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Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Mustafa Kamal.

For the past few weeks I have been reading different articles, publications, blog postings and so one regarding the generic software architectural model for cloud-based applications, and I am very interested in hearing other ideas about this as well.

Through my reading, I have found the following three types of software architecture in use within the current industry  for different types of web-based distributed applications…
 

Grazed from Technorati.  Author: Lisa Stephens.

As we move in to this new year, questions on many of our minds course with anticipation over what might we expect moving forward in 2012 in the world, in our lives, and with our technology. Technology as a tool for our lives has given the economy a new dimension and we make an economy more effective and maneuverable as a consequence of its usage. This year, as predictions, resolutions and preparations for health, hearth, and livelihood convene, technology endeavors top the list for performance. Technology begins in Silicon Valley, where possibility meets imagination, and ideas grow with a well-executed plan. Topping the list for technology predictions for 2012, Vivek Wadhwa, a columnist for Bloomberg BusinessWeek and the Washington Post, waxes prophetic on topics of security in this new era of cloud computing, and wanes subjectively on social media platforms and start-ups, in general…

Grazed from Correctional News.  Author: Jack Ryan.

The term “cloud computing” is increasingly becoming part of the American vocabulary and the concept is seen as the next big thing in Internet computing. And while cloud computing is still in its relative infancy, it will cause government agencies and other businesses to undergo significant changes.

Cloud computing is altering the way computers are utilized — from computing power and infrastructure to application usage and program access. Business collaboration processes, online classrooms and information sharing services are now accessible online and not necessarily purchased individually and restricted to one computer…

Grazed from GigaOM.  Author: Barb Darrow.

Much has been written about the U.S. government’s plan to shutter 1,200 data centers. There’s been considerably less chatter about the fact that some of the remaining, revamped federal data centers are now leasing out excess capacity to other government agencies.

That strategy of going big and selling off extra capacity is right out of the Amazon playbook. Amazon data center guru James Hamilton has long maintained that it makes zero sense for most businesses to build their own data centers any more given the huge economies of scale they can get by putting their workloads with a data center provider that gets the best possible pricing on energy, servers etc. But, the corollary that applies here is that very large organizations that must field their own facilities should build big. Real big. And sell off what they don’t use…

Grazed from Business Weekly.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Texas cloud hosting innovator Rackspace has handed the Springboard tech accelerator programmes in Cambridge and London UK this year a massive boost.

The San Antonio-headquartered business is sponsoring both the Cambridge and London Springboard programmes in 2012 and will provide cloud hosting for applicants and winners.

Fanatical Support® has made Rackspace the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry. It delivers enterprise-level hosting services to businesses of all sizes and kinds around the world…

Grazed from MSP Alliance.  Author: Laura Stotler.

Sales and marketing automation and lead management has moved further into the cloud with an announcement from Callidus Software Inc. that it has acquired SaaS provider LeadFormix.

Callidus (doing business as CallidusCloud) offers sales effectiveness and cloud computing solutions, while LeadFormix provides next-generation marketing automation and lead management. The deal amounts to about $9 million cash, subject to final adjustments, and a portion of the consideration is also subject to a holdback with respect to LeadFormix shareholders’ indemnity obligations to CallidusCloud…

Grazed from THE Journal.  Author:  Charlene O’Hanlon, Dian Schaffhauser, David Raths, Rama Ramaswami.

Is it any wonder that the forecast is calling for cloud? It’s a perfect storm out there, with powerful forces remaking the IT landscape in education. On one side, devastating budget cuts are pushing IT departments to identify ever-greater cost savings. On the other, the explosion in mobile devices is pressuring IT to provide anytime-anywhere computing with no downtime. And finally there’s data–a flood of never-ending data–that need to be stored and analyzed.

Implemented correctly, the cloud can help school districts tackle all of these issues. It promises to allow IT departments to support their institutions faster and more cheaply. But the term itself has become so abused that most people have no idea what "the cloud" means anymore. Right now, it’s more like a thick fog…

Grazed from NewsWirePRToday.com  Author: PR Announcement.

The National Cloud Technologists Association (NCTA), in partnership with NJVC a premier technology services provider delivering information technology and strategic solutions, has announced it will hold a Cloud Computing Open House on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at its Vienna, VA Headquarters. Included in the presentation will be information on the CloudMASTER® and CloudGURU® Certification programs.

NJVC General Manager of Cloud Services and noted Cloud Technologist and author Kevin Jackson will make a Guest Presentation on the $20 Billion Federal Cloud Computing Initiative and how state of the art methodologies are being used to train IT professionals in Cloud Technologies, Architecture and Operations…

Grazed from Business2Community.  Author:  Louis Columbus.

A good friend of mine recently became CIO of a financial services firm and was given his first major project last month: make the complete accounting, financial, and loan provider data and applications available 24/7 on any iPad or Android-based tablet from any office, at any time.

The majority of loan provider applications are cloud-based and his company is running NetSuite.  His corporate office is in Asia and cloud-based applications made it possible for the company to launch and operate in California within months.   He’s been given six months to transform this mobile vision into reality…