Daily Cloud Feed – Sep 30, 2012

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

  • Benioff’s 2013 (NOT 2012) DreamForce Day 1 Keynote

    • ZDNet Salesforce.com is simply too far out in front of the mainstream application software marketplace with their multi-tenant cloud applications, a PaaS (platform-as-a-service) called force.com, a huge ecosystem of software partners that have created … (more)

  • Oracle Cloud Computing – YouTube

    • This short video uses a simple analogy to explain the benefits of Oracle’s cloud computing … (more)

  • Cloud computing companies seek FedRAMP reviews – Federal Times

    • Industry participation is higher than expected in a new program that assesses the security of companies’ cloud-computing products and services. (more)

  • KSA arranges international forum on government cloud computing

    • AME Info Prospects of creating and delivering cloud computing services to government agencies will be discussed. The forum targets e-government committee members, IT infrastructure managers and application developing managers in government agencies. (more)

  • Salesforce, NetSuite markets keep growing

    • MarketWatch The software-as-a-service sales approach that began with Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE:CRM) now has proliferated throughout the business-software sector, from tracking customers to managing back-office functions, as NetSuite Inc.’s (NYSE:N) software does. (more)

  • FatFractal ups the ante in backend-as-a-service

    • Techgoondu In the past year, a handful of startups have formed a new category of cloud services known as backend-as-a-service (BaaS) to ease the task of setting up the nuts and bolts for running mobile apps. The new players such as Kinvey, Parse, … That’s why … (more)

  • How to move vCloud Transfer Directory – Gabes Virtual World

    • Moving the Transfer Server directory from local storage to shared NFS storage. (more)

  • A platform for next-gen business

    • Business Standard The next-generation business platform is a combined offering of cloud computing, software as a service and business process outsourcing. It is differentiated by the fact that it picks up the ball from where the conventional platform drops it, to … (more)

  • Iterations: We Know About B2B And B2C, But Don’t Overlook B2D

    • TechCrunch Software and hardware. Infrastructure operations and user experience. Products and services. No matter the focus, innovation in technology, and especially around Silicon Valley, has ebbed and flowed across these areas. Some new companies focus on … (more)

  • Cloud computing: Solving the problems of security and storage

    • Police News I kind of wish we still called it that, because at its most fundamental essence, that’s precisely what cloud computing is: software applications delivered as a service via a network (that network almost universally being the Internet these days). To a … (more)

  • Google Cloud Computing as ==> Data Backup ?

    • The Sudbury Star Google Cloud Computing as ==> Data Backup ? Google Cloud Computing as data backup or alternative option and Did you know Cloud Storage already Trends in 2012 as Hard Drive online media to backup your important files from computer virus attacks. (more)

  • TechStars Cloud Accepting Applications

    • Silicon Hills News The TechStars Cloud, a branch of TechStars based in Boulder, Colo., is an accelerator program aimed at startup companies focused on cloud computing. The first class of 11 teams to go through the cloud-themed program graduated last April. The TechStars … (more)