Salesforce adds social, mobile capabilities to cloud
Enterprise cloud computing company Salesforce.com extended its Social Enterprise Platform, that includes Force.com, Heroku and Database.com, to enable more users to its cloud. Salesforce.com made this announcement at the DreamForce 2011 event.
The new features, including the general availability of Database.com, Heroku for Java and new social and mobile capabilities on Force.com – gives companies additional paths to becoming social enterprises through the development of social, mobile and open apps, says the company in a release…
Doing Business in the Cloud [in Real Time]
The rapid spread of social media is the latest expression of a trend toward massive real time connectivity that is picking up momentum week by week in spite of all the economic uncertainty. There seems to be a primal urge in the DNA of our species to be connected and communicate with each other. Massive webs of connectivity are being created by combinations of cloud computing, social media and consumer IT devices…
Google App Engine Price Rises Shock Developers
In May, Google announced that it would alter the price of its cloud computing service App Engine, the company’s Platform as a Service offering, later in the year, presumably in an effort to turn the product into another profit centre for the company. Google has now announced that the price changes will occur in the second half of September, at the same time as the product officially loses its "preview" tag. Google has provided a tool that lets existing users calculate how much they’ll pay under the new service…
Cloud computing will not render IT pros redundant
The rise of cloud computing need not mean that in-house IT staff become redundant, it has been claimed.
According to Microsoft cloud evangelist Simon May, the skills needed by tech workers will change, but they will not become redundant.
He commented that IT professionals are "really, really intelligent" individuals, who continue to add value to UK organisations….
The strategic importance of an ADC
In our last newsletter we began to discuss the role of the network in supporting cloud computing. We will continue that discussion in this newsletter and we will focus on the topic of how Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) are rapidly becoming a key enabler of cloud computing…
Cloud computing drives data centre expansion
Equinix has 6 million square feet of data centre space globally and all of its Tier one data centres are in the main financial centres in the world. It has plans to build data centres in Seoul, Beijing, Mumbai and possibly Chennai. It is also considering Osaka in Japan and maybe Melbourne. A lot of Sydney customers are asking for a data centre in Melbourne, especially as the cost of doing business in Melbourne is lower…
Cloud computing and governance in the digital age
During the Saleforce.com Dreamforce event in San Francisco, CEO Marc Benioff sat down with some of the leaders in the industry to talk about Cloud computing and governance in the digital age. The panel was made up the former US federal government chief information officer, Vivek Kundra, the vice-president of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, and Burberry chief executive officer, Angela Ahrendts…
Legacy vendors blamed for cloud ‘disinformation’
A panel of policy makers and advisors has blamed legacy software vendors and integrators for “disinformation” that has kept governments from adopting cloud technology.
Former US Government chief information officer Vivek Kundra told cloud vendor Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce conference of “cartels” of contractors that aimed to “put in as many people as possible and charge exorbitant rates”.
In February, Kundra introduced the Federal Cloud Computing Strategy (pdf) and Cloud First Policy (pdf), which required agencies to move three services to the cloud within 18 months…
Cloud computing security concerns ‘ridiculous’ says expert
Government agencies worldwide should not be put off adopting cloud computing because of ‘unfounded’ security and privacy issues, according to the US first chief information officer.
Vivek Kundra said that such excuses are a "ridiculous" reason to not embrace the technology…
China Telecom Publishes Cloud Computing Strategy For 2012
Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has announced its eSurfing cloud computing strategy, brand, and solution, and it plans to launch eSurfing cloud devices and cloud storage products in 2012….