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Businesses expecting automatic improvements to their IT infrastructure by moving to the cloud are misunderstanding the platform, a panel of cloud computing experts has warned. The cloud, they say, must be properly managed and tailored to the needs of the business to reap the maximum benefits the platform provides…
ServiceMesh, provider of the market-leading enterprise cloud platform for Global 2000 companies, today announced that ServiceMesh’s Agility Platform has been integrated with Juniper Networks(R) vGW Virtual Gateway to deliver policy-driven security for cloud-based applications and data.
Cloud security consistently ranks as a primary concern in the adoption of cloud computing for enterprise customers. Unfortunately, most cloud management products require manual configuration of multiple security systems to provide end-to-end cloud security. This significantly reduces the core benefits of cloud computing’s rapid provisioning and lower operating costs…
Few organisations have moved to cloud computing — the delivery of computing as a service from remote centres — and of those that have, many are disappointed with the results, a survey published on Tuesday found…
Both mobile and high-performance computing are placing huge power efficiency and performance demands on chips, but the $64,000-question is how long until such extreme computing use cases hit the server mainstream. Asked another way, the question becomes, how long until AmazonWeb Services adopts ARM-basedservers?…
For many companies, cloud computing sounds like risky business. They worry that storing customer details or running critical software on the servers of cloud providers such as Amazon or Google could make their data more vulnerable to being hacked, exposed, or lost. A lot of data in the cloud resides on shared servers—think public data dormitories—where only virtual walls might separate one company’s bits from those of its competitors…
Oracle has launched an upgrade to its Enterprise Manager product, designed to take advantage of the latest cloud computing technologies.
The latest edition has been branded Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c as a reflection of the new cloud focus. It is the first major release for three years, according to Richard Sarwal, Oracle senior vice president for product development…
First and foremost, ADP has always been a data services provider, processing payroll information for corporations, and later adding human resources and tax services. You’d think, in the era of massive corporate data centers, these services might have already become antiquated. But it’s the handling of that data that’s been part of ADP’s value proposition. It is perhaps the original data management outsourcing specialist…
Data centre and communications firm Node4 will broaden its range of services by launching nCloud – a brand new cloud-based infrastructure. nCloud is a high quality, high specification infrastructure that offers organisations ultimate IT flexibility by allowing them to build a bespoke solution that works hand in glove with business requirements.
“The cloud” has long been a buzzword in the tech scene but it has become an ever-important part of our daily computing lives and Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Phone Mango all have deep integration with the cloud, but use it in slightly different ways. Let’s take a look at how each of the major operating systems bring the cloud into your lives…
Amazon is in serious talks with HP about buying webOS according to VentureBeat, which claims to know from a well-placed source at HP, known for leaking like a sieve.
HP got the mobile operating system as part of its $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm last year, stuck it in a TouchPad tablet, tried selling the thing for six weeks, abandoned it in mid-August, and now reportedly wants to dump Palm ASAP. HP initially suggested it would sell or license the platform…