October 22, 2011 Off

Enterprise Trading in The Cloud. Finally.

By David
Grazed from Wall Street & Technology.  Author: Harrell Smith.

Cloud computing, it seems, is everywhere. It is almost impossible to look at the news today without hearing about the latest cloud-based service model threatening to disrupt the status quo (see: Google’s Chrome OS and Docs, Microsoft Office 365, Amazon EC2 and Salesforce.com, to name just a few). While some industry observers believe the term "cloud computing" has been overhyped, it is clear that businesses today are looking for scalable and reliable hosted solutions that will allow them to deliver — and consume — services more efficiently than they have in the past…

October 22, 2011 Off

Cloud Computing to Drive I.T. Spending

By David
 
Grazed from Experian QAS.  Author: Paul Newton.

Data management processes look set for a shake-up as both public organizations and private firms move towards cloud computing.

According to research from the International Data Corporation (IDC), cloud computing is set to be the "key driver" of new IT spending over the next five years…

October 21, 2011 Off

EMC Promises Further Innovation for Cloud Environments

By David
Grazed from eWeek.  Author:  Jeffrey Burt.

EMC executives say that the company—not only with its expanding storage portfolio but also its expertise in virtualization, security capabilities and strong management software—is at the forefront of business’ migration to the cloud-computing model.

When EMC on Oct. 18 announced that third-quarter revenues jumped 18 percent over the same period in 2010, and net income rose 28 percent, officials and analysts pointed to rising demand for the vendor’s cloud and storage technologies as the key drivers…

October 21, 2011 Off

Cloud Computing: HP, Microsoft Combine for ‘Vblock Killer’ VM System

By David

Grazed from eWeek.  Author: Chris Preimesberger.

When three industry giants–Cisco Systems (networking), EMC (storage) and VMware (virtualization) formed the Virtual Computing Environment joint venture called Acadia in November 2009 to build Vblock virtualized data center systems, well-informed industry folks knew it was only a matter of time before another Tier 1 IT company or two stepped up to compete.

That came to pass this week, with longtime partners Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft announcing on Oct. 18 the HP VirtualSystem for Microsoft…

October 21, 2011 Off

Intelligence community looks to cloud computing

By David

Grazed from Defense Systems.  Author:  Amber Corrin.

Turning to a cloud solution that seemingly leaves behind the silos of secrecy may not be an obvious choice for intelligence agencies, but as budget cuts affect the Defense Department – including its intelligence components – that’s what’s happening, officials said…

October 21, 2011 Off

NSA Chief Plays Offense on Cloud, Cybersecurity

By David
Grazed from InformationWeek.  Author:  J. Nicholas Hoover.

Cloud computing will make the intelligence community more secure and efficient, NSA director and U.S. Cyber Command commander Gen. Keith Alexander said Thursday.

In a speech in Baltimore before security professionals and a subsequent interview with InformationWeek and other media, Alexander touted the cloud as a key part of the intelligence community’s IT strategy…

October 21, 2011 Off

Cloud Computing: Cloud Adoption and Risk Analysis

By David
Grazed from FormTek.  Author:  Dick Weisinger.

Cloud computing means moving your company data from your own servers to servers in a remote site that are managed by a cloud vendor.  There are big advantages to using the cloud, but survey after survey has shown that the main factor  holding back organizations from using the cloud are concerns about the security of their data.  But if organizations don’t use the cloud, what are the alternatives, and are those alternatives really any safer than what the cloud can offer?…

October 20, 2011 Off

Clouds Vs. Outsourcing: The Next Battleground

By David
Grazed from Information Week.  Author: Charles Babcock.

IBM, HP, and other established vendors entering cloud computing are often already outsourcing partners to the firms that are now frequently looking for an infrastructure service provider. But that doesn’t mean they have an inside track on the business. They do not…

October 20, 2011 Off

TMC’s Cloud Computing Magazine Announced

By David
Grazed from TMCNet.  Author:  PR Announcement.

TMC, a global, integrated media company helping clients in print, in person and online, announced today a new title being added to their roster of trade-specific publications, TMC’s (NewsAlert) Cloud Computing Magazine, premiering in January 2012.

Cloud Computing is the IT industry’s definitive source for all things cloud – from public, community, hybrid and private cloud to security and business continuity, and everything in between. The term cloud computing goes beyond VoIP, software-as-a-service (SaaS (News Alert)) or Unified Communications – it’s an entirely new way to build, deploy and scale enterprise computing and communications systems…