August 8, 2011 Off

Lightning strike in Dublin downs Amazon, Microsoft clouds

By David
Grazed from ComputerWorld.  Author: Mikael Ricknäs

A lightning strike in Dublin on Sunday caused a power failure in data centers belonging to Amazon and Microsoft, causing the companies’ cloud services to go offline.

lightning struck a transformer, sparking an explosion and fire which caused the power outage at 10:41 AM PDT, according to preliminary information, Amazon wrote on its Service Health Dashboard. Under normal circumstances, backup generators would seamlessly kick in, but the explosion also managed to knock out some of those generators…

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Fujitsu Launches Cloud Service for Analytical Simulations

By David
Grazed from JCN Newswire.  Author: PR Announcement.

Fujitsu announced today the launch of a new cloud service for analytical simulations in the area of technical computing called TC Cloud. The new TC Cloud service, which will be introduced in phases beginning in the third quarter of 2011, is comprised of three services: (1) Analytical Platform Service, which provides a platform for conducting analytical simulations; (2) Analytical Applications Service, which provides analytical applications; and (3) Analytical Help Desk, which provides support for setting up and running analytical simulations…

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PC makers look to cloud for user loyalty, biz expansion

By David
Grazed from ZDNet.  Author:  Kevin Kwang.

 

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…

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HP helps organisations deploy cloud faster

By David
Grazed from ComputerWorld.  Author: Veronica C. Silva.

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…

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ElasticStack wants to power your organization’s cloud

By David
Grazed from ZDNet.  Author: Dan Kusnetzky.
 
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…
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ISACA issues Cloud computing guide to help enterprise increase value and manage risk

By David
Grazed from ComputerWorld.  Author: Georgina Swan.

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…

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Red Hat to Present a Cloud Technology Update via Live Webcast on August 10

By David
Grazed from Business Wire.  Author: PR Announcement.

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:

August 7, 2011 Off

Cloud will have huge impact on SME’s

By David
Grazed from Financial Times.  Author: Rajesh Ravi.

Cloud computing, as everyone knows, has been the topic of the new decade thus far, and the proliferation of hand-held devices like

smartphones and tablets necessitate the need to move away from traditional methods of computing and data storage. The connected world is becoming more diverse and benefits of the cloud model like immediate provisioning, higher responsiveness, lower business costs, flexible configurations and secured infrastructure, hold the key to the future. FE’s Rajesh Ravi attended the Intel Cloud Summit 2011 held in Penang, Malaysia, where he spoke with Gregory Bryant, Intel’s vice president (sales & marketing group)…