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Daily Cloud Feed – May 15, 2012

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  • 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 Cloud 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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  • 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)

Daily Cloud Feed – May 13, 2012

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Daily Cloud Feed – May 12, 2012

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

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  • HP’s OpenStack-Powered Cloud Enters Public Beta

    • Datamation HP opens the doors to its public cloud offering in one of the industry’s highest profile OpenStack deployments. HP reached a big milestone in its Converged Cloud initiative by kicking off a public beta for its HP Cloud Services suite. (more)

  • On-demand computing models support Web application scalability

    • TheServerSide.com By Jason Tee The on-demand nature of cloud computing has put scalable Web
    applications within easy reach for businesses of all sizes. There’s little to no barrier to entry for even the smallest companies to access the kind of computing power and data … (more)

  • Cisco Helps Iceland’s Farice Play a Key Role in Green Cloud Computing

    • SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog) By Don Nelson One of the topics we covered this week at the Cisco Packet
    Optical Networking Conference was cloud computing. A benefit [...] Syndicated stories and blog feeds, all rights reserved by the author. Don Nelson is the moderator and Program … (more)

  • Canada Cloud Network launches Social Cloud PR service

    • SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog) By Cloud Ventures The Canada Cloud Network (CCN), a new industry consortium
    intent on establishing Canada as a world leader in the field of Cloud Computing, is pleased to announce their formal launch and the immediate availability of membership … (more)

  • Software as a service: ERP by the hour? – Yahoo!7 Answers

    • “Software as a service: ERP by the hour?” – Find the answer to this question and millions more on Yahoo!7 Answers. (more)

  • At Citrix Synergy, Citrix’s CloudStack Strategy Spreads Out

    • OStatic (blog) 11, 2012Comments (0) This week, the Citrix Synergy conference is going on in San Francisco, with lots of news related to Citrix’s CloudStack strategy coming out, and more. Through today, Friday, you can still access live keynotes and sessions from the … (more)

  • Citrix Launches CloudStack-Powered Cloud Orchestration Platform

    • Web Host Industry Review Citrix has launched Citrix CloudPlatform, the first commercially supported cloud orchestration system based on Apache CloudStack. Cloud software provider Citrix announced on Wednesday at the Citrix Synergy conference it has launched Citrix … (more)

  • Citrix Unveils CloudPlatform at Synergy 2012

    • Data Center Knowledge Focusing its cloud platform strategy on the CloudStack platform, Citrix (CTXS) is trying to make it easier for customers of any size to create true, Amazon-style clouds. To bring the power of Apache CloudStack to its extensive enterprise and service … (more)

  • Lessons for HP box jockeys on the Amazon warpath

    • Register A tweet from April’s OpenStack design conference in San Francisco, California, hinted at the scale of what HP is selling: 2000 nodes, “multi-petabytes” of Swift storage capacity and “pricing to match AWS”. HP won’t comment on the these numbers. (more)

  • Digistore Solutions Showcases Private Cloud Computing And Offshore Data …

    • San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Digistore Solutions is excited to showcase its Private Cloud Computing and Offshore Data Storage concept that utilizes the company’s next-generation hybrid Network Attached Storage (NAS), Centurion iServe Pro and automatic optical disc storage library, … (more)

  • CRN’s 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Vendors

    • CRN’s annual look at the coolest cloud computing companies examines the top cloud vendors across the cloud security, cloud storage and cloud software … (more)

Daily Cloud Feed – May 11, 2012

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

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  • Cloud versus globalization | Thoughts on Cloud Blog

    • By Mariano Ammirabile
    Recent market intelligence reports forecast IaaS and platform as a service (PaaS) becoming a commodity in the short period; this means that if I am a cloud provider I should invest in added value services like software as a service (SaaS) and … (more)

  • This Just In: Cloud Computing is Hard, and Takes a Long Time

    • PCWorld Cloud computing is a challenge that takes longer than most organizations have budgeted. For example, only 5 percent of IT decision makers surveyed have been able to migrate at least half of their total applications to the cloud. (more)

  • Is OpenStack a New Door to Cloud Adoption?

    • SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog) By Nicos Vekiarides All the buzz surrounding OpenStack over the past few
    months may beg the question of whether Openstack can repeat for Cloud what Linux has done for server operating systems over the past several years. With an enthusiastic following … (more)

  • Symplified Introduces Identity As A Service Platform For Cloud …

    • Symplified Introduces Identity As A Service Platform For Cloud Service Providers. Symplified StructureT enables cloud service providers to seamlessly … (more)

  • Citrix snaps up Virtual Computer for VDI

    • Register In addition to the Virtual Computer deal, Citrix this week also trotted out CloudPlatform, which is the commercially supported version of the open source CloudStack code the company turned into an Apache Incubator project after throwing the rival … (more)

  • HP puts OpenStack cloud into public beta

    • InformationWeek OpenStack marches on. On Thursday, Hewlett-Packard put its public cloud to public beta. The services had been available to a limited number of customers up till now. OpenStack co-founder Rackspace made its OpenStack cloud generally available May 1, … (more)

  • EMC Community Network – ECN: VMware VIEW/ vCloud Director

    • VMware VIEW/ vCloud Director By BrianOR … I was given an assignment to outline the painpoints in the attached VMware View/ vCloud Director environment . (more)

