New Data Shows Job Growth in Cloud Computing
Research from Wanted Analytics shows significant job growth in the cloud computing sector. The figures show that more than 12,000 jobs were advertised online, which represent a 49% increase over the previous year. And the increase is even more striking compared to the job ads in this sector two years ago: A striking 275% increase over April 2010. The Wanted Analytics statistics reinforce the growing importance of the cloud to midsize and other businesses.
Digging deeper into the stats, it seems that many companies are looking for the right people to design and manage their cloud business interface. Businesses are seeking new hires for positions such as webspace cloud computing engineer, systems engineer, software engineer, network engineer, and Java developer…
Shaderlight Cloud Rendering Powered by Limitless Computing Shines in Architosh AIA National Awards
Limitless Computing Inc., a leading provider of 3D mobile Augmented Reality, and ArtVPS Ltd, developers of Shaderlight, the interactive rendering software for Google SketchUp, today announced that its Shaderlight Cloud Rendering powered by Limitless Computing is a runner-up in the 2012 Architosh Best of Show AIA National Awards in the desktop category.
Architosh, a leading online publication devoted to Mac and iOS CAD and 3D software applications, announced its first AIA National Convention and Exposition Best of Show Awards.
"Shaderlight deserves recognition as the first cloud-based rendering solution for Google’s popular SketchUp rendering program," wrote Anthony Frausto-Robledo, publisher and editor-in-chief of Architosh. "With this unique solution, SketchUp users can produce photo-realistic renders of their models at up to 5x speeds faster than on the desktop and up to 128x faster at animations."…
Avnet Technology Solutions Debuts Dedicated Cloud Solutions Team
Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distribution leader and an operating group of Avnet, Inc., today introduced Avnet Cloud Solutions, a dedicated team focused on off-premise cloud solutions for value-added reseller (VAR), managed service provider (MSP) and integrated software vendor (ISV) partners in the U.S. and Canada. The Avnet Cloud Solutions team is developing a portfolio of integrated and packaged offerings designed to be delivered on an annuity basis by partners, minimizing their development costs and fostering repeatability.
The focus of this portfolio is on the areas of cloud computing that are in demand among end users and best served by off-premise cloud delivery models. Initially, Avnet will provide partners with offerings in workload categories, such as productivity and collaboration; backup and disaster recovery; test and development; security; application hosting and management; remote management and monitoring; and data center as a service…
Polkast 2.0 Ushers in Next Wave of Personal Cloud Computing
Polkast, a personal cloud service that connects computers and mobile devices through a secure peer-to-peer connection, today announced Polkast 2.0, available on Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android devices. Polkast 2.0 includes several new features and a Pro subscription version. With this upgrade, Polkast enables a better solution for mobile file access than cloud storage.
Polkast delivers an evolution to the cloud model, using peer-to-peer over WiFi or Internet to optimize the way files are accessed and shared between multiple devices. Peer-to-peer allows unlimited file access without uploading and downloading via the cloud, making Polkast faster and more efficient than the triangular computer-to-cloud-to-device model…
Cloud Security: Technology, Processes, Responsibility
Any proper solution that tries to address the cloud security issues that exist today must take into account the three sides of the security issue: technology, processes, and responsibility. Another important factor to take into account is that the details and the importance of each one of these, relative to the others, change according to where in the cloud stack we are. Building secure cloud software is very different from security at the cloud platform level, and from secure infrastructure as well…
Cloud Computing: BBH Solutions, Inc. Completes SOC 2 Type I Report for Confidentiality and Security
BBH Solutions, Inc., a leading New York City provider of converged network and cloud computing solutions, is pleased to announce they have successfully completed a SOC 2 (Service Organization Control) Type I report relevant to confidentiality and security.
The review, conducted by independent service auditor BDO, examined the design of BBH Solutions’ controls as a service provider to meet certain criteria for security and confidentiality principles established by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). The attestation by BDO firmly demonstrates BBH Solutions’ ability to deliver trusted services to its cloud computing customers…
Memset unveils cloud computing API
Cloud provider Memset announced has rolled out its own API that will allow customers to manage their entire cloud portfolio.
The launch of the API comes a year after the company started offering a private cloud service at the same price as its public cloud offering.
It enables customers to perform many of the same operations they can currently perform with their web based control panel, but from their own applications. This, Memset said, would present customers with a new discipline with added security, visibility, integration and scale requirements…
New book: Securing the Cloud
Cloud computing and cloud services have proliferated in the first place because of one simple reason: they lower the cost of doing business.
The worrying about the security implications of switching to the cloud has started a bit later, but as more and more companies started to migrate their assets and data – and as attackers spotted the trend – securing them against compromise became more and more important…
Five channel roles in Cloud Computing
With Gartner predicting Cloud Computing services will become a £95.7bn ($150bn) market by 2014, it’s clear that resellers need to act now to seize a slice of this opportunity. However, it’s not as simple as it sounds as there’s been plenty of confusion surrounding what is reality and what is hype where the Cloud is concerned. To cut through this, resellers need to identify their strategy to enable them to achieve high ROI in their local markets. Consequently, resellers across EMEA now want to know how they can step up to take real and practical Cloud service propositions to market.
To do this, resellers need to look at expanding their product portfolio to include the most in-demand cloud solutions for their markets and to quickly develop technology expertise to drive business growth. Essential to building up know-how in a new area like the Cloud is working with a well-known IT partner who has the necessary skills and who possesses local market knowledge. It’s important to recognise that Cloud is not dissimilar to other technologies in that customers need it to be positioned, evaluated, implemented and integrated into their IT environment. Resellers should feel assured that they can fulfil these key customer requirements very well indeed…
DRFortress Launches the First Local Pay-As-You-Use Cloud Computing Service for Hawaii and the Pacific Rim
DRFortress, Hawaii’s premier colocation and cloud services provider, today announced that it has launched DRFcloud, the first local, pay-as-you-use, cloud computing services based in the State and available throughout the Pacific Rim. This new service, offered in partnership with IaaS pioneer, Appcore, follows the successful start of the Nirvanix cloud storage service. Continuing to demonstrate leadership in the shift to the cloud in Hawaii, both the DRFcloud and the Nirvanix cloud storage hybrid node are maintained at the DRFortress datacenter in Hawaii with redundant mainland nodes for disaster recovery purposes.
"DRFortress has demonstrated extraordinary vision in delivering the first ‘On-Demand, Pay-by-the-Drink’ Cloud Storage and now the same for Cloud Computing Services to Hawaii," said Marc Staimer, president of Dragon Slayer Consulting. "Hawaii IT organizations are now able to cost effectively take advantage of the cloud services revolution knowing their data and applications will be always be available regardless of local conditions."…