Military ponders private cloud services
It’s easy to see why a large and diverse organization such as the military is drawn to cloud computing: The technology allows large amounts of data to be sent and stored just about anywhere — even divided among locations worldwide.
Although almost effortless data dispersion helps give cloud computing a sharp cost and performance edge, the downside is that critical information can land in storage systems that lack adequate security, privacy and other important safeguards…
StratITsphere Chooses NetApp Storage as Foundation for New Cloud Services
StratITsphere, a data center services and IT infrastructure & security advising firm, has chosen NetApp(R) data storage products to serve as the physical hardware behind the firm’s new cloud computing service, Nimbus.
"NetApp’s staff really understands the cloud and how to work with a service provider," said Stephen Webster, StratITsphere president and CEO. "They gave us the flexibility, efficiency and quality we needed for our enterprise-class storage platform."…
Cisco & Citrix Extend Their Cloud and VDI Alliance
Cisco and Citrix, which paired up a year ago September to cash in on virtualized desktops, are expected to announce Wednesday that they’ve signed a five-year strategic alliance to collaborate on the technology and its marketing. They will also share the costs…
Dell Opens New Data Center Near London
Dell today announced the opening of a new data center in Slough, United Kingdom that will support the company’s IT outsourcing and cloud computing services across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The data center in Slough, which will enter production on Nov. 3, is part of Dell’s two-year, $1 billion (USD) global data center expansion announced in April 2011. It’s the first of several planned facilities to support Dell’s plans to offer cloud-based services across a global footprint…
Energy Savings in the Cloud
Cloud computing adopters may find an unanticipated edge when moving to this IT model: the ability to trim energy consumption.
Cloud proponents often cite the ability to rapidly scale resources as the initial driver behind cloud migration. This elasticity lets organizations dial up — and dial down — compute power, storage and apps — to match changes in demand…
Google Bolsters Services, Lowers Prices to Woo Business to App Engine Cloud
Google has beefed up its cloud services with new offerings, including App Engine premier accounts, and has lowered its pricing for Google Cloud Storage, among other moves.
With these actions, Google is aggressively making a stand in the cloud computing space and calling on developers and businesses to give Google a try as their cloud platform of choice…
Why 2013 will be the year of the cloud database
Those businesses that store data in the cloud typically use primitive file storage systems rather than databases. However, these days many cloud computing platforms are adding or enhancing their database offerings, thus becoming more compelling to enterprises…
Citrix pleads the case for Cloud
“The mindset hasn’t been there,” claims Peder Ulander, VP Product Marketing, Cloud Platform Group, Citrix. He says that while businesses in other parts of the world have focused on the cloud as a way of driving down energy costs and consolidating infrastructure, this has not typically appealed to enterprises in the Middle East…
IBM adds PaaS offering and more services to cloud portfolio
IBM has expanded its cloud computing portfolio with the addition of a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering and additional services for public and private clouds.
The company said its SmartCloud Application Services will allow companies to deploy applications on its cloud-based middleware platform…
New cloud alliance comes together
A group of Cloud computing providers have joined forces to form a new alliance called OzHub, helping to build business confidence in cloud computing through establishing a regulatory framework…