Google Head of Enterprise to join speaker line-up at the 2nd Cloud Computing World Forum Asia
It can be announced that Eric Yee, Head of Enterprise Sales at Google Greater China will be joining the list of prestigious speakers at the 2nd Cloud Computing World Forum Asia, taking place on the 30th November and 1st December at the Mira, Hong Kong.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Class of 2011: The Cloud
Comparing Apples to Workloads: The Pricing Problem with Cloud Services
When selecting a cloud provider, you want to make sure that you’re getting the best bang for your buck – but that’s not easy. Unlike hardware offerings, which are relatively easy to compare, cloud providers are all over the map when it comes to pricing and features…
Huddle and FCO Services to take UK civil servants into the cloud
UK civil servants are to be among the first in the world to use cloud computing to work on classified documents due to a partnership between UK start-up Huddle and government security chiefs.
Nasuni puts its cloud storage balls on the line
Nasuni is offering a 100 per cent uptime guarantee for data access through its cloud filer gateway appliance.
Of course, it can’t actually rule out service outages, so it is offering compensation for outages if the 100 per cent uptime target is breached.
Cloud Forecasts Darken a Bit After Q2
With so much hype about cloud computing, it’s not hard to bring the sector down to earth.
The mention of cloud computing in earnings calls has become routine by companies such as virtualization software maker VMware (NYSE:VMW – News). But like many emerging tech trends, expectations can jump ahead of reality…
SUBWAY Heads Down the Cloud Computing Highway
As the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and public cloud services industries mature they are being deployed to play more pivotal roles in the day-to-day operations of bigger and bigger organizations. The latest example is Coupa Software’s recent contract with the Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPC) of SUBWAY, the largest franchise company in the world.
Feds list data centers that will get the ax
While Congress debates the debt ceiling and the federal budget, the White House is accelerating its plans to close data centers as a means to trim billions of dollars from its IT budget.
By 2012, the U.S. plans to close 373 data centers, representing about 800,000 square feet of space, or about the size of 14 football fields, an official pointed out on Wednesday.
VMTurbo Brings Agility To The Cloud
Most data center managers are facing the increasing complexity of virtualized and cloud-based environments. Successfully managing cloud operations and virtualized environments takes intelligence–not so much the type of intelligence as defined by IQs, but more along the lines of intelligence defined as the ability to gather information of value.
McDonald’s Head of IT to give insight at the Cloud Computing World Forum India
It can be confirmed that Biji Varughese, the Head of IT at McDonald’s India West and South will speak at the Cloud Computing World Forum India, to take place on the 12th October at the JW Marriott in Mumbai, India.