Daily Cloud Feed – Sep 27, 2012

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

  • EU to Urge Cloud Computing for Government Agencies
  • Businessweek In cloud computing, data and software are stored and managed remotely, rather than on local software and hardware, and are accessible from any internet-connected device such as smartphones and tablet computers. The EU also plans to help set technical … (more)

  • Cloud Paves the New Silk Road for Kazakhstan in Central Asia
  • Forbes When I met with Kazakhstan officials to consult on their G-cloud, it was clear that cloud computing can have an enormous impact to help Kazakhstan modernize its government and diversify its economy. Kazakhstan is the economic crown jewel of Central … (more)

  • A VMware vCloud Director Mini-Primer
  • Virtualization Review (blog) A VMware vCloud Director Mini-Primer. VWmare used to be a hypervisor company. Then it became a company with a hypervisor surrounded by a bunch of management tools. Then there were more and more management tools, along with storage. Then the … (more)

  • Treff LaPlante
  • keystoneedge WorkXpress is the only Platform as a Service (PaaS) that offers an entirely visual systems administration and software development environment. In other words, every aspect of building, deploying and even reselling a software product can be performed … (more)

  • Cordys strengthens focus on cloud
  • ITWeb Forrester research describes the PaaS market as “sprawling, fast-changing and immature”, and recently named Cordys as a Strong Performer in its Wave report for platform as a service. A leading single platform that empowers business … With Cordys … (more)

  • EU: More cloud computing could boost growth
  • MarketWatch BRUSSELS–Greater use of the internet to store and process data remotely, also called cloud computing, could boost the European Union’s gross domestic product by 160 billion euros [$205.96 billion] annually by 2020, the EU’s digital chief said Thursday. (more)

  • Huawei showcases latest cloud computing solutions
  • China Daily JAKARTA — Huawei, China’s leading global information and communications technology solutions provider showcased its latest Cloud Computing and Business Support System solutions Wednesday in Jakarta, in a bid to further enhance its commitment to … (more)

  • CLOUDSTACK118 Status of host resorce stuck inErrorInMaintenance …
  • XS 6.02 MS Rhl63 Git Revision 03df2fa9dd45c938f72cd1866044b09d1b0cc978 Git URL httpsgitwipusapacheorgreposasfincubatorcloudstackgit … (more)

  • multi tenancy support | JBoss AS | JBoss Community
  • Sep 27, 2012 7:06 AM. multi tenancy support. Hello,. is there somewhere a documentation or better an example how to use tenancy provided by hiberante ? (more)

  • Multi tenancy on PaaS
  • Solve Complex Multi-tenancy Issues Using the Windows Azure Cloud Platform. (more)

  • AtTask Announces Work Management Solution for Enterprise Marketing Teams
  • Sacramento Bee AtTask is the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) leader in project and collaborative work management solutions for the enterprise. AtTask provides the work visibility, accountability, and productivity that enterprise departments lack by enabling knowledge … (more)

  • NetSuite CEO talks up its Commerce-as-a-service offering
  • Cloud Pro NetSuite CEO talks up its Commerce-as-a-service offering. Dennis Howlett, September 27, 2012 … Nelson positions SuiteCommerce as a platform play, saying the company has exposed all of its eCommerce services to achieve two things. First, it positions … (more)

  • RightScale gets your cloud ready for the holidays
  • GigaOM The beauty of cloud computing is that it can scale up and down as needed. This is particularly helpful for retail businesses which see huge spikes and valleys in demand during the holidays. Now RightScale says it can help them more proactively manage … (more)

  • Cloud Computing: The Next Step Towards the Future
  • CloudTweaks News The initial attempt at cloud computing can be dated even before that, when very few organizations had mainframes, which wer the business computer systems used before personal computers. The cost of acquiring a mainframe and the cost of maintenance … (more)

  • DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG : VMworld Europe 2012
  • 4-traders T-Systems is the first VMware vCloud datacenter services partner in Germany with only one other company offering these services in Europe. That is why the ICT service provider will be presenting its new vCloud solution as platinum sponsor of the … (more)

