Grazed from InfraScience. Author: Editorial Staff.

As companies continue to migrate toward cloud computing on a variety of enterprise fronts, it’s important for business leaders to make sure they’re getting the most out of the experience. There are constantly new tools and dynamic strategies rolling out that are meant to boost productivity and increase corporate success, but not all of these are as successful as others. What matters most is keeping clear lines of communication both within and among outward-facing channels, tasks that are best established and maintained through social media.

A social world

The presence of social media is becoming proliferate both in the cloud and on mobile devices. Consumers already make ample use of this technology, so it behooves companies to keep up with the trend. After all, who buys retail products, determines what’s trendy or influences the flow of enterprise investments if not consumers?…

Grazed from Solar Communications. Author: Editorial Staff.

On-demand cloud computing is estimated to create 3.8 million jobs and generate up to £197 billion to European Union CDP by 2020. This is according to research from the European Commission. A report published by ITProPortal says this displays just how important on-demand cloud computing is in addressing demands for agility and growth in business.

This cloud model allows organisations to access a pool of configurable resources, including servers, application and storage. It means businesses can access services in a flexible and pay-as-you-go manner, instead of purchasing hardware and licenses outright. The business benefits of using the cloud are multiple. Forty-six per cent of those questioned claimed more effective mobile working was an advantage…

Grazed from Pertino. Author: Editorial Staff.

Pertino, a company reinventing networking for the cloud era, today announced a modern approach to WAN-based VPC using its Cloud Network Engine service. As cloud adoption increases, so does the demand for extending VPC over the WAN to connect public cloud servers across different regions and providers and with remote servers and users. Today’s WAN-based VPC solutions are very complicated and inflexible, creating significant friction with the dynamic and elastic cloud infrastructures they connect. The Pertino Cloud Network Engine enables IT and DevOps professionals to build secure, cloud-based VPCs in minuteswithout configuration or hardware that work anywhere with any public cloud provider.

According to IDC, worldwide spending on Hosted Private Cloud services is set to surpass $24 billion in 2016, and analysts "anticipate that virtual private cloud will be the predominant operational model for companies wanting to take advantage of the speed and lower capital costs associated with cloud computing."…

Grazed from FT. Author: Richard Waters.

Microsoft on Thursday suffered a setback in a case testing the cross-border reach of law enforcement in the cloud computing era, after it was ordered to hand US authorities a user’s email held in a datacentre in Ireland. The decision, if it stands, represents a further reversal for the US internet industry in the wake of the Snowden revelations about widespread surveillance by the National Security Agency, according to legal experts.

“For technology companies that store data outside the US, it’s a hugely important case,” said Craig Newman, Managing Partner of New York law firm Richards Kibbe & Orbe. “It really opens up a Pandora’s box in terms of seeking information outside the US.” Microsoft, which had fought the order, immediately said that it would appeal. Its resistance has already won the backing of Brussels, which earlier this year questioned whether the US attempt to access email held overseas breached international law…

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Grazed from BSMinfo. Author: John Humphreys.

With its ability to provide infrastructure access, make applications more affordable, eliminate implementation cost and complexity and increase speed, the cloud is becoming the primary delivery platform for businesses. While many look at the cloud as a state-of-the-art marvel, managed services providers (MSPs) and independent software vendors (ISVs) who are losing customers to this new proposition are feeling differently about the benefits of the cloud.

But rather than approaching the cloud as a threat, the reseller channel community should be looking at the cloud as a business opportunity. By reexamining business models and rethinking how to deliver IT services going forward, MSPs and ISVs will find that there is plenty of room for intermediaries in the cloud…

Grazed from Hollywood Reporter. Author: Etan Vlessing.

Shaw Communications is expanding its data center business by acquiring Colorado-based ViaWest for $1.2 billion. The bid by the western Canadian cable giant for a bigger slice of cloud revenues, unveiled on Thursday, will see ViaWest continue to operate as a subsidiary of Calgary-based Shaw.

The Canadian company will acquire a 100 percent interest in the privately-held ViaWest from Oak Hill Capital Partners and other shareholders. ViaWest provides data center and cloud technology services in the U.S. market. Shaw is following other North American cable and telco rivals in building out their data center businesses…

Grazed from PRWeb. Author: PR Announcement.

As cloud computing continues to penetrate into mainstream technology, consumers are taking advantage of the capability to access data at will. Simply because data is stored in the "cloud" does not mean it is immune to bottlenecks that impact performance, scalability, and security. In order to limit these bottlenecks, cloud-based services also require a backend database management system (DBMS) that not only maintain these loads, but can ensure top of the line performance, scalability, and security.

Altibase is renowned for solving the dilemma that plagues the database management world: the inevitable decision between speed and scalability. Further, with other in-memory database vendors, data integrity is always a concern because of the volatile nature of RAM. Altibase has no such limitations. Altibase’s hybrid database, ALTIBASE HDB, offers extreme flexibility by combining an In-Memory database with a disk-resident database in a single unified database…

Grazed from CloudWedge. Author: Editorial Staff.

In June 4, 2013, Salesforce chairman and CEO, Mark Benioff called it, a “historic day for cloud computing.” This was the date that Salesforce entered into an agreement to acquire the ExactTarget Marketing Cloud company for $2.5 billion. Benioff further stated, “Our whole industry is changing. Mobile and social have entered the cloud.[ExactTarget] has been along on the ride with Salesforce and we saw in them a perfect partnership. I’ve never been more inspired and motivated about what we can do to automate CRM.”

In April of 2013, Gartner released their Magic Quadrant analysis of how CRM companies performed in lead management. Salesforce.com was labeled a serious competitor despite the fact that it fell behind some of its competitors with regard to turnkey solutions and lead management. In addition, ExactTarget Marketing Cloud was called a visionary…

Grazed from CIOToday. Author: Dan Heilman.

In a flurry of recent activity, Oracle has announced a slew of new products and updates aimed at enterprise database users, e-business Relevant Products/Services owners, open-source enthusiasts, and marketing professionals. The latest announcements revolve around Oracle Database 12c, Oracle Project Procurement, Oracle Linux 7, and Oracle Data Cloud.

The new products come at a time when the Redwood City, California-based company seems poised for growth. Oracle opened a new cloud Relevant Products/Services computing Relevant Products/Services technology center Relevant Products/Services in Seattle this week that will be home to 100 of its cloud engineers. Oracle also is trying to buy Maryland-based hospitality technology maker Micros Systems, but has met resistance from that company’s shareholders…

Grazed from TheVarGuy. Author: ChristopherTozzi.

The Linux Foundation has extended its partner network further this week with the addition of BearingPoint GmbH, Daynix, Linaro Limited and Systena, who will add to the open source consortium’s strengths in cloud computing, Internet of Things technology, Linux-based embedded automotive computers and more.

As the official announcement details, each of these new members of the Linux Foundation, a nonprofit consortium focused on promoting Linux and open source software, will help to expand the organization’s reach to several industries and segments of the channel across the world. Perhaps the most interesting part of the news, however, is that surrounding Linaro, which focuses on developing open source software for ARM devices…