Daily Cloud Feed – Oct 2, 2012
Daily aggregation of cloud news from @cloud_aware, cloudaware.net.
- CloudStack Collab Conference 2012 | Call for Proposals
- Oracle gears up to challenge Amazon Web Services
- Oracle Touts Fusion Apps but Affirms Commitment to Other Software Lines
- multi-tenancy | VMware vFabric Blog – VMware Blogs
- multitenancy – Technical Review Questions Regarding Multi …
- vcloud – Gabes Virtual World
- Cutting cloud computing costs
- Oracle Adds Features to Its Cloud Service
- The End Of “Cloud Computing?”
- Buyers say the cloud is already tired out
- En Pointe Technologies Strengthens Leadership Team with Cisco Veteran
- Oracle’s seven pillars of cloud put SaaS at the core
- SaaS application security: Risks and best practices
- Bringing the Open Cloud to Las Vegas: The CloudStack Collaboration
- Citrix Advances Cloud Strategy with New Version of XenServer
- Oracle finally releases pricing for cloud software offerings
- Cloud Conversions: Software Vendors Transforming into Service Providers
- Workday IPO could bring new respect for SaaS human resource software
- Here’s How Larry Ellison Invented Cloud Computing
- Scoop: GoDaddy quietly kills its cloud computing business
Were pleased to announce that the Call for Proposals for the first CloudStack Collaboration Conference is now open. The Collaboration Conference will … (more)
PCWorld Oracle had previously rolled out its Fusion Applications and a PaaS (platform as a service) from its cloud, but found that customers wanted the IaaS layer, which provides raw compute power and storage, as well, Ellison said. “The infrastructure that we … (more)
CIO Oracle is employing a rapid cadence for Fusion Applications development, with a fifth release due out soon. Such a cycle is more in line with the pace set by SaaS (software-as-a-service) vendors. It gives Oracle the ability to quickly tweak the … (more)
Over the last 18 months I have had the good fortune to talk to a lot of Virtualization Infrastructure Administrators on the subject of VMware and databases. One of … (more)
What are some good questions to ask a software company about their web application in regards to multi-tendancy for a technical review? question- answering … (more)
In a single vCloud Cell install, the cell will use the local disk for the transfer directory. For a multi cell environment this is not the desired configuration, but even in … (more)
ITWeb The recent news that Amazon Web Services, the market pioneer in infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), has built a cloud computing platform designed to cut the cost of storing financial data is a clear indication that the cost of cloud computing is on a … (more)
Wall Street Journal Oracle will add infrastructure as a service to the Oracle Public Cloud, putting the enterprise software company in competition with pioneers Amazon.com Inc. and Google Inc. The Redwood Shores, Calif., company also announced it will begin building and … (more)
ReadWriteWeb If you think Larry Ellison’s re-definition of cloud computing was confusing, get ready for a compete replacement of the term. If some companies get their way, “cloud computing” may be dissipating rapidly. Of course, it’s not like the phrase has a close … (more)
InfoWorld (blog) Of course, government regulations and international data privacy rules are on the list of concerns that hurt confidence in cloud computing, the survey shows. However, a lack of innovation and maturity in cloud computing itself are larger concerns … (more)
ConnectedPlanet (blog) Versfelt brings twenty-five years of innovative and successful executive leadership experience in systems, software, networking, and Software as a Service (SaaS). Versfelt will be responsible for building and driving the strategic direction of En … (more)
ZDNet The services run the gamut from high-end software-as-a-service technologies, like financial reporting, right down to infrastructure-as-a-service cloud object storage. kuriantues Thomas Kurian outlines Oracle’s seven new cloud services at OpenWorld 2012. (more)
TechTarget Increasingly, organizations are turning to Software as a Service as a way to address business needs without taking on the burden of managing and maintaining the application. As the SaaS customer, you must obtain assurance that the provider is … (more)
Conference Linux.com (blog) Most of the work in open source communities takes place over mailing lists, IRC, code repositories, and ticketing systems. In other words, efficient collaboration tools that let folks from all over the world work together without having to be in the … (more)
DailyFinance Enhanced Integration with Leading Cloud Platforms: Direct integration with Apache CloudStack and Citrix CloudPlatform, powered by Apache CloudStack, make it easy to partition firewalls, balance workloads and prevent attacks on systems in both public … (more)
Computerworld Still unknown is how much Oracle’s upcoming IaaS (infrastructure as a service), which was announced Sunday, is going to cost. This is of particular interest since Oracle is positioning the IaaS as a … Salesforce.com is the clear rival to Oracle’s … (more)
Redmondmag.com These software providers are working on two major initiatives: moving their existing wares to the cloud; and bringing in new, built-from-scratch tools and offering them as a service. Here’s a look at how some key vendors are transitioning their … (more)
TechTarget In interviews last spring, Workday executives said they were building up the platform’s financial accounting, planning and reporting features. Now in the quiet period before Workday’s initial public … Workday is already one of the four “credible … (more)
Business Insider But Larry Ellison, who once famously denounced the term “cloud computing,” is now standing up to take credit for the concept, if not the currently fashionable term. NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson told Business Insider that he can vouch for Ellison. Nelson … (more)
GigaOM GoDaddy has decided to close its Cloud Servers cloud computing product. The offering had been around for less than a year, although the company is attempting to integrate some of the technology into the next generation of its flagship hosting service. (more)