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.
Cloud computing could lead to billions in energy savings
Grazed from GIGAOM. Author: Katie Fehrenbacher
Another study out this week has found that if companies adopt cloud computing, they can reduce the energy consumption of their IT and save money on energy bills. The report, created by research firm Verdantix and sponsored by AT&T, estimates that cloud computing could enable companies to save $12.3 billion off their energy bills. That translates into carbon emission savings of 85.7 million metric tons per year by 2020…
enStratus Expands Capabilities For OpenStack
enStratus today announced expanded capabilities for OpenStack components including OpenStack Object Storage and OpenStack Compute. This announcement highlights the significant momentum that OpenStack has built since its launch exactly one year ago.
OpenStack is a global collaboration of developers and cloud computing technologists producing the ubiquitous open source cloud computing platform for public and private clouds…
Cloud Creates New Focus on Infrastructure, Operations Planning
It’s been said many times that the cloud represents a fundamental shift in enterprise operations. However, many conversations revolve primarily around the myriad ways in which the cloud will broaden existing data center functionality.
The implication is that cloud providers will fall over backwards to tailor their infrastructure to suit existing enterprise needs. But that’s true only up to a point. The other side of the coin is that today’s enterprises will have to make substantial changes, both technological and operational, in order to leverage the cloud to its full potential.