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Grazed from PhysOrg.  Author:  Louise Lerner.

Over a feverish weekend after the rogue bacterium’s genome was sequenced, scientists from all over the world submitted the E. coli genome to rounds of rigorous study. Thanks to a unique Argonne-developed computer program and cloud computing testbed, researchers mapped the strain’s genes—and came a little closer to understanding the bacterium’s secrets.

A team of Argonne scientists developed the Rapid Annotation using Subsystems Technology (RAST) program in 2007. The program, which is free and open to any scientist, is designed to make sense of the jumble of letters that makes up an organism’s DNA…

Grazed from RetailEyes.  Author: Ben Sillitoe.

Retailers are among the businesses leading the way when it comes to incorporating cloud-based computing into their IT systems, according to a European technology expert.

Along with media businesses, companies operating in the retail industry are ensuring that this fledgling technology is fast becoming a mainstream back-office tool for companies across the UK and Europe, says Google’s Robert Whiteside…

Grazed from MIT Technology Review.  Author: Cindy Walker.

Imagine buying time on a computer in Ireland or Indiana the same way you’d bid for an antique on eBay. That’s how a new crop of startup companies called "cloud brokerages" plan to change the way companies buy and sell computing capacity…

Grazed from Webhosting.info.  Author: Editorial Staff.

4PSA, a cloud computing software technology company, yesterday announced the public availability of Cloud Telephony, the flexible, next-generation SIP trunking service that can be provisioned within minutes. The Cloud Telephony is available in three packages – Starter, Business and Service Provider, which offer free credit every month and require no commitments.

The company articulates that the new service delivers access to the telephony network using the SIP protocol and features unlimited concurrent incoming and outgoing calls. Moreover, it is possible to choose local phone numbers in over 30 countries around the world with best rates for domestic and international calls. Using VoIP technologies and the Cloud Telephony service, it is not necessary to install physical phone lines and incoming calls are always free…

Grazed from FederalNewsRadio.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Social media, cloud computing and many other leading edge technologies are causing the National Archives and Records Administration to step back to figure out their effect on the authentication, dissemination and accessibility of federal records.

For instance, NARA is adding the ability for researchers and others to offer comments and tag records through its Open Public Access site…

Grazed from ITProPortal.  Author: Erica Thinesen.

Apple has finally launched the cloud based storage and syncing service, iCloud, for the public.

Users with an Apple ID can access iCloud.com and then sign in to enjoy all its services…

Grazed from DefenseSystems.  Author: John Edwards.

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…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

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."…

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Maureen O’Gara.

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…

Grazed from Data Center Knowledge.  Author:  Rich Miller.

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…