Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: JP Morgenthal.

One of the touted benefits of cloud computing is supposed to be that it is a metered service. Much like your water and electric, the cloud is supposed to allow users to access compute resources as needed and be charged only for what is used. This is a great model for users of cloud computing since the risk is nominal. However, it’s a very costly investment on the part of cloud service providers since they need to create, market, manage and support the service without any guarantees that the service will be used. Moreover, pricing this usage so as to be profitable can be a complex initiative since users expect to pay less than it would cost for them to acquire and manage the resources themselves…

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author:  Bill Kalma.

The first generation of cloud computing was revolutionary in that it added business value to organizations by reducing development time, eliminating the need to procure infrastructure, providing massive scaling potential, establishing scale through multi-tenancy and by allowing IT people to focus on solving business problems versus technical ones. As cloud-based applications grew in prominence, they fought to achieve parity with legacy on-premise software solutions that were feature/functionality rich. These goals were achieved in short order, and thus the new generation of cloud solutions was born…

Grazed from GigaOM.  Author:  Derrick Harris.

Buried in the talk about security, privacy and transnational data laws, it looks like the federal government’s cloud computing push also could bring progress on broadband accessibility. It’s no secret that the United States lags behind other developed countries in terms access to respectable broadband services, but Congress might finally be ready for action on the issue thanks to the advent of the cloud…

Grazed from Bloomberg.  Author: Niamh Ring and John Lear.

International Business Machines Corp., the world’s largest computer-services provider, is offering a new software product that automates marketing and speeds up sales to entice businesses to use its servers.

If all of a company’s product and customer data is on IBM’s servers, IBM’s analytics can help it sell more efficiently to other businesses and consumers, the company said in a statement. For example, sales campaigns could be based on where products are geographically located and marketing campaigns could be automatically generated based on the tone of a customer’s Twitter post about a product…

Grazed from PR NewsWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

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…
 

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author:  PR Announcement.
 

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…