August 13, 2014 Off

VC investors choose cloud computing, mobile tech

By David

Grazed from CNet.  Author: Dara Kerr.

Venture capital investor confidence is on the up and up, and they’re setting their sights on the tech world, according to a new survey by the National Venture Capital Association and Deloitte.  The two firms released the results of their annual Global Venture Capital Confidence survey on Wednesday, which shows that investors are increasingly being drawn to top categories in the tech industry, including cloud computing, mobile tech, and robotics.

"It’s very positive results on the market overall, and very positive on tech," Jim Atwell, national managing partner for Deloitte’s Emerging Growth Company, told CNET. "Tech companies are the sectors that have the most confidence the most excitement around them."…

August 13, 2014 Off

Companies Run Hadoop Data Via the Cloud

By David

Grazed from WSJ.  Author: Steven Norton.

For enterprises dabbling with the Hadoop data analytics framework, on-premise is usually the route they choose. New research suggests it may be time to start thinking about Hadoop in the cloud.

The market for so-called “Hadoop as a Service” is projected to grow to $16.1 billion by 2020, according to a report from Allied Market Research. While the exact size of the market is hard to gauge, growing acceptance of cloud computing among CIOs signals that the growth trajectory is headed in a positive direction…

August 13, 2014 Off

Cloud Computing: CenturyLink Offering Aims To Help Docker Management

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Grazed from CIO.  Author: Dan Heilman.

Following nine months of development, CenturyLink this week announced the open-source availability of its Docker management platform, Panamax. The platform is designed to ease the development and deployment of any application sitting within a Docker environment.

CenturyLink touted the release as being ideal for even complex Docker architectures, offering developers a single management platform by which to create, share and deploy Docker-containerized applications. Docker automates the deployment of applications inside software containers, providing a layer of abstraction and automation of OS-level virtualization on machines running Linux…

August 13, 2014 Off

Aptuss Launches WarpDrive: A Cloud Based Storage Solution for NetSuite Users

By David
Grazed from Aptuss.  Author: PR Announcement

Aptuss, a UK NetSuite partner and solution provider, has launched WarpDrive for NetSuite a document storage application tool. This innovative product integrates with NetSuite’s cloud data storage, giving NetSuite users a secure and readily available data storage facility for business documents that can be accessed offline. It can be organized to provide storage on an individual basis as well as for departmental and corporate documentation. Key features include:

• Real Time Communication with NetSuite: The application is installed on the user’s PC and communicates in real time with NetSuite ERP. Any changes in the user’s folder are immediately synchronized with the stored folder.
• Secure Encryption: All data is securely encrypted using NetSuite’s 128-bit encryption standards, and access is controlled by the NetSuite’s enterprise grade password policy.
• Drag and Drop File Transfer: Files can be added by simply dragging them to the WarpDrive folder on the desktop and are automatically synchronised.
• Access from Anywhere: Files can be accessed on the users PC even when offline. This is a significant advantage to executives who are on the road a lot and for other business travellers.

 
August 13, 2014 Off

American Data Centers Joins NAKIVO Cloud Backup Ecosystem for VMware Disaster Recovery

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Grazed from NAKIVO.  Author: PR Announcement

American Data Centers, a leading cloud services provider for VMware virtualized environments in United States, today announced that it has joined the NAKIVO Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery Ecosystem. American Data Centers can now offer cloud-based Backup-as-a-Service and Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service powered by NAKIVO Backup & Replication Cloud Provider Edition. As an ecosystem member, American Data Centers can deliver fast, reliable, and affordable cloud backup and disaster recovery services for VMware environments, including onsite VM backup for fast operational recovery as well as VM backup and replication to the cloud for disaster recovery.

 
August 13, 2014 Off

Cloud Computing: Why Can’t Google And Amazon Just Get Along?

By David

Grazed from SeekingAlpha.  Author: Amit H. Shah.

The rivalry between Google (GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Amazon.com(NASDAQ:AMZN) started when Google began to scan and digitize books about a decade ago, and has accelerated as each company tries to compete in the other’s main domains.

Arguably, competition is healthy and Amazon.com’s own efforts to digitize books and sell e-books on Kindle may well have been reactionary to the threat that Google posed. Since then, the rivalry between these two e-giants has accelerated as Google encroaches into e-commerce and cloud computing and Amazon.com encroaches into selling hardware that competes against Android devices (while using a modified version of Android itself) and into online advertising…

August 12, 2014 Off

Centrix Software Chooses Microsoft Azure to Host Cloud-based Usage Analytics Solution

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Grazed from Centrix Software.  Author: PR Announcement
 
Centrix Software, a workspace management expert and Microsoft Gold Partner, has adopted Microsoft Corp’s cloud platform, Microsoft Azure, to help address the growing demand for its application (app) and device usage analytics solution, WorkSpace iQ.
 
WorkSpace iQ addresses the increasing need for IT to apply business intelligence and analytics to the huge amount of IT usage data required to make IT strategy and project-related decisions. Anything from the desktop environment to apps and IT infrastructure, for planning, rationalization and on-going management objectives.
August 12, 2014 Off

Kroll Ontrack announces new version of its proprietary Remote Data Recovery service

By David
Grazed from Kroll Ontrack.  Author: PR Announcement

Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of data recovery services and ediscovery, today announced the availability of a new version of its Ontrack® Remote Data Recovery™ (RDR®) software. RDR is a patented, proprietary service that provides a fast and secure solution for data loss situations. Utilising the new version of RDR, Ontrack Data Recovery engineers can work more efficiently on a specific data loss problem, saving valuable time during the data recovery process.

August 12, 2014 Off

Zenoss Releases Analytics 4.4

By David
Grazed from Zenoss.  Author: PR Announcement

Zenoss Inc, the leading provider of unified monitoring and management solutions for physical, virtual, and cloud-based IT infrastructures, today announced the company has expanded the IT Operations Analytics capabilities of its Zenoss Service Dynamics solution.

As evidenced in the 2013 Forrester Consulting study, inadequate capacity continues to be the top reason for service performance and availability issues. With downtime costs often exceeding $100,000 per hour, there is immense focus on optimization of the capacity planning process. Unfortunately, because of the complexity and dynamic nature of today’s datacenters, comprised of legacy, virtualized and cloud based infrastructure, effective capacity planning is both more challenging and more critical at the same time.

August 12, 2014 Off

Tegile Systems Continues to Expand Sales Executive Ranks with Hiring of David Bangs as Senior VP, Worldwide Sales

By David
Grazed from Tegile Systems.  Author: PR Announcement

Tegile Systems, the leading provider of flash-driven storage arrays for databases, virtualized server and virtual desktop environments, announced today that David Bangs, a proven sales leader with significant revenue success and rapid growth experience at storage hardware and software companies, has joined the company as senior vice president of worldwide sales.  This latest hiring continues the rapid expansion of its sales and distribution channel executive team to meet the growing demand for its line of IntelliFlash™ arrays. The Tegile worldwide sales teams report to Bangs.

Bangs has built and led sales organizations in OEM, end user direct and channel sales models in Europe and the Americas from early-stage beta wins through high-volume, transaction channels for both VC-backed startups and Fortune 10 companies. He comes to Tegile from Fusion-io, where he served as vice president of global partner programs and vice president of ioControl sales.  Prior to Fusion-io, Bangs was senior vice president of worldwide sales at NexGen Storage.  He has also held senior sales management positions at Hewlett-Packard, LeftHand Networks and Quantum Corporation.  Bangs graduated with honors from London South Bank University with a degree in business.