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…

Grazed from OneStopClick.  Author: Editorial Staff.

The number of businesses adopting cloud computing-based disaster recovery solutions is increasing and, according to Gartner, 30 per cent of mid-sized enterprises will be using the technology by 2014. Recovery-as-a-service (RaaS), as it is known, is a top performing market partly because of the increasing prominence of threats from hackers and malicious software…

Grazed from CloudTweaks.  Author: Sourya Biswas.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “trend” may be defined as “to show a tendency towards.” When teenagers try to be trendy by incorporating the latest fashions in their sartorial decisions, they provide clothes labels information on what’s popular and what’s not. Thus, there is a continuous feedback loop where labels tell consumers what to buy and consumers tell labels what to sell. Hence, for both providers and consumers of a product or service, it is advantageous to know what’s trending in that industry…