Grazed from CloudTweaks.  Author: Jeff Norman.

Thanks to cloud computing, entrepreneurship has never seemed so inviting. The cloud instinctively sizes itself to the needs of a business, eradicating overspending. In addition, its ease of access and zero expenditure on capital significantly simplify launch time. Even Forbes is proclaiming cloud computing’s advantages for a new wave of “lightweight” upstarts.

Here’s an outline of three top tactics entrepreneurs should heed to best profit from cloud:…

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Dell announced today a Cloud Services & Solutions Certification for PartnerDirect channel partners that will enable them to provide cloud services & solutions to customers based on both Dell technology and their own technology services.

Today, many organizations are living with complex, overgrown computing platforms that are underutilized, take up valuable data center floor space, consume large amounts of power and cooling resources, and are not easy to manage.

“Organizations, of all sizes, are looking to implement cloud computing solutions to align efficiency and deliver business results. We have created a certification practice area with choice and flexibility that will solidify partners’ value to the end customer. We invested the time and resources to fully understand the cloud solutions our partners need to provide in the market,” said Bob Skelley, executive director, Dell Global Certified Partner Program & Channel…

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Today SolveDirect announced it has joined the Cloud Computing Consortium (C3), connecting with 130 other industry and academic cloud leaders including some of the world’s largest technology companies. "Cloud services offer huge advantage for organizations, but often come with unexpected maintenance and operational challenges." said Jim McDonnell, President, Americas & Chief Product Officer at SolveDirect. "The Cloud Computing Consortium’s focus is beyond technology and into how business and IT leaders can work together to plan, transition and operate successfully with cloud services, and SolveDirect is thrilled to contribute its decade of cloud-based, multi-sourced IT services software and implementation experience to help accelerate industry success."…

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UBM TechWeb and UBM DeusM announced the launch of TheITPro.com, an online community for C-level executives, IT professionals, and all stakeholders in the private cloud computing category.

Cloud computing deployments are increasing each year, thanks to the cost savings and agility they deliver to IT and business processes; cloud is forecast to generate 14 million new jobs globally, with $1.1 trillion annual revenue by 2015, according to industry estimates. The IT Pro (TheITPro.com) is an online community for IT decision makers who are considering and embracing cloud computing, particularly private clouds…

Grazed from Gov Info Security.  Author: Jeffrey Roman.

Cloud computing continues to be a hot topic for organizations, says Entrust’s David Rockvam. What issues should be top-of-mind when using the cloud, and how can organizations ensure security?

"How you get there is going to be really important," says Rockvam, Entrust’s CMO and GM of its Certificate Services business. Whether organizations are outsourcing and using cloud-based applications like Salesforce.com, or putting their own internal applications into the cloud, "You have to make sure you’re securing the cloud," Rockvam says in an interview with Information Security Media Group’s Tom Field [transcript below].

Organizations need to ensure that authentication and encryption are in place, Rockvam says. "You’re going to have to be making sure that those channels to and from the cloud are protected," he says, especially mobile devices which are often used to access cloud-based applications…

Grazed from IT Pro Portal.  Author: Alex Serban.

Telecom operator CTM and famous networking firm Cisco have partnered with the purpose of launching new cloud technologies, which will take advantage of the different aspects of cloud computing, a domain currently on the rise. These upcoming technologies include Cisco CloudVerse, Cloud Infrastructure Service and "Business Talk" Unified Communication Service.

The two companies describe Cisco CloudVerse as a service meant to help organisations to build, manage and connect clouds of all kinds: public, private or hybrid. This programme brings together several technologies like the Cloud Intelligent Network, Unified Data Center plus Cloud Applications and Services…

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CipherCloud, a leading provider of cloud encryption gateways for public and private clouds, today announced that it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) as a Corporate Member. The CSA is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within cloud computing, and to provide education on the use of cloud computing to help secure all other forms of computing.

CipherCloud is currently working with the CSA on CloudAudit, a project designed to enable automation and integration of CSA research into technology solutions. Additionally, CipherCloud will be involved with the CSA’s two new initiatives, Cloud Data Governance and Innovation, designed to deliver upon the alliance’s mission while accelerating delivery of a trusted cloud ecosystem…

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GoGrid, a leading cloud infrastructure company, announced today that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of its OnDemand Top 100 winners in the Cloud – Infrastructure category. Inclusion in this year’s OnDemand 100 is reserved for companies that are true leaders, developing game-changing approaches and technologies that are disrupting existing markets and entrenched players. This marks the second consecutive year that GoGrid has been selected for the OnDemand Top 100.

GoGrid was recognized by the AlwaysOn editorial team, partners from leading venture-capital firms, and industry experts across the globe based on its innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz. The 3-month selection process scours the entrepreneurial community to identify the top 100 private companies that are re-creating data management, customer relationships, and infrastructure by building industry-disruptive solutions…

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A new survey released today by Rackspace® Hosting, the service leader in cloud computing, reveals that IT teams from mid-sized UK and US businesses polled still spend over half (56 per cent) of their time on server management and troubleshooting in a typical month, and only 28 per cent on strategic, ‘value-added’ activities. Despite the widespread availability of cloud and managed hosting, many organisations are clinging to physical servers, leaving in-house IT teams struggling with troubleshooting and capacity planning amid demands from their bosses to do more for less.

The Cloud Reality Check survey provides insight into how IT decision-makers at 500 mid-sized UK and US businesses approach server management and its related challenges. The new survey results are compared to the results of a near-identical study Rackspace commissioned in 2009, No More Servers, which contained responses from the same number of businesses similarly situated…