Grazed from Blastline.  Author: Editorial Staff.

The environmental impact of so much online time really boils down to energy usage, which in turn affects the amount of greenhouse gases we pump into our atmosphere. For one, each of us can help by limiting computer time (whether surfing the ‘net or not) and shutting them down or putting them into sleep mode when we aren’t using them (this can be automated via the computer’s power management control panel)…

Grazed from InformationWeek.  Author: Thomas Claburn.

Google has launched a new service to make its cloud computing platform more appealing to businesses. The company on Thursday introduced a limited preview of Google Cloud SQL, a scalable, hosted MySQL database environment.

Navneet Joneja, product manager for Google Cloud SQL, says that one of the most frequent requests from Google App Engine users has been for an easy way to develop traditional database-driven applications. Using App Engine, Google’s platform-as-a-service offering, in conjunction with Cloud SQL allows developers to avoid the burden of database management, maintenance, and administration…

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Maureen O’Gara.

IBM is buying privately held security ISV Q1 Labs, whose software is used to detect hacking threats and attacks through real-time data analysis…

Grazed from Silicon India.  Author: Editorial Staff.

A ray of hope for those enterprises who wants to store a huge data and needs to increase information technology capacity or capabilities quickly without investing in buying new infrastructure, licensing software and training staff, cloud computing is constantly showing an increased template. But, when it comes to selecting a cloud computing vendor, there are thousands of options. Now, the question arises, how to find the best one that suits your business needs?…

Grazed from Data Center Knowledge.  Author:  Rich Miller.

It seems that every time a high-profile Internet service goes down, pundits predict that it will undermine confidence in cloud computing. And yet through 2010 the cloud model has shown surprisingly resilience in the face of this “headline risk,” continuing to gain momentum and mindshare.

But that may be changing. High-profile service outages at Amazon and Microsoft have made some prospects wary of placing business applications on cloud computing services, and have altered the way many existing customers deploy their services, according to analysts from The 451 Group…

Grazed from Digital Journal.  Author: PR Announcement.

AccessVia announces Web dSignShop SaaS (Software as a Service). AccessVia Web dSignShop delivered in an enterprise cloud computing model delivers retail shelf-edge sign and label printing with faster deployments, lower implementation costs, and reduced maintenance effort…

Grazed from MercuryNews.  Author: Peter Carey.

Spurred by the growing torrent of data from mobile and social computing, the business of building independent server farms, or data centers, has taken off in Silicon Valley.

 

Grazed from Business Excellence.  Author:  Steve Rees.

Cloud computing is a remarkable phenomenon, with analysts at IDC predicting public cloud computing services to be a $73 billion market by 2015. However, many CIOs are still puzzled by the term and may not yet be familiar with how appropriate ‘the cloud’ is for certain business IT functions. Concerns over security, too, remain an issue for some…

Grazed from Industry Week.  Author:  Mark Symonds.

Plex Systems opted to deliver ERP software for manufacturers exclusively through the Software as a Service (SaaS) model in 2001. We weren’t chasing a new buzzword or a trend in the market. Instead, we were simply looking for the best means to support the continually changing needs in our customers’ businesses. The traditional approach of sending out periodic releases had failed. With SaaS we can add features constantly and our customers can implement them when they choose. They are always on the latest version of the software and don’t need to worry about costly and disruptive upgrades. We were ahead of the market.Being a pioneer meant that we had to address all the concerns the market had about relying on the Internet for mission critical systems…