer Graphics Chip for Cloud-Computing Centers

    • BusinessWeek (NVDA) (NVDA) unveiled a version of its processors that will work in cloud-computing centers, offering users the ability to stream advanced graphics through the Internet to remote devices such as Apple Inc.’s iPad. Nvidia collaborated with software … (more)

  • irth Solutions(R) Goes Live With Innovative, New, On-Demand Protection

    • Product … MarketWatch (press release) COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — irth Solutions(R), a leading provider of on-demand software solutions to the domestic utility industry, goes live with UtiliSphere(TM) today. UtiliSphere is a first-of-its-kind Software-as-a-Service … (more)

  • Red Hat: No Regrets About Moving to the Enteprise Model

    • Server Watch Another area where Red Hat is trailing its rivals is in commercial deployment of the OpenStack open source cloud platform. Rival vendor Ubuntu Linux has been supporting OpenStack for over a year, while Red Hat only officially embraced the platform this … (more)

Daily Log News Feed – May 15, 2012

Current results from Data Survey #1: Data Scientists. Thanks to everyone for helping the world understand Big Data better!

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

Daily ITIL News Feed – May 15, 2012

Current results from Data Survey #1: Data Scientists. Thanks to everyone for helping the world understand Big Data better!

Please take the following 2-minute survey to help us understand your hadoop environment better.

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

Daily Mobile Computing Feed – May 14, 2012

Current results from Data Survey #1: Data Scientists. Thanks to everyone for helping the world understand Big Data better!

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

  • BYOD trend makes cell phone security more complicated

    • MedCity News I’ve written many times about the Bring Your Own Device movement (BYOD) and the need for increasing security controls. For years, we’ve controlled device settings on Blackberry devices with the Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES). (more)

  • VMware Going ‘All In’ with BYOD

    • CIO India In most bring-your-own-device plans, employees are the ones bugging management and IT to support their personal devices for work. But VMware took a much different tack when launching its BYOD program late last year: All 6000 employees in the US must … (more)

  • Is your BYOD policy out-of-date?

    • Network World By Colin Neagle, Network World As consumerization continues to spread
    throughout the enterprise, IT decision makers must remain on their toes, tracking and anticipating end user behavior and deploying technology to protect against productivity losses … (more)

  • The Morning Download: CIOs Who Provide a Tonic to the Business

    • Wall Street Journal (blog) Oracle’s lawsuit against Google is less about recovering licensing fees for use of the Java code as it is about controlling the future of mobile computing, reports the NYT’s Quentin Hardy. Android is the most popular operating system for smartphones in … (more)

  • Apple readies revamped 15-inch MacBook Pro: Retina Display, ultra-thin

    • design … 9 to 5 Mac Apple is putting the finishing touches on an entirely new 15-inch MacBook Pro that is the outcome of years of research and development in ultra-thin mobile computing and super-high-resolution displays. According to trusted sources in Apple’s supply … (more)

  • AMD Named to CRN’s 5-Star Partner Programs Guide for Third Consecutive Year

    • SYS-CON Media (press release) “Whether it’s bringing the right resources or technologies together to simplify a mobile computing or cloud deployment, we are dedicated to providing our partners with the support and product innovation they need to grow their business. (more)

  • Chris Firth Joins Tiburon as Vice President Customer Satisfaction &

    • Client … SYS-CON Media (press release) Tiburon’s broad set of solutions for computer aided dispatch (CAD), records management, mobile computing and jail management has won it many accolades and it counts among its customers agencies large and small — from San Francisco to Lakeland, … (more)

  • ZoomSafer Named Winner of 2012 MobileTrax Mobility Award

    • SYS-CON Media (press release) Awarded annually for over fifteen years, the 2012 Mobility Awards were selected by 37 mobile and wireless industry-leading press and analysts and recognize the best mobile computing and wireless data communications products and services introduced to … (more)

  • NVIDIA and Intellectual Ventures Partner to Acquire Portfolio of

    • Wireless … MarketWatch (press release) “This acquisition complements our ownership of extensive fundamental patents in graphics, visual and mobile computing,” said David Shannon, executive vice president and general counsel at NVIDIA. “These patents, acquired in collaboration with … (more)

