So cloud computing is really starting to show some weather patterns isn’t it? A number of businesses are now taking steps to open up their APIs and put their data into the cloud, either as freely available source code or at a cost. For public sector organisations, this has been encouraged by the government’s open data initiatives…
August 23, 2011
Amazon ‘ElastiCache’ promises to boost web app performance
Grazed from GeekWire. Author: Todd Bishop.
Amazon Web Services this morning made a new pitch for running web apps on its cloud computing platform, introducing a feature called ElastiCache that promises to improve the performance of web apps such as social networks, games and media-sharing sites.
In basic terms, the system uses server infrastructure more efficiently to help web apps keep key bits of data in memory, for faster access than retrieving them from a disk-based database…
August 23, 2011
As Cloud Grows, So Does Importance of Security
Grazed from IT Business Edge. Author: Ken Hardin.
Cloud computing continues to grow into every corner of the enterprise. Our Ann All reports on the growing trend to view the cloud not only as a platform for delivering computing power and encapsulated applications, but also as a way to deliver entire business processes as a service…
August 23, 2011
Cloud computing: If hackers want access, they’ll get it
Grazed from DOF Online. Author: Paul Williams.
Cloud providers that store client data on shared or virtual servers must ensure that private customer information cannot be accessed in the event of a cyber attack or a server being hacked, according to search specialists, Simplexo.
On 9th August, Amazon’s EC2 Cloud computing service experienced another crash, which took down major websites like Foursquare, Netflix and Instagram, as well as millions of users. ..
August 23, 2011
Cloud computing co Wanova raises $10m
Grazed from Globes. Author: Batya Feldman.
Cloud computing start-up Wanova Inc. has raised $10 million in its second financing round from Israeli funds Greylock Partners and Carmel Ventures, and US fund Opus Capital. Wanova is considered a hot cloud computing company and the investors did not bring in a new investor to prevent dilution of their stakes.
Wanova will use the proceeds to build global sales and support teams to service the surge in demand for the company’s holistic Desktop as a Service flagship product, Mirage. Last month, the company received a patent for its product, which provides enterprises with tools for the efficient management of terminals…
August 23, 2011
Microsoft: cloud computing government demands “API democracy”
Grazed from CWDN. Author: Adrian Bridgwater.
August 23, 2011
The Pros and Cons of the Federal Push Toward the Cloud
Grazed from The Atlantic Wire. Author: Rebecca Greenfield.
From email to music to movies, the cloud is the future, allowing you to share and store your information for use on multiple devices. Not only have big tech companies adopted cloud-based futures–Apple will release iCloud in the next few months, as we reported –but the benefits of cloud computing have even lured the U.S. government, which announced its Cloud First plan last December. Over six months later some agencies, like Homeland Security, have started moving their information off of physical data centers. But others aren’t buying into it, reports The New York Times‘ Sean Collins’ Walsh. "[The] vision for a leaner and more Internet-centric future for government is being met with caution by at least a few of the technology chiefs at the federal agencies that now have to carry it out." That’s because like all seemingly great things, the cloud has both major benefits and major drawbacks…
August 23, 2011
Cloud Giving U.S. Telecoms Advantage
Grazed from Information Management. Author: Bob Violino.
The rapid adoption of cloud computing is enabling U.S. telecom companies to take full advantage of the potential impact of fourth-generation cellular wireless networks (4G) by allowing developers and entrepreneurs to analyze the market’s response to new applications, content, solutions and business models, according to a new report from consulting firm Deloitte…
August 23, 2011
Enterprise Search in a Hybrid Cloud Computing Model
Grazed from Sys Con Media. Author: Srinivasan Sundara Rajan.
Enterprise Search: The data generated and stored by enterprises are growing, here are some simple statistics.
- Ninety percent of data volume generated today was produced in the last two years
- By 2020, the Digital Universe will be 44 times as large as it was in 2009.
- 35 zettabytes by 2020. That’s 35 trillion gigabytes.
These figures are truly astronomical but they are real considering the amount of content generated by the various devices, digital media, social networking and other sources…
August 22, 2011
Cloud computing with TRIAD speeds up biomedical data analysis
Grazed from Medical Technology Business Europe. Author: PR Announcement.
Biomedical informatics scientists at The Ohio State University have created the Translational Research Informatics and Data management grid (TRIAD), a system that uses cloud computing to enable researchers around the world access and analyze biomedical data at an unprecedented pace.
The development of TRIAD started last year with funding from the National Institutes of Health to build a new system to meet the growing and unique needs of translational researchers. TRIAD has been so revolutionary for the biomedical informatics field, that the research team recently received an additional US$300,000 in funding to complete the grant’s specific aims and help extend and support its implementation at other academic research institutions…
August 22, 2011
Cloud Growth Prompts Dramatic Shift in Enterprise Security Strategies
Grazed from CIO. Author: Patricia Brown.
What a different global economy this would be if it were only a little bit more like the cloud. As the financial markets go through their bipolar mood swings with every wrenching headline, the market for cloud services has marched steadily upward and onward, seemingly unfazed by the concerns of the non-virtual world.
According to the research firm Global Industry Analysts, worldwide demand for cloud computing services will reach $222.5 billion by the year 2015. Indeed, the very perils of the current economic climate seem to propel cloud prospects forward…