Grazed from ITChannelPro.  Author: D.H. Kass.

Tech Data Corp. said that it recently added IBM Corp.’s cloud computing services and equipment to its TDCloud portfolio for its base of channel partners.

The IBM cloud computing solutions span Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (Paas), and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions…

Grazed from GigaOM.  Author: Sam Dean.

It’s no secret that cloud computing is one of the biggest trends on the technology scene, and one that is profoundly affecting the open source arena. As more and more companies, organizations and individuals leverage the cloud for applications, data storage and more, they are also changing the way storage itself works. Just consider Amazon and the enormous amount of data that it deals with in the cloud via Amazon Web Services. There is a new startup making waves with a very different approach to cloud storage: Bitcasa. It claims to offer infinite storage for $10 a month, and it is getting noticed…

Grazed from Continuity Central.  Author: Mike Small.

Adopting cloud computing may save money, but how does it change risk? The cloud allows the procurement of IT services from both internal and external suppliers to be optimized because the services are delivered through the Internet in a standard way. The cloud is not a single model, but covers a wide spectrum from applications shared between multiple tenants to virtual servers used by one customer and hosted internally…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Veddio’s new Nebula(TM) dashboard delivers a unified view for Managed Service Providers (MSP) and Integrators to profitably provision and manage the cloud computing needs of their savvy business customers and it debuts this week at MSPWorld in Austin, TX, booth 1414…

Grazed from VentureBeat.  Author: PR Announcement.

Xignite is out to democratize access to financial data, which has exploded in the past decade with the onset of real-time, 24-hour trading. It is doing so by taking that data and making it more accessible via cloud computing.

That business is enough to enable the company to raise $10 million in a second round of funding, which the San Mateo, Calif.-based company is announcing today. One of the results is that financial markets will be more transparent, as Xignite helps meet the demand of consumers and businesses who want to access market data and understand it immediately…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

ServiceMesh, the provider of the market-leading enterprise cloud platform for Global 2000 companies, today announced it has joined the OpenStack(TM) community. Using the ServiceMesh Agility Platform and the OpenStack open source cloud operating system, Global 2000 enterprises can construct a modern, high-performance cloud computing environment. The Agility Platform ensures that all enterprise governance, policy management, and workflow capabilities are applied in a consistent manner across each of the clouds, whether based on OpenStack or other private and public cloud technologies, allowing the enterprise to shift to a modern, agile IT operating model. An agile IT operating model, in turn, helps customers realize concrete business value from cloud computing technology…

Grazed from InformationWorld.  Author: David Linthicum.

I love surveys that tell you what you already know. In this case, it’s SWC Technology Partners, which surveyed 210 midmarket IT and business leaders and found that cloud computing in the midmarket is still very early in its evolution….

Grazed from IT World.  Author: Brett Winterford.

Brisbane-based analyst group Longhaus has revealed that chief information officers and other key IT decision makers are becoming increasingly wary of adopting cloud computing.

The 2011 study of 100 Australian CIOs and enterprise IT buyers, prepared for the third consecutive year, found CIOs 20 percent less likely to invest in cloud services today than the same time last year…

Grazed from MIS Asia.  Author:  Anuradha Shukla.

China is set to pour US$154 billion to develop cloud computing hubs, according to Asia’s first "Cloud Readiness Index," prepared and published by the Asia Cloud Computing Association.

Although restrictive data protection laws are preventing the building of a global Cloud Computing industry in China, this investment will help the nation improve its index rating in the near future…

Grazed from VentureBeat.  Author:  Dean Takahaski.

A lot of companies are trying to use a combination of cloud computing and virtualization to bring down the cost of corporate computers. But Zirtu believes it has the right solution.

The Torrance, Calif.-based company says it can simplify computer management, slash costs, and make users happy without forcing them to adopt brain-dead thin clients…