Grazed from GigaOM.  Author: Barb Darrow.

Servicemesh snagged $15 million in venture money from Ignition Partners to fuel its enterprise software push. Ignition partner Frank Artale will join Servicemesh’s board.

The four-year-old company focuses on helping large companies use private and public cloud computing services within existing compliance and regulatory frameworks, said Servicemesh CEO and chairman Eric Pulier…

Grazed from InforWorld.  Author: David Linthicum.

At Cloud Expo last week, many vendors focused on "private PaaS" as a form of cloud computing. They follow the logic that if you can have a private (IaaS) cloud, then you certainly can have a private PaaS cloud — but should you?…

Grazed from Tech-FAQ.  Author:  Will Spencer.

Over the last few years, cloud computing has rapidly grown from an untested technology paradigm to a reliable, scalable, and economical hosting solution for many businesses. The next step in the evolution of cloud computing is implementation of cloud architectures in enterprise data centers…

Grazed from ZDNet.  Author: Kevin Kwang.

Cloud computing will reach mainstream adoption in the enterprise market by 2015 when key issues such as security, service availability and data sovereignty are expected to be ironed out.

According to Simon Piff, associate vice president for enterprise infrastructure research at IDC Asia-Pacific, businesses today are still hesitant in utilizing cloud computing for much of their IT needs due to concerns over security, service reliability, data location and sovereignty, as well as vendor support…

Grazed from Business Day.  Author: Sean Wainer.

THE most recent data leakage scandals have all been about information assets in the incorrect places, both in terms of insecure storage and the wrong hands. The business of e-security concerns itself with monitoring and tracking data as it moves around — an increasingly difficult task given the complexities of modern working practices and the diversity of devices in use. One answer is cloud computing, the system of storing data in one place and delivering it to computers across the internet. Cloud removes these difficulties in a very simple way: data never moves. With desktop virtualisation, data assets and applications are centralised in the cloud, but are accessible from a number of devices and locations…

Grazed from CM Crossroads.  Author: Anders Wallgren.

With its promise of immediate availability, unlimited scalability, and dramatic cost savings, cloud computing is revolutionizing the way business works. While the economic justifications for this exciting new technology are self-evident across a broad range of IT initiatives, the process of developing software is particularly well-suited to the elasticity and scalability offered by the cloud…

Grazed from PR NewsWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

With the adoption of cloud computing continuing to accelerate, the need to adopt and maintain effective security and compliance practices is more important that ever.

"Securing a cloud-based computing environment is key to creating a robust compliance program," said Bart Vansevenant, executive director, global security solutions, Verizon.  "The essential elements – planning, design and operations – are the same for traditional and cloud platforms.  By applying proven security best practices and paying special attention to the unique characteristics and features of the cloud, enterprises can develop and maintain compliance programs while leveraging the agility, flexibility and improved economics the cloud has to offer."…

Grazed from Digital Journal.  Author: PR Announcement.

Datalogic Mobile announces the release of a new white paper Cloud Computing and Mobility. Cloud computing technology is revolutionizing enterprise computing by reducing costs and infrastructure complexity, while providing greater flexibility…

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Srinivasan Sundara Rajan.

SaaS / BpaaS Adoption
This is a continuation of my series of articles on industry SaaS. This term ‘Industry SaaS’ can be interchangeably used with BpaaS (Business Process as a Service). However, the term ‘Industry SaaS,’ which means a Software as a Service meant for a specific industry need, is stressed for a broader attention, as the term BpaaS has yet to mature with a clear definition…

Grazed from Windows IT Pro.  Author:  Paul Thurrott.