Author: David

May 23, 2011 Off

Evaluating Your Cloud Options

By David
Grazed from IT Business Edge.  Author: John Storts.

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.

 

May 23, 2011 Off

What’s missing from the cloud? An exit strategy.

By David
Grazed from Government Computer News.  Author: Rutrell Yasin.

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.

May 20, 2011 Off

SAP offers HANA cloud platform for in-memory applications

By David
Grazed from ComputerWorld.  Author:  Chris Kanaracus.

SAP is opening up a cloud-based platform for its HANA (High Performance Analytic Appliance) in-memory computing technology, enabling partners to develop applications that take advantage of its capabilities, the company announced.

"We believe the future of the cloud is in fact an in-memory cloud," said CTO and executive board member Vishal Sikka. The HANA application cloud is now in "pre-beta," he added. Other details, including a general availability date, weren’t immediately available.

May 20, 2011 Off

Microsoft and SAP team to ease cloud deployments

By David
Grazed from ComputerWorld.  Author:  Joab Jackson.

Microsoft and SAP are configuring some of their cloud software products so that they work more easily together.

SAP will expose some of the functionality in its software so it can be readily harnessed within the Microsoft .Net platform as well as from the Microsoft Azure cloud computing service. These tweaks should speed development of .Net applications that interact with SAP programs, as well as make it easier to connect Azure cloud applications to internal SAP systems, the two companies said.

May 20, 2011 Off

Move To Cloud Means Closer Look At Encryption, Experts Say

By David
Grazed from Dark Reading.   Author: Robert Lemos.

Following massive breaches recently at Sony’s PlayStation Network and email marketing firm Epsilon, cloud services users need to look closer look at data protection and encryption, security experts warn.

Information stored on Internet accessible servers, especially customer data or critical corporate data, needs to be properly protected by encryption — not just to satisfy industry and government regulations, but to protect the business, says John Considine, founder and CTO of CloudSwitch, which provides an encrypted software infrastructure to lock down data in the cloud.

May 19, 2011 Off

TurnKey Internet launches TurnKey Cloud – Managed Cloud Solutions for Businesses

By David
Grazed from OpenPR.  Author: PR Announcement.

Web solutions provider TurnKey Internet today announced the launch of their new cloud service infrastructure, TurnKey Cloud, which provides scalable, reliable and cost-effective access to information technology anytime from anywhere. TurnKey Cloud enables businesses to reduce the need for expensive in-house staff, reduces infrastructure costs and moves complex IT infrastructure out of the office and into a green-friendly secure data center.

May 19, 2011 Off

Marketing Industry Migrating to the Cloud

By David
Grazed from Destination CRM.  Author: Brittany Farb.

IBM announced today that it is seeing a growing adoption of IBM cloud services with a variety of its clients venturing into its enterprise marketing management services. IBM’s Global CIO Survey showed that 60 percent of chief information officers are preparing for cloud computing, which is double the interest level of two years ago.

"Companies are migrating to the cloud," observes Michelle Eichner, product management leader for IBM’s enterprise marketing management group. "It really helps open up the opportunity for companies to take advantage of what they wouldn’t otherwise consider."