HP, IBM and Cisco Battle for Cloud Dominance
HP is the cloud equipment king, but IBM and Cisco aren’t far behind, according to a new report from Synergy Research Group.
As with any hot market, the research firm’s "4Q11 Cloud Equipment Market Share" report paints a rosy, if volatile, picture of the cloud server, storage and networking equipment sales. In the last quarter, HP took home 17.4 percent of worldwide cloud hardware revenues. IBM was close behind with 15.9 percent. All told, IT vendors booked $39.4 billion in cloud equipment revenues last year, a 15 percent increase over 2010. In the fourth quarter alone, they brought in a healthy $10.6 billion haul…
Cloud Computing: Netlist Provides Update on US Patent & Trademark Office Communications
Netlist, Inc. (NASDAQ: NLST), a leading provider of high performance memory solutions for the cloud computing market, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") recently issued two favorable Office Actions in the reexaminations of US Pat. No. 7,532,537 (‘537) and US Pat. No. 7,636,274 (‘274). In the reexamination of the ‘537 patent, the USPTO allowed all 60 claims, while in the reexamination of the ‘274 patent, the USPTO allowed all 104 claims.
By allowing these claims over the cited art, the USPTO rejected each and every prior art challenge raised by Inphi Corporation in its initial reexamination requests filed in June 2010, and subsequently during the reexamination proceedings of the ‘537 patent and the ‘274 patent. Inphi has a right to appeal these decisions…
Is there a ‘best’ way to set up your private cloud storage?
Given that cloud computing is still emerging, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that opinions vary widely on the best way to architect the storage. In fact, it seems likely that there is no such panacea — different types of private cloud almost always require different approaches.
Or do they?
In a recent interview, Piston Cloud CEO Joshua McKenty asserted flatly that, when it comes to private clouds, the best approach is to integrate the storage with the servers, a setup that offers performance far beyond that of more traditional approaches…
Data Security and the Cloud: Get Up to Speed
Most people are wary of electrical devices that don’t carry a seal of approval from Underwriters Laboratories, or a bank that isn’t FDIC insured. Wouldn’t it be great if there was something similar that businesses could rely on when choosing a cloud computing vendor?
With the marketplace still evolving, however, there isn’t a single "thumbs up, thumbs down" standard for cloud security. Yet business technology leaders still have to make the right call on outsourced IT vendors and the integrity of data centers they use to deliver information to the cloud. The dilemma: many decision-makers are unfamiliar with or lack confidence in choosing the best services to make those assessments…
Microsoft extends app building to the cloud
Microsoft on Tuesday will preview a cloud-based application build service and improvements to its Visual Studio IDE to make it easier to build SharePoint programs.
Through an extension planned to the company’s Team Foundation Service platform, developers can build source code on the Windows Azure public cloud. Team Foundation Service is basically a cloud-based version of the company’s Team Foundation Server application lifecycle management server.
"The biggest benefit [of the improvements] is it’s supereasy," said Brian Harry, Microsoft Technical Fellow of Team Foundation Server. "You could be up and going, building your app in the cloud in 10 minutes." The preview of the build service is intended for use with the Visual Studio 11 beta IDE as well as Visual Studio 2010. It will be extended to Visual Studio 2008 in a week…
Doro to bring cloud computing and apps revolution to seniors
Seniors handset maker Doro is rolling out a new cloud-based service that will make it possible for senior citizens to take part in the smartphone apps revolution as well as enjoy easy-to-use cloud computing experiences on their PCs.
The Swedish handset maker will be bringing out a new Windows PC and Android tablet-based product called the Doro Experience Manager that will allow seniors to enjoy sophisticated computing without complexity…
Autodesk Introduces New Engineering Software, Cloud Platform
Autodesk Inc. (ADSK), a maker of architectural and engineering software, unveiled new design software and a revamped cloud-computing platform called Autodesk 360 that lets customers use the programs over the Internet.
The new package include design, engineering and entertainment software, the San Rafael, California-based company said today. It connects to Autodesk 360, letting users store, edit and share their designs. The system also enables customers to tap as much computing power as they need, Autodesk said…
Autonomic Becomes a Red Hat Certified Cloud Provider
Autonomic Resources announced that it has joined the Red Hat Cloud ecosystem as a Certified Cloud Provider in the federal community. Red Hat Certified Cloud Providers have to meet business, operational, and technical requirements to be able to offer Red Hat solutions under cloud-appropriate business models and are backed by Red Hat support relationships.
Autonomic Resources Cloud Platform (ARC-P) is a government-only elastic compute environment that meets the NIST criteria for what is considered "cloud computing." The combination of shifting budgetary targets, conditional funding streams, and cloud first / future first policy initiatives has driven the need for utility based computing. One of the key benefits identified in the governments cloud computing initiative is the reduced overhaul of software and hardware every few years, removing political, budgetary and integration headaches…
Equinix and Tier 3 join to enhance cloud computing for enterprises
Equinix Inc., a provider of global data center services, and Tier 3, the enterprise cloud platform provider, announced Tuesday a partnership to create an enterprise-ready gateway to the cloud by offering Tier 3’s Enterprise Cloud Platform through Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers. The partnership enables enterprise customers to take advantage of the business agility and cost efficiency of cloud technologies by using Tier 3’s distinctive enterprise-grade Infrastructure as a Service coupled with the geographic breadth, network density and application performance optimization of Platform Equinix.
Tier 3 addresses the enterprise market with a public cloud platform known for its business-grade high availability, built-in business continuity and security features that enable isolated environments for each customer. Leveraging secure, high performance direct connections from Platform Equinix, customers inside Equinix data centers will be able to tap into a Virtual Private Cloud solution from Tier 3. This solution creates a virtual extension of the customer’s enterprise, transforming the public cloud into a virtual private environment that meets IT’s stringent requirements for security and compliance…
T-Systems Industry Experts Address the Business Case for Cloud Technology at CIO Roundtable
T-Systems, a global provider of information and communication technology systems for multinational corporations and public sector institutions, today announced that T-Systems Senior Vice President of Sales for the Americas Region Paul Warrenfelt and Head of Portfolio and Solution Design, Dr. Gregory O. Smith, will participate at the CIO magazine Executive Roundtable in Chicago on Wednesday, March 28th.
The roundtable discussion is titled "Pervasive Doesn’t Always Equal Productive: The Business Case For Cloud Technology" and will focus on how the cloud is evolving from a technology enabler into a true business tool of demonstrable top-line and bottom-line value…