Grazed from FederalNewsRadio.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Social media, cloud computing and many other leading edge technologies are causing the National Archives and Records Administration to step back to figure out their effect on the authentication, dissemination and accessibility of federal records.

For instance, NARA is adding the ability for researchers and others to offer comments and tag records through its Open Public Access site…

Grazed from ITProPortal.  Author: Erica Thinesen.

Apple has finally launched the cloud based storage and syncing service, iCloud, for the public.

Users with an Apple ID can access iCloud.com and then sign in to enjoy all its services…

Grazed from DefenseSystems.  Author: John Edwards.

It’s easy to see why a large and diverse organization such as the military is drawn to cloud computing: The technology allows large amounts of data to be sent and stored just about anywhere — even divided among locations worldwide. 

Although almost effortless data dispersion helps give cloud computing a sharp cost and performance edge, the downside is that critical information can land in storage systems that lack adequate security, privacy and other important safeguards…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

StratITsphere, a data center services and IT infrastructure & security advising firm, has chosen NetApp(R) data storage products to serve as the physical hardware behind the firm’s new cloud computing service, Nimbus.

"NetApp’s staff really understands the cloud and how to work with a service provider," said Stephen Webster, StratITsphere president and CEO. "They gave us the flexibility, efficiency and quality we needed for our enterprise-class storage platform."…

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

Cisco and Citrix, which paired up a year ago September to cash in on virtualized desktops, are expected to announce Wednesday that they’ve signed a five-year strategic alliance to collaborate on the technology and its marketing. They will also share the costs…

Grazed from Data Center Knowledge.  Author:  Rich Miller.

Dell today announced the opening of a new data center in Slough, United Kingdom that will support the company’s IT outsourcing and cloud computing services across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The data center in Slough, which will enter production on Nov. 3, is part of Dell’s two-year, $1 billion (USD) global data center expansion announced in April 2011. It’s the first of several planned facilities to support Dell’s plans to offer cloud-based services across a global footprint…

Grazed from IBN.  Author: John Moore.

Cloud computing adopters may find an unanticipated edge when moving to this IT model: the ability to trim energy consumption.

Cloud proponents often cite the ability to rapidly scale resources as the initial driver behind cloud migration. This elasticity lets organizations dial up — and dial down — compute power, storage and apps — to match changes in demand…

Grazed from eWeek.  Author: Darryl K. Taft.

Google has beefed up its cloud services with new offerings, including App Engine premier accounts, and has lowered its pricing for Google Cloud Storage, among other moves.

With these actions, Google is aggressively making a stand in the cloud computing space and calling on developers and businesses to give Google a try as their cloud platform of choice…

Grazed from InfoWorld.  Author: David Linthicum.

Those businesses that store data in the cloud typically use primitive file storage systems rather than databases. However, these days many cloud computing platforms are adding or enhancing their database offerings, thus becoming more compelling to enterprises…

Grazed from ITP.net.  Author:  Editorial Staff.

“The mindset hasn’t been there,” claims Peder Ulander, VP Product Marketing, Cloud Platform Group, Citrix. He says that while businesses in other parts of the world have focused on the cloud as a way of driving down energy costs and consolidating infrastructure, this has not typically appealed to enterprises in the Middle East…