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Daily Cloud Feed – Apr 8, 2012

This is a daily aggregation of cloud news from @cloud_aware.

Daily Cloud Feed – Apr 7, 2012

This is a daily aggregation of cloud news from @cloud_aware.

  • Microsoft, Microland to offer cloud solutions

    • Times of IndiaMicroland has entered an alliance with global software major MicrosoftConsulting Services ( MCS) to jointly offer cloud solutions to largeenterprises in the Indian market. BANGALORE: Leading IT infrastructureprovider Microland Ltd has entered an …(more)

  • Citrix Walks Away from OpenStack, Moves to Apache CloudStack

    • Server WatchLess than a year later, Citrix is killing Project Olympus in favor of itsown open source effort called CloudStack. Citrix acquired CloudStack aspart of its acquisition of Cloud.com in July 2011. In an effort to makeCloudStack more open, …(more)

  • UmbeeCloud is World’s First with Citrix Cloudstack 3.0.

    • SunHerald.comORPINGTON, England — Kent-based Managed Hosting Provider Umbee Limited haslaunched UmbeeCloud, the world’s first Cloud Hosting(http://www.umbeehosting.co.uk/cloud-hosting) service based on CitrixSystems’ Cloudstack 3.0, the platform Citrix says …(more)

  • Orange, Thales to Get French Cloud Computing Funds, Figaro Says

    • BloombergThe French government will announce next week an investment of 75 millioneuros ($98 million) in a cloud computing project led by France Telecom SA(FTE)’s Orange mobile service and Thales SA (HO), Le Figaro reportedwithout saying where it got the …(more)

  • Report: Red Hat and IBM Joining OpenStack Cloud Effort

    • TalkinCloud (blog)GigaOm reports that IBM and Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) are planning to announcetheir respective support for OpenStack, perhaps as early as next week.Neither company was commenting on the deal, but it sounds like a faitaccompli, albeit one that hasn’t been …(more)

  • Linux Today – OpenStack Essex Delivers Cloud Dashboard

    • “The Essex release has a strong focus on cloud stability as a result of arelease cycle change. The OpenStack Diablo release came out in September2011 after …(more)

  • Top10CloudStorage.com Releases Comprehensive Cloud Hosting List

    • Albany Times UnionCloud computing has become an integral part of web servers and web hosting.Find out which web hosting companies are utilizing cloud capabilities torun your websites. Top10CloudStorage.com has released an important resourcepage for those looking for …(more)

  • Managing Challenges of Onboarding SaaS Customers and …

    • This is especially a challenge for SaaS companies onboarding new customersor trying to convert customers from a free trial model into payingcustomers.(more)

  • OpenStack Cloud Consulting: Mirantis Leading the Way?

    • TalkinCloud (blog)by Joe Panettieri on When it comes to OpenStack and open source cloudcomputing, here’s the key question I keep asking: Are any companies orcustomers actually profiting from OpenStack? One potential answer to thatquestion involves Mirantis, …(more)

Daily ITIL News Feed – Apr 7, 2012

This is a daily aggregation of ITIL news from @cloud_aware.

Daily Big Data Feed – Apr 6, 2012

This post is a daily aggregation of all news links from @onsaas. This post is automatically generated everyday at 11:45PM UTC.

  • Oracle Big Data – Financial Analyst Webcast

    • SYS-CON Media (press release)Please join Andrew Mendelsohn, Senior Vice President, as he provides anupdate on Oracle’s Big Data offerings, including Oracle Big Data Appliance.Following a brief presentation, a question & answer session will be heldwith Kash Rangan from Bank of …(more)

  • Using Big Data to Identify Anomalies

    • GovInfoSecurity.comWhen Current Analysis’ Bernt Ostergaard thinks about big data, it’semploying the massive amount of information to help secure informationsystems. “Big data not only allows you to collect the data, but also relateit to security events that you’re …(more)

  • Challenges and Opportunities in Big Data From Industry and Academia Panel

    • Smart Data CollectiveAfter government executives announced 0ver $200 million in Big Datainitiatives last week, a panel of thought leaders from industry andacademia moderated by New York Times technology and innovation reporterSteve Lohr discussed the current state and …(more)

  • High Scalability – High Scalability – Big Data Counting: How to count …

    • By Todd Hoff
    Big Data Counting: How to count a billion distinct objects using only 1.5KBof Memory. Date Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 9:15AM. This is a guest post byMatt Abrams (@abramsm), from Clearspring, discussing how they are able toaccurately …(more)

  • Data as seeds of content – O’Reilly Radar

    • By Robbie Allen
    Despite the attention big data has received in the media and among thetechnology community, it is surprising that we are still shortchanging thefull capabilities of what data can do for us. At times, we get caught up inthe excitement of the …(more)

  • 2000 public sector jobs could be created through ‘big data’ – Public …

    • By Public Service
    Public sector could save billions and create thousands of jobs if it canmake use of big data over the next five years, says report.(more)

  • Shell Oil Explores Hybrid Cloud IT Infrastructure to Lower Power Costs for

    • Big …Environmental LeaderIt is testing out Hadoop for big data analytics. So far, the company’sin-house server infrastructure is 60 percent virtual, with another 40percent on physical servers for legacy applications that can’t be supportedon a virtual infrastructure.(more)

  • Crossing the Chasm Into Big Data

    • 1to1 MediaWelcome to the world of Big Data. Those marketers who have already crossedthe big data chasm as early adopters are succeeding at this effort, andthey are reaping the rewards in the form of new and recurring revenuestreams. By making an investment in …(more)