Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Barb Darrow.

As ProfitBricks rolls out its scale-up infrastructure as a platform in the U.S. this week, it says it can offer more powerful instances to customers cheaper than market leader Amazon Web Services. That’s a tall order, but an intriguing one.

ProfitBricks is nothing if not ambitious: It plans to take on Amazon in massively scalable cloud infrastructure. That’s no mean feat, but Bob Rizika, CEO of ProfitBricks USA, says the company — which launches cloud services in the U.S. this week — is attacking it from a position of strength…

Grazed from R&D Magazine. Author: Editorial Staff.

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new software tool to prevent performance disruptions in cloud computing systems by automatically identifying and responding to potential anomalies before they can develop into problems.

Cloud computing enables users to create multiple "virtual machines" that operate independently, even though they are all operating on one large computing platform. However, this approach can cause performance issues when a software bug, or other problem, in one virtual machine disrupts the entire cloud…

Grazed from PR NewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.

Recognizing that some organizations find migrating to the cloud intimidating, Infinitely Virtual, a leading provider of virtual server cloud computing services for businesses, today announced an innovative Onboarding Service, aimed at eliminating the fear factor from the migration process.

The service, which consists of a free, one-hour tutorial on hosting in the cloud, enables new customers to ask virtually any question of a live company representative and get the relationship off on a sound, secure footing…

Grazed from CloudTweaks. Author: John Omwamba.

It is no longer a mere premise that the prospects of integration of cloud computing are embraced by nearly all major industries, including the automobile industry. Cloud computing is bound to change this industry and the driving experience as we know it today. There are three main areas of the automobile industry that could experience the greatest impact of cloud computing.

Partnerships and integration

Consumer demographics are changing, with more attention being directed at technological integration of scalable systems that are affordable and easily adaptable. This has required mergers and partnerships between technology and automotive companies in order to form a manageable synergy for competitive and quality delivery…

Grazed from Federal Times. Author: Nichole Blake Johnson.

The General Services Administration is supposed to be the leader guiding agencies’ adoption of cloud computing. But some agencies have gone elsewhere for cloud services.

One reason is GSA was delayed in launching a governmentwide contract for cloud email until last month. Another reason is GSA has been slow in verifying that awardees on an earlier contract have information systems that meet federal security standards…

Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Om Malik.

Zynga which has been losing senior executives with an alarming rate lost another key member recently – its CTO of infrastructure. Earlier this summer, the company lost about seven executives including Mike Verdu, Zynga’s former chief creative officer and Bill Mooney, who spearheaded the Farmville franchise.
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Allan Leinwand, chief technology officer of infrastructure for San Francisco-based social games company Zynga, has left the company, according to an update on his LinkedIn profile page. Leinwand is assuming a similar role at ServiceNow, a company that offers software to automate enterprise IT operations as a service…

Grazed from WSJ. Author: Joel Schectman.

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 is a big step in the company’s shift toward cloud computing, analysts say. For CIOs who are moving an increasing amount of their resources into the cloud, that means that Microsoft is likely to remain a viable option, even as rivals continue to gain traction in the market.

Windows Server 2012 is the back-end companion to Windows 8, the soon-to-be-released overhaul of Microsoft’s operating system for desktop computers, tablets, laptops and other devices. Server 2012, which manages storage and applications for the other devices that share the network, has been designed with the cloud in mind. It makes it easier for CIOs and network administrators to utilize data centers, private clouds, public clouds, or some fluid combination…

Grazed from CloudTimes. Author: Saroj Kar.

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced the creation of a Privacy Level Agreement (PLA) Working Group in the EU chaired by the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), to seek solutions to improve the security, development of cloud systems that respond to the challenges of cloud development in Hong Kong.

The possibilities of technology in the cloud and Big Data have become apparent in recent months. However, it has also become clear that we must establish protection systems for all that information. In order to design standard policies that ensure the protection of large volumes of information, the CSA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the use of best practices within cloud computing, has decided to create a working group to study this area…

Don’t miss out on meeting the top cloud enablers and investors at this year’s 3rd annual Telco Cloud Enablers conference at The Grand Connaught Rooms, London on September 25-26th, 2012.  Time is running out to register for and attend this event.

As the communications world becomes more and more converged, the Telco Cloud Enablers Summit is perfectly timed and co-located with the Smart Cities and Mobile Healthcare Industry Summits to orchestrate discussion between key ecosystem players already enabling cloud computing within the mobile internet world, and direct those entering the value chain.