Cloud accounting trial offer hits a milestone
It generally isn’t a big deal if a lot of people take up a free offer. But when it’s for something as central to the operation of a business as accounting software, people tend to be more cautious.
After all, migrating to a different accounting program is no small matter even for a small business, unless all your customers pay cash on the nail and you treat your suppliers the same way. Even then, it’s not as simple as trying a new word processor.
Real-Status builds a bird’s eye view of a cloud
Behind the nebulous idea of a cloud are thousands of servers, switches, appliances both physical and virtual and any number of complicating bits of machinery and software all just waiting to cause a problem. Managing massive infrastructure isn’t a fun job, especially if some of that infrastructure is virtual, which is why Real-Status, one of the Structure 2011 LaunchPad companies, decided to improve the view into the troposphere (or just the cloud).
GovCloud IaaS Open for Business !!
July 1, 2011 marks the start of a new era for Federal information technology. That’s the day that the Federal Community Cloud officially opened for business. With a characteristic low key change on the Apps.gov website, GSA Infrastructure-as-a-Service BPA was opened for ordering. This heralds the awarding of Authority to Operate (ATO) approval for the following vendors:
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Create a unified cloud with vCider
Structure LaunchPad startup vCider disguises packets like I disguise zucchini in my four-year-old’s chocolate muffins. Except vCider does it to help companies bridge between different cloud providers while providing a bit less latency and more security that one would with a virtual router.
CloudFloor could be a security blanket for the cloud
The folks behind Gomez, a company that offered web site performance data and sold to Compuware in 2009, have returned with another Software-as-a-Service product based on performance, but this time, they’re trying to assure executives of the quality and business worthiness of their cloud investments. CloudFloor, which launched at Structure 2011 last month, has raised $3.1 million from undisclosed investors to build out its SaaS-based product.
GenieDB designs around CAP to scale cloud apps
The Benefits of Cloud Computing. A new era of responsiveness, effectiveness and efficiency in IT service delivery
Data centers are part of an ever changing world with challenges of high energy consumption, labor costs, data silos and growth in data volume. Learn how to meet these challenges with IBM’s cohesive strategy for the development of a dynamic infrastructure, while also laying the foundation for a highly responsive environment that can leverage cloud computing – which represents a key technology in delivering new economics, rapid deployment of services, and tight alignment with mission goals.
When Consumers Go To The Cloud, Businesses Should Watch Out
For four hours last week, a flawed authentication update allowed anyone the ability to access the data of any user of the cloud storage service Dropbox.
The error could have caused a massive privacy breach. As it turned out, the company was notified and fixed the error before widespread knowledge allowed the vulnerability to be exploited by malicious actors.