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Virtual Bridges, Inc. today announced it has been awarded the highly coveted MSPAlliance MSPWorld Cup Award™ at the MSPWorld Conference and Expo in Austin, TX. MSPAlliance and MSPWorld events are recognized worldwide as the premier gathering place for managed service providers (MSPs). This award recognizes technology enabling companies that have demonstrated consistent efforts to advance the cause of managed service providers across the globe by providing cutting edge technologies and solutions…
 

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As innovation and adoption of cloud computing technologies continues to transform information technology (IT) infrastructures, EMC Corporation /quotes/zigman/225273/quotes/nls/emc EMC -1.76% is participating in a series of events on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 on Capitol Hill to discuss policy and technology challenges and to provide lawmakers with recommendations on how the public and private sector can benefit from cloud computing technologies…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Today, Okta, the leading on-demand identity and access management service, and Cloud Sherpas, the world’s leading Google Apps(TM) cloud service provider, announced a new partnership with the goal of accelerating enterprise adoption of cloud computing. This partnership between Okta and Cloud Sherpas will help organizations of all sizes adopt Google Apps(TM) and streamline initial set-up and reduce IT expenses, as well as increase productivity for employees and administrators.

Cloud Sherpas is a preeminent reseller and solutions provider, simplifying the process of ‘going Google,’ and has helped more than one million end users from hundreds of companies migrate to Google Apps(TM) — the leading cloud email and collaboration platform for businesses from start-ups to large enterprises…

Grazed from TechTarget.  Author:  Richard W. Walker.

Under pressure to move to cloud computing by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), yet harboring intractable concerns about protecting sensitive data, many federal agency managers are opting for private clouds, which they consider more secure than public cloud environments…

Grazed from ChannelInsider.  Author:  Nathan Eddy.

IronKey, a provider of secure data and online access platforms, announced a partnership with data storage and protection specialist Imation dedicated to helping businesses store, protect and connect to cloud-based data and services. The partnership would allow IronKey to focus its efforts on helping enterprises secure access to cloud-based Internet services, the companies said in a joint statement…

Grazed from CRN.  Author:  Kevin McLaughlin.

Chris Hoff, chief security architect for Juniper Networks (NSDQ:JNPR), sees parallels between historical innovation in the sanitation industry and the current state of affairs with security in the cloud.

In a presentation Monday at the United Security Summit in San Francisco, entitled "Commode Computing: Relevant Advances In Toiletry & I.T. – From Squat Pots to Cloud Bots – Waste Management Through Security Automation," Hoff discussed how operational issues are impeding automation and flexibility of cloud security and putting a crimp on innovation in this space…

Grazed from Reuters.  Author: Tarmo Virki.

The technology from the world’s No. 2 mobile gear maker after Ericsson shares network resources across mobile and broadband networks, similar to cloud computing.

"For operators it offers a better use of capital. You invest in total network load, not in peak levels," Phil Twist, head of marketing at NSN’s Network Systems unit, said in an interview.

Telecom operators around the world are struggling with a shortage of network capacity as the use of video on smartphones and tablets proliferates. The shortages usually occur during rush hours at specific locations…

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EMC Corp. (EMC – Analyst Report) recently announced that it has opened a new datacenter in Durham, North Carolina. The 450,000 square foot Center of Excellence (COE) is EMC’s seventh datacenter and the first one in the US. The other six COE’s are located in India, China, Egypt, Israel, Ireland and Russia.

The new COE will extend EMC’s private cloud and will support more than 50,000 users across 400 corporate offices in more than 80 countries. In addition to the data center, the COE includes 130,000 square feet of space for research and development labs. COEs perform essential services for EMC business units, including engineering and research and development, customer service, translation services, IT and technical support, and customer executive briefings. ..

Grazed from Government Computer News.  Author: Rutrell Yasin.

The Open Group has released a book on how organizations can use cloud computing to gain business benefit.

The aim of "Cloud Computing for Business" is to give businesses and government organizations the information needed to gain maximize benefit from the cloud, said Chris Harding, director of interoperability for the Open Group, a consortium of companies working to develop neutral standards for IT…