  • IaaS Is a Stepping-Stone on the Path to PaaS
  • NetworkComputing.com IaaS offers some benefits for legacy applications like server consolidation, fault tolerance and improved time to recovery, but unlocking the potential of cloud computing means doing something new, like Platform as a Service (PaaS). Server … (more)

  • How to make LED lighting mainstream: make it a service
  • GigaOM What will allow Digital Lumens to sell its technology as a service is the package of sensors and processors that are built into the wirelessly networked LED fixtures, creating a lighting system that can adjust lighting needs of different locations … (more)

  • Crunch: Online Accounting Software Review
  • ITProPortal Crunch’s CEO refers to this merging of online and personal interactivity as the next step beyond Software as a Service dubbing it as HaS – Humans and Software. Well, it might catch on. Crunch has been around for a couple of years (since April 2009 … (more)

  • OpenStack releases Folsom with heavy dose of virtual networking
  • Network World OpenStack backers say Folsom continues to improve the usability and stability of the existing code and includes 185 new features to the project, most notably in virtual networking. It also comes off the heels of OpenStack backer Rackspace ceding … (more)

  • Why I Think NetSuite Is Grossly Overvalued
  • Seeking Alpha I think Netsuite (N) is egregiously overvalued stock in SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) business and hence is a compelling short. Recent runup in the stock price after second quarter results makes it an even better short. My fair value estimate is $15.35 … (more)

  • OpenStack Folsom Adds Network Automation, Block Storage and …
  • OpenStack Folsom, the sixth release of the open source cloud computing platform, saw a 65 percent increase in contributors, as well as the addition of Networking and Block Storage services, architected in line with the OpenStack philosophy … (more)

  • OpenStackFolsom releasedGrizzly up next | ZDNet
  • Summary: The much anticipated ‘Folsom” version of OpenStack debuted today with new networking and storage features and Hyper-V support; the next version, … (more)

  • Web Buzz Forum – Software as a Service brings big data analytics …
  • When it comes to managing on-premises systems, virtualization and cloud computing shops want quick answers to complex queries — without dealing with the … (more)

  • HIEs Getting Smart About Platform-as-a-Service as Alternate Model
  • Gary Palgon. Vice President Product Management and Strategy. Gary is in charge of strategy for the Liaison with a special interest in healthcare, security and … (more)

  • SAP NetWeaver Cloud platform as a service release could be soon
  • Computerworld IDG News Service – SAP could be close to announcing the general availability of its foray into the PaaS (platform-as-a-service) market, NetWeaver Cloud, which will go up against rival offerings from the likes of Oracle and Salesforce.com. NetWeaver … (more)

  • Navarre to Acquire End-to-End E-Commerce Service Provider SpeedFC
  • NASDAQ “The acquisition of SPEED rounds out our end-to-end retail distribution and e-commerce services platform and provides us with a broader base of e-commerce clients,” said Richard Willis, president and CEO of Navarre. “We expect SPEED’s clients to … (more)

  • Tarra Curran: Cloudy income-tax exposure in cloud computing
  • The Providence Journal (blog) The customer uses the software after installing it on his or her own computer. The most common cloud computing model is “Software as a Service” or “SaaS.” SaaS lets users perform business operations over a network through the license of and access to … (more)

  • NASDAQ Launches Cloud Computing App – Analyst Blog
  • NASDAQ On Tuesday, NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. ( NDAQ ) announced the launch of an Amazon Web Services-powered cloud computing platform – FinQloud. The platform has been created to assist the financial services industry in storing and managing financial data … (more)

  • Spurned by VCs, a chip startup turns to Kickstarter
  • GigaOM It’s hard for chip startups to raise funding, but the demands of mobile and cloud computing are providing a window of opportunity for all kinds of innovative silicon-based designs. Thus, when Adapteva couldn’t find a VC backer, its CEO turned instead … (more)