Cloud-computing leader VMware shifts focus ‘private clouds’ for companies
Palo Alto-based VMware, a market leader in virtualization technology, is shifting strategic focus to private cloud and IT consumerization, developing different solutions for enterprises to manage their virtual environments and delivering services to end users, Chief Financial Officer Mark Peek said on Feb. 15 at a Goldman Sachs investment conference in San Francisco.
About 50 percent of corporate computing workload has now been virtualized. This is a first step by many companies towards cloud computing, allowing companies to store data and workload virtually rather than on a physical computer. Experts say that although the industry may continue to see a virtualization focus in 2012, cloud computing will be built on top of that as the next big trend in the coming years…
Avaya Sharpens Cloud Strategy With New Services, Level 3 Alliance
Avaya this week confirmed a strategic alliance with Level 3 Communications and a number of new cloud-based services, both part of an emerging cloud computing strategy Avaya is calling Collaborative Cloud.
Part of the launch is a suite of public cloud-delivered communications services called AvayaLive, along with the use of Avaya’s Virtual Network Architecture (VENA) and its virtualized communications platform, Aura, as part of a framework for that Collaborative Cloud…
Virtustream Offers New xStream Enterprise Platform for Seamless Delivery of Cloud Services
One aspect of adopting the cloud is learning that you have to trust the cloud with your data. This can be a big step, but seems to be one that more customers are comfortable with. Many organizations already trust all of their communications and documents to cloud-y offerings. Cloud computing is a revolutionary style of computing that is emerging from evolutionary change. There are a number of trends that are converging to further fuel the cloud computing phenomenon.
Cloud computing sets the stage for a new approach to IT that enables individuals and businesses to choose how they’ll acquire or deliver IT services, with reduced emphasis on the constraints of traditional software and hardware licensing models. The emergence of cloud computing enables composite applications and composite businesses, and has already had a profound impact on IT and business. Recently, Morris Communications, LLC., and NIIT Media Technologies (NMT) announced the selection of xStream. Virtustream’s enterprise cloud platform will be implemented for Morris’s SAP (News 
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The Cloud Will Cure Cancer
Much ink has been spilled on the huge leaps in communications, social networking, and commerce that have resulted from impressive gains in IT and processing power over the last 30 years. However, relatively little has been said about how computing power is about to impact our lives in the biggest way yet: Health. Two things are happening in parallel: technology to collect biological data is taking off and computing is becoming massively scalable. The combination of the two is about to revolutionize health care…
Equinix Offers Private Cloud With A Twist
Equinix, which supplies data center facilities around the world, has started offering enterprises the option of establishing private cloud operations in two of its facilities.
The large Equinix facilities in Secaucus, N.J., outside New York City, and Chicago will give customers the option of installing their server racks, then managing them as private infrastructure-as-a-service operations under Tier3 enabling software, Enterprise Cloud Platform. Tier3 supplies data center operational software that claims 99.999% enterprise application availability in a clustered server setting.
The Secaucus and Chicago centers were the first to get the Enterprise Cloud Platform option because they are close to major financial services centers. Customers typically choose an Equinix facility to be close to both networking and metropolitan business hubs…
How to architect your virtual infrastructure for private cloud success
In our last installment on the benefits of private cloud computing, we asked "Where is your team on the road to the private cloud?" and discussed the importance of understanding your private cloud initiatives today and determining how you got there. Once your IT team has determined where it is on the road to the private cloud, you can begin examining areas specific to your virtual infrastructure to ensure that you architect it for success.
These include:
Configuration: When examining the configuration of your virtual infrastructure, it’s important to look at some basic components to make the journey to the private cloud simpler…
Food, Water, Shelter, Cloud: The New Essential For Budding Entrepreneurs
Thanks to cloud computing, entrepreneurship has never seemed so inviting. The cloud instinctively sizes itself to the needs of a business, eradicating overspending. In addition, its ease of access and zero expenditure on capital significantly simplify launch time. Even Forbes is proclaiming cloud computing’s advantages for a new wave of “lightweight” upstarts.
Here’s an outline of three top tactics entrepreneurs should heed to best profit from cloud:…
Dell PartnerDirect Introduces Cloud Services & Solutions Certification
Dell announced today a Cloud Services & Solutions Certification for PartnerDirect channel partners that will enable them to provide cloud services & solutions to customers based on both Dell technology and their own technology services.
Today, many organizations are living with complex, overgrown computing platforms that are underutilized, take up valuable data center floor space, consume large amounts of power and cooling resources, and are not easy to manage.
“Organizations, of all sizes, are looking to implement cloud computing solutions to align efficiency and deliver business results. We have created a certification practice area with choice and flexibility that will solidify partners’ value to the end customer. We invested the time and resources to fully understand the cloud solutions our partners need to provide in the market,” said Bob Skelley, executive director, Dell Global Certified Partner Program & Channel…
SolveDirect Joins the Cloud Computing Consortium IT and Business Management Changes Needed to Harness Cloud Computing
Today SolveDirect announced it has joined the Cloud Computing Consortium (C3), connecting with 130 other industry and academic cloud leaders including some of the world’s largest technology companies. "Cloud services offer huge advantage for organizations, but often come with unexpected maintenance and operational challenges." said Jim McDonnell, President, Americas & Chief Product Officer at SolveDirect. "The Cloud Computing Consortium’s focus is beyond technology and into how business and IT leaders can work together to plan, transition and operate successfully with cloud services, and SolveDirect is thrilled to contribute its decade of cloud-based, multi-sourced IT services software and implementation experience to help accelerate industry success."…
Innovative Community Site Highlights Private Cloud – TheITPro.com
UBM TechWeb and UBM DeusM announced the launch of TheITPro.com, an online community for C-level executives, IT professionals, and all stakeholders in the private cloud computing category.
Cloud computing deployments are increasing each year, thanks to the cost savings and agility they deliver to IT and business processes; cloud is forecast to generate 14 million new jobs globally, with $1.1 trillion annual revenue by 2015, according to industry estimates. The IT Pro (TheITPro.com) is an online community for IT decision makers who are considering and embracing cloud computing, particularly private clouds…