Google I/O 2011: in, out, shake it all about
Google labels its annual developer conference Google I/O, as you probably know. Before penning (keying) this blog I asked Google’s PR people twice to clarify what the I/O stands for these days as I have read three different definitions.
• Input/Output
• "Innovation in the Open"
• Binary code 11111000110100111 etc.
Google did not reply — and the company has very limited press access to its event, but to ignore its recent developer shindig would be a shame. So let’s march on.
Hybrid Desktop Virtualization: A New Approach for the Cloud
NoMachine and Deltaeffe Collaborate to Offer Hosted Desktops to Schools in the Cloud
NoMachine, award-winning provider of virtual desktop and application delivery software, and Deltaeffe, a leading service provider and supplier of innovative technologies, today announced a partnership that will feature NX as part of Deltaeffe’s Scuola Virtuale offering, or "Virtual School", allowing Italian schools to easily deploy and manage hosted virtual Linux desktops and applications in the cloud.
Software-as-a-service company working in NZ changes its name
A software-as-a-service company which provides services for New Zealand and other countries around the world has changed its name this week.
StepStone Solutions, which provides software-as-a-service solutions in talent acquisition and talent management, will be known as Lumesse from today, Tuesday, 10 May, the Grapevine Online reported.
The rebranding has been sparked by rapid growth in the company, which now has around 1,700 clients, including Heineken, PSA, Peugeot Citroen and Virgin Atlantic.
SAP’s SaaS Strategy Becoming More Clear — or Is It?
Akamai Inside: Creating a CDN for Enterprise Apps
How to choose the right cloud service provider to avoid network problems
The early stirrings of cloud computing are beginning to take place, with mixed results. Totally contained cloud services, such as salesforce.com, Concur and Transversal show how full-service functions held in the cloud can facilitate a business’s processes without costly hardware – but is this going to be the case going forward?
BT to become a public sector network service provider
BT Wholesale is set to become a key supplier to Government Conveyance Network (GCN) services which will interconnect the Cabinet Office’s Public Sector Network (PSN) programme.
The GCN will be one of the enablers for shared services, cloud-based services and datacentre rationalisation, which will deliver benefits to the public sector while reducing cost and complexity.
According to a survey conducted by Cisco, the PSN could cut government IT costs by over 6%.
Understanding Application Workloads Is the Key to Cloud Computing
Time again, when the discussion turns to whether cloud computing is a worthwhile endeavor, the conversation usually ends with it all depending on the type of application workload involved.
Unfortunately, that’s not much in the way of practical help, so the folks at CiRBA have come up with the Data Center Intelligence Tool, an analytics application that allows IT organizations to analyze the nature of any application workload and the systems required to support it.