Grazed from SiliconRepublic.  Author:  Laura O’Brien.

How can cloud computing make life easier for businesses? LAURA O’BRIEN looks at ways it could transform our work culture.

Cloud computing can offer brand new methods of working, if we take the opportunities it gives us. With the ability to connect to data and software from work no matter where you are, new work patterns can emerge, allowing for more flexible lifestyles without sacrificing productivity. Not only that, but the infrastructure can also help overcome unpredictable obstacles, such as the cold snap last winter that forced many of us to work from home, or the volcanic ash cloud in 2010. This connectivity can also improve efficiency immensely, potentially making it much quicker to do business…

Grazed from Patch.  Author: Jean Westcott.

Grazed from ServerWatch.  Author: Paul Rubens.

Who’d have thought cloud computing would be such a rich source of sound bites? Like this one: Salesforce.com is "the Roach Motel of clouds." You just know what’s coming next: "You can check in, but you can’t check out."…

Grazed from Insurance News.  Author:  Kurt Schiller.

In January 2010, Microsoft’s senior vice president and general counsel Brad Smith made an unusual request. While speaking on a panel about cloud computing at the Brookings Institution, Smith stressed the growing importance of cloud computing to the audience of legislators and businesspeople. But what made Smith’s address unusual is that he was not calling for fewer regulations in an emerging market; Smith and Microsoft were calling for more…

Grazed from Computer Technology Review.  Author: Kim Borg.

Dell continues to gain serious ground in its drive to move beyond PCs, thanks to its recently unveiled public and hybrid cloud-based computing offering – the first for the industry giant.

Based on VMware’s vCloud platform, which is designed for secure enterprise-grade public, private and hybrid clouds, Dell’s solutions promise scalability, security and automation – all of which, of course, are non-negotiables for discerning cloud customers…

Grazed from TMC Net.  Author: Julianna Kenny.

Nothing is hotter than the cloud right now. No other topic in tech could possibly attract more attention aside from the recent death of Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple (News – Alert). From the big boys up at Microsoft down to the smallest start-up, cloud computing seems to be dominating the mouths and minds of technology’s forefront thinkers, and those at LiveVox (News – Alert) are no different…

Grazed from ChannelInsider.  Author: Alison Diana.

IT distributor Synnex is getting into the cloud computing space with CloudSolv, a portal designed to simplify and streamline IT solution providers’ efforts to create, build and grow their cloud businesses…

Grazed from Wired.  Author:  Nick Coleman.

While cloud computing is easily one of the biggest trends of the moment, a survey from the Institute of Business Value found, perhaps not surprisingly, that when asked about cloud computing, 77 percent of respondents believe that adopting cloud computing makes protecting privacy more difficult; 50 percent are concerned about a data breach or loss; and 23 percent indicate that weakening of corporate network security is a concern…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author:  Editorial Staff.

Ecommerce innovator eBay launched the first ever open commerce operating system yesterday. Joining eBay Inc., X.commerce is a completely open source platform where merchants and developers can get all the technologies necessary to launch an ecommerce solution. Coding is available for everything from shopping carts to payment services and inventory management. X.commerce hopes to provide the tools to encourage innovations among developers, which can then be distributed to hundreds of thousands currently in the Magento, eBay and PayPal merchant community…

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…