Grazed from IngramMicro. Author: Jay McCall.

I recently had the privilege of talking with Troy Rice, owner of cloud services provider (CSP) See The Matrix (STM). Unlike many IT service providers that migrate to managed services and then to cloud services, STM jumped right over the managed services phase and went right to the cloud eight years ago. Although the company has enjoyed healthy revenue growth over the past six years (19% average year-over-year growth), Rice was humble about his foresight to move to the cloud so early on.

“In hindsight, it wasn’t so much that we were trying to skip over traditional managed services – we actually did try selling it for a brief period – but the tools were so bad back then that it felt dishonest charging customers for this service,” said Rice. “Hosting IT assets in our data center gave us more control over the process and enabled us to scale our business without having to add a lot of employees.”…

Grazed from AmericanBazaar. Author: Deepak Chitnis.

The value of the cloud services market in India is expected to hit a record high of over $556 million by the end of 2014. Growth for the year is projected at 32.2%, which will see India’s cloud sector rise from $421 million in 2013 to $556.8 this year, an increase of $135.8 million. This rapid rate of increase is expected to hold for the next few years, and by 2018, the Indian cloud services market could hit a staggering $1.7 billion in total worth.

The information comes from Gartner, a technology research firm based in Stamford, Connecticut. Their numbers also indicate that Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) will experience a large amount of growth in India, growing from $58 million last year to $78 million this year (a difference of $20 million, or 34.5%)…

Grazed from MarcoNet. Author: Trevor Akervik.

With the increased interest in cloud computing in the workplace, many businesses are questioning the potential security concerns that come with this new technology. To be clear, traditional computing technologies also have plenty of network security concerns. Internal IT infrastructure is certainly not 100% secure; but some of the security concerns that affect your company’s internal IT infrastructure can differ from those that face cloud computing applications.

The real question to ask yourself is, are there cloud computing security issues preventing your business from moving to the cloud? Not all cloud computing security issues raise the same level of concern in each business. So, how valid are cloud computing security concerns?…

Grazed from Yahoo. Author: Rolf H. PR Announcement.

Oracle today introduced Oracle Solaris 11.2, a modern cloud platform that melds efficient virtualization, application-driven software-defined networking (SDN) technology and a full OpenStack distribution. This powerful combination of an enterprise-class operating system and other components creates a highly efficient, compliant, secure, open and affordable software platform for cloud computing.

With deep integration among Oracle Database, Java and Oracle Applications, businesses can use Oracle Solaris 11.2 to deliver the most reliable, high-performance, efficient and secure IT services and accelerate time-to-market for new deployments. Oracle Solaris is an important component of Oracle’s Systems business. Oracle President Mark Hurd and Executive Vice President John Fowler will discuss the new release at an event in New York City today. Join the live Webcast at 1:00 p.m. ET…

Grazed from PRNewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.

BluePi, an Amazon web services partner, can be trusted for IT infrastructure services that do away with the need of up-front capital infrastructure expenses. They deliver cost-effective, enterprise-class platforms to power the applications. Companies seeking an Amazon web services partner outsourcing company for high end services such as Database Installation and Management, Configuration and Optimization of web servers, Storage/Streaming and Application Deployment can zero in on BluePi. A frontline IT company in India, they can be trusted for full range of specialized AWS services.

“In 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began rolling out IT infrastructure services to businesses. This replaces up-front capital infrastructure expenses with low variable costs that scale as your business grows. Thanks to the cloud, businesses need not invest in IT infrastructure weeks or months in advance. Rather, they can rely on cloud to instantly spin up servers in quick time,” commented a senior executive with the company…

Grazed from RealWire. Author: PR Announcement.

Skyscape Cloud Services Limited, the easy to adopt, easy to use and easy to leave Assured Cloud Services Company today announced that it has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the Cool Vendors in the European Cloud Computing Market report* by Gartner Inc.

According to the report: "European customers, but also customers in other areas of the world, who are looking to leverage cloud computing for their success should focus on targeted solutions (such as those delivered by the European vendors that are profiled here in areas such as supply chain control, cloud management or delivering public services) that are geared toward solving particular problems over trying to pick generic horizontal platforms that might one day become industry standards."…

Grazed from Economic Times. Author: Editorial Staff.

Dell has announced the availability of Wyse Cloud Connect, an ultra-compact and highly mobile cloud access device that instantly delivers desktop virtualization and personal cloud services to any HDMI- or MHL-enabled display. The pocket-size device delivers a full-HD experience with enterprise-level security, manageability and reliability. Organisations of any size can now deliver streaming cloud services and IT solutions in a cost-effective, mobile offering for work, home and on the go.

According to IDC, the smart connected device market rose 30.4% in 2012 and global shipments are expected to surpass 1.7 billion by 2014. By 2017, IDC expects that shipments will surpass 2.3 billion units and revenues will reach $748.6 billion. These numbers illustrate a powerful and ongoing disruption in how users communicate and interact with their professional and personal content, driven by trends such as BYOD, mobile app development, social media and cloud computing…

Grazed from Reuters. Author: Editorial Staff.

Microsoft Corp said it will increase its cloud storage offering for business users by 40-fold as the world’s largest software company makes a case for businesses buying an all-in-one product from itself rather than buying technology "piecemeal" from multiple sellers. "The era of making isolated, single-solution decisions is rapidly coming to a close," wrote John Case, corporate vice president of Microsoft Office Division.

Microsoft on Monday raised its OneDrive for Business storage to 1TB per user from 25GB. Microsoft’s pitch to be the one-stop destination for companies looking to buy technology runs against efforts by smaller rivals such as Box and Dropbox that offer one or two specialized services…

Grazed from EnterpriseTech. Author: George Leopold.

IT “infrastructure matters in the new era of computing,” IBM managers argued in the formal launching of its Power Systems servers based on its Power8 processor, taking aim at big data applications and cloud computing. IBM engineers also announced a Power8 interface advance designed to put accelerators closer to the processor. IBM is touting the Power Systems platform as the first to specifically address big data analytics and cloud computing economics.

Doug Balog, general manager of IBM’s Power Systems division, said the company has invested $1 billion over the last year in Linux-based Power Systems development to ease, among other things, the porting of applications from X86 to Power platforms. The Power8 systems are the culmination of three years and $2.4 billion in investments that IBM has made in chip design and manufacturing, systems design, and system software development…

Grazed from GuruFocus. Author: Editorial Staff.

Hardware giants like International Business Machines (IBM) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) are diversifying into more areas to propel growth given the slowing personal computer market. Cyber security and cloud computing are among the most talked-about markets in IT solutions growing at a rapid pace.

The products such as mobile communications, cloud computing, and security solutions are being focused upon by IBM since they are higher margin markets with higher growth products. Acquisitions and partnerships are considered as the ideal ways to step into such markets. IBM’s rock-solid cash position has enabled it to make a few acquisitions and its established brand image has enabled it to enter into agreements with leading players…