Cloud News, Resources and Information
Defense Department officials are looking to balance efficiency, effectiveness and security while moving away from its decentralized network of computer servers and data centers and into “cloud” computing, DOD’s deputy chief information officer said today…
DreamFactory Software, the leading publisher for cloud computing platforms, is pleased to announce the release of the Velocity Partner Program, designed to instantly turn partner sites into SaaS destinations…
In its ongoing quest to convince businesses and individuals to abandon the archaic practice of operating their own servers and shift their IT operations to the cloud, Google has frequently asserted that cloud computing is more cost efficient than servers run on-premises.
Now Google can argue that the cloud is more energy efficient, too. Citing its own research, supported by related findings from the Carbon Disclosure Project and from a consulting professor at Stanford, the company says that Gmail is almost 80 times more energy efficient than in-house email…
Carving out a space in the growing market for cloud computing, Hewlett-Packard has launched a beta IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) offering, called HP Cloud Services, the company announced Wednesday.
The initial offerings, called HP Cloud Compute and HP Cloud Object Storage, will provide compute and storage resources from HP’s own data centers. HP will use the OpenStack set of open-source cloud software tools to provide the foundation for these services. HP joined the OpenStack project in July…
When the subject of cloud computing comes up, the subject of mainframes never seems to come up. And yet, just about everybody who works with a mainframe that examines the concepts behind cloud computing can’t help but note that mainframes already provide those capabilities…
Cloud computing and virtualization are supposed to save a lot of money for large companies, but they could add a big multiplier to the painful little bump of cost many IT shops have to swallow toward the end of the fiscal years. The combination of virtualization, sprawl and lax license counts can hide a lot more waste in license costs than was possible with traditional systems…
For almost a decade now, organizations of all sizes have been leveraging server virtualization, but few have fully gained the flexibility and efficiencies it promised. The emergence of cloud computing and the promise of delivering on-demand resources has introduced new challenges and opportunities. A company’s level of virtualization adoption maturity correlates to its readiness to deliver an on-demand, real-time infrastructure through a private cloud. An effective virtualization and cloud management solution can ease the journey toward that end…
Cloud computing is not only convenient, but could save millions of tonnes of greenhouse emissions.
This is according to a recent report, by the Carbon Disclosure Project and Verdantix, that finds cloud-based technologies are far more efficient than their in-house counterparts…
Hexagrid Computing, a leading developer of cloud enablement solutions, announces the addition of Gregory W. Freiberg, former Chief Financial Officer of Savvis, to its Board of Directors.
"We are excited to welcome Greg to our Board of Directors and look forward to working closely with him to grow Hexagrid to the next level,” said Suresh Mandava, Chief Executive Officer of Hexagrid Computing. “Greg is well respected both locally and internationally for business leadership in the telecommunications and data center industries. His expertise is a welcomed asset to Hexagrid as we capitalize on current momentum in the international market to create a solid base for continued company expansion."..
Technology media company TechTarget, Inc. /quotes/zigman/105481/quotes/nls/ttgt TTGT +3.16% today announces the launch of two new websites designed to bring needed information to technology buyers who are researching cloud versions of storage solutions and how to manage compliance and security in the cloud. These new sites, SearchCloudSecurity.com(TM) and SearchCloudStorage.com(TM), build on the Company’s existing portfolio of cloud and virtualization media by targeting the specific areas of cloud computing that are experiencing the most rapid growth and are in need of the most resources. They will complement the existing properties in the TechTarget cloud and virtualization portfolio which include: SearchCloudComputing.com(TM), SearchServerVirtualization.com(TM), SearchVirtualDesktop.com(TM), SearchVirtualStorage.com(TM), BrianMadden.com(TM), and the BriForum(R) conference…