CSC offers “on-premise private cloud”
Multinational IT services giant CSC this week launched in Australia a service which it described as private cloud computing infrastructure which could be hosted in customers’ own datacentres, giving them an additional option for migrating to the burgeoning range of infrastructure as a service platforms…
Cloud Computing Technologies Embrace AS4 Standard
Drummond Group Inc., the trusted interoperability test lab and certification body, today announced its plans to conduct its first Drummond Certified™ AS4 Interoperability test in the first quarter of 2012. In addition to enabling interoperability for technologies such as cloud computing, AS4 is an emerging Internet messaging protocol that provides a standardized method for the secure and document-agnostic exchange of B2B payloads using Web Services from any location, anywhere in the world. Drummond Group’s AS4 interoperability testing is based on a proven test methodology developed to ensure that different products can work together to seamlessly exchange information…
DARPA to help shield cloud networks from cyberattack
With cloud computing rapidly emerging as a critical Defense Department mission support platform, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is asking commercial and academic computer researchers to help build stronger cloud networks…
Cloud computing and the 4th Dimension
Grazed from Business Innovations. Author: Ray DePena.
It’s time to think about time.
According to Wikipedia, in physics, spacetime is any mathematical model that combines space and time into a single continuum. In cosmology, the concept of spacetime combines space and time to a single abstract universe. But you know we’re not here to talk about physics, cosmology, or the universe, as interesting as they may be…
New York researchers looking into clean power cloud computing
In a move to extend green IT, researchers in New York are trying to figure out how to power cloud computing networks with servers that rely on wind or solar power, according to Renewables Biz’s website…
Amazon releases secure cloud for government
Cloud service provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced AWS GovCloud, a new AWS Region designed to allow U.S. government agencies and contractors to move more sensitive workloads into the cloud by addressing their specific regulatory and compliance requirements…
New book lets business leaders get to grips with Cloud Computing
Business leaders left scratching their heads over how to harness the power of Cloud computing can rest easy with a new book ‘Navigating through the Cloud’ launched internationally today by Rob Livingstone Advisory.
Dubbed the practical guide to all aspects of Cloud computing, the book helps business leaders make informed strategic decisions about the benefits, challenges and risks of adopting Cloud computing solutions…
Cloud box does virtualization sans SAN
Cloud-computing appliance maker Nutanix is tackling a problem that has dogged the deployment of virtual servers and desktops: all the key hypervisors require storage area networks and centralized storage.
To overcome this limitation, Nutanix has created a virtualized controller that implements a clustered file system and embeds it in a cluster-compute appliance – the compute nodes essentially become a virtual SAN…
Google to speak at Cloud Computing World Forum Latin America
It can be announced that a leading representative from Google’s Latin America division (Latam) will be speaking at the Cloud Computing World Forum Latin America.
The bilingual event, to be held at The Braston Hotel, Sao Paulo, on 28th September 2011, brings together the world’s top brands and experts from across the global cloud computing community…
Izabelle Macedo, Head of Enterprise Marketing at Google Latam, will be discussing Google’s presence in the South and Central American regions, and how cloud computing is changing the IT landscape. She has a degree in Economics from the University Chicago and most recently obtained an MBA from Harvard. Before joining Google, Izabelle accumulated four years’ experience as a senior marketing manager at Samsung Electronics and also served as a Consultant at Deloitte.
The highly-anticipated event offers senior IT decision-makers an insight into the Cloud Computing and Software as a Service markets; providing an introduction, discussion and look into the future of the ICT industry in Latin America.
Other leading speakers presenting at the event include:
– Max Thomaz, CIO, Abril Group
– Andre De Souza Doro, Head of IT, Electrolux
– Marcelo Schuch Pereira, Gerente de TI, Grupo Sabemi
– Guilherme Lessa, Diretor TI, Banco Matone
– Joao Rufina de Sales, Chefe to Assesoria TI, Exercito Brasileiro
– Jamir Teodoro Lopes, CIO, CEMIG
– Aldo Navarro Zuquini, CIO, Grupo guia Branca
– Eduardo Neger, Chief Executive Office, Abranet Brazilian Internet Association
– Pedro Augusto de Oliveira, IT Manager, AngloGold Ashanti
– Bruno Arrial, ICT Consultant, Frost & Sullivan
– Diego Neufert, Head of IT Projects and Systems, ALL Amrica Latina Logstica
– Nelson Sany Wortsman, Director, Brasscom
– Wally Swain, SVP, Emerging Markets, Yankee Group
– Merson Salvadori Virti, Computer Engineer, Serpro
There are also only 10 days left to take advantage of the Early Booking Discount! For further information please visit the website. To register your place or enquire about speaking or sponsorship opportunities please visit the website or call the team on +44 (0)845 519 1230.
As a bilingual event, we are catering for both English and Portuguese speakers. In light of this, our website is available in Portuguese and can be accessed at www.cloudcomputinglive.com/latin-america/pt or through the English site.
This event follows on from the success of the 3rd Cloud Computing World Forum which took place at the end of June at Olympia, London and was attended by over 3,000 delegates, making it Europe’s largest Cloud Computing and SaaS-based event. The Cloud Computing World Series is also held in numerous other locations across the globe, including India, Hong Kong, Dubai and New York.
New guidelines for cloud security
The Cloud Security Alliance has introduced the CSA Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR), a free, publicly accessible registry that documents the security controls provided by various cloud computing providers. The goal of the offering is to give enterprise IT pros a tool to help them assess the security level of the cloud services they’re considering…