More Than One Cloud for Making Money
Everyone talks about "the cloud" as if it rains cash from a single source. In the cloud-computing era, there’s more than one way to make money in cloud services and more than one cloud to sell.
There’s no escaping the cloud-computing hype. If you believed all the buzz, cloud computing will eliminate the need for IT, solve all business problems, reduce operating costs, feed your children and cure cancer. OK, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but the point is clear – so much is attributed to “the cloud" that what the cloud is sometimes gets lost in the fog…
Why Time Warner rules the cloud
To some, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes might appear to be a foe of Web distribution.
Remember, he was the guy who last year compared Netflix with the Albanian army–the view that the popular company would remake film distribution was a little like saying the tiny country’s army would conquer the world. Time Warner has also made it clear Netflix subscribers won’t be streaming episodes of HBO hit shows, such as "True Blood" or "The Sopranos," anytime soon…
App delivery controllers help IT pros tap cloud reserve capacity
When demand for an application suddenly spikes, IT folks make a mad dash to optimize resources, balance loads and add more hardware. And now, they’re considering another option — the cloud.
The marshalling of public cloud resources in response to usage spikes is a practice sometimes referred to as "cloud bursting." In this scenario, organizations pay only for the resources they use and forestall additional infrastructure purchases. But with most applications firmly ensconced on internal infrastructure, how does one even get there?…
Keeping calm about Cloud security
Lightning strike in Dublin downs Amazon, Microsoft clouds
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…
Fujitsu Launches Cloud Service for Analytical Simulations
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…
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…