February 8, 2011 Off

VMware preps public cloud with services

By David
Grazed from ComputerWorld.  Author: Joab Jackson.

Providing a vital link between internal and external clouds, VMware plans to release in March an adapter for moving virtual machines between a hosted service offering and an organisation’s own internal systems, the company announced Tuesday.

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iPad security and the cloud

By David
Grazed from ComputerWorld.  Author: Gregory Machler.

I was at the airport, standing in line, when I struck up a conversation with a traveller about his iPhone. He discussed its features with me and its ability to harness the internet anytime and anywhere. He indicated that the phone’s simple, elegant, and intuitive interface is a joy.

February 8, 2011 Off

Blue Coat opens new cloud security platform

By David
Grazed from IT Wire.  Author: Stephen Withers.

Blue Coat Cloud Service (BCCS) has been announced, with Web Security as the first module. The idea is to bring enterprise-class protection to a wider range of customers.

BCCS builds on the company’s WebPulse service that rates web content. Company officials claim there have been no "significant" outages of WebPulse over six years.

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Travel company benefits from master data management project

By David
Grazed from Experian QAS.  Author: James Glass.

A travel company with more than 25 different brands has benefited from carrying out master data management work.

Alan Cox, director of information management systems at one of the Travel Corporation’s arms Trafalgar, explained to the Computing website that the group has grown through making a number of acquisitions.

He explained the data management project was needed as each of the merged companies had their own systems and databases.

February 7, 2011 Off

How to get started with cloud computing

By David
Grazed from Network World.  Author: Beth Schultz.

1. Get smart

Before making a move into the cloud, get educated on the principles and definitions of cloud computing, advises Johan Goossens, head of NATO’s Allied Command Transformation’s (ACT) Technology & Human Factors Branch in Norfolk, Va.

"We started in the summer of 2010 with educational efforts. We got ourselves smart on the terminology, sitting down with vendor partners," he says.

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