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Grazed from ZDNet.  Author: Gery Menegaz.

How do you know if cloud computing makes sense for your organization? And if it makes sense for your organization what sort of services should you buy into? Even though cloud computing is everywhere, is being offered by all the major technology players, and all agree you need it, definitions vary.

Cloud Computing refers to the delivery of infrastructure components and services. Its name is derived from architecture diagrams where a cloud is used as a metaphor for the Internet. A cloud is used to abstract and represent the complex infrastructure environment.

The components that are housed in the cloud on the diagram are client devices, servers and data centers. Client devices include mobile devices, think and thick computers. While the data center in the cloud are defined as servers or collections of servers, for small organizations the cloud may represent a portion of a server. Being able to provide a portion of a server, or storage space, called ‘capacity on demand’ is one of the hallmarks of cloud computing…

Grazed from ITWeb.  Author: Nadine Arendse.

A global study by Microsoft shows that Malaysian and global small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are realising business and security benefits by adopting cloud services, CIO Asia reports.

Speaking in Kuala Lumpur on 22 May, Microsoft Trustworthy Computing GM Adrienne Hall said the new study in five geographies showed that SMEs are realising IT security, efficiency and cost-saving benefits from using cloud services…

Grazed from PC Quest.  Author: Anil Chopra.

This time, cloud computing formed the third highest project type in the Best IT Implementation Awards for companies with <1000 employees (first two being business process mgmt/automation solutions and business apps (ERP, CRM, SCM, etc). Since IT penetration amongst Indian SMEs is still fairly low, these two project types are likely to remain there for a very long time. But with growing cloud adoption, it’s important to understand why SMEs should consider it. Here are five reasons to do so, in no particular order of priority.

1. Anytime, anywhere access from any device: A cloud based solution is accessible from anywhere and nowadays, from any device. This can be a boon for your sales team, as they get flexibility to work from anywhere, and don’t necessarily have to come back to office to lodge their daily calls. In one of the IT projects we received, the company took back laptops from its sales force, and gave them smartphones loaded with an order processing app, which was linked to a cloud based application for real-time data processing…

Grazed from PRWeb.  Author: PR Announcement.

Kognitio, driving the convergence of Big Data and Cloud Computing through in-memory analytics, and Advanced Visual Systems (OTCPK: AVSC), the developer of innovative data visualization software that presents diverse forms of data as innovative and easily understandable graphic representations, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver superior insight to corporate and OEM end-users delving into advanced business intelligence, predictive analytics and next-generation decision support systems.

The two companies will focus the new partnership on vertical industries such as advertising, consumer behavior and social media. Kognitio’s in-memory analytical platform will be paired with AVS’ advanced data visualization application programming interface (API), allowing clients to exploit extremely complex data and visualize the results in ways that reveal previously undetectable patterns, trends and anomalies…

Grazed from Cloud Ventures.  Author: Editorial Staff.

A popular application that you can source from your Cloud provider is Microsoft Sharepoint, which you can also of course obtain from Office 365.

The key way to approach these tools is with ‘Social Computing’ in mind, simply meaning the use of social media web sites, like those of Facebook or Linkedin, for your own corporate purposes.

These are faster and more popular than any other IT tool and so can greatly improve internal staff collaboration and productivity, that overall can be described as ‘Agile Cloud Working‘ best practices…

Grazed from GeekZone.  Author: Editorial Staff.

The New Zealand Computer Society (NZCS) has released the New Zealand Cloud Computing Code of Practice (or “CloudCode”) at the Cloud Computing Summit in Auckland.

The CloudCode was developed following calls from a number of significant Cloud providers for a framework of voluntary self-regulated disclosures and minimum standards for those offering cloud-based services in New Zealand. The CloudCode has been developed over the last six months.

NZCS CloudCode Coordinator Joy Cottle today said “As New Zealand’s main annual Cloud Computing event, it was great to be able to release the final version of the CloudCode at the NZ Cloud Computing Summit.”…

Grazed from ComputerWorld.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Pharmaceutical modelling company Schrödinger underscored the massive potential of cloud computing in April by commissioning a 50,000-core utility supercomputer in the Amazon Web Services cloud.

Although few business applications could take advantage of computing on such a massive scale, the message is clear. What processing do you have on tap? With cloud computing the sky is the limit, and it is not just cloud computing that opens new horizons.

Whether Moore’s Law, which says computing power will double roughly every two years, is a universal truth or not, next generation processors and servers are raising the prospect of what is effectively high performance computing in your own data centre…

Grazed from Business Wire.  Author: PR Announcement.

(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2njbf4/cloud_computing_fo) has announced the addition of the "Cloud Computing for IT Professionals" audio conference to their offering.