ManageEngine, the real-time IT management company, today announced its performance monitoring software package, Applications Manager, now supports monitoring of the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform and applications running on the platform as well as monitoring of transactions in .NET environments. The company also introduced the Applications Manager Cloud Starter Edition for organizations looking to quickly leverage a proven, cost-effective solution for monitoring their cloud services.

With more revenue-critical applications on PaaS systems such as Windows Azure, organizations need to proactively and cost-effectively monitor the performance of their cloud-based applications to maximize uptime and to optimize capacity planning. Meanwhile, the success of .NET means that more IT departments have growing numbers of .NET applications running in both traditional and cloud environments, requiring the extension of performance monitoring to include the Microsoft framework.

As casual and core gamers increasingly rely on digital distribution to get their gaming content and experiences, CiiNOW is the first to build a world-class, innovative cloud gaming solution that is architected for scale, cost and ease of service deployment. The platform makes it easier than ever for game publishers and service providers to meet consumer demand for high-quality online multimedia services and entertainment.

Ms. Cureton will speak on the opportunities and threats on the horizon for cloud, cyber and mobile technologies during her keynote address, titled “Cloud, Mobility and Security, Oh My!” opening the conferences. On day two of the joint conferences, Ms. Meyerriecks will discuss the intelligence community’s (IC) direction with cloud and mobility in the keynote session, “Cloud Apotheosis.” Robert Carey, Principal Deputy Chief information Officer at the Department of Defense (DoD), will be presenting in conjunction with Debora Plunkett, Information Assurance Director at the National Security Agency (NSA) on the second day of the conference series. The two will discuss the current threats surrounding cloud and mobility, and suggest solutions to these problems in the session, “Security Policy Changes for Today’s Threat Environment.”

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Citrix Startup Accelerator, a corporate initiative investing in early stage startups, today announced an investment in CumuLogic, an innovative new Cloud Application Platform software provider that enables enterprises, cloud providers and ISVs to develop and deploy Java applications in public, private and hybrid cloud environments.

Focused on entrepreneur-led innovation, the Citrix Startup Accelerator program provides seed investments, office space, and mentorship to select startups from around the world, enabling them to benefit from the global Citrix presence, its entrepreneur-friendly environment, large customer base and seasoned go-to-market strategies. The IT landscape is in a period of dramatic change, shifting expectations, and transformational new computing capabilities. As mobile workstyles and cloud services redefine the technology landscape, many of the best ideas will come from innovative startups with the flexibility to approach programs in entirely new ways. The Citrix Startup Accelerator is designed to tap into the innovation of most promising of these entrepreneurs, while helping them come to market successfully.

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ComodIT, a tiny startup out of Liege, Belgium, has big plans to help you manage your IT infrastructure in the cloud. The company’s new Synapse Agent, a step towards that goal, lets you manage multiple hosts or instances from a single command-line interface.

ComodIT, a Belgian startup, just released Synapse Agent a new open source tool that promises to make it easier for IT to manage multiple cloud instances — wherever they reside…

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Super Micro Computer, Inc., a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology and green computing, will showcase its latest Earth friendly FatTwin server platforms developed by its strong USA design team at IDF 2012 in San Francisco, CA, September 11-13. The FatTwin is an evolutionary Twin architecture optimized for Data Center, Cloud Computing and Enterprise IT offering the industry’s best capacity and efficiency with 8/4 hot-plug node configurations in an industry standard 4U rack mount chassis (29.5" depth).

These systems feature high-density computing power with support for dual Intel Xeon E5-2600 processors (up to 135W) and up to 512GB of memory per node with greater storage capacity up to 8x 3.5" hot-swap HDDs in 1U or 6x 2.5" hot-swap HDDs per 0.5U and are powered by redundant Platinum-level, high-efficiency (95%) digital switching power supplies. Also remarkable is the simplicity of its efficient design, featuring free-air cooling and the most effective use of shared, hot-swap resources to dramatically reduce TCO across infrastructure from space requirements to cooling costs and ease of maintenance…

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It’s not what you say that matters; it’s what your audience hears. This is one of the most salient points raised by Eric Savitz in his Forbes article “Cloud Computing: How Marketers are Alienating CIOs” – a must-read for anyone engaged in cloud computing lead generation. Apparently, a lot of marketers touting cloud platforms are failing to connect with their primary audience – CIOs – due to too much reliance on misaligned messaging methods.

So, how should marketers promote the cloud to their audiences? There are no quick and easy answers to this question, but this article entry looks at the five most important points that your software lead generation content should convey…

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Cloud computing is one of the hottest trends in small business. Seventy-four percent of companies expect to use cloud services in the near future, and the small business cloud market is expected to reach $85 billion by 2015. Given the improved cost savings, usability and security that the cloud can provide, it’s no wonder that more small businesses are turning to cloud-based services.

Cloud adoption can be full of pitfalls, however, and small businesses still need to perform due diligence to avoid them. This is where many companies stumble; mistakes stemming from a lack of research or planning can make moving to the cloud a big headache…

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One of the biggest problems with cloud computing for small businesses is having little to no clue how much working with a cloud-based infrastructure is really going to cost. A new Linux-based service in its nascent stage will be working to solve that problem, helping IT managers with monitoring existing cloud computing costs, and projecting costs for new cloud providers to find out which one is best for your wallet.

You might be thinking, how hard could it be to track my cloud computing costs? You’ve signed up with Amazon EC2, spun up your instances in the closest region, and you have a fixed monthly cost, right?…

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Every few months something new pops up as the latest and greatest feature touted by cloud providers. Earlier this year it was platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings. Recently, vendors have been pushing free or low-cost versions of their clouds. Now, perhaps it’s time for high performance computing to have its turn in the spotlight.

This week, a new entrant into the market named ProfitBricks is coming forth with impressive network speed capabilities in its cloud, according to an independent review of the European company’s performance. This falls in line with Amazon Web Services, which released a solid-state disk high input/output compute option over the summer…