Author: David

March 6, 2012 Off

FeedHenry Launches Mobile Application Platform on Cloud Foundry

By David
Grazed from FeedHenry.  Author: PR Announcement.

FeedHenry, provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the development, deployment and management of mobile apps has just launched its Mobile Application Platform on Cloud Foundry, the industry’s first open Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).

The majority of new application development is being done “mobile-first”. However, developers are building mobile frontend applications separately, and integrating with backend services manually. To leverage the benefits of PaaS for mobile applications, developers need a way to develop, deploy and scale these cross-platform applications on the PaaS in a seamless manner.

FeedHenry’s mobile application platform is the only cloud-based mobile application solution that allows developers to build HTML5, JavaScript and CSS apps with a fully integrated Node.js backend on Cloud Foundry.Developers can now use the FeedHenry solution to build and deploy mobile applications for many smartphones and tablets with backend functionality hosted on their CloudFoundry.com account.

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KineticD Releases Suite of Cloud Backup Offerings for SMBs

By David
Grazed from KineticD.  Author: PR Announcement.

KineticD, known for its cloud backup and data recovery services for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced the availability of KineticCloud Backup Suite for SMBs and partners. KineticCloud Backup offers leading edge online backup technology to protect the entire SMB environment securely, reliably and economically.

As reported by the Aberdeen Group late last year, 48 percent of mid-sized businesses and 38 percent of small businesses have taken the initiative to move their data to the cloud with the main business driver behind cloud initiatives being disaster recovery or backup. KineticCloud Backup provides SMBs with the latest data backup and recovery technology. Specifically designed to ensure optimized data protection for PCs, Macs, servers and databases, KineticCloud completely automates tedious administrative tasks by simplifying management of backup software and schedules across all systems and business locations.

Early adopter partners who have integrated KineticCloud Backup into their services have already begun to enjoy the advantages of the product. Go Ask Robert, Inc, based in Little Rock, Arkansas, provides IT services to a variety of SMB clientele. Its first client deployment of KineticCloud Backup was on a file server for a local dental practice. Robert Bacon, president of Go Ask Robert, reported that the KineticCloud Backup for Server software was quick and easy to install, providing the dental office with immediate results, protecting data that included patient files, digital X-rays, accounting information and more. Even though the backup was running during business hours, none of the staff noticed any degradation in the server performance.

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Cloud Services Firm NTT DATA Joins Open Data Center Alliance Steering Committee

By David
Grazed from Web Host Industry Review.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Data center organization the Open Data Center Alliance announced on Tuesday that cloud services provider NTT DATA has become the newest member of the organization’s steering committee.

As a cloud-based services provider, NTT DATA’s input should help address the challenges associated with transitioning to cloud computing.

The Alliance’s mandate is to provide the IT requirements for cloud computing adoption and to turn the requirements into solutions through collaboration with Alliance members and industry standards bodies…

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IBM Announces New Servers Aimed at Cloud and Analytics Capabilities

By David
Grazed from HPC Wire.  Author: Editorial Staff.

IBM today announced new server solutions designed to expand cloud and analytics capabilities across its entire portfolio, helping make Smarter Computing a reality for x86 clients.

The new offerings include high-performance systems, networking and software products aimed at helping clients optimize data center operations with flexible, easy-to-deploy solutions to help reduce complexity, lower costs and deliver rapid return on investments.

Today, clients are looking for solutions that help them handle specific business challenges and make better use of existing IT infrastructures. More and more clients are turning to cloud computing, analytics and other smarter computing solutions to help their businesses grow. Cloud computing deployments are expected to grow more than 19% per year, according to IDC (1), and a recent IBM CIO study (2) showed cloud implementations nearly doubling from 33% to 60% over the last two years…

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Cloud Computing: Microsoft and Apple should hit Amazon, not Google

By David
Grazed from The Register.  Author: Matt Asay.

Open … and Shut Amazon is on a roll, and it’s no longer just a question of dominating online retailing or public cloud computing. According to a Business Insider article, Amazon is already clearing more than $1bn each year in advertising revenue. This has Google scared. But it probably should have Apple scared, too.

