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Grazed from MarketWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

DataDirect Networks (DDN), world leader in massively scalable storage, today announced the availability of the DDN NAS Scaler 1.1, the latest update to the company’s highly-scalable, feature-rich unstructured data storage platform.

Introduced in April 2011, NAS Scaler enables customers to create a customized blend of capacity, throughput, and IOPS to align with specific applications, a breakthrough that eliminates both system and namespace sprawl and the costly over-provisioning found in other NAS systems. NAS Scaler 1.1 marks the introduction of VMware integration and data deduplication features, along with major enhancements in disaster recovery and multi-protocol file access capabilities to enable enterprise organizations to start small and then scale their Big Data applications with ease…

Grazed from BusinessWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed, today announced that its patented faspTM transport technology will be demonstrated as part of numerous partner solutions at NAB 2012. Aspera enables a growing ecosystem of partners in the areas of cloud computing, network-attached storage and digital media production and delivery, where leading technology suppliers bring high-performance transport capabilities to their products, systems and services by building upon the Aspera platform.

A pioneer in the enablement of high-speed data-intensive workflows throughout the enterprise, Aspera has now unlocked the cloud for big data with its industry-leading high-speed transport solutions. Amazon Web Services and Aspera offer combined solutions for high-performance storage, processing and distribution in the cloud, allowing media companies large and small to take full advantage of integrated media workflows at scale on AWS. Microsoft selected Aspera to enable Aspera high-speed transfer with Windows Azure Media Services. Video encoding pioneers, Sorenson Media and Zencoder provide cloud-based services that rely Aspera for big-data movement to and from remote infrastructures in order to offer massively scalable video encoding to their customers. And, online file sharing leader YouSendIt is taking advantage of the Aspera transport platform to deliver enhanced file transfer speeds for large files…

Grazed from PR NewsWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

TELUS AgilIT is a flexible, on-demand, enterprise-class Cloud offering designed specifically for business needs

TELUS today announced the launch of the TELUS AgilIT Virtual Private Cloud, an innovative service that enables businesses to take full control of their cloud environment. The first of TELUS’ AgilIT cloud offerings, and unlike other cloud infrastructure services, TELUS’ Virtual Private Cloud service provides organizations of all sizes access to computing resources on-demand with a powerful, full-featured portal that enables 24×7 remote access to view and manage their cloud.

"TELUS has taken a quality-based approach to cloud computing by providing customers with secured, guaranteed capacity of computing power while maintaining the flexibility to create, change or suspend their computing jobs as required through a centralized view of their cloud infrastructure," said Tony Krueck, vice-president of Business Products & Services at TELUS. "This allows businesses to respond with greater agility to market demands, develop new applications faster, and contain IT costs by subscribing to computing capacity only as needed."…

Grazed from ITWorld.  Author: Lucas Mearian.

Cloud storage service provider SpiderOak is taking on Dropbox, Box and other more established services with what it calls the first truly secure data backup and collaboration cloud for businesses.

There are three service levels for SpiderOak Blue, the company’s new cloud storage service, which span small-to-midsize and enterprise-class businesses.

SpiderOak has had a consumer cloud storage service — SpiderOak Orange — since 2006 that allows consumers to back up, share and sync their data. SpiderOak’s claim to differentiation is its "zero-knowledge" privacy standard, which allows users to create their own passwords so that the SaaS provider couldn’t read a customer’s unencrypted data even if it wanted to…

Grazed from Network World.  Author: Christine Burns.

We assembled this list with help from analysts at Cloud Technology Partners, Current Analysis, Enterprise Strategy Group, Gartner, IDC and Neovise who watch the public cloud Infrastructure as a Service scene very closely. Each was asked to name the companies they believed have the most influence — whether that’s measured in market share, mind share, revenue, existing enterprise pull or underlying technology links — in drawing enterprise customers into the realm of public cloud infrastructure. They are listed here in alphabetical order.

1. Amazon Web Services: The gold standard

Amazon is the standard bearer in the public IaaS space, as its paid-by-the-VM Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is both the market share and mindshare leader by a fairly big gap. It’s got a huge portfolio of services that run atop its Xen-based virtualized infrastructure and Amazon keeps adding to those offerings while it lowers its prices. The company has built a thriving ecosystem of partners around its public cloud, has clamored to get all the necessary security and compliance certifications and offers world-wide data center coverage…

Grazed from Midsize Insider.  Author: Bert Markgraf.

The IT departments of many companies are juggling the security issues that arise with employee requests for remote access to data, increasing data volumes, and cost reductions in an uncertain business environment. Suppliers are offering solutions, but with an emphasis on different features. Some companies operate their own cloud. The technology is evolving to a standardized service, but the standards are not clear yet.

The largest IT companies offer cloud computing with a wide array of IT infrastructure. In an article on ComuterWorld, HP presents its view of the future of the cloud. According to the company, there will be 10 to 20 major cloud suppliers with smaller clouds focused in particular industries or geographical areas. HP believes the cloud will be more than just remote servers and virtual machines. They think companies will want software services in the cloud, and requirements could range from simple apps to data analytics. An open environment leading to interoperability is also important…

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Roger Strukhoff.

Graphics processing units (GPUs) are taking center stage in SoftLayer’s latest high-performance computing (HPC) strategy in the cloud, as the company now offers HPC servers with NVIDIA GPUs starting at US$879 per month for an entry-level configuration of one GPU, 16GB of RAM, and 500GB of storage.

Dallas-based SoftLayer is targeting traditional scientific environments – think oil & gas and other seismic applications – along with other numerical analyses, data mining, as well as "advertising agencies and web-design shops looking to develop interactive games, applications, and 3D content," according to Nathan Day, SoftLayer’s Chief Scientist…

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Maureen O’Gara.

IBM has gotten as predictable in its acquisitions as it used to be in its suits.

It’s buying another analytics house. This time it’s Varicent Software from up Toronto way. And again IBM isn’t saying what it’s paying.

Nine-year-old Varicent does analytics software for compensation and sales performance management. More specifically, it automates and analyzes the collection and reporting of sales data across finance, sales, HR and IT.  Blue figures it can be used horizontally, and combined with other stuff in its grab bag delivered through on-premise or cloud models…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

InnoVergent ( www.innovergent.com ), a technology consultancy firm and reseller and system integrator of cloud computing accounting software, announced today that InnoVergent founder Paul Cammisa will speak at the Information Technology Alliance (ITA) Spring Conference in a session titled "Adopting a Cloud Solution for Your Practice."

"When you look at the benefits cloud computing can offer a growing business, it’s not overstating the case to say that this is the most exciting development in financial accounting technology since mainframe applications were traded for desktop applications," said Cammisa. "Cloud computing gives businesses the opportunity to take advantage of great applications; anywhere/any time access to information; freedom from budget-draining investments in hardware and infrastructure; and better compete in an ever-changing economic landscape."…