November 2, 2011 Off

Two Concerns Cloud Providers are Taking Seriously

By David
Grazed from Business Insider.  Author:  Ramon Ray.

Cloud! Cloud! Cloud! These days cloud computing is a buzzing word among enterprise owners. It is considered as the next revolution in IT industry. It has become an increasingly attractive option for many small businesses as a convenient and cost-effective method for data storage and applications. It remains a good option for a company to migrate all of its data services to a cloud service and it is definitely going to get more popular in the future…

November 2, 2011 Off

StillSecure Joins the Rackspace Cloud Tools Program

By David
Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

StillSecure(R), a managed network security solutions and certified compliance company, today announced that it has joined the Rackspace(R) /quotes/zigman/259867/quotes/nls/rax RAX +3.18% Cloud Tools Program. The relationship with Rackspace, the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, provides easy access to StillSecure’s Cloud Security Monitoring Service (Cloud SMS) for Rackspace Cloud customers free of charge. Details on the Cloud SMS solution can be obtained by visiting the Rackspace Cloud Tools site…

November 2, 2011 Off

Deloitte Expands Cloud Computing Services with CloudPrint

By David
Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Deloitte is expanding its cloud computing consulting services with the addition of Deloitte CloudPrint (CloudPrint), a proprietary delivery framework specifically designed to help guide clients through the process of becoming a cloud service provider or subscriber…

November 1, 2011 Off

GoGrid IaaS to offer dedicated line between its data centers

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Grazed from InformationWeek.  Author: nancy Gohring.

Infrastructure-as-a-service provider GoGrid is adding a dedicated line service between its facilities so users can be sure of fast and secure transfers.

Customers with applications that require fast database replication or that use GoGrid’s two data centers for disaster recovery may be interested in the new CloudLink offering, executives said. "Anybody who wants to keep data in sync" will be interested in the service, Rupert Tagnipes, product lead for the CloudLink service said…

November 1, 2011 Off

Sage Readies Cloud Computing Release Of MAS 90 ERP Applications

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Grazed from CRN.  Author:  Rick Whiting.

Sage North America is readying a Software-as-a-Service version of its Sage ERP MAS 90 application suite for small businesses and channel partners will earn 25 percent margins on the subscription revenue for providing support, training and other services…

November 1, 2011 Off

‘Your Office Anywhere’ Launches Comprehensive Cloud Computing Service for Small Businesses

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Grazed from PR NewsWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

In a mobile world "Your Office Anywhere" puts your office at your fingertips no matter where you are. It eliminates most technology costs for small businesses, and connects co-workers through online meetings and collaboration. And it leads the cloud computing software as a service industry in affordability at only $10 per month.

For small businesses running on small margins, keeping pace with technology can eat into precious profits and balloon operating expenses. And even after investing in server space, software and IT, a small business is often left with a product that doesn’t meet the demands of a mobile, 21st Century office…

November 1, 2011 Off

SolidFire Raises $25 Million to Bring SSDs to the Cloud

By David
Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

SolidFire, a provider of all-solid-state (SSD) primary storage systems for cloud service providers, today announced that it has raised $25 million in its second funding round, bringing the total funding to $37 million. NEA, Valhalla Partners, and Novak Biddle participated in the round. The company also received individual investments from advisors Frank Slootman, former CEO of Data Domain, David Schneider, former VP of Worldwide Sales at Data Domain, and Greg Papadopoulos, Ph.D., former VP and CTO of Sun Microsystems. Funds will be used for the rapid expansion of the sales and marketing departments to support the growing customer demand for the company’s all-SSD systems in the cloud…

November 1, 2011 Off

Huawei looks for cloud acquisitions, partnerships

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Grazed from The Economic Times.  Author:  Editorial Staff.

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world’s No.2 network equipment maker, said it is open to acquiring and partnering companies with expertise in producing software for cloud computing…

November 1, 2011 Off

Pacnet looks up to cloud for data center growth

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Grazed from ZDNet.  Author:  Editorial Staff.

In an interview with ZDNet Asia, Pacnet CTO Wilfred Kwan explained that the proliferation of the Internet and the way people now consume online content have put strong focus on energy consumption in data centers…

November 1, 2011 Off

How mobile devices and the cloud will converge

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Grazed from SmartBusiness.  Author: Toni Paoletta.

Mobile cloud computing, where applications are driven from the “cloud” and not from the handheld device itself, is becoming a vital part of the business landscape. Is your company positioned to take advantage of this emerging and potent technology? Mobile apps powered by the cloud will include productivity applications that accentuate collaboration, data sharing and multitasking. Now is the time to adopt cloud computing strategies as there will be a seismic change in how information is distributed and applied…