  • Yahoo CEO Out, Investor Loeb Gets Board Seats

    • Mobile & Apps Yahoo was a dominant player in the early days of the Internet but has struggled for years to maintain its relevance as social media, mobile computing and highly personalized advertising have redefined the industry landscape. While brands such as Yahoo … (more)

  • Mobile Computing Awareness Day Nov. 7: Faculty/Staff Encouraged …

    • MACOMB, IL — Western Illinois University’s annual Mobile Computing Awareness Day (MCAD) is set for Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the University Union Capitol … (more)

  • 9 keys to making a BYOD policy work Government Computer News

    • 9 keys to making BYOD work. By Kevin McCaney; May 10 2012 … job often regardless of whether their organization has a formalbring your own device policy … (more)

  • Desperation Shows As Intel Promises Chips Apple “Can’t Ignore”

    • Cult of Mac It’s also a sign that Intel is scared that it will be left behind in the revolution of mobile computing. One horrifying possibility for Intel is that, as Apple gains more market share and more experience designing its own silicon, it will stop buying … (more)

  • BYOD: New animal, new taming techniques

    • Computerworld By Teresa Leung BYOD is nothing new, but now it’s morphed into a different
    animal. When the Blackberry and similar devices made their initial appearance in enterprises, employee access to e-mails and corporate data was a top-down initiative. (more)

Daily Big Data Feed – May 14, 2012

Current results from Data Survey #1: Data Scientists. Thanks to everyone for helping the world understand Big Data better!

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

  • Intelligent use of Big Data

    • CFO World With the likely exponential growth of this information, the thorny topic if ‘Big Data’ will undoubtedly rear its head and this is major concern for Guru Bill Inmon. While upbeat about the general state of analytics and BI, Inman sees a vast new … (more)

  • Winning business with Cloud and Big Data

    • CIOL Today’s CIOs are being asked to deal with a perfect storm of technology disruptors such as Big Data, Open Source Paradigm, Cloud, Mobile and Social Media. The combined impact of these new technological forces is not only re-shaping IT but also … (more)

  • Big Data Equals Big Business Opportunity Say Global IT and Business

    • Professionals MarketWatch (press release) INFORMATICA WORLD, LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 14, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — By a greater than two-to-one margin, organizations today view big data primarily as a business opportunity rather than an IT challenge and are moving quickly to do … (more)

  • Big Data Equals Big Business Opportunity Say Global IT and Business

    • Professionals Broadcast Newsroom Give your eLearning a makeover using best-in-class tools to author and enrich content. Apple (AAPL) today had its estimates reduced through 2013 by Credit Suisse (CS) as the firm expects US smartphone growth to slow down. A $750 price target was issued … (more)

  • Facebook’s Hidden Asset

    • ClickZ Big data. To understand Facebook’s data and its marketing and financial value, I interviewed marketing data scientist, Rhonda Knehans Drake, Drake Direct … (more)

  • SONIC(R) Uses Big Data Analytics to Drive Past Its Competitors

    • MarketWatch (press release) NEW YORK, NY, May 14, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — SONIC, the nation’s largest chain of drive-in restaurants, has embraced 1010data’s Internet-based Big Data Warehouse to analyze billions of records to enable critical business decisions ranging from … (more)

  • Big Data Search and Analytics Executive Rory Welch Slated to Speak at …

    • Virtual-Strategy Magazine CEO of WaLa! to Discuss New Approaches to Bringing Semantic-Based Big Data Search to the Masses, Leveraging Multiple Data Types and Multiple Data Sources WaLa!, a big data search and analytics platform provider, today announced that its CEO Rory Welch … (more)

  • The 9 fraud and abuse areas big data can target

    • Government Health IT Healthcare organizations and government agencies must leverage big-data collections of patient records and financial billing to identify and eliminate system abuses. Most of the above-mentioned abusive practices not only add excess cost to the … (more)

  • Amplidata is object (storage) of desire for Quantum

    • MarketWatch (press release) LOCHRISTI, Belgium, May 14, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amplidata, innovator in optimized object storage technology, today announced that its AmpliStor(R) XT technology has been chosen by Quantum, a proven global expert in data protection and big data … (more)

