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Grazed from The Var Guy. Author: Christopher Tozzi.

Building an e-commerce platform that integrates cloud computing, social media, mobile devices and hosted applications into a single package is a tall order. But that’s what Cloudcraze, a relatively new application that has just reached version 3.0, promises to do. Here’s a look at the product, and what it says about trends in cloud computing.

Cloudcraze was introduced in 2009 to provide services related to the SalesForce (NYSE: CRM) Force.com cloud platform. The application has continued to evolve since that time, with the recently introduced version 3.0 of the platform bringing user interface enhancements…

Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Stacey Higginbotham.

Brocade, the switch company, is buying Vyatta, a company that pioneered the idea of open-source routing software, in a bid to compete in the networking world as software-defined networking severs the link between networking software and the box that it sits on.

Brocade, the networking and switch company, is buying Vyatta, a company that pioneered the idea of open-source routing software, in a bid to compete in a networking world where software-defined networking severs the link between networking software and the box that it sits on…

Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Barb Darrow.

Newvem is bringing its Amazon Web Services analytics to CIOs and IT managers via a shiny new iOS app that will let CIOs use their beloved iPads and iPhones to keep tabs on Amazon cloud services in use.

There are at least two things CIOs want. They want to use their iPads to do their jobs and they really want to get a grip on what’s going on in their companies’ Amazon cloud deployments. Now, Newvem — one of a flock of startups that help customers better manage their Amazon services — hopes to capture that audience with a new native iOS app. Newvem says its new Cloud Smart Meter – used in conjunction with Newvem Analytics on the back end — will help customers visualize how their AWS costs are trending, assess risks and assets. Newvem uses the customer’s AWS credentials to get a view of what’s really happening inside the customer’s Amazon cloud…

Grazed from SiliconRepublic. Author: John Kennedy.

In the past year, 85pc of organisations have seen an increase in cyberattacks and while the cloud continues to be one of the main drivers of business model innovation, security measures are not keeping pace. According to the Ernst & Young Global Information Security Survey 2012 of 1,850 CIOs and CISOs in 64 countries, the number of organisations using cloud technology has doubled in the last two years.

However, 38pc of global and 37pc of Irish organisations have not taken any additional measures to mitigate the risks, such as stronger oversight on the contract management process for cloud providers or the use of encryption techniques. The survey also suggests that cloud computing uptake in Ireland is different in character to elsewhere – one in five global organisations cited hybrid cloud (public and private) in current use, whereas no Irish respondents indicated this was the case…

Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes.

AMD has released a new range of Opteron processors, a mix of quad-core, 8-core, 12-core and 16-core parts ranging in clock speeds from 2.3 GHz to 3.5 GHz. According to the data released by AMD, these new processors will offer a 37 percent ‘uplift’ compared to the 6200-series. The processors all feature AMD’s second-generation modular core architecture codenamed "Piledriver" that allows for higher performance, and better price/performance, than the 6200-series.

All processors are manufactured using 32-nanometer architecture and feature a Socket G34 1944-pin LGA. They all have 16 MB L3 cache, four HyperTransport links, 2MB of L2 cache per core, and a quad-channel memory controller that supports RAM up to DDR3-1600…

Grazed from China Daily. Author: Tuo Yannen.

Red Hat Inc, the No 1 Linux developer in the United States, is considering investing more in its research and development and sales team in China, said the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Whitehurst. In its fiscal year 2012, Red Hat’s revenue exceeded $1 billion. The company wants to reach $3 billion in the next five years. An exhibition focused on the cloud computing industry in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. The sector is booming in China. [Photo/China Daily]

In order to fulfill this goal, the US-based open-source software company said it will place greater emphasis on the Chinese market, where IT spending and cloud computing technology are booming. "The open-source Linux system is the hero behind the scene. Most of the stock exchange market systems are based on the Linux system," said Whitehurst…