‘Cloudburst’ Expected in United States Could Save Both Cash and Carbon
The future of U.S. computing is under a cloud — and that’s a good thing. A new report predicts that American companies will increase their adoption of cloud computing over the next decade from 10 percent to 70 percent of their information technology spend. The anticipated sky-high leap in cloud usage will be good for the planet, as well as bottom-line profitability, making it a win-win for environmentalists and economists alike…
SMB cloud computing adoption nears 50 per cent
Almost 50 per cent of small and medium businesses (SMBs) are using cloud computing, with even more adopting virtualisation technologies.
This was the finding of the latest ‘State of SMB IT’ study from social business network company Spiceworks. It surveyed over 1,200 IT professionals working at firms with less than 1,000 employees and discovered 46 per cent were using cloud services – up from 28 per cent in the first half of this year…
Big Data, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Virtualization and Storage-as-a-Service Benefit from the Advancement of 12 Gb/s SAS
Creating significant news for data storage OEMs, system builders and end-users who are seeking fast, flexible and reliable data access, the SCSI Trade Association (STA) ( http://www.scsita.org/ ) today announced the definition and standardization phase of 12Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology is progressing as anticipated. STA, a non-profit industry association established to support and promote SCSI technology, also noted that the development and testing of components such as cables, connectors, protocol analyzers and controllers based on this new generation of SAS for storage solutions has begun in earnest…
Morphlabs Launches Dynamic Resource Scaling Technology
Morphlabs, the leader in converged Dynamic Infrastructure Services for the Enterprise, today announced the launch of Dynamic Resource Scaling (DRS), a technology which extends the OpEx advantages of the mCloud Data Center Unit (DCU) for true cloud bursting potential. The DRS solution allows enterprises to scale computes and storage on dedicated hardware on demand — either locally or via an Ethernet carrier exchange…
Cloud Security Reaches Enterprise Scale for the First Time with PerspecSys PRS
PerspecSys Inc., the creator of enterprise data security and management for cloud computing, today introduced PerspecSys PRS Solution(TM) 1.5 at the 9th International Cloud Expo in Santa Clara, California. PerspecSys’ PRS (Privacy, Residency, Security) is the only data security system purpose built for enterprise-wide adoption of cloud computing. Now, for the first time, large organizations can use cloud computing for mission-critical business functions such as corporate finance, human resources and customer relationship management (CRM) without incurring the security risks of placing their sensitive data in a public, private or hybrid cloud environment….
Gov’t agencies should look to cloud, data analytics, agile development
Cloud computing, data analytics and agile development will be the trends to watch in 2012 according to Ovum.
In a new report (2012 Trends to Watch: Government Technology), the independent technology analyst firm claims that next year will be the year that governments turn to cloud computing, data analytics and agile development to respond to times of austerity…
SAP Drives Openness and Choice for Virtualization and Cloud Computing
As cloud computing and virtualization rapidly evolve, SAP AG is working in a preferred three-way strategic collaboration with partners EMC and VMware to develop tools and services that make it easier for customers to adopt cloud and run SAP systems in next-generation cloud infrastructures with increasing levels of automation. The company is deepening its partnerships with EMC and VMware to deliver even more business agility and scale efficiencies by taking advantage of two key transformational technologies: cloud computing and in-memory technology. The announcement was made at SAPPHIRE® NOW + SAP® TechEd, being held as a co-located event in Madrid from November 8-10…
7 Poor Excuses for Not Measuring Cloud Computing Costs
How much does cloud computing really cost? Anyone know yet? Last week, I mentioned some estimates which suggest that companies can save up to 30% in IT costs over a three-year period employing cloud resources versus on-premises equipment. A relatively small operation with two application servers and two database servers could expect to pay about $106,000 over a three-year period, versus $149,000 for internal IT…
Economic Uncertainty is the Perfect Time To Switch To Cloud Computing
IT outsourcing has been a boon for companies going through tremendous amounts of economic pressure over the last few years. In addition to benefiting from outsourcing, enterprises these days, can further alleviate the costs of business technology needs, by tapping into Cloud Computing. Surprisingly, Cloud Computing, which has only found a wider market and application in recent years, traces its roots as far back as the 60s, when computer scientist John McCarthy began working on its earliest form, known as Utility Computing. Mr.McCarthy has peered into an IT crystal ball, and had predicted rather accurately that computer resources would be abundant and competitively priced in the future…
Fedora 16 Provides Improved Virtualization, Cloud Computing Support
Grazed from TechWeb. Author: Leila Meyer.
Fedora, the free, open-source Linux operating system distribution from the Fedora Project, has been updated to version 16. Fedora is sponsored by Red Hat.
Fedora 16 offers a range of enhancements to its virtualization and cloud computing capabilities, along with numerous package upgrades and usability improvements…