  • Remote Sr. Analytic Data Scientist – Virtual Vocations

    • An analytic scientist is needed for presales activities. Understand customer business use cases and help customers explore methods to improve business. (more)

  • Data Scientist at The Cobalt Group in Greater Boston Area Job …

    • The Cobalt Group is hiring! View and apply for the Data Scientist Job at The Cobalt Group in Greater Boston Area. (more)

  • Relevant Data Names Predictive Analytics Expert Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro,

    • Ph … MarketWatch (press release) KDnuggets.com , a leading online publication on Analytics and Data Mining, and one of the top online influencers in Big Data and Data Science. According to Marshall Sterman, Chairman and CEO, “Dr. Piatetsky-Shapiro brings a hands-on perspective and … (more)

  • Don’t Get Burned by Facebook’s ‘Hot’ IPO

    • Wall Street Journal (blog) At the blog Data Science Hacking, Jason Davis has a nice breakdown of the gap between the IPO price and the opening price of six social-media stocks I mentioned in my article on the Facebook IPO this past weekend. Four of the six priced well above the … (more)

  • Five Things CIO’s Should Know About Big Data

    • PCWorld Organizations will have to focus on data science, Kobielus said. They have to hire statistical modelers, text mining professionals, people who specialize in sentiment analysis. This may not be the same skill set that todays analysts versed in business … (more)

  • PwC releases new Technology Forecast: Reshaping the Workforce with the

    • New … MarketWatch (press release) In this issue of the Technology Forecast, PwC addresses customer analytics, new analytics technology, social media intelligence, and how CIOs can build the foundation for a data science culture. According to PwC, the flow of data at this new, … (more)

Daily Cloud Feed – May 14, 2012

Current results from Data Survey #1: Data Scientists. Thanks to everyone for helping the world understand Big Data better!

Please take the following 2-minute survey to help us understand your hadoop environment better.

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

  • SAP Seen Boosting Cloud to Vindicate SuccessFactors Deal

    • BusinessWeek By Cornelius Rahn on May 13, 2012 SAP AG (SAP) plans to show this week it
    has learned from a flawed venture into Internet-based software five years ago with its new strategy for cloud-computing, months after the $3.4 billion purchase of SuccessFactors … (more)

  • As I See It: Cloud Cover

    • IT Jungle He was wrong about the dumb terminals, but the rest looks suspiciously like cloud computing. The concept of cloud computing is nothing new. We used to call it time-sharing when an enterprise with excess capacity sold system time (often at night) to … (more)

  • ScaleXtreme CloudStack Integration Verified as … – Business Wire

    • SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ScaleXtreme, the leading provider of cloud and server management products, today announced that its Xpress, Xpert … (more)

  • Software as a Service EMR Model Garners Greater Appeal

    • DigitalJournal.com (press release) An attractive pricing model combined with hands-off maintenance and increasing confidence in cloud data storage has many healthcare providers looking seriously at Software as a Service EMR systems. OREM, UT, May 14, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ — As … (more)

  • Citrix Project Avalon Delivers Windows as a Cloud Service

    • Campus Technology XenDesktop is the company’s virtual desktop product that allows IT staff to deliver individual Windows, web-based, and software-as-a-service applications–virtual desktops–to PCs, Macs, tablets, smartphones, laptops, and thin client devices. (more)

  • SpotlightTMS Selected by Denver Broncos as Ticket Management System for …

    • MarketWatch (press release) SpotlightTMS.com ), a Software as a Service (SaaS) application that enables companies to measure the business impact of their ticket and suite assets, while staying compliant with various state and federal regulations covering corporate entertaining. (more)

  • Home Builders Move to Mark Systems’ IHMSWeb After 99% Price Drop

    • MarketWatch (press release) MOUNT HOLLY, NJ, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Home builders from across the country have selected MARK SYSTEMS’ IHMSWeb as their ERP provider in the wake of a 99% reduction in storage costs for MARK SYSTEMS’ SaaS (Software as a Service) … (more)

  • Fundtech Introduces Global Liquidity & Risk Management Solution —

    • Enabling … MarketWatch (press release) The Global Liquidity & Risk Management solution is built on the Fundtech Services Platform, the advanced Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) technology that is at the core of Fundtech’s broad line of transaction banking products and services. (more)

