Grazed from The Australian.  Author:  Editorial Staff.

TELSTRA has added a crucial cog in its cloud computing wheel, joining EMC Australia’s cosy cohort of six to resell the storage giant’s wares.

The alliance will see Telstra bolster its cloud division with new specialist sales personnel, according to Mark Pratley, Telstra Cloud Computing general manager.

The telco joins EMC’s Velocity Service Provider Partner program alongside Melbourne IT, Infoplex, CSC, Macquarie Telecom and Dimension Data. They will also deploy and market EMC gear to cloud computing customers…

Grazed from Computer Weekly.  Author: Adrain Bridgwater.

Why did we settle on the name cloud computing for the delivery of hosted and managed service-based computing? All we needed was a term to describe a cavernous domain with (potentially) limitless expanses of space.

Surely "dungeon computing" would have sufficed — or would that have sounded too negative?…

Grazed from Help Net Security.  Author:  Mirko Zorz.

Phil Neray is the VP, Data Security Strategy, InfoSphere Guardium & Optim at IBM. In this interview Phil talks about the complex issues surrounding cloud computing security, offers insight into what companies migrating to the cloud can expect and lines up tips for those who have to consider migrating to a cloud computing solution for mission-critical IT services…

Grazed from Business Cloud9.  Author: Mac Scott.

First things first: Cloud Computing is definitely here to stay and there is plenty of evidence to prove it. For example, almost every CIO (98 per cent) questioned by Xantus for its recent research report had already investigated Cloud services for their organisations; almost a quarter are now using them, with a further third planning to join them within the next six months, rising to 73 per cent within the next two years…

Grazed from HostWay.  Author: Judy Gifford.

The use of hosted cloud services can remove a number of technology headaches for businesses, as well as improving the productivity of employees, one expert has suggested.

According to Phil Wainewright, UK vice chairman for non-profit organisation EuroCloud, utilising the increasingly popular technology could be significantly beneficial for organisations of all sizes…

Grazed from The Guardian.  Author: Mike Small.

Cloud computing allows the procurement of IT services from both internal and external suppliers to be optimised because the services are delivered remotely in a standard way. The cloud is not a single model, but covers a wide spectrum from applications shared between multiple tenants to virtual servers used by one customer.

The key benefit is one of scale; a cloud provider can potentially offer a better service at a lower cost because it has a large enough operation to afford the skilled people and state-of-the-art technology necessary for a secure service. In general, a large cloud provider is likely to provide a better and more secure IT service at a lower cost than a small to medium sized organisation could provide itself…

Grazed from Dynamic Business.  Author:  Editorial Staff.

Q: What do you see as the main benefits for SMEs?
A: In many instances, the technology can be used for free, or purchased on a pay-per-use model which makes it far more affordable. Purchasing applications rather than software provides them with far more flexibility in managing their budgets and business requirements. In addition, cloud technology empowers mobile workers, giving them access to their work any time from any device and from any location…

Grazed from Technorati.  Author:  Jefferey Rigler.

Cloud computing sounds complicated and ethereal – doesn’t it? (I picture Lando Calrissian tending to computers in Cloud City for the benefit of us all.) "That’s cutting edge; I need to get my business on the right track and look into cloud computing." These thoughts can be overheard at most companies. So, what does it mean anyway? I was going to write about a shared network of servers off site. The fact that you can save a ton of money by cloud computing. (You actually can.) However, a much simpler definition of cloud computing exists…