Grazed from Dark Reading.  Author: Editorial Staff.

While malware attacks continue to be a significant risk and operational cost driver, today’s IT security teams are more concerned about threats brought on by their organization’s reliance on personal mobile devices, virtualization technologies and cloud computing, according to the State of the Endpoint, a new Ponemon Institute study commissioned by Lumension’, the global leader in endpoint management and security. While IT’s focus on the enablement of business productivity is a mind shift expected by other business leaders, inadequate collaboration and lacking resources for security create a perfect storm for hackers to capitalize on…

Grazed from IT Business Edge.  Author: Ann All.

Cloud computing has long been seen as a slam-dunk for small companies. As IT Business Edge’s Paul Mah wrote in September: "Given the many inherent disadvantages faced by fledgling small businesses or mid-sized businesses, the ability to tap into virtually limitless computational resources without having to commit a single dime of capital expenditure does carry a strong appeal indeed."…

Grazed from ZDNet.  Author: James Staten.

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author:  PR Announcement.

Convey Computer announced today it is partnering with HPC cloud innovator, Nimbix, to deliver Convey’s unique hybrid-core architecture and bioinformatics personalities as a cloud-based HPC solution. Nimbix, a new Convey customer, will deploy hybrid-core systems to accelerate informatics and discovery applications…

Grazed from VentureBeat.  Author: Sean Ludwig.

Anyone who who follows technology trends has undoubtedly heard the term “cloud service” thrown around few gazillion times the past few months. But if you don’t know the difference between terms such as PaaS, IaaS and SaaS, don’t fret — you’re far from alone…

Grazed from New York Times.  Author: Quentin Hardy.

What do the following have in common: Computers, limousines, empty beds and stay-at-home moms?

The cloud keeps them busy.

The rest of us are next…

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Maureen O’Gara.

Hewlett-Packard is negotiating the sale of its webOS platform to Amazon according to a source who claims to know what’s going on.

Amazon is reportedly now examining the patents that HP acquired when it bought webOS last year as part of its $1.2 billion purchase of Palm…

Grazed from Forbes.  Author: Jacqueline Vanacek.

It was readily apparent at the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards (NIST) Cloud Computing Forum in November that cloud computing is a global IT phenomenon with global business benefits. It was also clear that U.S. cloud computing needs mirror those of other countries, possibly offering another way to bring nations together to build other kinds of bridges because of the cloud…