Grazed from PRNewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.

A10 Networks™, the technology leader in Application Networking, today announced that ViaWest, one of the largest privately-held data center, cloud computing and managed services providers in North America, has standardized on A10’s AX Series hardware and SoftAX virtual appliances. The AX Series Application Delivery Controller (ADC) platforms deliver ViaWest solutions for advanced Layer 4-7 server load balancing and virtualization. ViaWest operates 24 enterprise-class data center facilities, located in Colorado, Texas, Oregon, Utah, and Nevada. ViaWest’s data centers deliver high-quality, flexible solutions designed to solve customers’ unique business needs.

ViaWest’s growing business faces increasing computing demands as its customers move more IT resources to its cloud services for operational efficiency, increased internal IT agility and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO)…

Grazed from EUObserver. Author: Benjamin Fox.

Governments and industry should invest €45 billion in cloud computing by 2020 as part of an EU strategy to generate an estimated €900 billion in GDP and an additional 3.8 million jobs by the end of the decade.

The bold claims are spelt out in a draft leaked to EUobserver of the European Commission’s long-awaited cloud computing strategy set to be released next week by Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes…

Grazed from Equities. Author: Al Bawaba.

Cloud computing is causing a major transformation in the business and IT industry in general, says EMC. “The pace of transformation is accelerating,” says EMC Asia Pacific & Japan, Corporate Vice President & CTO Par Botes.

In a study by Gartner, results show that cloud is becoming a priority by organisations; with 77% of companies starting to use public cloud in 2011, and 78% confirming implementation of private cloud strategies by 2014…

Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: Chris Kanaracus.

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff on Wednesday doubled down on the company’s embrace of social networking software, urging customers, partners and prospects to join him in a "social revolution," during a keynote address at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco that was webcast.

"We are standing on the shoulders of giants," he said citing those who created the mainframe, client-server model, and cloud computing. "Now here we are in the 21st century, and we have this incredible social revolution. We believe so strongly that Salesforce.com’s mission, our core mission, is to help you, our customers, to connect with your customers in a whole new way."…

Grazed from NetworkComputing. Author: Joe Onisick.

There’s very little argument when discussing the need for change in traditional data center networking to support private cloud–most all agree it’s required. The real discussion typically focuses around how to implement that change. Concepts such as open APIs, SDN, OpenFlow, VXLAN and fabrics are all discussed as the solution. In some cases they may all be right, as they each have merit.

The main problem with traditional networking is its static configuration. Quality of Service is a prime example: QoS provides traffic prioritization for frames on the network. In order to do this, frames must be classified, tagged and prioritized. In current implementations, this is done on a switch-by-switch basis and must be maintained consistently across the network in order to provide the desired effect…

Grazed from Government Technology. Author: Editorial Staff.

There’s a problem with the cloud in federal government. According to a recent study by the Government Business Council (GBC), only 24 percent of federal managers felt cloud computing in government was of high quality and only 15 percent reported that they used cloud technology frequently, Government Executive reported. For context, 94 percent of the 548 respondents polled said they believed telephone conferencing was high quality and 85 percent reported that they used that technology frequently.

Either cloud technology in federal agencies really is terrible, or as GBC Research Manager Dana Grinshpan suggested, managers may not have a clear understanding of what cloud computing is. "With regard to the low quality and low frequency scores of cloud computing, it is likely one of a few things are at play: feds don’t know how to use cloud computing, don’t realize they are using it, or don’t actually know what cloud computing is," she said…

Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Joe Panettieri.

Tech Data is updating its TDCloud strategy for VARs and cloud partners today during a partner conference in Orlando, Fla. Stacy Nethercoat, VP, software and TDCloud, is describing how the distributor will empower partners for cloud computing.

“We want to help you monetize the cloud opportunities,” she said, asserting that Tech Data has the tools, the technologies, customer support and vendor partnerships to empower VARs for cloud solutions. “Our objective is to help you simplify the situation and add value.”…

Grazed from Computing. Author: Graeme Burton.

New trends in computing, including social media and cloud computing, are challenging traditional approaches to computer security that will force organisations to adapt – or to risk marginalisation and extinction, according to Gartner analyst Carston Casper.

Casper, speaking at the 13th Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit in London today, said that users – whether staff, partners or potential customers – were becoming increasingly demanding, and that organisations need to respond quickly to these demands or risk marginalisation…

Grazed from FierceTelecom. Author: Jim Barthold.

Japanese telecom giant NTT (NYSE: NTT) has expanded its strategic focus on cloud computing by acquiring Centerstance, a consulting company that specializes in cloud-enabled business transformation solutions, the two companies announced Tuesday. Centerstance will become a wholly owned NTT subsidiary.

No financial terms of the acquisition were announced. "NTT is focused on becoming the leading partner of choice to help clients transform their business as they move to the cloud," Hiroo Unoura, NTT’s president-CEO said in a news release…