Amazon, after all, is the anti-Apple. Whereas Apple only knows how to do high-margin businesses, Amazon only knows how to do low-margin businesses. Guess which one tends to dominate markets over time?…

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Intel Unveils Server Chip Aimed at the Cloud

By David
Grazed from Fox Business.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Intel Corp formally launched its newest high-end "Xeon" server chip on Tuesday, seeking to capitalize on an explosion of Internet traffic sparked by Web-based cloud computing, social networking and expanding use of smartphones and tablets.

The company’s "Xeon E5-2600" family of processors delivers up to 80 percent better performance than previous platforms, while consuming less energy, Intel said in a statement.  It is designed to support the servers and workstations that handle what Intel estimates will be 33 percent annual growth of data traffic through to 2015…

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ClearDATA Helps State RECs Achieve Sustainability with HIPAA-Compliant Cloud Computing and Information Security Services

By David
Grazed from PRWeb.  Author: PR Announcement.

ClearDATA Networks, Inc., the fastest-growing provider of HIPAA-compliant cloud computing services for the healthcare industry, today announced it has formed partnerships with the Regional Extension Centers (REC) in Arizona and South Dakota to provide HIPAA-compliant cloud computing and information security services. The ClearDATA REC Partner Program will help the RECs achieve Meaningful Use and sustainability by providing cloud hosting services, backup, disaster recovery, security risk analysis (SRA), and remediation services to the healthcare providers in their respective states. ClearDATA is currently in active partnership discussions with numerous other RECs throughout the country.

“ClearDATA is pleased to provide collaborative services with Regional Extension Centers to help them fulfill their missions to their state’s healthcare providers,” said David Bean, executive vice president of sales and marketing, ClearDATA Networks, Inc. “We strongly invite all RECs throughout the country to learn more about our REC Partner Program, our services, and the numerous benefits we can provide their clients and their organizations.”…

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E-discovery in the cloud? Not so easy

By David
Grazed from ITWorld.  Author: Tam Harbert.

Your company is embroiled in a lawsuit, and your general counsel has come to IT for help in conducting e-discovery on a batch of data. You easily gather some of the information from storage in your data center, but some of it is sitting in the cloud. Easy enough, you think, to get that data as well.

You may be in for a rude awakening.

Many lawyers and IT staff "just assume if they put data in the cloud it’s going to be at their fingertips, that it’s inherently discoverable," says Barry Murphy, co-founder and principal analyst at eDJ Group Inc., a consulting firm specializing in e-discovery. "That’s not necessarily the case."…

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Fujitsu Extends Cloud Portfolio With PRIMERGY CX400 Multi-Node Server

By David
Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Fujitsu today launches the new PRIMERGY CX400 S1 multi-node Cloud eXtension server. This innovative technology requires only half the space of a standard rack server to provide enterprises with cost-effective, energy-efficient access to smart scale-out capabilities for deployments such as private cloud, high-performance computing (HPC) and large-scale virtualization.

Business benefits Enterprise customers of all sizes are increasingly looking for improved energy efficiency, higher platform density and better management effectiveness when realizing their cloud computing, high performance computing, virtualization, hosting, or virtual-client computing strategies…

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EarthLink Partners with independenceIT to Deliver Complete Cloud Workspace to Business Customers’ Desktops

By David
Grazed from Business Wire.  Author: PR Announcement.

independenceIT™ (iIT), provider of the Freedom desktop workspace, today announced at XChange Solution Provider 2012 that it has signed an agreement with EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK), a leading managed IT services and communications provider. Under the terms of the agreement, EarthLink will offer iIT’s Total Freedom™ Workspace and Instant Freedom™ Workspace solutions to its customers as a part of the EarthLink’s IT Services offerings.

EarthLink Business® IT Services, Internet and MPLS services deliver the superior and secure computing and communications experience that business customers require. The addition of iIT’s desktop computing solutions to EarthLink’s IT service offerings enables customers to have the ability to access all of their business applications and data in the cloud, from any device, at any time. EarthLink IT Services will roll out an additional desktop workspace service incorporating iIT’s solution as a complement to the managed virtualization, security, application and support services it already offers…