Author: David

November 17, 2011 Off

IBM Report Shows Cloud, Mobile, Analytics Skills in High Demand

By David
Grazed from Proformative.  Author: Editorial Staff.

To harness the power of the sophisticated, disruptive technologies coming to the enterprise market in the coming years, IBM research suggests that companies will place a premium on talented IT departments…

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Showdown: Public vs. Private Cloud

By David
Grazed from Industry Week.  Author:  Adam Swidler.

Cloud computing is an information technology revolution on par with the advent of the personal computer. Few technology fads claim to deliver so many benefits together with so much cost savings. And as the hype has grown, more and more vendors are rushing into the fray with their own "cloud" solutions. But not all clouds are created equal, and some clouds are not even really clouds at all. One of the debates that is starting to emerge in this area is "public cloud" vs. "private cloud". In this article, we will attempt to describe some of the key differences between public and private clouds, ultimately leading to the conclusion that private cloud is an oxymoron and there is only one type of cloud…

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Logicworks Launches infiniCloud PowerCluster for Large-Scale Cloud Computing Clients

By David
Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Logicworks today announced the launch of infiniCloud PowerCluster, a service specifically designed for large-scale cloud computing customers. infiniCloud PowerCluster, or simply "PowerCluster," is a bulk computing package that combines the company’s popular infiniCloud service with private cloud resources creating a dedicated grid of compute nodes in a Private Availability Zone…

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DynamicOps Named Finalist in UP-START 2011 Cloud Awards

By David
Grazed from PRNewsWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

DynamicOps, provider of the Operations Virtualization platform that enables unified cloud automation and management, today announced that it has been selected as a finalist in the UP-START 2011 Cloud Awards for "Most Innovative Cloud Computing Provider." Winners will be announced at the UP 2011 Conference taking place December 5 – 6, 2011 in Mountain View, California

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SoftLayer Adds RightScale Cloud Management Platform

By David
Grazed from Data Center Knowledge.  Author:  Michael Potts.

Cloud and managed hosting provider SoftLayer Technologies and cloud computing management company RightScale are currently developing the ability to manage and deploy SoftLayer cloud computing services through the RightScale Cloud Management Platform. This will allow users to automate and manage their toughest computing workloads utilizing the RightScale platform on SoftLayer’s cloud infrastructure…

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OpenStack a year later: Popular but still bare bones

By David
Grazed from InfoWorld.  Author: David Linthicum.

OpenStack, simply put, is a series of interrelated projects delivering components for a cloud infrastructure solution. The projects are worked on by a global collaboration of developers and cloud computing providers supporting an open source cloud computing platform for public and private clouds, and the objectives are cookie-cutter cloud computing, including massive scalability and ease of use…

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Implementing, serving, and using cloud storage

By David

Grazed from The Register.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Introduction Organizations of all types are trying to control costs and satisfy increasing demands at the same time—demands created by explosive data growth and ever-changing requirements. To address these challenges, storage industry professionals are turning to cloud computing and cloud storage solutions…

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Major Cloud Providers to Participate in CSA STAR — CSA Security, Trust and Assurance Registry

By David
Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced that Google, Verizon, Intel, McAfee, and Microsoft plan to submit reports to the CSA Security, Trust and Assurance Registry (STAR), a newly announced, free and publicly accessible registry that documents the security controls provided by various cloud computing offerings. In addition, major consumers of cloud services plan to require STAR reports moving forward, as part of their procurement process…

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Building a Citrix private cloud in six steps

By David
Grazed from TechTarget.  Author:  Bill Kleyman.

Only a small slice of cloud computing vendors can deliver a full stack of cloud options that are flexible, scalable and ready for the enterprise. Citrix’s cloud products allow enterprises to build out an infrastructure in the cloud and deliver it to the end user…