Grazed from PRNewsWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

DynamicOps, provider of the Operations Virtualization™ platform that enables unified cloud automation and management, today announced that it has been selected as a finalist in the UP-START 2011 Cloud Awards for "Most Innovative Cloud Computing Provider." Winners will be announced at the UP 2011 Conference taking place December 5 – 6, 2011 in Mountain View, California…

Grazed from Data Center Knowledge.  Author:  Michael Potts.

Cloud and managed hosting provider SoftLayer Technologies and cloud computing management company RightScale are currently developing the ability to manage and deploy SoftLayer cloud computing services through the RightScale Cloud Management Platform. This will allow users to automate and manage their toughest computing workloads utilizing the RightScale platform on SoftLayer’s cloud infrastructure…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced that Google, Verizon, Intel, McAfee, and Microsoft plan to submit reports to the CSA Security, Trust and Assurance Registry (STAR), a newly announced, free and publicly accessible registry that documents the security controls provided by various cloud computing offerings. In addition, major consumers of cloud services plan to require STAR reports moving forward, as part of their procurement process…

Grazed from TechTarget.  Author:  Bill Kleyman.

Only a small slice of cloud computing vendors can deliver a full stack of cloud options that are flexible, scalable and ready for the enterprise. Citrix’s cloud products allow enterprises to build out an infrastructure in the cloud and deliver it to the end user…

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Roger Strukhoff.

Brett Adam, CTO and SVP/Engineering of rPath, discussed "the seven deadly sins" of cloud applications at the recent Cloud Expo in Santa Clara. The sins had much to do with lack of automation and focusing on infrastructure per se rather than the applications in your cloud…

Grazed from BusinessCloudNews.  Author:  Editorial Staff.

Fujitsu has announced the latest addition to its cloud computing portfolio today, launching a new hybrid cloud solution in partnership with Microsoft. The two IT giants previously came together back in October to launch Fujitsu’s private cloud Productivity Suite, and the new Hybrid Cloud Services will rely on Windows Azure for the public cloud element of the solution. According to the company’s principal consultant for UK and Ireland, David Leen, the new offering allows Fujitsu to “provide alternative data hosting for applications hosted on Windows Azure, meaning an application’s presentation layer and business logic are running on Microsoft’s Windows Azure platform and the application’s data is hosted on Fujitsu’s Public (FGCP) or Private Cloud platform (LCP).”…

Grazed from Tech.Blorge.   Author: Editorial Staff.

Google has publicly launched BigQuery, a cloud-based data analysis service. It could be another example of the scaling of cloud computing slashing costs, though security and privacy issues have already been raised…