Author: David

Microelectronics Technology Corporation, through the acquisition of Cloud Data Corporation, an Incubator of Internet Technologies, is positioned to capitalize on the exponential growth of today’s technology market within Cloud Computing.

Cloud Data Corp allows Microelectronics Technology Corporation to differentiate itself within the technology market by providing leadership in the following areas:…

The idea of cloud computing usually suggests vast server and storage resources delivered by external providers. The benefits, we are told, are legion: you pay only for what you use, you scale up to what you need, procurement costs are minimal, operational overhead reduced, and so on.

But many organisations remain concerned about handing their informational crown jewels over to a third party – and rightly so if data security or compliance are a concern. The question becomes can IT facilities be maintained in-house but still deliver at least some benefits of the cloud model?

Within three years the personal cloud will be ubiquitous on consumer devices, Gartner predicts in a research report released Tuesday.

Consumer cloud services that allow users to store, synch, stream and share content over the Internet will be integrated into 90 percent of consumer devices by 2015, the paper predicts.

Technology vendors must stretch their offerings across multiple devices – including smartphones, tablets, televisions and PCs -in order to tap into the $2.2 trillion (�1.4 trillion) that consumers are expected to spend in 2012 on content, devices and services, Gartner said…

That group – IT, user, business, etc. – is pushing hardest for public cloud adoption in your organization, and what internal or external pressures are spurring that group? Who is in charge of your cloud initiatives – CIOs, project managers, system architects or IT?

Consultants from Capgemini have observed many different internal and external change agents in organizations that are considering adopting public clouds, as well as faulty and successful decisions about cloud management leadership. Capgemini’s Mark Skilton sums up and opines on cloud adoption drivers in this article. He also discusses the need for a new type of IT/system administration professional for managing public cloud projects…

I’ve blogged previously on the impact that cloud is having on innovations in the data centre. It’s a constantly evolving story – and one that keeps most of us in the industry on the edge of our seats, reflecting just how deep and pervasive cloud computing has become in the IT enterprise landscape.

Some of these data centre advancements include rethinking how data centres are cooled, including floor design to optimise cooling and airflow, and new concepts such as solar power. The changes are fundamentally necessary and the equation is simple; data centres are costly to run so design needs to be more efficient…

Close to 80 percent of the world’s population now has access to a mobile phone, and new devices like the iPhone and Android smartphones are bringing a throng of applications and services to the palms of people’s hands. At the same time, cloud has become the new way of delivering—and charging for—IT services and functionality. So what happens when two of the hottest technology trends—“mobility” and “cloud”—collide?

To find the answers, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) conducted a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. mobile users to understand their current and future needs. The results revealed a host of opportunities to capitalize on this ready-to-explode market…

Dome9 Security on Wednesday announced Dome9 Lite Cloud – a new free cloud security service that provides centralized firewall management for an unlimited number of servers and clouds in virtual private, cloud, collocated, and hosted environments. Starting today, the service is available at no cost via http://www.dome9.com/LiteCloud.

Dave Meizlik, Dome9 VP of Marketing and Business Development, noted that "Security is the number one concern among cloud adopters, and now Dome9 has taken price out of the equation to ensure every cloud server is secured, with absolutely no limit to the number of servers you can protect."…

Case in Point
A few months ago, a midsize Australian organization decided it needed to either upgrade or replace one of its legacy enterprise applications. This organization, with about 3,500 employees, has upward of 20,000 system users across its customer base. The organization approached a number of local and global suppliers, and some responded with on-premise offerings (meaning the application would be loaded onto the business’s servers), while two responded with software-as-as-service (SaaS) solutions (in which the application would be hosted by the provider and accessed through a browser). Surprisingly (to the organization, at least), what was expected to be a relatively straightforward exercise was not, due to the nature of SaaS pricing…