  • Cornerstone OnDemand Sets Date to Announce First Quarter 2012 Financial

    • Results EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) (EON: Enhanced Online News)–Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ:CSOD), a global leader in cloud-based talent management software solutions, announced today that its financial results for the first quarter 2012 will be released after the market close on … (more)

  • CloudBees Platform as a Service Now Available … – Yahoo! Finance

    • Finance: WOBURN, MA and PARIS– – CloudBees, Inc. , the Java Platform as a Service innovation leader, announced today the CloudBees PaaS is available on … (more)

  • Logica unveils Fusion Factory platform-as-a-service application

    • Computer Business Review Business and technology service company Logica has released ‘Fusion Factory,’ a new platform-as-a-service (PaaS) application designed to bring bespoke application development projects to market faster. Fusion Factory is based on Oracle Fusion … (more)

  • Budget, internal resources pivotal in biz PaaS choice

    • ZDNet Asia 59 Jakarta 10350, Indonesia The platform-as-a-service (PaaS) arena is still evolving and in a flux, so companies looking to migrate their software to these platforms need to be mindful of their business requirements, resources and ability to integrate … (more)

  • Zenoss Enhances CloudStack Monitoring Solution – Yahoo! Finance

    • From Yahoo! Finance: SAN FRANCISCO, CA– – Citrix Synergy Booth #906 Today at Citrix Synergy, Zenoss , a leading provider of unified IT operations software … (more)

  • Google looks to grow computing service

    • NorthJersey.com Google has offered cloud-computing services for four years without gaining much traction. “We missed it,” said Amit Singh, vice president of enterprise at Mountain View, Calif.-based Google. “We have to get better.” Google is hiring more engineers and … (more)

  • Cloud Computing: HP Betas Its OpenStack Public Cloud

    • SYS-CON Media (press release) It frankly didn’t have the technology in-house to build it and was lucky that the open source effort to produce the OpenStack public cloud infrastructure came along. Of course, OpenStack is not supposed to be quite ready primetime yet so HP’s widgetry … (more)

  • HP betas OpenStack Cloud Services

    • BusinessCloud9 It is built on the open-source OpenStack technology, and HP joins Rackspace in running public beta testing of the new infrastructure. The Cloud Compute module is fairly self-explanatory, in that it deploys compute resources on demand. (more)

  • Corent Named an “American Technology Awards” Finalist in Cloud Computing

    • MarketWatch (press release) … in the Cloud Computing space, announced that its key product – Corent multi-tenant Server(TM) – has been named a finalist in the Cloud Computing/Software as a Service (SaaS) category for the 2012 TechAmerica Foundation American Technology Awards. (more)

  • Axle Digital Names Veteran Technology Executive, Syd Dufton, as President

    • and … San Francisco Chronicle (press release) “With our most recent acquisition behind us and our expansion plans underway, we now have a leader who has had great success with all the major touchpoints that our social commerce platform enables. Syd knows firsthand what it takes to succeed in this … (more)

  • How Cloud Platforms Change Everything, And Which Ones Matter Most

    • ReadWriteWeb A “cloud platform” is a broader concept. Just as the inventors of the BASIC programming language conceived a half-century ago, cloud platforms (sometimes called “PaaS, or Platform as a Service,” because developers simply cannot become cool to save … (more)

  • Virtualization Technology: Citrix Synergy 2012: 10 New Initiatives in

    • Cloud … eWeek Citrix is also making a strong move into cloud computing services with one of its prominent new ventures being Citrix CloudPlatform, which the company describes as the “first commercially supported cloud orchestration system based on Apache CloudStack. (more)

  • Cloud Computing: Dell’s Got the First 22nm Microservers

    • SYS-CON Media (press release) By Maureen O’Gara Dell has turned up with the very first cloud-directed
    microservers using Xeon processors built on Intel’s teeny-weeny 22nm process with sexy TriGate transistors. It will be amusing to see if AMD sends its recent SeaMicro microserver … (more)

  • Egenera Management Software Certified for IBM BladeCenter

    • TalkinCloud … product that provides rapid provisioning, high availability, disaster recovery and secure multitenancy, as well as physical and virtual management. (more)

  • Open source cloud project backers duking it out for support

    • Network World Citrix created a schism in the open source cloud market when it gave CloudStack an Apache License, in effect creating a competing model to OpenStack, another open source cloud project. CloudStack has attempted to distinguish itself from OpenStack by … (more)

  • Is HP Coming After Amazon With Its Cloud?

    • Wired News As Wired Enterprise reports, the service still uses technology developed at HP Labs, but in layering this technology atop OpenStack, HP is joining an effort to create a common platform that lets you readily move applications from cloud service to cloud … (more)

  • Lessons from Citrix Synergy: OpenStack vs. CloudStack | Zenoss Blog

    • My intent was to explore Citrix’s strategy of mobile and cloud-based solutions while presenting the case for cloud monitoring at CloudStack’s Build a Cloud Day . (more)

  • CloudStack, OpenStack lure supporters, one by one

    • InfoWorld By Brandon Butler | Network World In the less than two months since Citrix
    gave its CloudStack software an Apache license, cloud providers are beginning to support the open source model. This week for example Zenoss, which makes software that allows … (more)

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