Cloud News, Resources and Information
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world’s No.2 network equipment maker, said it is open to acquiring and partnering companies with expertise in producing software for cloud computing…
Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Editorial Staff.
In an interview with ZDNet Asia, Pacnet CTO Wilfred Kwan explained that the proliferation of the Internet and the way people now consume online content have put strong focus on energy consumption in data centers…
Grazed from SmartBusiness. Author: Toni Paoletta.
Mobile cloud computing, where applications are driven from the “cloud” and not from the handheld device itself, is becoming a vital part of the business landscape. Is your company positioned to take advantage of this emerging and potent technology? Mobile apps powered by the cloud will include productivity applications that accentuate collaboration, data sharing and multitasking. Now is the time to adopt cloud computing strategies as there will be a seismic change in how information is distributed and applied…
Grazed from PCWorld. Author: Jim Metzler.
The two primary forms of public cloud computing, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), are both growing dramatically in popularity. Over the last few years, the primary focus of the IaaS providers has been on offering the basic compute and storage resources required to run applications…
Cavium, Inc. /quotes/zigman/5451014/quotes/nls/cavm CAVM -11.69% , a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home, announced initial shipments of NITROX(R) III processors to multiple application delivery and enterprise OEM customers. The NITROX III security processor family integrates 16 to 64 purpose-built security RISC cores and multiple compression engines to deliver up to 200K SSL ops, 40Gbps SSL and IPSec and 20Gbps compression processing along with virtualization hardware with a PCI-Express Gen 2 16-lane interface. This level of performance is up to 5 times greater than alternative multi-chip solutions within the same power envelope. The NITROX product line is the industry leading security processor line designed into data center, cloud infrastructure, enterprise and service provider equipment including Application Delivery Controllers, Cloud Server Offload, WAN Optimization Appliances, UTM Gateways, routers, switches and servers. NITROX III processors are software compatible with Cavium’s widely-adopted NITROX PX processors with 12x performance increase, enabling increased scalability with seamless software re-use…