Grazed from ComputerWorld. Author: Katherine Noyes.

Continuing its effort to catch up in the cloud, Oracle unveiled a new software-as-a-service product aimed at e-commerce providers. Oracle’s new Commerce Cloud is designed to help online businesses launch feature-rich storefronts across desktop and mobile devices in a matter of weeks.

Offered as part of the database giant’s Customer Experience (CX) applications portfolio, the tool includes pre-integrated commerce features such as search and navigation, recommendations, promotions, reporting, payments, design templates and SEO, the company said Monday. Catalog, content, design and merchandising management features can all be found in a unified console…

Grazed from ProgrammableWeb. Author: Michael Vizard.

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) consortium today announced it has formed a working group spearheaded by CipherCloud, Deloitte, Infosys, Intel and SAP to define best practices and industry standards that ensure API interoperability across data protection and security services delivered via the cloud.

Still in the formative stages, the Cloud Security Open API Working Group will focus on defining a common set of APIs that will be used to create a set of cloud-independent description schema for phone numbers, names, email addresses, etc.; a set of classification schema to define data sensitivity levels; standard specifications of control actions for encryption, masking and data residency; and a specification of monitoring characteristics of cloud applications, says Chenxi Wang, vice president of cloud security and strategy at CipherCloud…

Grazed from TrendMicro. Author: Chris Taylor.

Cloud computing has fundamentally changed the way we do business, for the better. The software-as-a-service industry alone has matured at an astonishing rate over the past few years to the point where it’s no longer only those risk-taking early adopters signing up – businesses of all shapes and sizes are jumping on board. But while the benefits of taking that cloud journey are familiar to us all, so are the risks.

And top of those risks, the number one barrier in the eyes of U.S. businesses, is security. That’s why, as of June 25, we’re delighted to announce the general availability of Trend Micro™ Cloud App Security – a comprehensive new security suite offering advanced threat protection and DLP for all your favorite Microsoft Office 365 applications…

Grazed from PYMNTS. Author: Editorial Staff.

Microsoft has been on a quest to bolster its enterprise solutions, with CEO Satya Nadella declaring the dawn of SaaS – a sign that Microsoft is now turning to the cloud to provide companies with the technology they need to better manage money and operations. The technology giant’s partners appear to be responding to Nadella’s declaration.

Reports published late last week said Microsoft cloud computing partner Champion Solutions, which works closely with Microsoft for small business cloud services, is looking to strengthen its SaaS offerings through a strategic acquisition. Reports said Champion Solutions will acquire cloud and mobile technology service provider allAware, a deal that will boost Champion Solutions’ existing Microsoft Business Unit, MessageOps…

Grazed from CIO. Author: Paul Trotter.

Data has become a buzzword that means different things to different people, but all organisations agree that understanding customer behaviour, sales performance, and information processes can build a platform for achieving business success. However, our reliance on data and the potential pitfalls associated with managing it have given rise to the need for safeguards for the protection of information, particularly in Europe where the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will soon come into force.

GDPR is designed to harmonise the current data protection regulations across EU member states, with strict data compliance stipulations and the possibility of huge financial penalties for those who breach of the rules. While the regulation doesn’t deal specifically with cloud service providers, it does have implications for organisations that use cloud services to store data…

Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: Eric Knorr.

Jeffrey Snover, a 16-year Microsoft veteran and brilliant technologist, clearly identifies with the IT operations side of the house. "That’s my tribe," he says. "I’m very optimistic about their future." Despite that tribal affiliation, Snover may be helping to automate many operations folks out of a job, though I’m sure he would dispute that suggestion.

A distinguished engineer and the lead architect for Microsoft’s Enterprise Cloud Group, Snover has been working closely with Azure CTO Mark Russinovitch to develop the automated infrastructure behind the Azure public cloud. That sophisticated technology is also winding its way into Windows Server, System Center, and other on-premises Microsoft solutions…

Grazed from Accenture. Author: Editorial Staff.

New cloud computing technologies are enabling breakthrough innovations in supply chain management (SCM) applications delivered via software as a service (SaaS) models. As a key enabler in this new digital world, cloud computing can have a transformational impact on the business and the supply chain operating model by enabling data and analytics, mobility and social media functions.

Cloud computing helps organizations realize major benefits from key marketplace trends that are redefining traditional supply chain networks, including volatility as the new normal, surging data volumes, industrial-grade digital technologies and the arrival of end-to-end visibility. Most supply chain strategies date back to when the business environment was more stable…

Grazed from PRWeb. Author: PR Announcement.

Countless organizations are reaching for the Cloud. They want to replace antiquated in-house legacy systems with Cloud-based technology that reduces the effort for ongoing support so they can save on data center and personnel costs. In Boosting Agile Velocity with Factory as a Service on Azure, AZUR Group President & CEO Jean Louis Lalonde delves into the reasons behind the move to Cloud computing, the evolution of software methodology and answers some of the more burning questions around the upgrade to the Cloud, like: How can we become faster at building new software for the Cloud to keep up with the exploding worldwide demand?

The White Paper also explores the evolution of Cloud Computing, and how Factory as a Service can deliver a superior Agile development cycle, one that brings higher productivity, consistency, quality, efficiency and unparalleled speed. Now, AZUR Group is partnering with other software developers so they can enable their clients to benefit from the extraordinary efficiency of FaaS. AZUR Group partners undergo extensive training on the XI-Factory™ Factory as a Service platform’s automation functionality…

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Grazed from DNA.  Author: Edwin Yapp.

SENIOR technology executives are being increasingly pressured both by vendor pitches and internal management requirements to cut cost in their journey to adopt cloud computing, a group of chief information officers (CIOs) said last week.

Speaking at a panel session entitled Making the Most of the Cloud at the Malaysian leg of the CIO Leaders Summit, Hood Abu Bakar, general manager of ICT for MISC Corp, said vendors introduce something new every now and then, after which they market and push their solutions onto users.   MISC is Malaysia’s leading international shipping organisation and is listed on the Bursa Malaysia bourse…

Grazed from Fool.  Author: Jeremy Bowman.

In its quest for cloud computing dominance, Amazon.com is doing something no other company in the industry has done: opening physical spaces. This week, Amazon Web Services unveiled its second Pop-up Loft, this one in Manhattan.