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Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Adoption of cloud computing is largely being driven by software as a service and private cloud adoption according to a study released by Network Instruments. Although the majority reported improved application availability and user experience, over twenty percent indicated their ability to monitor and troubleshoot worsened after deploying cloud.

The onsite survey of 102 network engineers, IT managers and executives attending Interop found:

Cloud Becomes Commodity: Seventy-four percent of respondents have cloud computing services running on their network. Of these respondents, 45 percent have implemented some form of software as a service (SaaS) like Salesforce.com or Google Apps. This was followed by infrastructure as a service (16 percent). A smaller number (11 percent) rely on some form of platform as a service (PaaS) such as Microsoft Azure or Heroku…

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Ignacio M. Llorente.

The European Commission has just published a report entitled Advances in Clouds – Research in Future Cloud Computing where a Group of Experts provides a state-of-the-art view on cloud computing technologies, its position in and its relevance for Europe. The Group of Experts was conveyed in 2011 and includes representatives from major Cloud players, like IBM, NEC, Google, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, France Telecom, Oracle, British Telecom, or T-Systems. The report brings valuable information for people defining Cloud Computing strategies, developing innovative research lines, or exploring emerging market opportunities beyond today’s Clouds.

The report features OpenNebula as one of the most widely used platform to build cloud infrastructures, and elaborates on OpenNebula and OpenStack as open cloud managers addressing different types of cloud needs, and implementing different distribution models and interoperability strategies…

Grazed from TechTarget.  Author: Adam Riglian.

HP detailed its cloud computing strategy at the OpenStack Conference in San Francisco to an audience that had long been wondering when the Silicon Valley superpower would finally make clear its cloud ambitions.

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based tech giant had a major presence at the conference, headed by Zorawar “Biri” Singh, HP’s senior vice president and general manager of cloud services. Singh described HP’s plans for cloud computing services, described how its partnerships will work and talked about what he sees for the future.

It was a clear message that HP intends to compete in the cloud market at a high level…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Cloudcor(R) today announced that ActiveState, whose software enables developers and enterprises to innovate from code to cloud, is a Silver Partner at Cloud Slam’12 Cloud Computing Conference taking place May 30 — June 1, 2012 in San Francisco and online.

ActiveState will showcase its innovative secure middleware technology Stackato – the application platform for creating a private PaaS using any language on any stack on any cloud. From the desktop to the datacenter, Stackato makes it easy to develop, deploy, migrate, scale, manage, and monitor applications on any cloud.

"We are delighted to add ActiveState as a Silver Partner at the CloudSlam’12 conference," Cloudcor Chairman Khazret Sapenov said. "ActiveState offers leading-edge private PaaS technology helping Enterprise IT achieve new levels of data security, reduce time to market, save money, ensure compliance, and gain greater control over cloud."…

Grazed from GlobalNewsWire.  Author: PR Announcement.  

Racemi, provider of technology that accelerates migrations to cloud computing, today announced it will be providing live demonstrations to showcase its SaaS (software as a service) migration service Cloud Path at the upcoming Citrix Synergy event. Migrating existing servers to the cloud is point-and-click easy, and free for a limited time.

Citrix Synergy takes place in San Francisco from May 9-11 and is expected to attract 4,000 attendees. Racemi’s booth will be in the CloudStack Community Pavilion where attendees can sign up for free online migrations.

The company will demonstrate how to quickly onboard existing applications to cloud computing providers, like Amazon EC2, Rackspace, Terremark, and GoGrid without the  need to rebuild servers from scratch…

Grazed from The Hartford Courant.  Author: Mara Lee.

A one-year-old company with five employees in Connecticut and seven in Sacramento is establishing its headquarters in Connecticut after receiving $1 million in funding from Connecticut Innovations and $200,000 from angel investors.

Jonathan Reeves, co-founder of NextCloud Inc., lives in Connecticut, and the vice president of finance, director of engineering, director of business development and a second engineer also are in Connecticut.

"The headquarters was always going to be in Connecticut," spokeswoman Betsy Gilbert said…

Grazed from MarketWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, today announced a strategic alliance with Microsoft Corp. whereby Epicor® will use Windows Azure to expand on-demand delivery of its next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite worldwide. The Epicor ICE Business Architecture will also benefit from Windows Azure and SQL Azure.

Epicor and Microsoft share a common vision for cloud computing and building business applications that are delivered the way people want to work; virtually any place, any time on any device. With the open and flexible Windows Azure cloud platform, applications can be quickly built, deployed and managed across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters — using virtually any language, tool or framework…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced the results of a recently commissioned study conducted by Spiceworks that investigated desktop virtualization industry trends among small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). The research revealed that more than 60 percent of SMBs who responded to the survey plan to roll out or evaluate desktop virtualization in 2012. In addition, the study showed that VMware View(TM) is the leading desktop virtualization solution deployed by SMBs.

"It’s clear that SMB customers want virtual desktop solutions that are both easy to implement and can scale with them as they grow," said Vittorio Viarengo, vice president, End-User Computing, VMware. "Customers choose and deploy VMware View(TM) because of its proven ability to simplify their desktop deployments, improve security and manage IT more efficiently."…

Grazed from CRN.  Author: Jack McKarthy.

Cloud computing is forcing all technology companies to adapt their business in some way. At Interop Monday in Las Vegas, several solution providers and vendors outlined their game plans for succeeding in the channel during this time of upheaval.

From cloud solution provider GreenPages Technology Solutions to networker Extreme Networks, and from data monitoring company Gigamon to networking and storage company Netgear, all showed how they are moving in new directions.

At an all-day event called "The IT Channel Summit: Capitalizing On Disruptive Technologies," these companies outlined a common theme — companies that resist change will not succeed. The event was sponsored by CRN, a unit of United Business Media, which also owns Interop operator TechWeb…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Callidus Software Inc. CALD -4.51% , the leader in sales effectiveness and cloud computing, announced MySalesGame, its gamified social, collaborative selling platform to drive sales effectiveness.

"Sales organizations must find a way to tap into the inherent competitiveness of its sales force while fostering a culture of cooperation and collaboration to drive their performance," said Leslie Stretch, President and CEO, CallidusCloud. "MySalesGame is a new social sales performance management platform that drives selling behavior by publishing peer performance on key sales objectives in real time and providing social currency for real results. These gamification techniques are a vital addition to cash incentives. No company should deploy cash incentives in isolation. MySalesGame encourages social and collaborative selling. It will revolutionize the way companies measure, motivate, coach and train their sales forces, and enable them to take their sales performance to the next level."…