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.

 Grazed from ZDNet.  Author: Andrew Brust.

 Grazed from ZDNet.  Author: Charlie Osbourne.

Google has launched a code repository supported by cloud technology with little fanfare.  The Mountain View, CA-based firm’s quiet project, the Cloud Code Repository, offers users private code repositories hosted on the Google Cloud Platform. Currently in the beta stage of development and offering free signups, the repository can be set up as a Git remote, and operations including push, pull, clone and log are offered, among others.

 Grazed from ZDNet.  Author: Joe McKendrick.

Grazed from CCI.  Author: Mika Javanainen.

While cloud computing is credited with offering more effective ways to utilise applications, it can also further complicate the task of document and content management with the introduction of new sets of information silos.  Many companies are encountering issues with ‘dark data’ because they maintain multiple information silos in the cloud and on-premises that contain business-critical data sets that other systems cannot leverage. These repositories often contain massive amounts of Big Data (structured data) and Big Content (unstructured content).

To effectively connect these silos and ensure information workers have fast access to all of the content they need, it’s important to first understand their differences. Structured data (Big Data) is information that resides in various databases and business systems such as CRM and ERP solutions — much of which is often maintained by different lines of business and isolated to specific users and applications…

Grazed from eWeek.  Author: Pedro Hernandez.

CEO Satya Nadella is setting a new agenda ahead of its new fiscal year and the imminent, high-profile launch of Windows 10. More shakeups may be on the horizon.  Microsoft has a new mission statement as the tech giant prepares for the release of Windows 10 and the start of a new fiscal year, CEO Satya Nadella announced to employees in an internal email this week.

"Our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. I’m proud to share that this is our new official mission statement," wrote Nadella (pictured) in the email obtained by GeekWire. "This mission is ambitious and at the core of what our customers deeply care about. We have unique capability in harmonizing the needs of both individuals and organizations."…

Grazed from TheVarGuy.  Author: Mike Vizard.

At the Red Hat 2015 Summit this week Red Hat (RHT) extended the reach and scope of its OpenStack ecosystem via alliances with third-party vendors that should have a significant impact on its relationships all across the channel.

Via a new alliances with Vantrix, a provider of storage systems optimized for video content, and an expansion of its relationship with Super Micro Computer, Red Hat is now making greater use of OEM partnerships to bring open source storage technologies such as Ceph and Gluster to market…