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Grazed from BizJournals. Author: Michael Del Castillo.

After what could rightly be called a Voltron experience, Snap MyLife, today announced the launch of Snap Sync, a cloud syncing service that let’s users access content from the typical range of devices—phones, tablets, and desktops—with a few ususual ones to boot: such as, television and picture frames.

“We’ve identified the key things people are willing to pay for,“ said Jiren Parikh, the company’s chief executive and president, in an interview with Upstart Business Journal. “People are willing to pay for insurance, security, storage, safety for our family. And so that’s what we’ve done," in the cloud…

Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Barb Darrow.

It never ends. Oracle says its latest acquisition — Instantis — will make it a bigger player in cloud-based project portfolio management. Instantis capabilities will be combined with Fusion and Primavera functions, the company said. Oracle competes with — who else? — SAP in this space.

Oracle is positioning its buyout of Instantis, announced Thursday, as another way to beef up its cloud applications, although Instantis’ project portfolio management capabilities are available in both on-premise and cloud deployment modes. Instantis capabilities will be used in conjunction with the company’s Fusion and Primavera applications. The purchase price was not disclosed…

Grazed from Network Computing. Author: Ellen Messmer.

Any enterprise looking to use cloud computing services will also be digging into what laws and regulations might hold in terms of security and privacy of data stored in the cloud. At the Cloud Security Alliance Congress in Orlando this week, discussion centered on two important regulatory frameworks now being put in place in Europe and the U.S.

The European Union, with its more than two dozen countries, has had a patchwork of data-privacy laws that each country created to adhere to the general directive set by the EU many years ago. But now there’s a slow but steady march toward approving a single data-privacy regulation scheme for EU members…

Grazed from CloudTweaks. Author: Durba Sengupta.

When people are infatuated with the latest gadget on the market, they may fail to remember that somewhere beneath the surface someone is working on its next replacement and, unmistakably, with a bulk of more advanced features which one cannot even think of right now. When in 1999, BlackBerry made its breakthrough entry and pushed a new phrase, “mobile cloud”, in the dictionary, people were skeptical about its purpose. They used to carry a huge mobile phone in the pocket just to check inbox and send e-mails from time to time. But now, even college students prefer to buy a cell phone with a push mail feature.

That is how technology teaches us new things, changes our habits and way of living. The cloud is the latest addition to this list of life-changing technologies and, as morning shows the day, current cloud happenings shows a brighter future for all of us…

Grazed from CloudComputing News. Author: Mark DunLeavy.

More than eight in ten companies are now using some form of cloud computing solution; proof that the benefits of the cloud are becoming more widely accepted amongst enterprises. Moreover, positive steps are being made toward further boosting cloud services in the EU.

In September, Neelie Kroes, Europe’s Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, released the paper, "Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe." This outlines a number of recommendations designed to drive European businesses and the public sector into the cloud. The goal is to create 2.5 million new European jobs and boost GDP in the Single Market to EUR 160 billion by 2020…

Grazed from BizTech2. Author: Editorial Staff.

EMC Corporation has announced EMC Proven Professional training and certifications to help Indian businesses address skill transformation and the looming cloud computing and data science talent gap. EMC will offer cloud computing, data science and Big Data analytics training and certification programs with an "open" curriculum to help develop professionals who can extract more value and insight for competitive advantage from the new expanse of data that businesses create and capture. In addition, the company aims to train over 30,000 engineering students in the first year itself as part of its EAA program.

The new data science and Big Data analytics training and certification helps build a solid foundation for data analytics with a particular focus on the opportunities and challenges presented by Big Data. Big Data and new analytics technologies are now unlocking new possibilities for the creation, collection and insightful analysis of data to drive meaningful and actionable business decisions and data science professionals/teams will help shepherd their organisations to realising increased success and the full potential from Big Data…

Grazed from CIO. Author: Editorial Staff.

Dell has announced an expansion of its end-to-end cloud client computing portfolio in Asia-Pacific (APAC). "Dell is pleased to expand our desktop virtualization solutions in the Asia-Pacific region, offering our customers the broadest portfolio of end-to-end cloud client computing solutions. These new solutions enable us to offer our customers and channel partners even more choice in designing, implementing and managing their VDI solutions," said Tarkan Maner, general manager and vice president, Cloud Client Computing at Dell.

Desktop Virtualization Solutions (DVS) Simplified Appliance

Dell is introducing Desktop Virtualization Solutions (DVS) Simplified Appliance in Asia-Pacific to specifically address the cost and complexity challenges of virtual desktop adoption…

Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Josh Taylor.

Increased teleworking, the adoption of mobility, and cloud computing will reduce the need for companies to have physical office space, according to Intel. Discussing Intel’s Future of Knowledge Work whitepaper, the company’s "chief evangelist and futurist" Steve Brown told journalists in Sydney this morning that over the next 30 years, 75 percent of the world’s population will move into major cities, and this will make commuting to the office more painful for office workers. At the same time, those people will be increasingly working outside the office, and cloud services will reduce the need for them to even be in the office.

"Office space is the second biggest overhead in companies after salaries. It is a significant piece of the cost of running a business, and yet they are delivering less and less value as people are travelling a lot," he said. "Space doesn’t make so much sense anymore. Workers, as they get empowered more, increasingly say they don’t want to be in the office. They don’t want to have to deal with that commute."…

Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Stacey Higginbotham.

Diablo Technologies is an Ottawa-based startup that has brought flash memory even closer to the processor — making applications run even faster. It has built chip technology as well as software and has raised $28 million to bring the technology to market.

Diablo Technologies, a Canadian company that is building a custom chip that will improve flash memory performance in the data center, has raised $28 million in a recapitalization round. The round was led by Battery Ventures, with Celtic House Venture Partners, BDC Venture Capital, and Hasso Plattner Ventures participating. The company plans to use the money to embark on a new strategy that involves building software and systems expertise in addition to semiconductor IP…

Grazed from PR NewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.

With cloud computing services there are countless free or inexpensive services you can use. Xeround has made it easy for you and compiled a list of 43 of the best free cloud services for application developers.

One of the newest Internet based technological advances is cloud software. The cloud in its simplest form is a way to share files and programs between Internet-connected devices. For personal use it allows you to access your content from any devices that you or your immediate family owns. For example, you could use the cloud to save a file and access it from your tablet, smartphone and laptop without the use of a flash drive…