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…

Grazed from Fierce Government IT.  Author: Molly Bernhart Walker.

Nebula, the open-source infrastructure-as-a-service platform NASA began developing in 2009, has exceeded its initial goal of discouraging agency web developers from building rogue computing sites, according to an Aug. 16 whitepaper (.pdf) written by James Williams, chief information officer at NASA Ames Research Center.

"During its short tenure, Nebula helped agency scientists and administrators realize cloud computing potential for processing data more quickly, storing it more efficiently, and sharing it with colleagues and the public more effectively," writes Williams…

Grazed from Environmental Expert.   Author: PR Announcement.

Hosting.com, a leading provider of enterprise-class cloud-based application availability and recovery solutions, today announced that its Cloud Enterprise public cloud service has achieved VMware vCloud® Powered status. This achievement illustrates to customers that the company’s cloud services are underpinned by VMware’s leading virtualization and cloud computing technology, namely VMware vSphere® and VMware vCloud Director. A member of the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP), Hosting.com’s VMware vCloud Powered service delivers a set of cloud computing services across a common platform, supporting the largest set of existing applications and offering distinctive application mobility uniquely available from VMware…

Grazed from Market Wire.  Author: PR Announcement.

Model Metrics, the leader in cloud computing services for the enterprise, today identified the top five enterprise cloud computing priorities for 2011, based on more than 150+ enterprise customer projects completed so far this year. As one of the earliest cloud services companies, Model Metrics has a unique vantage point from its role advising enterprises on how to successfully transform their businesses using the cloud. As a result, Model Metrics identified the top trends the company is seeing across customers implementing new cloud initiatives in 2011…

Grazed from Host Review.  Author: Jim Ivey.

Cloud computing is one of the fastest growing technology sectors. Cloud storage is a big part of this new and emerging market. Currently there are numerous cloud storage providers and more and more companies enter the market including a lot of the big players like Google and Amazon. Cloud storage is usually defined as a type of storage where data are stored in a network of virtual servers managed by a third party…

Grazed from IT Web Business.  Author: Alex Kayle.

VMware is working with Dell and the Ubuntu Linux operating system to spur adoption of its cloud computing software; driving competition against Microsoft, reports Bloomberg.

Dell’s services arm will help install VMware’s Cloud Foundry programme, while Ubuntu will begin including parts of the software, says Jerry Chen, VMware VP. EnStratus Networks, which lets companies manage cloud computing software, will also support Cloud Foundry…

Grazed from Channel Partners.  Author: Larry Walsh.

If you believe the hype about cloud computing, the sky is literally the limit in opportunities and profits.

That’s the hype. It’s not the reality.

Cloud computing presents many technical and operational challenges to channel partners – telephony and IT, alike. Chief among those challenges is compensation – or what to pay people for selling clouds and how much channel partners should make from the sale of cloud products and services…