Daily Cloud Feed - Feb 3, 2012
This post is a daily aggregation of all news links from @onsaas. This post is automatically generated everyday at 11:45PM UTC.
- Can Cloud Computing Address Scientific Computing Requirements for DOE
- Another Sunny Day for Cloud Company NetSuite
- 5 Reasons to Own Your Cloud
- roundCorner Names CRM Veteran Will Stansbury as Vice President of
- VMware vCloud and View Design around the Management Stack for …
- Platform as a Service ‘on the cusp’ of growth says Gartner
- Where in the cloud do the applications belong?
- SaaS, APTs and Asymmetric Risk Take Spotlight at Security Threats 2012
- Insight as a Service (Part 2)
- Many Clouds Many Choices - Questions and Answers Series from …
- Maximize the value of Salesforce.com | Thoughts on Cloud
- IBM Academic Initiative Cloud Computing
- Linux Today OpenStack Gets a HyperVsectomy
- OpenStack cuts out Microsoft Hyper-V support
- OpenStack removes Hyper-V support in next release
- VMTurbo Seeks to Put Virtualization on the Fast Track
- Multi-tenancy?
- OpenStack and Hyper-V Interoperability Said To Be ‘Broken’
- Microsoft commits to OpenStack and OpenNebula Hyper-V support - Update
- Software-as-a-Service considered most important technology for effective
- Contain mining costs by adopting cloud computing services
- WSO2 Workshop on Creating RESTful APIs Comes to Boston and New York
- Legal Skills Prof Blog: Ethics for Cloud Computing
- Video: Author Discusses Cloud Computing for Lawyers | Inside …
- Palo Alto Sr. Product Marketing Manager - VMware vCloud Services …
- Dell forms software group, names John Swainson as head
- General Telecom Launches Private Label Communications as a Service (CaaS …
- Swisscom and Ericsson machine-to-machine partners
- SaaS, APTs and asymmetric risk take spotlight at Security Threats …
- Saas Fee Glacier race 2012
- SkillSoft Named to “Top 20 Leadership Training Companies List” by …
- OpenStack: Piston Cloud Partners with RightScale, Puppet Labs, Opscode
- OpenStack Removes Hyper-V Support in Next Release
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Alpha 2 arrives for testing
- JDO703 Support datastore multitenancy ASF JIRA
- Riverside Co. acquires YourMembership.com Inc.
- Megaupload: Lessons Learned in Cloud Computing Risks
- Research and Markets: How to Help Your Company Take Advantage of Cloud …
- Cloud Computing: SeaMicro Adapts Xeon for Microservers
- Do yourself and others a service
- Systems Management, Cloud Services Likely in Dell’s Software Acquisition
- PaaS OutSystems Helping U.S. Army Reduce Footprint, Go Cloud
- NetSuite Shows SaaS Is The Point Of Cloud
- NetSuite Q4 Earnings Show Move Upmarket for SaaS ERP
Research …Scientific ComputingAfter a two-year study of the feasibility of cloud computing systems formeeting the ever-increasing computational needs of scientists, Departmentof Energy researchers have issued a report stating that the cloud computingmodel is useful, …(more)
All Things DigitalYou know, this whole cloud computing thing might just turn out to besomething after all. NetSuite, the cloud-based software outfit thatbusinesses use to, well, run their businesses, just reported its latestquarterly and annual results, …(more)
Data Center KnowledgeCloud computing is gaining popularity. Yet, we know that only about 25% ofIT teams are actively involved in cloud computing within theirorganization. Why the disconnect? Many IT people tell me they areinterested, but just don’t have time to explore …(more)
EngineeringEON: Enhanced Online News (press release)BOSTON–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–roundCorner, a leading provider of CRMsoftware and cloud computing services for higher education, nonprofitinstitutions and Public Media, announced today the appointment of WillStansbury as Vice President of …(more)
When a customer is deploying a Vblock Infrastructure Platform with VMwareView or VMware vCloud Director, there is a consistent message that alwaysarises, …(more)
Cloud ProPlatform as a Service (PaaS) may be the quietest of the cloud computingbunch, but it is set to make its mark in the coming years, according toleading analysts. Gartner claimed PaaS was the “core layer” of cloudcomputing, being the starting …(more)
Cloud ProWith three main areas of cloud services, infrastructure, platform andsoftware as a service, businesses should view them as a holistic set ofsolutions that, when blended together, will deliver a far more focused,coherent and agile service to the …(more)
