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…

Grazed from CRN.  Author:  Andrew R. Hickey.

Google (NSDQ:GOOG) will get the opportunity to prove that its cloud computing offerings are at least as secure as those of its chief rival Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) and that those products are suitable for federal cloud deployments, a new wrinkle in an ongoing legal battle over the cloud computing contract for the U.S. Department of the Interior…

Grazed from MarketWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

Dr. William L. Bain, founder and CEO of ScaleOut Software, Inc. (ScaleOut), a leading provider of distributed data grids and data analysis solutions, will discuss cloud-based data management at the New York Technology Council (NYTECH) on Tuesday, September 13 at 6:00 p.m. EST. The morning after, on September 14 at 7:30 EST, he will present on how financial institutions can leverage in-memory computing for fast data analysis at the Wall Street Technology Association’s (WSTA)...

Grazed from Federal Computer Week.  Author:  Rutrell Yasin.

How can agency managers set realistic expectations within their organizations before moving to cloud-based services?

“My suggestion is plan, plan, plan for the cloud,” Wolf Tombe, chief technology officer within the Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Information Technology, told attendees at a cloud computing conference…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

The Open Group today announced the immediate availability of its new book, Cloud Computing for Business, which takes an in-depth look at Cloud Computing and how enterprises can derive the greatest business benefit from its potential. The publication is part of the ongoing work of The Open Group Cloud Computing Work Group, which exists to create, among buyers and suppliers, a common understanding of how enterprises of all sizes and scales of operation can use Cloud Computing technology in a safe and secure way in their architectures to realize its significant cost, scalability and agility benefits…