AICTE becomes Microsoft’s biggest cloud computing client
Microsoft, which was built on the sale of expensive software that is installed on individual computers, has been forced by competition from Google (GOOG.O) and others to branch out into the fast-growing world of cloud computing.
The U.S. software giant said on Thursday it would provide its Live@edu communication and collaboration software to more than 7 million students and half a million teachers through a deal with the AICTE…
Cloudcor Announces Fabasoft as an Elite Gold Partner for its 4th Annual Cloud Slam’12 Cloud Computing Conference and Expo
Cloudcor today announced, that Fabasoft, a leading European software vendor and public cloud provider, joins other cloud leaders becoming an Elite Gold Partner for its 4th annual Cloud Slam’12 Cloud Computing Conference taking place May 30 – June 1, 2012 in San Francisco and broadcast online.
Fabasoft’s Folio Cloud offers a platform for wide range of business applications, used for both internal collaboration within the business and external international partners and customers.
"We are delighted to extend our collaboration with Fabasoft for the 4th straight year as an elite Gold Partner for Cloud Slam’12," Cloudcor Chairman – Khazret Sapenov said…
VMware Cloud Foundry Plays Disruptive Role
VMware celebrated the first anniversary of its Cloud Foundry development platform Wednesday, and during the festivities on Hillview Ave. in Palo Alto, which included a cake with a single candle, all I could think of, was: "Why is VMware doing this?"
Why is it a big deal that Cloud Foundry is one year old? Cloud Foundry has experienced 75,000 downloads since it became available as open source code. So what? Those 75,000 downloads would constitute a slow day for MySQL or the Apache Web Server…
Brocade and EMC Accelerate the Journey to Cloud Computing With EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure
Brocade today announced its participation in a new EMC initiative to deliver Proven Infrastructure solutions for customers looking to make the transition to virtualization and cloud. The new EMC(R) VSPEX(TM) Proven Infrastructure, available only through the EMC’s Velocity(TM) Program channel partners, can combine Brocade cloud-optimized networking technologies with EMC unified storage and next generation backup architecture, while enabling customers to leverage their server and hypervisor of choice.
Increasing numbers of small organizations are making the transition toward virtualization and cloud, but many are grappling with the challenge of managing IT infrastructures and ensuring application availability. Further, many do not have the in-house technical expertise or resources available to larger enterprises to smoothly make this transition. To address this need, EMC VSPEX offers customers a simple efficient and flexible means of deploying virtualization and cloud technologies, without added layers of IT complexity or risk. In addition, EMC VSPEX is built upon best-in-class technologies that provide customers with an unprecedented level of flexibility and investment protection…
Cloud Business Intelligence Company Indicee is Named a NextGen Company by the Software & Information Industry Association
Indicee Inc. (“Indicee”), the leading cloud business intelligence platform, has been selected as one of just four 2012 ‘NextGen Program’ companies by the Software & Information Industry Association (“SIIA”).
The SIIA identified the final four companies that will take part in their NextGen Program in an announcement made earlier this week. The program recognizes innovative cloud computing companies and provides them with an opportunity to showcase their products at ISV conference All About the Cloud on May 8-10 in San Francisco.
Indicee was chosen from over forty initial applicants and thirteen finalists by a panel of industry judges. The final companies were whittled down to just four winners based on scores across three areas of innovation: product, business model and presentation…
Cloud Security: Look to the Mainframe
With all the talk about cloud computing, a number of questions have arisen about how secure the cloud really is. Personally, I’m not that concerned. If implemented properly, cloud security may actually be better for cybersecurity if but for one reason: we’ve been down this road before.
While some may argue with the specifics, cloud computing is a modern version of the mainframe services that businesses flocked away from a decade or two ago. Now, in a reversal, many are moving to the "cloud," i.e. moving control of their computing efforts from an internal local function to a centralized computing location.
So as companies and the government ponder security in the cloud, it would be worthwhile to look back before recreating a new security regime. Mainframes, in many ways, were inherently secure. There was centralized control and the main challenges were managing user accounts and access control. These are easy challenges, especially in an distributed network environment when a mainframe has to assess whether users are who they say they are — identification and authentication tools are critical…
DynamicOps Named a Finalist in Cloud Computing for the 2012 Best Products Award by Network Products Guide
DynamicOps, pioneer of the Operations Virtualization(TM) platform that enables unified cloud automation and management, today announced that Networks Product Guide, a leading technology research and advisory guide, has named DynamicOps as a finalist for the 7th Annual 2012 Best Products Award in the "Cloud Computing" category. These industry and peer awards honor achievements and recognitions in every facet of the IT industry. Winners will be announced in Las Vegas on May 8, 2012.
"It’s an honor to be named a finalist by Network Products Guide for this industry and peer award," said Rich Bourdeau, VP of Marketing, DynamicOps. "This further validates the need for a solution that enables fast deployment and easy management of private and hybrid clouds, and the unique value that DynamicOps brings to the market."…
Infinitely Virtual CEO to Explore Cloud Computing Reliability and Security at Prestigious Public Sector Conference
IT professionals in educational institutions and government agencies need to be confident that the data they move to the cloud will be secure and that the systems safeguarding that data are reliable. At the Cloud Computing in the Public Sector Conference, to be held in Miami on April 16-17, Infinitely Virtual CEO Adam Stern will explore how public sector organizations can ensure high-level security and reliability as they increase their investment in cloud-based IT operations.
Infinitely Virtual is a leading provider of virtual server cloud computing services and a strong proponent of advanced security and backup in cloud computing systems…
Heirloom Computing Launches ELPaaS – a PaaS for COBOL & IBM CICS
Heirloom Computing, the Silicon Valley software company with a mission to enable existing applications to seamlessly participate in cloud computing infrastructures, today announced the availability of its ELPaaS platform.
Developers can start using ELPaaS today for free by signing up at www.elpaas.com. With ELPaaS, developers can create a fully-managed development and deployment environment in just a few minutes. ELPaaS uses Heirloom’s Elastic COBOL IDE (www.elasticcobol.com), which can run "as-a-Service" or on-premise, to quickly package, publish & deploy applications to their choice of target clouds…
Manage Your Business In The Business Cloud
Cloud Computing is on everybody’s lips these days and we are bombarded with geek arguments telling us why we should use this technology to run our businesses. Many of us wonder what it’s all about, this cloud computing?
The answers are often not compelling. Why do I need 600 trillion megabyte storage and what is it anyway? My answer to these numbers — who cares?
Here are a few reasons to think about business cloud computing:
Start Your Business in 60 Seconds. That is how long it takes to sign up to business cloud computing providers. Another 10 minutes later and you’ll be sending out bills or quotes using your own domain name…