Author: David

Polkast, a personal cloud service that connects computers and mobile devices through a secure peer-to-peer connection, today announced Polkast 2.0, available on Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android devices. Polkast 2.0 includes several new features and a Pro subscription version. With this upgrade, Polkast enables a better solution for mobile file access than cloud storage.

Polkast delivers an evolution to the cloud model, using peer-to-peer over WiFi or Internet to optimize the way files are accessed and shared between multiple devices. Peer-to-peer allows unlimited file access without uploading and downloading via the cloud, making Polkast faster and more efficient than the triangular computer-to-cloud-to-device model…

BBH Solutions, Inc., a leading New York City provider of converged network and cloud computing solutions, is pleased to announce they have successfully completed a SOC 2 (Service Organization Control) Type I report relevant to confidentiality and security.

The review, conducted by independent service auditor BDO, examined the design of BBH Solutions’ controls as a service provider to meet certain criteria for security and confidentiality principles established by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). The attestation by BDO firmly demonstrates BBH Solutions’ ability to deliver trusted services to its cloud computing customers…

Cloud computing and cloud services have proliferated in the first place because of one simple reason: they lower the cost of doing business.

The worrying about the security implications of switching to the cloud has started a bit later, but as more and more companies started to migrate their assets and data – and as attackers spotted the trend – securing them against compromise became more and more important…

To do this, resellers need to look at expanding their product portfolio to include the most in-demand cloud solutions for their markets and to quickly develop technology expertise to drive business growth. Essential to building up know-how in a new area like the Cloud is working with a well-known IT partner who has the necessary skills and who possesses local market knowledge. It’s important to recognise that Cloud is not dissimilar to other technologies in that customers need it to be positioned, evaluated, implemented and integrated into their IT environment. Resellers should feel assured that they can fulfil these key customer requirements very well indeed…

"DRFortress has demonstrated extraordinary vision in delivering the first ‘On-Demand, Pay-by-the-Drink’ Cloud Storage and now the same for Cloud Computing Services to Hawaii," said Marc Staimer, president of Dragon Slayer Consulting. "Hawaii IT organizations are now able to cost effectively take advantage of the cloud services revolution knowing their data and applications will be always be available regardless of local conditions."…

Ellison revealed the Redwood Shores company’s plans during a wide-ranging conversation before a crowd of executives at the D: All Things Digital conference.

“We’re announcing on June 6 the general availability of the Oracle Cloud,” Ellison said. “So for the first time, you’re going to have the complete ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) suite available in the cloud…

After chatting about Ellison’s America’s Cup exploits, host Kara Swisher asked about his perspective as perhaps the longest running tech chief executive in Silicon Valley, having run Oracle since 1977.

Ellison responded with a discussion about how different networks – such as electrical and phone networks – are similar to the Internet. They are complex networks that consumers access with simple devices…