Network WorldSeveral speakers described the aggressive moves their companies are makingtoward the adoption of SaaS solutions. In many cases, it is the businessunits that make these decisions, with little notification to IT, let alonethe security group.(more)
By Evangelos Simoudis
Insight as a Service is a distinct layer of the cloud stack and ispositioned above Software as a Service, i.e., the cloud’s applicationlayer. The cloud provides insight-generation solutions with severaldistinct advantages: An efficient and …(more)
By Anand Akela
A. Oracle has created pre-built virtual machine assemblies and templates ofOracle software and will continue to add more configurations. … PaaS(Platform as a Service) for Database as a service, Java as a Service andData Service 3.(more)
By Sebastian Rzepka
With the adoption of cloud computing, many software as a service (SaaS)applications are getting more and more attention. One that attracts a greatdeal of attention is Salesforce.com. The SaaS provider, founded in 1999,has evolved from a …(more)
Cloud computing is a comprehensive solution that delivers IT as a serviceand simplifies IT infrastructure without sacrificing customization andintegration …(more)
OpenStack is supposed to be a vendor agnostic open community for buildingand open source cloud stack And it is unless you dont pull your own wait orif …(more)
ZDNet UK (blog)By David Meyer , 2 February, 2012 12:05 Follow @superglaze The OpenStack
cloud project is killing off support for Microsoft’s Hyper-V hypervisor, asthe code Microsoft has submitted to the project to ensure compatibility isapparently unmaintained and …(more)
PC AdvisorBy Nancy Gohring | 02 February 12 Despite Microsoft’s stated commitment to
Hyper-V in OpenStack, buggy code designed to support the hypervisor will beremoved from the next version of the stack, developers decided onWednesday.(more)
Server WatchVMTurbo can also work with both public cloud and hybrid cloud environmentsby plugging into vCloud Director, enabling it to “optimize the market” whenthe market includes resources in multiple data centers, including thoseprovided by external vCloud …(more)
Hi there, Can someone tell me if true mutli-tenancy can be achieved bycustomer VLAN isolation in a single Zone? Let’s say we install Cloudstackfor an MSP.(more)
Redmondmag.comBy Kurt Mackie Members of the OpenStack community appear unimpressed by
Microsoft’s attempts to ensure the interoperability of its Hyper-Vhypervisor with the OpenStack open source cloud project. The grumblingswere noted in a ReadWriteCloud story and …(more)
The HMicrosoft says it is committed to OpenStack and OpenNebula support for itsHyper-V hypervisor. The company has previously said it is working with bothopen source cloud projects to see its hypervisor technology supported, butin neither case has …(more)
treasuryThe Asset… polled in a recent study said that their organizations are veryeffective, reports Reval, the leading global provider of a comprehensiveand integrated Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for enterpriseTreasury and Risk Management (TRM).(more)
ITWebA solution to reducing costs is based in cloud computing, which has becomea topic of interest for a variety of industries, specifically in mining,where historically, the preference has been to own and run applicationsonsite, says Bruce Taylor, …(more)
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)WSO2 will provide IT architects and developers insights into identifyingand addressing the challenges around building, exposing, and consumingRESTful APIs in a dynamic one-day workshop, “Creating RESTful APIs: Usingthe WSO2 Platform.(more)
By Legalskillsblog
Formal Opinion 2011-200, Ethical Obligations For Attorneys Using CloudComputing/Software As A Service While Fulfilling The Duties OfConfidentiality And Preservation Of Client Property. It examines the stateof the law on the use of cloud …(more)
In this video, Nicole Black, author of Cloud Computing for Lawyers,discusses the pros and cons of the practice, along with the legalcommunity’s reception of cloud computing, and what the future may hold forlawyers and law firms on this front.(more)
Palo Alto Sr. Product Marketing Manager - VMware vCloud Services Job - CA,94301.(more)
ComputerworldUKBy Agam Shah | IDG News Service | Published 11:00, 03 February 12 Dell on
Thursday said it is forming a Software Group, which will bring togetherdisparate products under one roof as the company tries to sharpen itsend-to-end enterprise offerings.(more)
