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CX.com Makes a Bet on the Kindle Fire and Launches a Native Android App and Kindle Fire Cloud Application

By David
Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

CX Inc. the fastest growing cloud storage and data file management system, introduced their CX Android application today. With the new application, Android and Kindle Fire users will now have additional devices for getting into the CX cloud.

"CX, which launched its production release in October, is one of the fastest growing cloud computing storage applications welcoming on average 30,000 new customers every week," Brad Robertson, CEO of CX Inc. "While, CX can always be accessed via the mobile web client – users can now go native on their devices with the latest additions of the native Android and Kindle Fire applications. These recent additions compliment CX’s ever-growing list of applications that enable secure syncing, creation, consumption, and collaboration of content in the cloud with CX. As promised, CX.com will continue to be your secure digital command center, through which you can take control of all your content from any device."…

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Cloud Computing Companies – Tips For Choosing The Best One

By David
Grazed from HostReview.  Author: Editorial Staff.

A lot of companies have woken up to the fact that they can make huge profits by foraying into this domain.

A lot has been said about cloud computing. As a matter of fact, it has often been projected as the need of the hour. Perhaps this hype has been purposely created by cloud computing companies for their own benefit. Experts suggest that it is impossible for a technology of this kind (read: not yet fully developed) to cause a stir.

However, it cannot be denied that ‘cloud’ has certainly sparked a flurry of interest. In such a scenario, a lot of companies have woken up to the fact that they can make huge profits by foraying into this domain. The following tips would help you in separating the good from the bad:..

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Parallels unveils cloud computing services designed for SMBs

By David

Grazed from V3.co.uk.  Author: Daniel Robinson.

Parallels has expanded its line-up of products aimed at cloud computing service providers, adding platforms that will enable them to deliver hosted PBX services and updating its Plesk control panel for web hosting, all with an eye to the SMB market.

Parallels announced the new cloud computing provider offerings at its Parallels Summit 2012 in Florida, where the firm also revealed research indicating that small-to-medium businesses are set to be the most enthusiastic adopters of cloud computing services in the near future.

"SMB cloud adoption is continuing to grow pretty aggressively, especially in the US," John Zanni, vice president of service provider marketing and alliances at Parallels, told V3

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Building A Cloud Computing Roadmap; tips for leveraging cloud computing for banking and financial services IT

By David
Grazed from Bank Technology.  Author: Kevin Kern.

Cloud computing has emerged as one of the most significant game changers to hit the technology landscape in the past 20 years.

Today’s knowledge-based workforce in the financial services sector has become more agile, flexible, and highly mobile. The confluence of these two elements – always available cloud computing and mobile savvy employees – continues to enable work to be competed faster and cheaper. Cloud computing fuels the virtual world of development, product management, and project management in ways that were unforeseen in the last decade, and the landscape continues to evolve at light speed for collaboration, alignment and velocity.

However, the explosion of cloud computing and the mobile workforce has been a bit of a catch 22 for IT departments in the financial services sector…

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Cloud Computing: Apple Testing Smaller iPad: according to WSJ

By David
Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Maureen O’Gara.

Contrary to Steve Jobs’ dictum that the 9.7-inch iPad is as small as a tablet can get, Apple is testing a widget that’s around eight inches and has gotten as far as qualifying suppliers for it, according to the Wall Street Journal.  It’s supposed to be working with screen makers AU Optronics of Taiwan and LG Display of South Korea.

The device would reportedly have the same resolution as the current iPad…

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HP bets on the cloud with new Gen8 servers

By David
Grazed from IT World Canada.  Author: Jeff Jedras.

After a year that has seen much of the buzz around Hewlett-Packard Co. focused on the software side, hardware was front and centre on day one of the vendor’s global partner conference as the vendor launched its new generation of Gen8 servers and announced a new cloud computing partner specialization.

Canada has been a little behind the curve on cloud computing adoption with our more conservative business nature, but in the last six months customers have begun moving into the proof of concept stage and it’s time for HP and its partners to really build an ecosystem arond cloud computing, said Dave Frederickson, vice-president of enterprise servers, storage and networking (ESSN) with HP Canada…

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NEC and Indra Bring Cloud Computing to Companies by Launching a Virtual Office Solution with Multi-device Access

By David
Grazed from VirtualPress Office.  Author: PR Announcement.

NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) and Indra, the number one IT multinational in Spain and a leader in Europe and Latin America, announced today the launch of a new cloud management solution. The solution will provide broad variety of innovative services and mobility to companies in markets throughout the world.

Operational improvements, cost reduction and a focus on core business are the major benefits for customers of this new cloud management system…

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How cloud computing will change everything

By David
Grazed from Montreal Gazzette.  Author: Mitch Joel.

There’s been a lot of talk about "the cloud" when it comes to technology and IT in the past few years. It’s a revolution as big as the advent of the microprocessor and just as relevant as the desktop computer. The cloud is quickly changing businesses as we know them, forcing them to reboot how they think about their consumers in this everconnected world. We’re not just talking about everything from owning data centres to your accounting software to your email server, but the products and services that are being sold. If the cloud isn’t on your business’s mind, rest assured that it should be, and that it will (once again) change everything.

In simplistic terms, the cloud is just another term for the Internet as a storage facility. The core technological innovation is that, instead of storing a single piece of software and/or data on your own, single, fixed computer, you can now store data and run software off of the Internet – giving it freedom to be accessed by any computer of your choice and creating the ultimate backup plan…

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OCZ Launches Z-Drive R4 CloudServ 16TB Solid State Storage System

By David
Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced the Z-Drive R4 CloudServ PCI Express (PCIe) flash storage solution, designed to dramatically accelerate cloud computing applications and significantly reduce operating expenses in the data center. The new Z-Drive R4 CloudServ features monumental data throughput, and raises the bar in performance and capacity.

"The Z-Drive R4 CloudServ PCIe solid state drive delivers game-changing performance and enables clients to process massive data-sets with up to 16TB of storage capacity on a single, easy-to-deploy card," said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology. "With this new solution, system architects are able to design more efficient and dynamic cloud computing infrastructures while simultaneously reducing system complexity and the high maintenance costs associated with traditional infrastructures."…

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Greenbutton helps software providers transition to cloud computing

By David
Grazed from ZDNEt.  Author: Dan Kusnetzky.

I’m a big fan of the work done by Weta Digital to bring to life films such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy. When a chance presented itself to speak with Scott Houston, CEO of GreenButton and former CIO of Weta Digital, I had to schedule time for a meeting regardless of the company or its products. As it turns out, GreenButton is doing clever things to make it easier for software suppliers to package and deliver functions to the cloud to help their customers.

Houston helped Weta Digital set up and run a sophisticated data center in New Zealand to support the digital content creation for the films. The data center almost couldn’t grow fast enough to support the timely implementation of Peter Jackson’s vision for the films. Once the films were finished, the next question was how to make profitable use of the equipment to support the needs of other companies…