Grazed from CloudPro.  Author: Miya Knights.

IBM has laid out its ‘big data’ vision and the role that cloud, management and analytic technologies have to play in defining business processes in future.

The IT vendor recently unveiled a broad portfolio of new software that applies its business process management (BPM) expertise to the emerging hybrid cloud infrastructures end-user organisations…

Grazed from CloudPro.  Author:  Jon Collins.

Cloud computing may not be all things to all businesses. But one area it does appear to excel is in helping startups, particularly but not only technology-related.

But what, specifically, does cloud computing bring to startup companies? With the caveat that a poorly considered technology solution will always be higher risk, higher cost and lower benefit, whether it is running in the cloud, in-house or any other way, here’s our ten benefits of cloud for savvy startups…

Grazed from Business Insider.  Author:  Ramon Ray.

Cloud! Cloud! Cloud! These days cloud computing is a buzzing word among enterprise owners. It is considered as the next revolution in IT industry. It has become an increasingly attractive option for many small businesses as a convenient and cost-effective method for data storage and applications. It remains a good option for a company to migrate all of its data services to a cloud service and it is definitely going to get more popular in the future…

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StillSecure(R), a managed network security solutions and certified compliance company, today announced that it has joined the Rackspace(R) /quotes/zigman/259867/quotes/nls/rax RAX +3.18% Cloud Tools Program. The relationship with Rackspace, the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, provides easy access to StillSecure’s Cloud Security Monitoring Service (Cloud SMS) for Rackspace Cloud customers free of charge. Details on the Cloud SMS solution can be obtained by visiting the Rackspace Cloud Tools site…

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Deloitte is expanding its cloud computing consulting services with the addition of Deloitte CloudPrint (CloudPrint), a proprietary delivery framework specifically designed to help guide clients through the process of becoming a cloud service provider or subscriber…

Grazed from InformationWeek.  Author: nancy Gohring.

Infrastructure-as-a-service provider GoGrid is adding a dedicated line service between its facilities so users can be sure of fast and secure transfers.

Customers with applications that require fast database replication or that use GoGrid’s two data centers for disaster recovery may be interested in the new CloudLink offering, executives said. "Anybody who wants to keep data in sync" will be interested in the service, Rupert Tagnipes, product lead for the CloudLink service said…

Grazed from CRN.  Author:  Rick Whiting.

Sage North America is readying a Software-as-a-Service version of its Sage ERP MAS 90 application suite for small businesses and channel partners will earn 25 percent margins on the subscription revenue for providing support, training and other services…

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In a mobile world "Your Office Anywhere" puts your office at your fingertips no matter where you are. It eliminates most technology costs for small businesses, and connects co-workers through online meetings and collaboration. And it leads the cloud computing software as a service industry in affordability at only $10 per month.

For small businesses running on small margins, keeping pace with technology can eat into precious profits and balloon operating expenses. And even after investing in server space, software and IT, a small business is often left with a product that doesn’t meet the demands of a mobile, 21st Century office…

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SolidFire, a provider of all-solid-state (SSD) primary storage systems for cloud service providers, today announced that it has raised $25 million in its second funding round, bringing the total funding to $37 million. NEA, Valhalla Partners, and Novak Biddle participated in the round. The company also received individual investments from advisors Frank Slootman, former CEO of Data Domain, David Schneider, former VP of Worldwide Sales at Data Domain, and Greg Papadopoulos, Ph.D., former VP and CTO of Sun Microsystems. Funds will be used for the rapid expansion of the sales and marketing departments to support the growing customer demand for the company’s all-SSD systems in the cloud…