Intel AppUp promises hybrid cloud for SMEs
With its new AppUp offering, Intel hopes to facilitate a new kind of cloud service for small businesses that have security concerns but want to take advantage of the cost benefits of moving to the cloud.
The service will let small businesses use applications hosted on hardware that is located on premise but pay only for what they use and leave the management to someone else.
I wandered lonely as a (managed) cloud service
Actually a "managed" cloud is not so lonely is it? But is it enough to bring companies into adopting the cloud computing model of IT delivery if they still harbour misgivings about cloud security, cloud data privacy issues and cloud robustness in all its many forms?
Will the in-house developer team be able to work with the new computing paradigms now in place? Will the skill sets exist to cope with new programming languages being used in the cloud such as Voldemort, Puppet and Chef?
Intel Gives MSPs A Hybrid Cloud Leg Up With AppUp
Intel (NSDQ:INTC) Tuesday took the wrapping off of new SMB cloud services available through MSPs that the company said gives SMBs the security of on-premise data coupled the agility of on-demand hybrid cloud applications and services.
Criticism Abounds, but Cloud Computing Is Here to Stay
Cloudshare Makes VM Testing a Snap
One of the better cloud computing bargains can be found at Cloudshare.com. For a reasonable price, corporate IT departments can have up to six individual virtual machines (VMs) in their own private cloud. That is a deal, and makes the pain of software testing a lot more bearable.
There are plenty of cloud providers that don’t charge much for smallish VM collections: Amazon Web Services and Rackspace are just two of dozens that charge by the virtual machine CPU-hour. I found Cloudshare a lot easier to use.
CloudShare has two different pricing tiers. (They used to have a third tier, with three VMs that was absolutely free of charge, but they have eliminated that deal, which is too bad.)…
Amazon Launches Cloud Service for Oracle DB Management
Rackspace Adds Virtual Desktop Platform To Cloud Channel Arsenal
Rackspace Hosting launched a hosted virtual desktop platform on Monday that the company said leverages its hosting services to let customers host their virtual desktops on any dedicated or cloud solution.
And the platform can be paired with desktop virtualization plays from others like Citrix (NSDQ:CTXS) or solution providers, San Antonio-based Rackspace said.
Spreading VDI Through the Cloud
Is it possible that virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is already past its prime?
It’s sort of a trick question because it certainly looks like the concept is as sound as it ever was, it’s only the infrastructure component that seems to be changing.
Evaluating Your Cloud Options
Usually, the phrase "head in the clouds" is used to mean that a person was caught daydreaming or is otherwise not engaged with what’s going on or the topic at hand. But, when the subject is cloud computing, and when the task at hand is to gain information in order to make a choice for your company, you’ll find that solid research on your options is critical. In other words, you’ll need to have your head in the cloud to make good decisions.
What’s missing from the cloud? An exit strategy.
You can get into the cloud, but do you have an exit strategy to get out?
Ninety percent of federal IT managers recently surveyed either say their agencies don’t have or report being unaware of whether their agencies have a cloud computing exit strategy, according to a survey commissioned by Quest Software Public Sector.
Agencies need a cloud exit strategy if they want to move their data or change cloud providers, government and industry experts say. To avoid vendor lock-in, there should be mechanisms for data exchange that encourage portability across platforms, they add.