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Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, today announced the Wyse Z90 thin client, the highest-performing thin client based on Windows Embedded Standard 7…

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Cloud computing is an increasingly popular but evolving paradigm that presents challenges to security along with its promises of greater efficiency and flexibility. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has proposed guidelines for addressing these challenges, together with a concise definition of cloud computing.

 

Grazed from IT Business Edge.  Author: Paul Mah.

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Parature, a cloud-based customer service software, announced today the appointment of Mike Minelli as chief revenue officer and executive vice president. Minelli has 20 years of mid-market software experience and more than 10 years experience within cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery models. Minelli will lead all sales, service, and support operations for the company.

Grazed from Cloud Computing Journal.  Author:  Srinivasan Sundara Rajan.

Thick Clients
Traditionally thick clients have been used for providing rich user interface functionalities and also for mobile workers who would like to execute functions without connecting to the network or firewall. The major characteristics are:

• Offline Working
• Higher Multimedia Requirements

However, enterprises have slowly moved away from thick clients due to the fact that building business logic and intelligence on fat clients and keeping it updated is a difficult task, as the business rules change more often than the user interface and multimedia needs and keeping it in sync with several client machines is a daunting task….

Grazed from Destination CRM.  Author: Brittany Farb.

If you ask Ray Wang, principal analyst and chief executive officer of Constellation Research, the basic principles of third-party maintenance apply just as they would if you took your Ford to someone other than the dealer for service. It seems fitting then that one juror in the recent Oracle/SAP third-party maintenance lawsuit was an auto mechanic.

Grazed from Experian QAS.  Author: Neil Hill.

Companies that are planning to employ cloud computing solutions at their organisation should be looking to work with a vendor who can reassure them over various compliance issues.

According to Computerworld commentator Bernard Golden, meeting legal and regulatory requirements should be a central focus for cloud computing vendors, with the issue forming part of the provisioning process.

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Grazed from IT Business Edge.  Author: Arthur Cole.