Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: John Shaw.

The future is already here and cloud computing is changing shape. Over the next few years the tech industry will become an even more volatile marketplace. The disruption will come from the smaller companies that will be able to adapt faster and grow their market share at the expense of mid- and large-sized companies with the help of cloud computing. That is the pattern of recent years and it is set to continue…

Grazed from GigaOM.  Author: Derrick Harris.

OpenLogic, a software vendor that helps companies better utilize open source software, is turning its attention toward cloud computing. On Tuesday, it announced $2 million in funding from Pelion Venture Partners, Red Rock Ventures, Appian Ventures, OnCorps, Highway 12 Ventures, Village Ventures and others for a new Platform as a Service offering that lets developers choose from a variety of open source components for building and running applications…

Grazed from Information Week.  Author: Nathan Golia.

Despite the ever-increasing buzz about cloud computing and its purported operational and economic benefits, insurance executives still have many legitimate questions about the value and security of the cloud computing model. Insurance & Technology has identified four of the most pressing questions — and provides some answers to help CIOs make up their minds…

Grazed from BEye Network.  Author:  John Bair.

Recently the news media have covered security breaches at a number of high profile corporate networks, web services and public cloud services. In some of the events, sensitive government and customer data has been exposed by organized groups of hackers. Cryptographic keys have been stolen and exploited to attack government and commercial sites. It has also been reported that some hackers may have used public cloud computing services to launch one or more attacks…

Grazed from Market Wire.  Author: PR Announcement.

Astadia, a Cloud computing systems integrator and a top Salesforce.com, Eloqua, Xactly and Informatica partner, today announced CloudMap™, a comprehensive management consulting offering that aligns business strategy, technology and adoption, enabling agile transformation. CloudMap leverages Astadia’s unparalleled global experience, completing over 6,000 engagements since 2002…

Grazed from ZDNet.  Author: Mary Jo Foley.

Grazed from PR NewsWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

TransLattice, the distributed application and cloud computing company, today announced that Lowry Computing Products has become its latest systems integrator. Lowry is now able to offer its global customers the advantages of Lattice Computing, the deployment of applications in a geographically distributed manner, providing resilience, easy scaling and improved performance for end users at a lower cost..

Grazed from CRN.  Author: Kevin McLaughlin.

There was a time, just a few years ago, when the idea of putting databases, ERP, CRM and unified communications systems in virtual environments would’ve made IT administrators break out into a cold sweat. That’s because virtualization was an intriguing but unproven concept at the time, and certainly not a technology one would stake their reputation on — or their job, for that matter…