Grazed from South Florida Business Journal.  Author: Kevin Gale.

Citrix Systems  Citrix Systems Latest from The Business Journals Citrix buys ShareFile    ShareFile Latest from The Business Journals Citrix buys ShareFile for cloud-based data storage Fla.-based Citrix buys Raleigh’s ShareFileTBJ Flash: Best Places to Work Awards Follow this company for cloud-based data storage Fla.-based Citrix buys Raleigh’s ShareFileCitrix acquires ShareFile for cloud-based data storage Follow this companyhas plunged further into cloud computing by acquiring ShareFile, a provider of cloud-based data storage, sharing and collaboration service.

Cloud computing, which allows remote access to data, is one of the hottest sectors in technology. Apple has just launched its iCloud service, which allows syncing of photos and music over multiple devices. Verizon Communications    Verizon Communications Latest from The Business Journals Zayo Group to acquire Seattle’s 360networks in major fiber mergerSeptember: 103K jobs added, 9.1 pct. jobless rateU.S. added 103K jobs in September; Who’s hiring in Cincinnati? Follow this company acquired Miami’s Terremark Worldwide    Terremark Worldwide Latest from The Business Journals Terremark opens Amsterdam NAPTerremark, Verizon to integrate servicesTerremark CEO Medina stepping down Follow this company , partly as a cloud strategy, and then subsequently folded Vermont’s Cloudswitch into the company…

Grazed from InformationWeek.  Author: David F. Carr.

Is cloud computing a revolution or merely the froth of a new technology bubble?

In a panel discussion at Web 2.0 Expo, a UBM TechWeb/O’Reilly Media event in New York, it was almost a foregone conclusion that the verdict would favor revolution–and yet the panelists acknowledged that it may be a bubble, too…

Grazed from NewsWise.  Author: PR Announcement.

To avoid the congestion of the public internet, scientists, the military and the managers of huge “cloud computing” data centers have created private information superhighways – dedicated fiber-optic systems known as lambda networks. As it turns out, these private internet highways are riddled with potholes…

Grazed from ITProPortal.  Author: Ravi Mandalia.

Software giant Microsoft has announced the integration of open source big data analysis Hadoop platform with the upcoming SQL Server 2012 and the Azure cloud computing platform.

The announcement, which was made during the Microsoft PASS Summit 2011, was a part of the opening keynote that Microsoft delivered during the conference…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Virtustream, Inc., a leading cloud solutions provider, today announced that it has partnered with XYBASE, the leading services provider, IPR developer and systems integrator in Malaysia, to drive cloud computing adoption in Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Through the partnership, XYBASE can meet customer demand for cloud computing services and more efficiently manage cloud migrations by leveraging Virtustream’s Cloud Advisory Services and Virtustream Advisor to provide an actionable roadmap for transitioning to a virtual infrastructure or cloud architecture…

Grazed from AME Info.  Author: Editorial Staff.

The Hotel Service Optimization System (HotSOS) service, being showcased in Gitex, is one such innovative solution that will enable the hotels to provide an unforgettable experience to their guests. The service uses a smart system of interactive touch-screens connected through an IT application that integrates multiple individual systems to consolidate and showcase a holistic view for superior guest experience management. Similarly, another innovative service being showcased is the ERP service on a cloud computing platform, which is a plug n play service that can be run on the internet and requires neither investment in hardware, or hiring and training additional IT Staff…

Grazed from InfoWorld.  Author: David Linthicum.

I’m always amazed when I hear everyone’s varying takes on cloud computing. For some, there’s a profit motive, such as with technology providers spinning into cloud computing. For others, such as enterprise IT, it’s the ability to brag about their cloud computing projects. However, in many cases, nothing really changes other than labels…

Grazed from PhysOrg.  Author:  Louise Lerner.

Over a feverish weekend after the rogue bacterium’s genome was sequenced, scientists from all over the world submitted the E. coli genome to rounds of rigorous study. Thanks to a unique Argonne-developed computer program and cloud computing testbed, researchers mapped the strain’s genes—and came a little closer to understanding the bacterium’s secrets.

A team of Argonne scientists developed the Rapid Annotation using Subsystems Technology (RAST) program in 2007. The program, which is free and open to any scientist, is designed to make sense of the jumble of letters that makes up an organism’s DNA…

Grazed from RetailEyes.  Author: Ben Sillitoe.

Retailers are among the businesses leading the way when it comes to incorporating cloud-based computing into their IT systems, according to a European technology expert.

Along with media businesses, companies operating in the retail industry are ensuring that this fledgling technology is fast becoming a mainstream back-office tool for companies across the UK and Europe, says Google’s Robert Whiteside…

Grazed from MIT Technology Review.  Author: Cindy Walker.

Imagine buying time on a computer in Ireland or Indiana the same way you’d bid for an antique on eBay. That’s how a new crop of startup companies called "cloud brokerages" plan to change the way companies buy and sell computing capacity…