Cloud News, Resources and Information
The high-profile security breaches the Defense Department has suffered in the past couple of years highlight the wide range of threats it faces — from the disgruntled soldier who gave secret documents to WikiLeaks to the state-sponsored hackers suspected in the recent theft of 24,000 files related to new weapons systems…
Out to get its share of the shrinking federal gravy train, Amazon Web Services Tuesday came up with AWS GovCloud, which it claims is safe enough for Washington and its legion of contractors to run "more sensitive" workloads on by resolving at least some of the regulatory and compliance issues that have restrained them from using the cloud before…
After shedding its stealth cocoon back in the spring when it announced it got a $13.2 million A round, two-year-old Nutanix finally launched its Google-like Complete Cluster on Tuesday.
It’s supposed to make virtualization simple and cheap…
Governing cloud computing is like herding a group of cats; you think you’re in control until one of them decides it’s time for you to pet it, feed it or suffer its wrath.
Cloud services, like cats, are hard things to control. This is mainly because the service provider has all the power, and the service consumer has much of the risk. But there are ways to approach governance in the cloud that yield good results, instead of just hairballs and claws…
There were a couple of announcements made at last month’s Catalyst conference that I meant to draw to your attention but other things got in the way. Both are relevant to enterprise cloud-based computing so I’ll talk about both today…
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking to develop resilient cloud services that would continue to operate and support military objectives despite being hit by a cyberattack, according to a report by InformationWeek.
The project, called the Mission-oriented Resilient Clouds (MRC) initiative, aims to ensure the military cloud infrastructure is secure and able to withstand an attack capable of taking pieces of the network out of commission.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking advice from cloud computing vendors on the feasibility of using commercial software-as-a-service collaborative tools that eventually could meet the needs of all of its 134,000 medical personnel.
In a recently issued request for information, the VA asks vendors for suggestions for using web-based collaborative software that will integrate with the VA’s existing systems. The project would start with a pilot including up to 5,000 participants. That could lead to the use of collaborative tools by all of the VA’s 17,000 staff physicians, 36,000 residents and 81,000 other medical staff members…
Computer-maker Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is reportedly in negotiations to purchase Autonomy Corp. for about $10 billion and concurrently plans to spin off its personal-computer business.
HPQ, which is slated to release its quarterly earnings reports after the market closes on Thursday, may announce the deal before then, according to Bloomberg…
CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced it has completed the acquisitions of privately-held Interactive TKO, Inc. (ITKO) and Watchmouse B.V. (WatchMouse). The acquisitions expand the breadth of solutions CA Technologies offers enterprises and service providers for using and providing cloud computing to rapidly deliver business services.
The addition of ITKO, a leading provider of service simulation solutions for developing applications in composite and cloud environments, allows CA Technologies to add a new and critical dimension to modern IT management and extend it to encompass the entire service delivery lifecycle. In particular, the acquisition will help customers overcome the limitations of current organizational approaches and break down the silos across development, testing and operations…
GoodData, which claims to be the "first company to truly leverage cloud computing in delivering comprehensive BI capabilities" – as opposed to traditional BI providers who rely on expensive hardware to provide data analytics – has gotten $15 million in Series B funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.
The VC’s general partner John O’Farrell along with Google enterprise president Dave Girouard is joining its board…