PC makers look to cloud for user loyalty, biz expansion
Recent moves by PC makers to jump on the cloud computing bandwagon are part of a "natural evolution" meant to increase loyalty of customers who now have multiple devices and to expand from their core competencies.
Arun Chandrasekaran, ICT research director at Frost & Sullivan, noted that today’s consumers are increasingly juggling the use of multiple devices such as PCs, tablets and smartphones, with the expectation of being able to access their information from anywhere, regardless of the device they are using. This ubiquity of access, he said, is only possible if the information is stored in open formats, in a cloud environment…
HP helps organisations deploy cloud faster
With cloud computing expected to catch on in the region in next few years, HP is helping the first adopters deploy cloud faster.
HP recently introduced new software solutions that are part of its Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) suite that fast tracks delivery of applications within a single platform…
ElasticStack wants to power your organization’s cloud
ElasticStack has been working on an open stack of software to help service providers and organizations start up their own clouds since 2008. The company has seen some success in Europe and recently (June 2010) entered the U.S. market…ISACA issues Cloud computing guide to help enterprise increase value and manage risk
For all the talk of Cloud computing, the governance issue remains, for many enterprises, the great unknown. Cloud computing inevitably impacts business processes, making governance vital to managing risk and adapting to take advantage of new opportunities.
Industry body, ISACA, is looking to change that, issuing a new guide for implementing controls and governance…
Red Hat to Present a Cloud Technology Update via Live Webcast on August 10
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT – News), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that members of the Red Hat executive team will host a press conference that will be broadcast live via webcast at 12pm ET on Wednesday, August 10.
To view the live webcast, or to watch the replay, please visit:
Cloud – Phase2: Moving From the Playground to Enterprise Production – HCTS Summit
The 451 Group’s Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit (HCTS NA) is North America’s go-to convergence event for CIOs, cloud decision makers, vendors and investors – September 25 – 27, 2011…
HostingCon 2011 – August 8-11. The Premier Conference and Trade Show for the Hosted Services Industry.
HostingCon 2011 Abstract:…
Cloud will have huge impact on SME’s
Cloud computing, as everyone knows, has been the topic of the new decade thus far, and the proliferation of hand-held devices like
SingleOS Kicks Off Discount On Fuscan Cloud Hosting PaaS For cPanel
SingleOS, the company that produces the Fuscan Linux Cloud, a Shared Cloud Hosting automation software for cPanel/WHM announced 50% discount on licenses during HostingCon 2011. The company is presented at booth #745 at the exhibition hall of HostingCon.
Share Hosting providers that want to take advantage of the discounted licenses of Fuscan can sign up from this page – https://www.singleos.com/accounts/cart.php. The code HOSTINGCON11 will cut the list price of the licenses…
UK police planning major switchover to cloud computing
Police across the UK are considering a major move to cloud computing, dumping on-premise IT in an aggressive bid to cut costs, ComputerworldUK.com can reveal.
In a move likely to be seen as controversial given the sensitivity of police data, the Metropolitan Police is planning how to run a variety of front-end systems – for managing patrols, operations, incidents and investigations, managing evidence and forensics, and collating information – in the cloud. It is understood that if the project goes ahead, the Metropolitan Police would be the lead customer, with other forces buying services through a framework deal…