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Grazed from Cloud Pro. Author: James Sterling.
Cloud computing will ensure growth in the storage sector for the next five years, according to new research released today.
Analyst firm IDC claimed increased investment in private cloud infrastructure and the growing volumes needed by public cloud providers would lead to combined storage spending of $22.6 billion by 2015….
EMC executives say that the company—not only with its expanding storage portfolio but also its expertise in virtualization, security capabilities and strong management software—is at the forefront of business’ migration to the cloud-computing model.
When EMC on Oct. 18 announced that third-quarter revenues jumped 18 percent over the same period in 2010, and net income rose 28 percent, officials and analysts pointed to rising demand for the vendor’s cloud and storage technologies as the key drivers…
Grazed from eWeek. Author: Chris Preimesberger.
When three industry giants–Cisco Systems (networking), EMC (storage) and VMware (virtualization) formed the Virtual Computing Environment joint venture called Acadia in November 2009 to build Vblock virtualized data center systems, well-informed industry folks knew it was only a matter of time before another Tier 1 IT company or two stepped up to compete.
That came to pass this week, with longtime partners Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft announcing on Oct. 18 the HP VirtualSystem for Microsoft…
Grazed from Defense Systems. Author: Amber Corrin.
Turning to a cloud solution that seemingly leaves behind the silos of secrecy may not be an obvious choice for intelligence agencies, but as budget cuts affect the Defense Department – including its intelligence components – that’s what’s happening, officials said…
Cloud computing will make the intelligence community more secure and efficient, NSA director and U.S. Cyber Command commander Gen. Keith Alexander said Thursday.
In a speech in Baltimore before security professionals and a subsequent interview with InformationWeek and other media, Alexander touted the cloud as a key part of the intelligence community’s IT strategy…
Cloud computing means moving your company data from your own servers to servers in a remote site that are managed by a cloud vendor. There are big advantages to using the cloud, but survey after survey has shown that the main factor holding back organizations from using the cloud are concerns about the security of their data. But if organizations don’t use the cloud, what are the alternatives, and are those alternatives really any safer than what the cloud can offer?…
IBM, HP, and other established vendors entering cloud computing are often already outsourcing partners to the firms that are now frequently looking for an infrastructure service provider. But that doesn’t mean they have an inside track on the business. They do not…
TMC, a global, integrated media company helping clients in print, in person and online, announced today a new title being added to their roster of trade-specific publications, TMC’s (News – Alert) Cloud Computing Magazine, premiering in January 2012.
Cloud Computing is the IT industry’s definitive source for all things cloud – from public, community, hybrid and private cloud to security and business continuity, and everything in between. The term cloud computing goes beyond VoIP, software-as-a-service (SaaS (News 
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Venyu, a leading provider of offsite business continuity, cloud backup and datacenter solutions, today announced that its VenyuCloud public cloud service has achieved VMware vCloud Powered status, illustrating to customers that the company’s cloud services are underpinned by VMware’s leading virtualization and cloud computing technology, namely VMware vSphere(R) and VMware vCloud(TM) Director. A member of the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP), Venyu provides its VMware vCloud Powered service as a set of cloud computing services across a common platform, supporting the largest set of existing applications and offering distinctive application mobility uniquely available from VMware…
Virtustream, Inc., a leading cloud solutions provider, today announced that it will open an office in San Francisco. The new space is in response to increased interest in the company and its offerings from potential customers and partners, an indication of Virtustream’s success selling enterprise cloud computing solutions that combine superior private cloud performance guarantees with the economics and elasticity of a public cloud…