5 Essential Characteristics of Cloud Computing
To employ new technologies effectively, such as cloud computing, organizations must understand what exactly they’re getting. With this in mind, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued its 16th and final version of The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing…
Cloud computing will turn IT workforce into on-tap resource
Cloud computing has given organizations worldwide on-tap access to compute power, storage, and applications, resulting in a huge boost in flexibility coupled with cost savings. A new study foretells that the IT workforce soon may become the next on-tap resource thanks to the cloud, which could mean even greater agility and lower costs for companies — but it could also hurt job security and breed resentment among tech pros…
SaaS Provider Workday Picks Up an $85 Million Round
There’s been a small cluster of hysterically big funding rounds lately exemplified by Dropbox’ $250 million B round last week.
On Monday six-year-old Workday, which logically enough does a SaaS version of PeopleSoft’s HR, payroll and financial management widgetry since it was started by PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield and his trusty lieutenant Aneel Bhusri, said it got a handsome $85 million in Series F financing led by cloud-struck new investors including T. Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Janus Capital Group and Bezos Expeditions, the personal investment arm of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos…
Cloud Computing Platform Automates Health Spending for Canadians
PreAxia Health Care Payment Systems Inc. introduces their automated platform for managing Health Spending Accounts (HSAs) in Canada. This follows three years of development to create the first fully integrated HSA solution for Canada’s brokerage and broker community. Through the use of Cloud Computing technologies, PreAxia allows HSA brokers to more easily offer and manage HSA accounts. PreAxia technology simplifies fund-management, claims adjudication, transaction processing and on-line health benefit administration, through a broker’s own web site. This automation results in cost savings for both HSA brokers and the companies that purchase these services…
Cloud Computing: Essential Network Considerations when Building a Private Cloud
Grazed from Sys Con Media. Author: Jim Morin.
Today’s typical broadband virtual private network (VPN) connections to cloud applications will prove insufficient for tomorrow’s cloud infrastructure services.
The reason is that infrastructure workloads demand more from the network than software services…
Dell Boomi: Updated AtomSphere Aims To Ease Move To The Cloud
Dell (NSDQ:Dell) Boomi has added enhanced data mapping, more transparency and predictive analysis to its cloud and SaaS application integration solutions.
The AtomSphere Fall 11 version of Boomi should simplify the move to cloud computing with easier integration and more VAR-friendly tools for monitoring and maintenance, said Rick Nucci, founder of Boomi and CTO of Dell Boomi…
Cloud spotting: which type is right for your business?
Grazed from ITBusiness. Author: Nestor E. Arellano.
Numerous surveys indicate that the majority of small- and medium-sized businesses are intrigued by the benefits touted by hosted computing services, but a large number of these companies remain hesitant to migrate to cloud…
SUSE joins OpenStack; Red Hat’s cloud isolated?
Another major player in the enterprise Linux arena has joined the OpenStack Project: SUSE Linux. And their arrival will continue the ongoing struggle for supremacy in the cloud computing market between Red Hat… and everyone else…
Taxing the Cloud.
Rackspace, a cloud hosting company headquartered in San Antonio, has been racking up sales at a torrid pace. Net revenue for the second quarter of 2011 was $247 million, a 32% increase over the previous quarter, beating analyst expectations and propelling the company to $1 billion in annualized run rate revenue. The company reported 10,000 new customers in its October earnings call, bringing its total count to 152,000. Gartner has placed Rackspace in the upper-right “visionary leader” square of its trademarked Magic Quadrant for hosting and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)…
Vordel Launches Siebel Gateway to Cloud and Mobile Enable Siebel CRM Applications
Vordel, a provider of gateways for SOA and Cloud Computing, today announced, the availability of Vordel Siebel Gateway ( http://www.vordel.com/solutions/siebel_gateway2.html ) to enable Siebel users secure and compliant access to their valuable CRM data from mobile, desktop, and Cloud applications. Vordel Siebel Gateway enables Siebel users manage application integrations across multiple instances and address the security, audit, and interoperability challenges they encounter. Deploying Vordel Siebel Gateway, in front of Siebel SCM means enterprises derive immediate benefit from increased operational efficiencies, reduced costs and can open new revenue streams via Cloud, mobile, and Web 2.0 channels…