  • Orange Business Services – Trading Solutions provides high-performance

    • network … MarketWatch (press release) For their managed enterprise solution or on a Software as a Service (SaaS) basis, Fidessa now allows their domestic and international clients to trade markets electronically using the TCSnet service,” said Sebastien Jaouen, head of Global Sales at … (more)

  • SaaS For SMBs: InsightSquared Picks Up $4.5M From Atlas …

    • By Ingrid Lunden
    As the software-as-a-service market continues to mature, there are companies emerging that are targeting specific sectors within the enterprise with solutions especially tailored and priced for them: the latest of these is InsightSquared, which has announced a Series A round of $4.5 million for its a business intelligence platform aimed specifically at small and medium-sized businesses. The round was led by Atlas Venture, with participation also from NextView Ventures and new … (more)

  • Cloud Computing Security Benefits Dispel Adoption Barrier for Small to

    • Midsize … MarketWatch (press release) Cloud services reduce time and money spent managing security and increase protection against cyberthreats, Microsoft study shows. REDMOND, Wash., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Research released today by Microsoft Corp. shows that small and … (more)

  • Cloud computing tools: Improving security through visibility and automation

    • Network World The resulting deployment decisions can improve those systems’ reliability, uptime and efficiency, as well as their security, says Lilac Schoenbeck, a senior manager in cloud computing marketing at management software vendor BMC. (more)

  • The real limits of cloud computing

    • ITworld.com It is increasingly apparent that the level of hype around cloud computing has reached new and dizzying levels, and personal and business storage seems to be the latest “hot” implementation through which the Glories of Cloud are proclaimed. (more)

  • Oracle Embraces Cloud Computing, the New Consumption Model

    • NetworkComputing.com In a series of briefings at the recent Oracle Industry Analyst World 2012, the software vendor set its sights on the cloud computing market, announcing a broad portfolio of products and services to enable public, private and hybrid clouds, … (more)

  • Piston Cloud, the Red Hat of OpenStack Cloud Computing? | Linux …

    • Piston Cloud’s Christopher MacGown discusses the open source ecosystem he sees developing around OpenStack and his company’s claim as the Red Hat of … (more)

  • Fedora 17 & GNOME 3.4: Return to a useful Linux desktop (Review)

    • ZDNet (blog) It also includes built-in support for the Nebula Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and the OpenStack cloud. Fedora’s take on OpenStack includes support for OpenStack’s latest edition, 2012.1, aka Essex. As usual in Fedora, which has always been a … (more)

  • Interop: “Hybrid Cloud is Here to Stay,” But Management Issues Abound

    • PC Magazine She noted that there are at least four major ways cloud operating systems can come together: in OpenStack (which is pushed by Rackspace and others), CloudStack (now part of Citrix), VMware’s vCloud Director, and the Amazon/Eucalyptus stack. (more)

  • Apprenda Wins SIIA CODiE Award for Best Cloud Platform

    • MarketWatch (press release) CLIFTON PARK, NY, May 14, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Apprenda, the open Platform as a Service (PaaS) stack for .NET, today announced that its Apprenda Platform won an SIIA CODiE Award for Best Cloud Platform. The Software & Information Industry … (more)

  • Park City Group Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results

    • MarketWatch (press release) PARK CITY, Utah, May 14, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Park City Group (ASE:PCYG) , a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of unique supply chain solutions for retailers and their suppliers, today announced results for its fiscal third quarter ended March … (more)

  • The Cloud is Eating The World

    • Forbes Like it or not any software being created today is being done with the cloud as its central architectural design philosophy. And with the rise of development environments such as Platform as a Service (PaaS) it’s never been easier to forget that … (more)

  • VMware: VMware vCloud Blog: Another VMware Cloud: Charles …

    • VMware vCloud delivers a single way to run, manage, and secure your applications where you … (more)

  • Citrix Synergy Heavy on Cloud, Mobility

    • Virtualization Review (blog) In recognition of its relationship with Amazon Web Services, Citrix says Project Avalon creates an infrastructure that transforms any desktop into a Amazon-style cloud, adding “By leveraging the new Citrix CloudPlatform, powered by Apache CloudStack, … (more)