With $40 million in funding, an all-star bench of investors and engineers, and technology that has already drawn spies, Nicira is an unusually visible company in the supposedly secretive “stealth” stage of its early life…
October 18, 2011
Google Apps and 365: Cloud Face-Off
Grazed from CloudTweaks. Author: Editorial Staff.
If you’re looking to move to the cloud, you’ve probably wondered whether Google Apps or Office 365, two of the leading cloud computing service providers, is right for you. So how do you know which service to choose? Here is a side-by-side comparison of the services offered through each…
October 18, 2011
Microsoft Continues ‘Critical Shift’ to the Cloud with Windows Intune 2.0
Grazed from Wired. Author: Caleb Garling.
Microsoft has released a new version of Windows Intune — its fledgling online service for managing PCs — continuing its push into the brave new world of “cloud computing”.
“Our vision for Windows Intune is big,” Eric Main of Microsoft said in a blog post on Monday. “We want to take the best of the capabilities delivered through our on-premises solutions…and enable them through the cloud.”…
October 18, 2011
US Intelligence moving to cloud
Grazed from TechDay. Author: Editorial Staff.
Cloud computing has been touted by many as the future of IT, but detractors say no amount of security will ever replace having information on site.
Now, an organisation that epitomises security consciousness, the US National Security Agency (NSA), has told Forbes it will move its computing operations to the cloud by the end of this year…
October 18, 2011
Web 2.0 Summit: Salesforce.com’s Benioff Praises Oracle, Loves Facebook
Grazed from eWeek. Author: Clint Boulton.
In an unusually tame appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit, Salesforce.com (NASDAQ:SFDC) CEO Marc Benioff declined to lash out at rival Oracle and its mercurial CEO Larry Ellison and even praised the company for its success…
October 18, 2011
HP Speeds Clients’ Cloud Evolution
Grazed from MarketWatch. Author: PR Announcement.
HP today announced new services and solutions based on HP Converged Infrastructure that empower service providers and enterprises to rapidly deliver cloud services while leveraging existing investments, minimizing risk and lowering costs…
October 17, 2011
The Threat Cloud Computing Providers Pose to Corporate IT
Grazed from CIO. Author: Bernard Golden.
People underestimate how much cloud providers present a challenge to IT as it’s practiced today in most organizations. A couple of news stories brought home this point. They illustrate the existential threat that cloud computing and its practices present to corporate IT groups.
The first item that came across my desk was a blog entry about AOL and how it has built a completely unmanned data center. The writer noted that he came to AOL relatively recently and was tasked with streamlining its data centers. He says, "It was during this process that I came to realize that our particular legacy challenge, while at ‘Internet’ scale, was more closely related to the challenges of most corporate or government environments than the biggest Internet players."…
October 17, 2011
What Stealth Cloud Computing Application is Nicira Up To?
Grazed from The New York Times. Author: Quentin Hardy.
October 17, 2011
Agilisys launches managed IaaS for cloud virgins
Grazed form Cloud Pro. Author: Editorial Staff.
Agilisys today announced the launch of its new managed Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings in an attempt to help ease businesses into the cloud.
The company claimed to have “identified a gap in the market” for companies who are thinking of using cloud computing but may find it difficult to both manage and “fully understand” what is on offer…
October 17, 2011
Five Best Practices for Successful Cloud Deployments and Pitfalls to Avoid
Grazed from Sys Con Media. Author: Richard Stone.
Cloud computing represents a compelling new way of providing business agility, flexibility and time-to-value. But companies are learning the hard way that deploying cloud-based applications without considering the unique characteristics of the cloud is resulting in user frustration, low adoption rates, reduced revenue and ultimately failure to achieve the predicted ROI…
October 17, 2011
Contegix Unveils New Cloud Computing Platform with MiraCloud
Grazed from MarketWatch. Author: PR Announcement.
Contegix, a managed cloud hosting and Internet infrastructure company, today announced a strategic expansion to its Contegix Cloud Computing platform. MiraCloud(TM), the company’s new cloud computing platform, will offer customers a tiered cloud hosting model that includes convenience class, business class and enterprise class levels. With the introduction of MiraCloud, Contegix is redefining how the cloud is delivered and can be managed, giving customers the option to customize their cloud platforms to provide ultimate freedom of choice, without sacrificing uptime or quality of service…