HP to Use OpenStack for Cloud Services Project
HP in the Clouds
HP this week announced a private beta program for HP Cloud Services. Aiming to offer HP Cloud Compute and HP Cloud Object Storage to users, based on HP’s hardware and software combined with OpenStack technology, the company will be looking to take on the likes of Amazon and others in the cloud space…
Atari’s Founder Hopes to Hack Three Years Off High School using Cloud Computing Gaming
Nolan Bushnell believes cloud computing can fix the "nightmare" that is modern education.
In what might be confused as a doomsday prophecy, game industry legend Nolan Bushnell described some glaring faults of contemporary American education, including broken computers and maladjusted teachers. The fix, he recommends? A unique, game-based education program delivered via cloud computing technology, similar to what’s being used on the modern videogame landscape…
Eagle Genomics to Build Genetics Cloud
Eagle Genomics has announced that it has found a way to slash the amount of time it takes to store genomic information using cloud computing technology. The hope is that storing sequencing data and analyses in the cloud will allow researchers quicker access, which in turn would enable faster diagnoses…
How ‘cloud brokers’ help you navigate cloud services
What’s a cloud broker? Gartner defines it as "a type of cloud service provider that plays an intermediary role in cloud computing." Perhaps better put, they help you locate the best and most cost-effective cloud provider for your needs…
Virtual Bridges Announces Support for OpenStack
Intel Capital Advances Software Ecosystem with $24 Million in Investments
Grazed from BBC. Author: PR Announcement.
Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s global investment organization, today announced seven investments to drive continued innovation across the software ecosystem. The deals total over $24 million and include new investments in enterprise cloud automation software provider DynamicOps; building management software provider enLighted, real-time analytics provider Guavus; Platform-as-a-Service (Paas) for commerce company IP Commerce; and social games analytics service provider Swrve New Media…
How Cloud Computing Makes You More Competitive
Like many technologies, Cloud Computing was perhaps over hyped in the short run and its impact underestimated in the long run. If you are struggling to gain insights on where Cloud Computing technology is heading you are in luck because the CLOUD2 Commission was recently appointed by the Obama Administration to study the current state and future of Cloud Computing. These finding will be presented in a webcast on October 4, 2011 at 1:00 PM Eastern…
Cloud Computing: What You Need to Know About PaaS
Cloud computing discussions invariably begin with the "IPS" taxonomy: Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and Software as a Service. This taxonomy has the virtue of being comprehensible and neatly partitioning assessment requirements: …
Cisco makes predictions about future of mobile cloud computing
A post on ITBusinessEdge highlights a survey done by Cisco’s Internet Business Group, which asked 283 business users what they expected from the emergency of mobile and cloud computing.
According to the results, those surveyed were interested in storing personal and work-related content on the cloud through their mobile device, but less interested in doing so on a PC or non-smartphone. The results say that those surveyed prefer to use one device with a duel-persona capability rather than multiple devices. It also shows that in order for people to use the cloud on their mobile device, the experience will need to be seamless…
Network Diagramming Solutions Provider OPNET Announces New Capabilities for Managing Performance in the Cloud
Application and network performance management solutions enabler OPNET Technologies (News 
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"The concept generally referred to as cloud computing consists of a number of different approaches to delivering application services to users. These various approaches require different technologies for measuring end user experience. OPNET is taking a multi-pronged approach to end user experience management in order to cover the evolving needs of enterprises that are adopting cloud technology," noted Russ Elsner, OPNET‘s director of Application Performance Management Technology…