Why cloud computing is expanding the powers of Big Data analysis
According to Werner Vogels, Amazon.com’s chief technology officer, data analysis — specifically "Big Data" analysis — is the backbone of modern business. Without it, your survival chances are limited and, with the growth of cloud computing it’s becoming easier than ever for startups and SMEs.
"There’s a shift going on," Vogels says. "Five or ten years ago, when thinking about data analysis, you would think about the biggest companies in the world. Today, there’s not a new business not thinking about data analysis."…
Achieving scale through Cloud Computing
Vserv.mobi, a leading mobile Ad network company that helps brands like Yahoo and Nike improve their visibility on mobile platforms, faced numerous challenges when it decided to scale up its network. The biggest problem was that of scraping up the capital that it needed in order to invest in software and in setting up a distributed architecture.
In an attempt to deal with its problems, the company launched a beta version of its software from a single server hosted out of India in June 2010. In August, it migrated to Amazon Web Services (AWS)…
Fabasoft’s Folio Cloud Brings Secure Cloud Identity to Austria
Folio Cloud, Fabasoft’s European business Cloud opens up boundless new possibilities for secure collaboration with business partners in the Cloud via Cloud login using the Austrian citizen card with mobile signature.
"Cloud computing represents a challenge for IT security — with the login using mobile signature, users benefit from the most secure identification currently available in the world wide web. The application possibility as "digital ID" for Folio Cloud is a further success for mobile signature. As one of the first companies to recognize the advantages of digital signature for the overcoming of security challenges through the integration of mobile and Cloud computing, we are happy to Fabasoft successfully implement this solution." — Prof. Dr. Reinhard Posch, Federal Chief Information Officer…
Endless possibilities: Cloud computing can transform business
How can cloud computing make life easier for businesses? LAURA O’BRIEN looks at ways it could transform our work culture.
Cloud computing can offer brand new methods of working, if we take the opportunities it gives us. With the ability to connect to data and software from work no matter where you are, new work patterns can emerge, allowing for more flexible lifestyles without sacrificing productivity. Not only that, but the infrastructure can also help overcome unpredictable obstacles, such as the cold snap last winter that forced many of us to work from home, or the volcanic ash cloud in 2010. This connectivity can also improve efficiency immensely, potentially making it much quicker to do business…
Picking out the right Cloud
Cloud computing can be a great resource if you are one of those people who never seems to have enough hard drive space to save all of the music, movies, software and photos on your computer.
Cloud computing lets people use and store files over the Internet, which keeps the hard drive clutter free. Your photos, documents, music and movies can be stored off the computer’s hard drive so it can be accessed by any of your Internet-enabled devices or by logging in at any computer…
Slogans vs. Substance–Finding Your Way Through the Cloud Computing Jungle
Who’d have thought cloud computing would be such a rich source of sound bites? Like this one: Salesforce.com is "the Roach Motel of clouds." You just know what’s coming next: "You can check in, but you can’t check out."…
Legislating the Cloud.
In January 2010, Microsoft’s senior vice president and general counsel Brad Smith made an unusual request. While speaking on a panel about cloud computing at the Brookings Institution, Smith stressed the growing importance of cloud computing to the audience of legislators and businesspeople. But what made Smith’s address unusual is that he was not calling for fewer regulations in an emerging market; Smith and Microsoft were calling for more…
Taking a Look at Dell’s New IaaS Cloud-based Solutions
Dell continues to gain serious ground in its drive to move beyond PCs, thanks to its recently unveiled public and hybrid cloud-based computing offering – the first for the industry giant.
Based on VMware’s vCloud platform, which is designed for secure enterprise-grade public, private and hybrid clouds, Dell’s solutions promise scalability, security and automation – all of which, of course, are non-negotiables for discerning cloud customers…
Cloud Computing: Sending the PBX into Extinction?
Nothing is hotter than the cloud right now. No other topic in tech could possibly attract more attention aside from the recent death of Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple (News 
– Alert). From the big boys up at Microsoft down to the smallest start-up, cloud computing seems to be dominating the mouths and minds of technology’s forefront thinkers, and those at LiveVox (News – Alert) are no different…
Synnex Unveils CloudSolv at National Conference
IT distributor Synnex is getting into the cloud computing space with CloudSolv, a portal designed to simplify and streamline IT solution providers’ efforts to create, build and grow their cloud businesses…