Magic Software MD David Akka has used his corporate blog to liken a refusal to embrace the cloud as being parallel to having stuck with DOS and ignoring Windows (and other operating systems of course) all those years back.
October 18, 2010
Getting started on cloud with Microsoft Windows Azure
Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Lee Lup Yuen.
With cloud computing, you can host your enterprise applications and data at an external data center that can scale to meet your computing demands. Rightfully, IT managers are apprehensive about cloud computing:
October 18, 2010
Microsoft software head Ray Ozzie resigns
Grazed from BBC. Author: Editorial Staff.
Ray Ozzie, chief software architect of Microsoft and proponent of cloud computing, has resigned unexpectedly.
Mr Ozzie was a top member of the company’s management, having taken over the software role from Bill Gates.
Chief executive Steve Ballmer announced his colleague’s departure in an email to company staff.
He said Mr Ozzie would remain with Microsoft during a transitional period, and that the company was not looking for anyone to replace him.
Microsoft shares dropped 2.2% in after-hours trading on the news.
October 18, 2010
Software-as-a-service solutions ‘to become standard’
Grazed from Experian QAS. Author: James Glass.
Enterprise architects and IT managers will see software-as-a-service solutions become more popular over the next few years, it has been said.
Gene Leganza from Forrester spoke to ZDNet to suggest that software-as-a-service is one platform for data management that will be a standard in the industry in the near future, with rapid deployment a good idea for many businesses.
October 18, 2010
The mechanics of cloud computing connections
Grazed from CWDN. Author: Adrian Bridgwater.
CA Technologies used its recent appearance at VMworld 2010 Europe to hang out the flags for a new agreement to integrate its own CA IT Process Automation Manager with the VMware vCloud Application Programming Interface (API).
The integration, which according to official sources is under development using the VMware vCloud API in BlueLock’s VMware-based public cloud is intended to "enable process automation and orchestration" for providing and consuming virtual resources in the cloud.
For the record, BlueLock is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider of cloud hosting solutions.
October 18, 2010
Ignoring the cloud is akin to staying with DOS
Grazed from CWDN. Author: Adrian Bridgwater.
October 18, 2010
Looking Ahead to the On-Demand Cloud
Grazed from IT Business Edge. Author: Arthur Cole.
One of the chief advantages that cloud computing brings to the IT table is the concept of on-demand applications and resources. Say goodbye to the complicated provisioning and allocation of enterprise capabilities. Simply scroll through the offerings on the cloud, boot them up and get to work.
Of course, setting up a cloud does not automatically produce such a robust environment. It can still be a rather tricky dance to ensure all the links between application, data and end user are in sync and that any and all business policies and practices are being adhered to.
October 17, 2010
Is EMC the Next Step in Oracle’s Journey to $100B?
Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Gary Orenstein.
October 15, 2010
Hey Shareholders, Capex Means Cash in the Cloud!
Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Derrick Harris.
October 15, 2010
IBM targets telcos with cloud service platform
Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Jack Clark.
The IBM Cloud Service Provider Platform bundles IBM hardware, software and services to allow telecommunications firms to use their networks to deliver cloud-based services, the company said on Thursday. A core piece of software in the package is IBM’s Service Delivery Manager platform, which automates the deployment, monitoring and management of cloud IT resources, according to IBM.
"[Companies] can use [IBM Cloud Service Provider Platform] to deliver ‘as-a-service’ — offerings such as collaboration applications, customer relationship management services, data storage, backup and recovery, and industry-specific applications," IBM said in a statement.
October 15, 2010
Cloud computing ‘can help tackle data management concerns’
Grazed from Experian QAS. Author: Neil Hill.
Cloud computing offerings may help IT departments tackle the various data management challenges they are facing.
According to a recent survey conducted at the Storage Networking World conference, IT professionals list issues such as constrained budgets, data preservation fears and integration worries as among their top data management challenges.
When it comes to fixing these problems, 36 per cent said hybrid cloud solutions could help to make their data centres more efficient, reports Computerworld.