Grazed from FedScoop. Author: Billy Mitchell.

Businesses, governments and other organizations are more trusting of cloud computing than ever before, but still have doubts about providers’ ability to secure sensitive information in the public cloud, according to a new report Thursday. A 77-percent majority of respondents told Intel Security they trust cloud computing more than they did a year ago.

That said, only 13 percent of the participating 1,200 cloud security "decision makers" from around the world said they "completely trust public cloud providers to secure sensitive data," according to the new report, "Blue Skies Ahead? The State of Cloud Adoption," released at Intel Security’s Security through Innovation Summit, produced by FedScoop…

Grazed from MSPMentor. Author: Editorial Staff.

While the cloud market has advanced rapidly in recent years, it is still a relatively young segment in IT–particularly compared to legacy hardware solutions. Cloud providers continue to integrate with existing IT; however, one area that has received consistent investment is the channel. This growth of the marketplace and the inevitable evolution of offers still-to-come creates a unique market opportunity for both technology providers and channel partners to be a true value-added guide to their clients. Through strong technology partnerships, IT leaders can leverage their strengths, differentiate their business and uncover new sources of value.

For long-time players in the cloud industry, channel partners have been an important part of business growth and development. Channel partners can help cloud providers extend market reach within a rapidly changing and competitive cloud marketplace, enabling companies to expand their footprint globally…

Blue Coat, Inc., a leading provider of advanced web security solutions for global enterprises and governments, today announced its Cloud Ready Partner Program, forming a broad Cloud Security Partner Ecosystem. The Cloud Ready Partner Program creates an open framework to allow a select set of security vendors and SaaS (Security as a Service) companies to deeply integrate and certify their services and cloud applications directly into the Blue Coat Security Platform. This level of integration allows customers ease of transition to the cloud while maintaining critical visibility and control between users and applications. 

Charter members of the Blue Coat Cloud Ready Partner Program are: AirWatch, AlienVault, Box, Centrify, Dropbox, E8 Security, Exabeam, Fortscale, Gemalto, HP, Oracle, Seculert, Splunk and Symantec.

Expanding its Ecosystem of Cloud, Ingram Micro today announced three new cloud services delivery platforms for channel partners, as well as several key enhancements to its global Cloud Marketplace.

Unveiled at the seventh annual Ingram Micro Cloud Summit, the new cloud delivery platforms are making it easier for channel partners to establish and grow their cloud services business by removing barriers such as web development costs, sales and marketing resources, and in-depth expertise of cloud computing solutions and services. Offered in conjunction with the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace and as part of the Ingram Micro Ecosystem of Cloud, the new cloud delivery platforms are available now and include:

CloudEndure, a provider of live-migration and disaster recovery solutions, announced that it has raised an additional $6 million investment by unnamed global strategic investors, bringing the total raised in its recent Series B round to $13 million and a total funding for the company of $18.2 million. Announced earlier, CloudEndure’s Series B round was co-led by Infosys, a leading information technology services provider working with the world’s leading enterprises, and previous investor, Magma Venture Partners.

Grazed from MotleyFool. Author: Sean O’Reilly.

Despite boasting famed billionaire investor Warren Buffett as a major shareholder, IBM (NYSE:IBM) has been unable to pick itself up out of the doldrums. Case in point: Despite dozens of acquisitions over the past six years, as well as laudable cost-cutting initiatives, both revenues and profits have continued to slide downward, particularly in the past two years.

While the picture isn’t all bad — IBM’s shares continue to benefit from healthy dividend payouts and share repurchases — something clearly needs to be done. This is not the same company that created Deep Blue and engendered mass adoption of the personal computer. To compete in the 21st century, IBM will need to get ahead of the curve and innovate…

Grazed from InformationWeek. Author: Dawn Kawamoto.

With cloud computing becoming the platform that enterprises are turning to for their applications and data, it should come as no surprise that cloud positions are in extremely high demand. But what may be surprising are the top 10 positions that employers are looking for when staffing up for their move to the cloud.

In a study of online job ads that were posted between Feb. 15 and March 15, the term "cloud" appeared in 460,000 posted ads — making cloud knowledge No. 3 among the most in-demand IT skills, according to data collected by CEB TalentNeuron, the employee recruiting unit of consulting firm CEB…

Grazed from WSJ. Author: Steve Rosenbush.

Oracle Corp. on Thursday laid out a major element of its strategy for competing in the fiercely competitive market for cloud computing, launching a new service that it says addresses the security concerns and regulatory obstacles that have discouraged some companies from embracing the cloud.

The service, called Oracle Cloud at Customer, allows companies to place an Oracle cloud server within their own data center, essentially turning one of the basic concepts of cloud computing inside-out, according to Thomas Kurian, president of Oracle product development, who spoke to CIO Journal in an interview. The company is expected to formally announce the product later Thursday at Oracle CloudWorld, a customer event in Washington, D.C…

Grazed from ITProPortal. Author: Editorial Staff.

The cloud has been one of the most talked-about concepts in computing for years now, and a recent survey by RightScale found that 95 per cent of companies are now using some form of cloud service. However, a lot of this is still at the experimentation stage, with at least two thirds of workloads still provided via traditional IT systems. So there’s still a long way to go before market size predictions for the cloud are achieved. With huge potential economic benefits available from the cloud, here are 10 reasons (out of many more) that you can give your Chief Financial Officer, which might convince them it’s time to switch services over.

1. Fewer capital costs to worry about

One of the most attractive features of cloud computing is that you don’t need to invest in servers anymore, or at least not as many. So the three-year cycle of purchasing and replacement will no longer be such a huge issue, and you won’t need the periodic lump of finance required to upgrade. There will still be capital costs for end user equipment and infrastructure, including an increased focus on strong networking and Internet connectivity…

Grazed from Forbes. Author: Karsten Strauss.

The job market in tech is competitive and employers are willing to shell out a bit more for talented personnel with wide skill sets. This according to a report released last week by multinational human resources firm Randstad, which found that a number of IT positions saw some notable jumps in pay between 2014 and 2015. Those jobs were more valuable, it seems, because they require more know-how and certifications.

The data Randstad used comes from The Economic Research Institute, and shows that network engineers – who command an average $93,000 annually in the U.S. – saw the biggest increase in median compensation, to the tune of 7.21% That more than doubles the average salary increase of jobs in the United States during that timeframe, which was about 3% overall…

Read more from the source @ http://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2016/04/12/5-it-jobs-that-saw-a-jump-in-salary/#3be5a9797e59