September 10, 2012 Off

Agenda for ‘Powering the Cloud’ Events Taking Shape

By David
Grazed from SNW Europe.  Author: PR Announcement
 
The organizers of the SNW Europe, Datacenter Technologies and Virtualization World conferences have announced further details relating to the agenda of the three events taking place at Congress Frankfurt on 30th and 31st October 2012.

Under the banner "Powering the Cloud", the conferences will feature a number of leading analyst houses and independent commentators hosting a series of half-day mini-tracks addressing the key issues and topics affecting most organizations’ IT strategies and needs.
 
September 9, 2012 Off

Cloud Computing: Vodafone offers services to SME sector

By David
Grazed from The Economic Times.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Vodafone India is making a foray into the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) segment with mobility, connectivity and cloud computing services on the offer.   "It is (SME sector) currently the fastest growing market and that is the reason why any telco wants to get into the market," Vodafone India Executive Vice President and Head -SME Business Deepak Pande told PTI.

He said Vodafone’s suite consist of three kinds of products which include wireless products including voice and data, connectivity services like internet lease lines and cloud computing…

September 9, 2012 Off

IBM: Focus On Cloud Computing Presents An Upside Of 20%

By David
Grazed from SeekingAlpha.  Author: Editorial Staff.

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has registered a price appreciation of 70% over the last five years, as compared to the Nasdaq’s 44%. The company enjoys recurring revenues and we predict a high sustainable growth rate for IBM. The company has been focusing on cloud computing, and is on track for its 2015 road map to grow revenues.

The expected growth rate for the next five years is ~11% per annum. Revenues from the company’s growth markets were up 8% YoY, adjusting for currency. We believe the stock has an upside potential of more than 20%...

September 9, 2012 Off

Cloud Computing: Software-defined storage previews intrigue VMware pros

By David
Grazed from TechTarget.  Author: Beth Pariseau.

IT shops have more storage infrastructure choices than ever before as more vendors jump into the software-defined storage market.

Software-defined storage abstracts storage from hardware, making storage a pooled and fungible resource across physical boundaries, managed as a service according to policy. It isn’t an entirely new concept — storage virtualization has been around for years — but putting the point of management control into the virtual server and consolidating storage and server resources onto one hardware platform is relatively novel…

September 8, 2012 Off

5 Steps to Ensure Your Cloud Provider Is Ready for Ediscovery

By David
Grazed from CIO.  Author: Stephanie Overby.

Identifying, retrieving, and producing electronically stored information (ESI) in response to a subpoena can be a time-consuming and costly business. Processing just one gigabyte of data in response to an electronic discovery (ediscovery) request can cost at least $30,000, according to the Sedona Conference Journal.

It’s not surprising, then, that few cloud providers have yet addressed the issue of ediscovery responsibilities in their standard contracts. But that leaves enterprises with their ESI in the public cloud at risk. "Courts have shown little patience for companies that fail to meet their discovery obligations," says Kim Leffert, counsel in the litigation practice of Mayer Brown. "An excuse that ‘the data is on an outsourcing provider’s systems’ will likely fall on deaf ears." Indeed, courts have issued sanctions for failing to respond to ediscovery requests, including fines, suit dismissals, default judgments, and even potential jail time…

September 8, 2012 Off

Tax Directors Pulled Unwillingly into the Cloud

By David
Grazed from AccountingToday.  Author: Michael Cohn.

Tax departments are being excluded from discussions about whether it’s a good idea for their companies to move into cloud computing, despite security concerns.

That raises the possibility of tax risks, lost cost-saving opportunities and decreased return-on-investment for cloud projects. While the use of cloud environments continues to be increasingly embraced by companies, 52 percent of a group of senior U.S. corporate tax professionals surveyed by KPMG saif they are generally not included in discussions with top management of other groups in their organizations to provide the tax perspective on cloud initiatives…
 

September 7, 2012 Off

Five Steps to Solid Cloud and Mobile App Delivery

By David

Grazed from NetworkComputing. Author: Ericka Chickowski.

While the idea of an enterprise app store may appeal to enterprises for a number of reasons, most organizations still need to lay a considerable amount of groundwork to ensure the success of their initiatives.

Natalie Lambert, a former Forrester analyst and one of the thought leaders responsible for pushing the acronym BYOD into the limelight, said she believes organizations need to go through five stages to reach app-delivery nirvana. We take a look at some of her recommendations, along with commentary from other industry pundits discussing the challenges of supporting an environment that consolidates the best in mobile and cloud technology…

September 7, 2012 Off

Can Cloud Computing Stop Software Piracy?

By David

Grazed from CloudTimes. Author: Florence de Borja.

With the influx of software applications using the Software-as-a-Service model, experts claim that software piracy will eventually be eliminated. However, some pessimists are claiming that users will just find ways to circumvent everything so that they won’t pay for software use. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) released its new survey results wherein it found out that 42% of the 15,000 PC users-respondents in 33 countries admitted to sharing their login credentials to paid cloud computing services with other people within their organizations. According to BSA President and CEO Robert Holleyman, such act doesn’t constitute piracy as some cloud computing services do allow simultaneous logins using just one account. Other than that, sharing login credentials can cause terms of service violations or license abuse.

The Economist has widely criticized BSA’s survey primarily because some wordings in the survey don’t specifically mention that login-credential sharing is a clear violation of paid cloud service license or terms of service. However, BSA is adamant in claiming that everyone must be concerned about “cloud piracy”. BSA Senior Vice President for External Affairs Matt Reid claims that although cloud piracy hasn’t reached the same position as that of traditional software piracy, the results of their survey must be taken into consideration…

September 7, 2012 Off

Certeon aCelera makes using Big Data, Disaster Recovery and Enterprise Applications on Amazon Cloud fast and easy

By David

Grazed from PRNewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.

Certeon, the application performance company, today announced that Certeon and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have combined the power of the cloud with revolutionary performance optimization. Certeon and Amazon combine to deliver a powerful, cloud-optimized platform and access gateway that enable fast, reliable, secure, and simple access to the public cloud. Certeon aCelera transforms the cloud into an extension of the data center by eliminating the barriers to enterprise-class cloud deployments.

In his recent research note Managing Network Performance of Cloud-Based Applications, Gartner analyst Eric Siegel observed that "Cloud computing is a hot topic, and the performance of the network is a critical factor in user satisfaction," and that "Network performance is a key component of the total performance of cloud-based applications." Mr. Siegel concluded, "If the application or network can’t be redesigned, WAN performance optimization can make the difference between useable and useless."…

September 7, 2012 Off

How Much Can Amazon Profit From The Cloud?

By David

Grazed from Seeking Alpha. Author: Chris Frangold.

For large Internet-based companies like Amazon (AMZN), building and using its own cloud service just makes sense. Not only does this cut back on the added expense of outsourcing, it also gives the company total control over how to manage the service.

In a very short amount of time, cloud computing has redefined how companies work with each other and with customers. Since 2006, Amazon has offered its cloud service, Amazon Web Services, to the public. Now the company has plans for expansion, which could increase profits and allow Amazon to make its mark in yet another high-profile arena…