Author: David

September 30, 2011 Off

Events: Cloud Standards Customer Council to Hold Webinar to Introduce the “Practical Guide to Cloud Computing”

By David
Grazed from PR NewsWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

The Cloud Standards Customer Council (CSCC) will be holding a webinar to introduce the completed "Practical Guide to Cloud Computing" on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. EDT. The Guide itself will be published and available for free download on October 5 as well. To register to attend this free webinar, visit http://www.cloud-council.org/pg-pr.

Melvin Greer, Senior Fellow and Chief Strategist, Cloud Computing, Lockheed Martin; chair, CSCC steering committee, and chair of the CSCC Practical Guide to Cloud Computing Working Group will lead the webinar describing the rationale behind the development of the guide, the target audience and the intended benefits of the Guide. A question and answer period will immediately follow the presentation…

September 29, 2011 Off

SMEs embrace the cloud while consumers flock to mobile commerce

By David
Grazed from StartupSmart.  Author: Oliver Milman.

The shift by SMEs and consumers to new technology has been underlined by separate figures that show the cloud computing market will generate revenues of $12 billion in Asia-Pacific by 2016, while mobile payments in Australia are set to quadruple this year.

A report from Ovum shows that the public cloud services market is expected to increase by a factor of five during the next five years in the Asia-Pacific region…

September 29, 2011 Off

Oracle needs some cloud computing mojo

By David
Grazed from GigaOM.  Author:  Barb Darrow.

Oracle’s cloud computing stance has, um, evolved, to say the least, over the past few years. As the company preps for its annual Oracle OpenWorld mega-show in San Francisco next week, a question lingers: Is Oracle software and/or hardware cloudworthy?

Expect a lot of cloud talk out of the conference and more on hardware-software bundles a la the company’s Exadata, Exalogic and new database appliance. But Oracle still has a lot to prove on the cloud front…

September 29, 2011 Off

Virtual Bridges Partners with Avnet Technology Solutions to Deliver Second Generation Virtual Desktops in U.S. and Canada

By David
Grazed from Virtual Bridges.  Author: PR Announcement.

Virtual Bridges, Inc. today announced a global distribution agreement with Avnet Technology Solutions Americas, a business region of Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distribution leader and operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT). The agreement provides for Avnet Technology Solutions to distribute Virtual Bridges’ virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution, VERDE VDI Gen2, worldwide to Avnet’s community of value added reseller (VAR) partners in the U.S. and Canada…

September 29, 2011 Off

Autonomy Unveils New Release of WorkSite

By David
Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Autonomy Corporation plc , a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced a new release of its flagship document management solution, WorkSite version 9.0. This release delivers next-generation private cloud computing platform and new capabilities in mobile support and security, to empower users with on-demand secured access to matter content from anywhere at any time on any mobile devices…

September 29, 2011 Off

Open Compute Plus Open Data Center = A Better Cloud?

By David
Grazed from CTO Edge.  Author: Julius Neudorfer.

There was an interesting “mind meld” announced at the Intel Developer Forum 2011 conference a few weeks ago.  During the event, held in conjunction with the Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA), Frank Frankovsky director of technical operations at Facebook, came onto the stage and announced that Facebook’s Open Compute Project would be collaborating with the ODCA to accelerate the development and adoption of cloud computing standards…

September 29, 2011 Off

New Cloud Computing Service Eliminates Barriers for Businesses

By David
Grazed from Market Watch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Houston-based StratITsphere today announced a new cloud computing service that removes many of the weights that ground firms from taking full advantage of the growing cloud technology.

Dubbed Nimbus, the new offering eliminates barriers such as infrastructure costs, staffing requirements, long implementation times and security & availability concerns by leveraging StratITsphere’s existing physical and intellectual resources…

September 29, 2011 Off

Cloud Computing Data Storage: Buying Guide

By David

Grazed from Internet.com.  Author:  Jeff Vance.
 

Although many enterprises are moving applications and other processes to the cloud, data backups and storage are still often local. On-site storage seem easier to control and secure, yet it’s costly to administer and leaves organizations vulnerable should a natural disaster hit.

Moreover, bottlenecks often form at the local level, especially when integrating remote applications and assets with those managed on-site…

September 28, 2011 Off

Cloud Silver Lining and Announce Partnership to Bring Converged Infrastructure Management to the Cloud

By David
Grazed from Market Watch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Cloud Silver Lining, an IT consultancy which guides enterprises in the business-focused assessment and adoption of Cloud technologies, and Egenera, a provider of enterprise-scale converged infrastructure data center solutions and services, today announced a strategic partnership to certify Egenera’s PAN Manager as Cloud-compatible. The Cloud Silver Lining certification process, Xertification, assesses products for compliance with the seven characteristics of Cloud as defined by the Cloud Council of 7…