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Grazed from Smart Business.  Author: Christian Teeft.

Distinguishing cloud computing reality from cloud hype can be a daunting task. Smart Business met with Christian Teeft, vice president of Engineering at Latisys, to examine some of the key assumptions, myths and drivers that decision makers face as they build their cloud IT infrastructure strategy.

Defined: cloud computing

Cloud computing is IT infrastructure that is delivered as a service, is elastic (users consume as much or as little of a service as they want at any time), is sold on-demand and is fully managed by the provider. In short, cloud computing makes it possible to increase capacity and add capabilities as needed — without the user having to invest in new infrastructure, train new personnel or license new software. Some say the cloud is ‘[anything] as a service’ (XaaS)…

Grazed from JPost.  Author: Judy Siegel-Itzkovich.

A declining amount of computing is conducted today on desktop computers; instead, cloud computing – in which operations are carried out on a network of shared, remote servers – is expected to rise as the demand for computing power increases. This raises some crucial questions about security: For instance, can we perform computations on data stored in the “cloud” without letting anyone else see our information? Research carried out at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is moving us closer to the ability to work on data while it is still encrypted, giving an encrypted result that can later be securely deciphered…

Grazed from Toms Hardware.  Author: Wolfgang Gruener.

If you consider the fact that more than 220,000 patents will have been granted by the end of the year and even more patents were filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over the past 12 months, it is impossible to say which ones were the most significant patents of the year. Like every year, there were many patents that should neither have been granted nor filed in the first place. On the other hand, there were also those that were captivating, giving us an idea about how technology in the future will develop and affect every one of us. Among all of the patent applications and approvals in 2011, the following five were the most memorable ones of which you should be aware:…

Grazed from Economic Times.  Author:  Hari Pulakkat.

Grazed from Technorati.  Author: Lisa Stephens.

The link between mobile devices and corporate networks has largely been a neglected mechanism in the construction of corporate communication data distribution and access, and is an area for considerable growth and development. "Cloud computing has been a natural extension for consumer devices due to the relative ease of access allowed in Public and Private Cloud infrastructure," says Greg Pierce, Managing Director of Cloud Computing at Tribridge.

The debate being in allow-ability, accessibility and user controls. Says Mr. Pierce, "It’s become increasingly difficult to handle the number and range of devices for end users, with the typical worker often having three devices: laptop, iPad, and smartphone. With the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft is looking to change the way workers access enterprise data."…

Grazed from Mashable.  Author:  Peter Pachal.

Amazon has one of the world’s fastest supercomputers. There’s something unusual about it, though — it’s not real. That is, it’s not real in the way other supercomputers are, in a huge room filled with glowing, humming racks of processors and storage. It’s in the cloud.

Cloud computing gets a lot of attention, and deservedly so. Harnessing the processing power of multiple machines in different locations to attack a single, complex task that would usually be completed by a machine in a single location is an impressive engineering feat. But as promising as the idea is, it’s not known for high performance and reliability…

Grazed from Virtualization Review.  Author: Elias Khnaser.

As we bid farewell to 2011 and welcome 2012, I figured we would end this blogging year with a reading of the crystal ball "Eli style." It has been a great year and I have enjoyed all the comments and the responses that I have received from all of you on all the social media channels I am connected on. That being said, let’s see if we can end this year with a bang of predictions:

Desktop Virtualization
I am sure you were expecting this one from me so I will keep it brief. In 2012, the adoption of desktop virtualization will continue to grow and enterprises will recognize that the effects of consumerization will force them at some point to start rolling out Windows 8 even as they’ve yet to complete or even start their migrations to Windows 7. Couple that with the expiration of Windows XP in 2014 and I think 2012 will be the year of the desktop…

Grazed from NextGov.  Author: Medhat Galal.

As policies from the new federal chief information officer, Steven VanRoekel, become better known, cloud computing technology is proving more important than ever. VanRoekel has pledged not only to continue the Cloud First policy established by his predecessor, Vivek Kundra, but also to expand it with an additional initiative known as Future First.

Business process management and other applications delivered through the cloud speak directly to VanRoekel’s requirement to maximize information technology investments. Moreover, the cloud increases collaboration and the use of shared services…

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Pat Romanski.

"One part of the connection between big data and cloud computing is the scale – big data implies large scale and the problem of managing large scale is similar in both. The difference is in the emphasis on the types of workloads – in big data the emphasis is on trying to keep the data local and in cloud you are looking to optimize resources," explains Rohit Valia, Director of Enterprise Marketing at Platform Computing, in this SYS-CON.TV interview with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan at the 9th International Cloud Expo, held Nov 7-10, 2011, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA…

Grazed from CRN.  Author: Greg Pierce.

Windows 8 is an operating system that is a great fit for tablets — far better than a phone OS that can be jiggered to deliver enterprise functionality, says Pierce, Managing Director of Cloud Computing at Tribridge. Windows 8 is equal parts PC and tablet. Here’s Pierce’s advice for selling the functionality of cloud computing and the Windows 8 OS as a perfect match for companies facing the challenge of consumer-based mobile computing devices n the workplace.—Jennifer Bosavage, editor

A major driver for the adoption of cloud computing has been the rapid acceptance of consumer devices into enterprise IT. It wasn’t very long ago that IT professionals and C-level executives were debating the merits and prudence of allowing Droids, Tablets and iPads onto the corporate network. Those debates are essentially over. The consumer device has become a part of almost every Enterprise network. The conversations have morphed into how to manage, secure and most importantly – create functionality for those devices…