Grazed from CloudTweaks. Author: Jeremy Daniel.

Global software giant Oracle laid out, in no uncertain terms, its ambition to be the dominant player in the cloud over the next ten years at its annual Oracle OpenWorld gathering late last month. CEO Mark Hurd and Oracle Founder Larry Ellison both laid out a powerful vision of the cloud and the way they see business moving in the next 10 years.

During his keynote address CEO Mark Hurd predicted that: By 2025, over 80% of all applications will be in the cloud as opposed to the modest 25% that are there today. Furthermore, he boldly stated that only two Software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers will have 80% of that market, and that “I volunteer us to be one of them”, to appreciative laughter from the packed auditorium…

Grazed from China-Briefing. Author: Jake Liddle.

For a new enterprise looking to start business in China, cloud computing means a significant reduction in startup operation costs. Where expenses are often spent on traditional IT infrastructure and its maintenance, cloud computing not only saves money and time, but can also provide flexibility and space for innovation.

It additionally makes for easier development of smaller businesses, facilitating wider availability and access to high performance computing. However, despite this multitude of benefits, there are many factors a business operator should consider when looking to utilize cloud services in China, such as the services available and the potential security risks involved…

"With our new Managed WordPress offering, our customers can profit from an additional service resulting in  lasting benefits for their businesses", says Robert Hoffmann, CEO 1&1 Internet SE. "Thanks to Managed WordPress they save time and resources previously spent on constant system updates – now they can concentrate fully on their business. 1&1 is committed to being a reliable partner and ensuring operations continue smoothly during and after every important core update." 

 Grazed from CloudTech.  Author: James Bourne.

A survey from Puppet Labs shows DevOps engineers earn “noticeably higher” salaries than the majority of other job titles.  More than half (55%) of those polled in the 2015 DevOps Salary Report earn $100,000 per year or more, according to the research. The only job role which is more likely to provide greater remuneration is architect, which includes cloud or infrastructure architect and systems architect.

“Now that organisations are learning the benefits of DevOps, we’re seeing additional salary data that reveals just how much demand there is around the world for highly qualified IT and DevOps practitioners,” said Nigel Kersten, CIO at Puppet Labs. “It’s encouraging to see these positions continue to grow, and we look forward to watching the market evolve and adapt to the growing urgency around making IT a competitive advantage.”…

 Grazed from CIO.  Author: Paul Gillin.

Grazed from TechTarget.  Author: David Linthicum.

 Organizations migrating to the cloud likely understand the importance of application programming interfaces. These are typically RESTful web services that provide infrastructure services, such as storage and compute, or application services, such as business analytics.   But as more enterprises depend on these application programming interfaces (APIs), some fear they will become locked into these services.

Business processes and applications become tightly coupled to cloud computing APIs, becoming functionally dependent and, eventually, leading to lock-in.  Many of these fears are well-founded. Building applications around cloud-native services and APIs that are specific to a certain cloud provider or platform is the fundamental mechanism behind cloud lock-in. So why use cloud-native services at all?…

Grazed from PRweb.  Author: PR Announcement.

Advanced Clustering Technologies, a leading manufacturer of high performance computing (HPC) clusters, announced today it has expanded its high performance computing offerings to include an on demand HPC cloud service.

The service, called ACTnowHPC, gives users easy access to the latest HPC technologies including CPUs, accelerators and interconnects without the upfront capital outlay for HPC hardware.  “Our enhanced HPC cloud service answers a growing demand from our customers for an HPC cloud built to meet workload demands without the need to buy hardware,” said Kyle Sheumaker, President of Advanced Clustering Technologies…

Grazed from Emirates247.  Author: Vicky Kapur.

Long-time rivals Microsoft and Red Hat have tied up to, in their own words, “lend a helping hand to customers in taking up hybrid cloud computing by deploying Red Hat solutions on Microsoft Azure”.  As part of the recently announced agreement, Microsoft will offer Red Hat’s Linux OS as the preferred choice for enterprise Linux workloads on Microsoft Azure.

Grazed from ITWorldCanada. Author: Gary Hilson.

The subscription billing market for technology services is growing, according to a new report from Forrester Research, and enterprises looking to offer eBusiness offerings to customers have a lot of options when choosing a platform partner. The Forrester Wave: Subscription Billing Platforms, Q4 2015 found that the subscription market is growing as more eBusiness professionals across different industry verticals see the benefits of using more complex billing services. However, it noted that vendors differ significantly when comparing their B2B and B2C strategies, cloud architecture, usage-based business model capabilities, financial reporting and integration strategies.

Cloud computing, mobile devices, and the Internet of Things (IoT) are pushing companies to try out new product offerings that combine software, hardware, services and content while figuring out how to best monetize them, according to Forrester, and that means they are shifting from one-time perpetual sales or fixed monthly subscriptions to consumptions that blend one-time, subscription and usage-based billing, a shift that reflects how relationships with customers are changing to long-term partnerships, and that many companies are becoming more software-driven…

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Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: David Linthicum.

Expect this headline very soon: "Public cloud used to hack government systems." I’m sure aspects of this are happening right now, and I’m sure we will see more widespread use of public clouds as the platforms for hackery. What should we do with the public clouds used as hacking venues? Do we seize the physical servers? Shut down the offending data center? All of the above?

And if criminals use the same cloud infrastructure as enterprises, how do enterprises know that their data won’t get seized along with the bad guys’ data? Recent developments are not reassuring. Last month, the FBI seized a private cloud server. And we still remember the NSA’s digital spying revelations. Ironically, technical issues may make seizures of public cloud servers unappealing to policing agencies…