Grazed from PR NewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.

Open Compute Project Summit V Booth B8 — Fusion-io and Hyve Solutions, a division of SYNNEX Corporation, are teaming up at Open Compute Project (OCP) Summit V to enhance the accessibility of open computing with a joint solution that delivers the performance, efficiency and flexibility of hyperscale in existing datacenters. Featuring Hyve Solutions OCP 1500 Series servers and Fusion ioScale flash memory products, the OCP-inspired solution integrates into existing 19-inch rack servers, and is based on the same flash memory technology that is trusted to deliver performance and efficiency in datacenters of Facebook, founder of the Open Compute Project. Hyve intends to submit the product for certification at the new Open Compute Certification and Solution Laboratory at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

"Solutions designed around the principles of Open Compute deliver high performance and efficiency, and Hyve Solutions OCP 1500 Series servers with Fusion ioMemory make it simple to achieve these goals even with existing datacenter infrastructure," said Steve Ichinaga, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Hyve Solutions…

Grazed from PR NewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.

Autonomic Resources has recently become an official supporter of the Cloud Computing Caucus Advisory Group. This non-profit, non-partisan coalition of technology companies and industry groups focuses on educating lawmakers and the public about cloud computing as well as other information technology issues in the Federal space.

As a Silver Supporter, Autonomic helps fund the Advisory Group’s mission to gain and promote a full understanding of the issues affecting Federal IT today. Their contribution funds imperative research and initiatives, which promote the adoption of cloud computing in the public sector. Autonomic also helps the Advisory Group raise awareness of issues associated with cloud computing…

Grazed from PRWeb. Author: PR Announcement.

HRBoss, the Asia-based pioneers of HR and staffing technology, were today announced winners of the "Best Software-as-a-Service" (outside US) at the international Cloud Awards 2014. This is the first time that an Asian company has been honored at the awards, marking another milestone for the fast-growing technology company and their suite of Big Data analytical and ATS/ CRM tools.

Bernie Schiemer, CEO and founder, commented, "To be the first Asian company to be recognized at these awards is a fantastic and humbling achievement. We are the only global data-driven software company that provide services for both corporate HR and staffing/recruiting firms, so we are looking forward to expanding our reach into the US and the UK later this year. We want to be the first Asian software business to take on the big guys on their own turf, to become a major disruptor in the industry – we can’t wait!"…

Grazed from DataCenter Knowledge. Author: Rich Miller.

In a dramatic move that illustrates how cloud computing has altered the data center landscape, Microsoft is opening up the server and rack designs that power its vast online platforms and sharing them with the world. Microsoft has joined the Open Compute Project and will be contributing specs and designs for the cloud servers that power Bing, Windows Azure and Office 365. The company will discuss its plans tomorrow in the keynote session of the Open Compute Summit in San Jose.

Why would Microsoft, long seen as the standardbearer for proprietary technology, suddenly make such an aggressive move into open hardware? "We came to the conclusion that by sharing these hardware innovations, it will help us accelerate the growth of cloud computing," said Kushagra Vaid, General Manager of Cloud Server Engineering for Microsoft…

Grazed from Infosecurity-Magazine. Author: Editorial Staff.

The US is home to 44% of all malware hosted domestically. A new report from Solutionary shows that it hosts approximately five times more malware than the second-leading malware-hosting nation, Germany, which is responsible for just 9% of the world’s malware. "The information in this report will show our readers how widespread the malware problem truly is and how close it hits to home," said Solutionary SERT director of research, Rob Kraus, in announcing the research.

"We aren’t just talking about foreign espionage campaigns, APTs and breaches; many of these malicious activities are taking place within US borders." The rise of cloud computing and cloud services gives malware distributors fresh fuel: they are rapidly and widely adopting cloud computing, either via buying services directly or by compromising legitimate domains…

Grazed from ITBusiness. Author: Brian Jackson.

Microsoft Corp. will soon be renaming its free cloud storage and syncing service to be in line with its newly released video game console. SkyDrive, the cloud service that allows users to upload files and documents and then syncs them or makes them accessible across any number of PCs, tablets, and smartphones, will soon be renamed to OneDrive. Microsoft launched a new video game console in November called Xbox One.

Users of SkyDrive won’t need to do anything to migrate over to the newly branded service, writes Ryan Gavin, general manager of consumer apps & services for Microsoft, in a blog post. You’ll just notice the URL of the service will change one day and you’ll continue to use the service as you normally would…

Grazed from SiliconAngle. Author: Jack Woods.

CIO’s are tasked with the challenge of determining the best way to store massive amounts of data in a safe, easy-to-access, cost-effective manner. Organizations can choose to purchase and deploy on-premises enterprise storage systems, store their data with an external cloud computing service, or they can form hybrid models by combining to two.

In this post, we’ve put our focus on cloud computing and compiled 20 statistics that every CIO should look to store in their memory for future reference or for ground to stand on when bringing a cloud proposal to the rest of their executive teams.

20 Cloud Computing Stats Every CIO Should Know:…

Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: Chris Kanaracus.

Customer experience has emerged as one of the enterprise software industry’s hotter segments of late, as companies try to run marketing, sales and support across both traditional and digital channels. While Salesforce.com, Oracle, and other large vendors have generated headlines for their moves into customer experience, SDL is hoping to present itself as an independent alternative with a newly launched product suite.

The SDL Customer Experience Cloud brings together Web content management, campaign management, social analytics, e-commerce, language translation services and documentation, with a unified user interface, according to a company announcement Monday. The suite is the result of several years of work, according to SDL…

Grazed from DailyCaller. Author: Steven Titch.

Tuesday’s State of the Union address affords President Barack Obama another opportunity to address the government’s massive overreach in collecting data about ordinary Americans in the name of protecting us. Although Obama, a constitutional scholar, spoke at length in a January 17th address to the nation about balancing individual privacy and national security, even conceding that there is a "bias" within government to amass as much information as it can, he offered no guidance or framework to Congress as to how existing law can be strengthened to protect Americans from wholesale government intrusion into their online lives.

Fortunately, bipartisan efforts on Capitol Hill have been gaining ground. And while the scope of NSA and other government abuses defy a single solution, strengthening existing laws, particularly the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, is a great place to start. Even before news of the NSA’s surveillance programs broke last June, Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, had co-sponsored revisions of ECPA to extend Fourth Amendment protections to private data stored on servers on the Internet, or as it’s called current nomenclature, the "cloud."…

Grazed from NextGov. Author: Joseph Marks.

The agency in charge of HealthCare.gov bought an emergency cache of computing power from Verizon?s cloud division just days before the online insurance marketplace’s troubled launch on Oct. 1, 2013, contracting documents show. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services bought an additional $8.8 million in cloud computing power on Sept. 26 after stress tests revealed the site as it had been constructed could only handle about 10,000 concurrent users, far shy of its expected peak of 50,000 concurrent users, CMS said.

Verizon added that cloud space on Sept. 30, the day before HealthCare.gov went live, according to the notice posted on Friday to the Federal Business Opportunities contracting website. The move could add fuel to arguments the government was ill-prepared for the HealthCare.gov launch…