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With so much hype about cloud computing, it’s not hard to bring the sector down to earth.
The mention of cloud computing in earnings calls has become routine by companies such as virtualization software maker VMware (NYSE:VMW – News). But like many emerging tech trends, expectations can jump ahead of reality…
As the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and public cloud services industries mature they are being deployed to play more pivotal roles in the day-to-day operations of bigger and bigger organizations. The latest example is Coupa Software’s recent contract with the Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPC) of SUBWAY, the largest franchise company in the world.
While Congress debates the debt ceiling and the federal budget, the White House is accelerating its plans to close data centers as a means to trim billions of dollars from its IT budget.
By 2012, the U.S. plans to close 373 data centers, representing about 800,000 square feet of space, or about the size of 14 football fields, an official pointed out on Wednesday.
Most data center managers are facing the increasing complexity of virtualized and cloud-based environments. Successfully managing cloud operations and virtualized environments takes intelligence–not so much the type of intelligence as defined by IQs, but more along the lines of intelligence defined as the ability to gather information of value.
It can be confirmed that Biji Varughese, the Head of IT at McDonald’s India West and South will speak at the Cloud Computing World Forum India, to take place on the 12th October at the JW Marriott in Mumbai, India.
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Another study out this week has found that if companies adopt cloud computing, they can reduce the energy consumption of their IT and save money on energy bills. The report, created by research firm Verdantix and sponsored by AT&T, estimates that cloud computing could enable companies to save $12.3 billion off their energy bills. That translates into carbon emission savings of 85.7 million metric tons per year by 2020…
enStratus today announced expanded capabilities for OpenStack components including OpenStack Object Storage and OpenStack Compute. This announcement highlights the significant momentum that OpenStack has built since its launch exactly one year ago.
OpenStack is a global collaboration of developers and cloud computing technologists producing the ubiquitous open source cloud computing platform for public and private clouds…
It’s been said many times that the cloud represents a fundamental shift in enterprise operations. However, many conversations revolve primarily around the myriad ways in which the cloud will broaden existing data center functionality.
The implication is that cloud providers will fall over backwards to tailor their infrastructure to suit existing enterprise needs. But that’s true only up to a point. The other side of the coin is that today’s enterprises will have to make substantial changes, both technological and operational, in order to leverage the cloud to its full potential.
As the next technology wave, cloud computing by enterprises has the potential to create about 100,000 new jobs in India, a study said Tuesday.
"Of the projected $4.5-billion total cloud computing market in India by 2015, private cloud will account for $3.5 billion, generate about 100,000 additional jobs and save about 50 percent of cost of IT operations for Indian enterprises," the study "Private Cloud Landscape in India", by Zinnov Management Consulting and global IT firm EMC Corporation, revealed…
Increasing customer demand for big data technologies and cloud computing brought record financial results at EMC in the second quarter, the company reported Wednesday.
EMC’s consolidated revenue rose 20 percent to US$4.85 billion. Earnings per share increased 20 percent year over year to $0.24. The results came one day after EMC’s majority-owned subsidiary VMware reported year-over-year revenue growth of 37 percent.