Cloud-Based Security Is Gaining Momentum
Sourcefire recently announced the release of its FireAMP software, which harnesses the power of the cloud to provide malware protection to businesses. The release is one more example of the rise of cloud-based security, which uses the massive computing power of the cloud to provide solutions that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.
Cloud Computing Both More Agile and Less Expensive
In Silicon Valley, the saying "it’s a dessert topping and a floor wax" is often used to puncture the pretensions of a product that promises that it can address every need; it’s applied to products claiming oxymoronic qualities. For example, the saying would be applied to a product that claimed to perform network management and word processing–two different, mismatched, and disharmonious functionalities.
I’m reminded of this when I listen to a debate common to cloud computing discussions. One person will assert that cloud computing is less expensive than the traditional IT infrastructure operations; a second person then says "cost isn’t really the issue for IT, what they really want from cloud computing is greater agility," meaning rapid provisioning of infrastructure resources…
Open Applications Group (OAGi) Announces Mobile Business Cloud Initiative
OAGi today announced it has launched a Mobile Business Initiative to improve the ability of enterprises to extend their business data interoperability all the way to the edges of their organizations
OAGi plans to do this by adding technology to the OAGIS standard to better support Mobile Business and Cloud Computing, and to provide support for Java Script Object Notation (JSON), the most common data expression technology in this new and growing area of business solutions.
When OAGi was formed 16 years ago, the vision was to provide a business process based data exchange language for B2B, Enterprise Integration, and Enterprise to Execution Systems…
Move to Cloud Prompts Companies to Give Up on Custom Integration
Cloud is driving growth for data integration vendor Pervasive Software — which isn’t surprising. But what is surprising is that 65 percent of the integration work is still on-premise, according to Lance Speck, general manager for integration at Pervasive Software.
How’s that again?
It seems the cloud becomes the last straw on custom code. "A lot of these people who were satisfied with whatever clunky custom code they had built to hold them together for the last decade or two are now forklifting pieces of that to the cloud and when they do, they break their integrations and their infrastructure, so they have to rethink how they do it," Speck said. "So they’re saying, ‘Well, we’re not building ourselves again because that was a mess’ or maybe ‘There wasn’t an option at the time, but now we’d like some place where they have subject matter expertise on how to build it in an extensible way that will scale and give them things they’ve had on their wish list for the last 10 years.’ For us, it’s opened tons of conversations."…
Nexica Powers Its Cloud Computing Service with EMC VNX Unified Storage
EMC Corporation today announced that Nexica, a Spanish provider of ICT infrastructure managed services including cloud computing and critical application hosting, has selected EMC® VNX(TM) unified storage, together with Cisco UCS and VMware virtualization and cloud infrastructure technologies, to power its newly launched public cloud services for its exceptional performance, efficiency, simplicity and data protection.
Customer Benefits:
Improved Performance and Scalability – With EMC VNX unified storage, Nexica has increased the availability and performance of its data center infrastructure by 100%, enabling it to deliver better quality of service and a more responsive and scalable solution to its customers…
nivio Offers Windows + Office and Your Favorite Apps on Any Connected Device
nivio today announced beta registration for a fully functional Windows desktop from the Cloud. On nivio, users have access to an App-Store where they can rent applications, such as the complete Microsoft productivity suite, and take advantage of 10GB of upgradeable, free synchronized storage. nivio is accessible from any iOS, Android, Mac, Windows or Linux device, including iPads, Android tablets, PCs and laptops.
Awarded the Prestigious Technology Pioneer Award in 2009 by the World Economic Forum, nivio is bringing the magic back to computing with easy to use, inexpensive software for any device…
Mobile Communication Platform freedomone Now Offered Cloud-Based
freedomone mobile, a sourcevolution company providing innovative mobile solutions for businesses, has announced that it is now ready to offer its mobile communication platform freedomone(TM) in cloud computing mode, thus allowing it to offer its solution as software as a service (SaaS). The freedomone(TM) platform is hosted in a private, banking-type cloud which offers the highest security standards in Canada.
In addition to creating a mobile communication platform that offers innovative features, freedomone mobile has maintained its leading-edge position by once again developing an offering that is unique on the market. Not only is it the first company in Quebec to offer a cloud-based mobile solution; freedomone mobile is also the only company to have a private cloud dedicated exclusively to mobility…
ServiceMesh Expands Enterprise Hybrid Clouds With Fujitsu
ServiceMesh, provider of the market-leading enterprise cloud platform for Global 2000 companies, today announced support for Fujitsu’s Global Cloud Platform, giving ServiceMesh customers access to Fujitsu’s global, on-demand cloud computing footprint. The new capabilities enable ServiceMesh customers to leverage Fujitsu’s Global Cloud as part of their hybrid cloud strategies to reduce the cost and time-to-market for delivery of enterprise IT services.
Enterprises use ServiceMesh’s Agility Platform to provide cloud governance, policy management, security, and workflow automation in hybrid environments spanning multiple internal and external clouds using a single management interface. The Agility Platform now provides business users with fully governed, self-service access to Fujitsu’s Global Cloud resources, while giving enterprise managers the confidence that appropriate policy controls will be enforced across all cloud workloads regardless of the target deployment environment…
EMC Accelerates Journey to the Cloud at Cisco Live
EMC® Corporation (NYSE: EMC) will provide customers with a unique opportunity to gain practical guidance from EMC Solution experts and their peers, and view real-time demonstrations to accelerate their journey to the cloud (private, public and, ultimately, hybrid clouds) at the Cisco Live London 2012 conference at ICC London ExCeL in London (Jan. 30 – Feb. 3). Cloud computing is transforming IT infrastructure, applications and end-user device layers, ushering in a wave of disruptive change unlike anything the industry has ever experienced.
Key opportunities to listen, learn and gain hands-on experience:..
Global cloud services market revenues are expected to hit $82 billion by 2016
Cloud products and services were in abundance at International CES 2012, due to the increasing demand for easy to use, flexible, and high availability solutions for accessing information.
In three separate reports, Strategy Analytics covers global cloud services, with detailed forecasts and analysis of opportunities and challenges in this rapidly expanding market, including:
– Software as a Service (SaaS);
– Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS); and
– Platform as a Service (PaaS)…