Grazed from Enterprise Storage.  Author: Drew Robb.

EMC held its annual forum in Long Beach, Calif. earlier this month. Cloud computing, of course, dominated the messaging. But there were plenty of other subjects in the spotlight. Here are 10 major takeaways from the show….

Grazed from NewsBytes Phillipines.  Author: Jun Pecho.

The perception of cloud computing as a critical evolution in the way we live and work is rapidly growing, but what the recent spate of high-profile security breaches and service outages have made clear is that technology is only as strong as its weakest link – and it is critical that organizations take a holistic approach to ensure the success of their cloud strategies…

Grazed from eWeek.  Author: Wayne Rash.

When IBM-PC pioneer Mark Dean said that we’re entering the Post-PC era, a lot of people were surprised. After all, here’s a guy who is IBM’s CTO for the Middle East and Africa, one of the actual developers of the original IBM-PC, saying that its glory days are over. Who’d a thunk it?…

Grazed from CenterBeam.  Author:  Editorial Staff.

Gartner’s Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle is an annual data collection that provides an assessment of the enthusiasm, unrealistic qualities and possible realities of hundreds of different technologies for small and large businesses alike. This year’s report was recently released and demonstrated the tendencies, side effects and bonuses of 1,900 services…

Grazed from Channel Insider.  Author: Chris Stark.

As cloud computing continues to take the IT industry by storm, it’s getting harder and harder to tell the difference between a good cloud partner and a “me, too” provider. Reminiscent of the dot com days, companies are popping up everywhere claiming to be cloud computing experts. In this environment, it is more important than ever to do your homework and sort out good, reliable companies from those that just want to cash in on the impending financial windfall.

When trusting valuable corporate information to a cloud provider, it is vital to know exactly who is handling your information. Look to the cloud provider’s past performance with multiple customers—ones that have been with them for five or more years.  Any cloud provider that you are considering should have a track record of success for all its customers…

Grazed from TMCNet.  Author: Shamila Janakiraman.

Searchlight Solutions Ltd. announced that its subsidiary Linux Labs International Inc. has upgraded its proprietary NimbusOS for use as the Operating System for its High Performance Cloud Computing (“HPC2”) service.

Linux Labs International is a hybrid engineering firm that specializes in technologies that optimize high performance supercomputing. Linux Labs designs and builds high-performance supercomputers utilizing their proprietary NimbusOS…

Grazed from ZDNet.  Author:  Joe McKendrick.

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced it will soon be launching a free, publicly accessible registry that documents the security controls provided by various cloud computing offerings. 

The new initiative, called the CSA Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR), is intended to encourage transparency of security practices within cloud providers. The  registry will help users assess the security of cloud providers they currently use or are considering contracting with, CSA says.  CSA STAR will be online in Q4 of 2011…