Grazed from GigaOM.  Author: PR Announcement.

Former Chief Cloud Architect at Yahoo!, Todd Papaioannou, Joins Battery Ventures Team to Pursue Initiatives in Big Data and Cloud Infrastructure.

Battery Ventures, a multi-stage investment firm focused on technology and innovation worldwide, today announced that Todd Papaioannou has joined as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) in the firm’s Menlo Park office. In this role, Papaioannou will work alongside Battery’s Enterprise IT investment team to help identify and create new opportunities in Cloud Computing, Big Data, analytics and the Enterprise software environment…

Grazed from TMCNet.  Author: Erin Harrison.

It seems to be a universal question when the topic of cloud computing arises: whether to take the  private cloud road versus public (and in certain situations, vice versa).

There is no doubt that making a business case for cloud computing is becoming increasingly popular.

But deciding what will be the best cloud solution for your business requires analysis regarding the level of control, security customization and support your organization needs, according to Internap (News – Alert), a provider of IT infrastructure and cloud services…

Grazed from Business Wire.  Author: PR Announcement.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData ‘s new report "Cloud Computing – Key Enabler of Smart Grid" to their offering…

Grazed from SunStar.  Author: PR Announcement.

MICROSOFT Philippines will help promote cloud computing services as an effective solution in organizing government and commercial infrastructures.

In a press statement, it said it made the pledge during the recently concluded policy workshop “Leveraging the Cloud to Promote Sustainable Development.”…

Grazed from eWeek.  Author: Cameron Sturdevant.

The newly formed Open Data Center Alliance is using an array of usage models to weld cloud-using customers into a force that prevents vendor lock. At the same time, the group is promoting secure movement of virtual workloads from one provider to another. The organization is made up of more than 200 members including JPMorgan Chase, Lockheed Martin and Marriott.

While there are other nascent cloud-user organizations forming, namely CSCC (Cloud Standards Customer Council), ODCA (Open Data Center Alliance) in June issued eight usage models that organizations can use today when specifying baseline requirements for cloud projects.

The formation of both customer groups comes at a seminal moment for data center design. Virtualization is driving compute, storage, networking, application and desktop IT managers to drastically increase the efficient use of costly resources. And the option to outsource some or all virtual workloads is a bell that cannot be un-rung…

Grazed from Boston Globe.  Author: Hiawatha Bray.

Grazed from TMCNet.  Author: PR Annoucement.

Sep. 13–15, 2011.  Austin, TX

If you are a communications professional, cloud communications fundamentally changes how your business will run, who purchases your goods and services, and how they pay for it. This event will provide you with a good grounding in the latest technologies, players and business models, and offer excellent opportunities to meet your peers and potential partners…

Grazed from InfoTech.  Author:  Rajani Baburajan.

Android malware and cloud computing-related data breaches are growing at an alarming rate. Social networking scams have become more sophisticated, and cybercriminals continue to instigate malicious schemes, according to Trend Micro’s (News – Alert) 2Q 2011 Threat Roundup report…

Grazed from TMCNet.  Author:  Narayan Bhat.

Telecom operators in Latin America should adopt cloud computing at the earliest to keep pace with their global competitors as well as to expand their service portfolio, suggests market analyst firm Pyramid Research…