EIN News (press release)The company’s CaaS platform is built on years of experience, processes,systems and tools, all proven over time to offer comprehensive cloud-basedsolutions. Resellers can sell SIP and unified communication serviceswithout an expensive and redundant …(more)
ReutersSwitzerland’s leading operator to address needs of enterprise customersfrom different industries with machine-to-machine (M2M) offering fromsummer 2012 Ericsson Device Connection Platform is brought to market with abusiness model providing a low …(more)
By Bernard Golden
The March of SaaS. Several speakers described the aggressive moves theircompanies are making toward the adoption of SaaS solutions. In many cases,it is the business units that make these decisions, with littlenotification to IT, let alone …(more)
The event takes place on 23/24th March in Saas Fee, Switzerland. Checkoutlast years promo video below and click www.saas-fee.ch/ for the full info.Saas Fee …(more)
MarketWatch (press release)SkillSoft is a leading SaaS provider of e-learning and performance supportsolutions for global enterprises, government, education andsmall-to-medium-sized businesses. “We provide our customers with innovativetools to help them develop their …(more)
TalkinCloud (blog)by Matthew Weinberger on Piston Cloud, the very first enterprise OpenStackcompany, is bolstering its Piston Enterprise OS (pentOS) private cloudoperating system by way of partnerships with RightScale, Puppet Labs andOpscode for cloud management, …(more)
CIO IndiaDespite Microsoft’s stated commitment to Hyper-V in OpenStack, buggy codedesigned to support the hypervisor will be removed from the next version ofthe stack, developers decided on Wednesday. An OpenStack developer wrote apatch that removes the …(more)
The HThe KDE variant of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, now includes version 4.8 of the desktopenvironment, while the Server edition updates the OpenStack cloud platformto the Essex 3 milestone of the OpenStack project’s forthcoming release.(more)
Support database multitenancy as an optional featureusing standard JDOoptionjavaxjdooptionMultitenancy where different customers data can bestored in the …(more)
Crain’s Cleveland BusinessThe Cleveland private equity firm said it has acquired St. Petersburg-basedYourMembership.com Inc., a software-as-a-service provider with roughly 1000customers around the world. Terms of the transaction, which is Riverside’sthird acquisition of 2012 …(more)
Healthcare IT News (blog)The healthcare industry has long questioned the reliability and security ofcloud computing. It’s interesting to see such a consumer-focused microscopeplaced on a buzzword that has been bandied about with increasing frequencyin the healthcare field.(more)
SYS-CON Media (press release)In this webinar, ExecSense examines everything you need to know in 60minutes regarding the most up-to-date trends and best practices regardinghow top purchasing executives are planning on utilizing cloud computing in2012.(more)
SYS-CON Media (press release)SeaMicro, the ambitious start-up that has been building so-calledmicroservers out of low-power Intel Atom chips, has started buildingmicroservers out of low-voltage quad-core Intel Xeon chips using the samearchitecture its Atom systems use.(more)
Financial TimesAt least a fifth of every product offering can be defined as a service,such as support or training. All you need to do is ask the customers whatthey want. More often than not, they will ask for additional services.Every sales manager’s dream is to …(more)
PlansPCWorldStill, such a purchase would also give Dell an array of PaaS(platform-as-a-service) technologies, from the Force.com platform toHeroku. Dell has already ventured into IaaS (infrastructure as a service),announcing an OpenStack-based system last year, …(more)
TalkinCloud (blog)by Matthew Weinberger on In a further sign of the federal government’swillingness to move to the cloud, the US Department of Defense has tappedplatform-as-a-service provider OutSystems and its Agile Platformdevelopment environment to assist the US …(more)
Seeking AlphaNetSuite sells Software as a Service (SaaS). Its accounting and databaseapplication software is designed to be delivered online. Where a few yearsago the SaaS acronym itself was the thing, today that’s called cloud. Butit’s important that, …(more)
Enterprise Apps TodayNetSuite CEO Zach Nelson attributed a significant amount of 2011’s revenuegrowth to the SaaS ERP provider’s business with larger companies. In thefourth quarter, NetSuite saw a 43 percent increase in deals worth more than$100000.(more)



