October 13, 2011 Off

How to Bid on Computing Power

By David
Grazed from MIT Technology Review.  Author: Cindy Walker.

Imagine buying time on a computer in Ireland or Indiana the same way you’d bid for an antique on eBay. That’s how a new crop of startup companies called "cloud brokerages" plan to change the way companies buy and sell computing capacity…

October 12, 2011 Off

4PSA Enhances VoIP Suite with Cloud Telephony Service

By David
Grazed from Webhosting.info.  Author: Editorial Staff.

4PSA, a cloud computing software technology company, yesterday announced the public availability of Cloud Telephony, the flexible, next-generation SIP trunking service that can be provisioned within minutes. The Cloud Telephony is available in three packages – Starter, Business and Service Provider, which offer free credit every month and require no commitments.

The company articulates that the new service delivers access to the telephony network using the SIP protocol and features unlimited concurrent incoming and outgoing calls. Moreover, it is possible to choose local phone numbers in over 30 countries around the world with best rates for domestic and international calls. Using VoIP technologies and the Cloud Telephony service, it is not necessary to install physical phone lines and incoming calls are always free…

October 12, 2011 Off

NARA tackling records management in the cloud

By David
Grazed from FederalNewsRadio.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Social media, cloud computing and many other leading edge technologies are causing the National Archives and Records Administration to step back to figure out their effect on the authentication, dissemination and accessibility of federal records.

For instance, NARA is adding the ability for researchers and others to offer comments and tag records through its Open Public Access site

October 12, 2011 Off

Military ponders private cloud services

By David
Grazed from DefenseSystems.  Author: John Edwards.

It’s easy to see why a large and diverse organization such as the military is drawn to cloud computing: The technology allows large amounts of data to be sent and stored just about anywhere — even divided among locations worldwide. 

Although almost effortless data dispersion helps give cloud computing a sharp cost and performance edge, the downside is that critical information can land in storage systems that lack adequate security, privacy and other important safeguards…

October 12, 2011 Off

StratITsphere Chooses NetApp Storage as Foundation for New Cloud Services

By David
Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

StratITsphere, a data center services and IT infrastructure & security advising firm, has chosen NetApp(R) data storage products to serve as the physical hardware behind the firm’s new cloud computing service, Nimbus.

"NetApp’s staff really understands the cloud and how to work with a service provider," said Stephen Webster, StratITsphere president and CEO. "They gave us the flexibility, efficiency and quality we needed for our enterprise-class storage platform."…

October 12, 2011 Off

Cisco & Citrix Extend Their Cloud and VDI Alliance

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

Cisco and Citrix, which paired up a year ago September to cash in on virtualized desktops, are expected to announce Wednesday that they’ve signed a five-year strategic alliance to collaborate on the technology and its marketing. They will also share the costs…

October 12, 2011 Off

Dell Opens New Data Center Near London

By David
Grazed from Data Center Knowledge.  Author:  Rich Miller.

Dell today announced the opening of a new data center in Slough, United Kingdom that will support the company’s IT outsourcing and cloud computing services across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The data center in Slough, which will enter production on Nov. 3, is part of Dell’s two-year, $1 billion (USD) global data center expansion announced in April 2011. It’s the first of several planned facilities to support Dell’s plans to offer cloud-based services across a global footprint…

October 12, 2011 Off

Energy Savings in the Cloud

By David
Grazed from IBN.  Author: John Moore.

Cloud computing adopters may find an unanticipated edge when moving to this IT model: the ability to trim energy consumption.

Cloud proponents often cite the ability to rapidly scale resources as the initial driver behind cloud migration. This elasticity lets organizations dial up — and dial down — compute power, storage and apps — to match changes in demand…

October 12, 2011 Off

Google Bolsters Services, Lowers Prices to Woo Business to App Engine Cloud

By David
Grazed from eWeek.  Author: Darryl K. Taft.

Google has beefed up its cloud services with new offerings, including App Engine premier accounts, and has lowered its pricing for Google Cloud Storage, among other moves.

With these actions, Google is aggressively making a stand in the cloud computing space and calling on developers and businesses to give Google a try as their cloud platform of choice…