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A survey of companies that use the cloud to deliver business applications shows that nearly three out of four of them think their cloud providers are hiding performance problems from them. The survey of 704 senior IT pros commissioned by Compuware, a provider of application performance management technology, shows that 73% of respondents believe that companies hide performance shortfalls with application delivery.

Seventy-nine percent believe that cloud provider service level agreements (SLAs) are poorly written and don’t adequately explain what assurances providers actually make. Survey respondents view SLAs as too simplistic. "Companies fear that infrastructure and platform-level problems are being hidden behind hollow guarantees, with little incentive for cloud providers to give any greater levels of transparency," a whitepaper based on the global survey states…

Grazed from ComputerWorld. Author: Bonnie Gardiner.

Tackling a risk-averse corporate culture is critical for companies transitioning to the cloud, says a prominent CIO. IT departments must effectively contrast their organisation’s risk appetite with the opportunities in cloud computing in order to be successful, according to Krist Davood, Group CIO, Court Services Victoria.

“It helps to influence people within the organisation as to why this is a beneficial and innovative journey to go on,” he said during his recent CeBIT presentation. “Many businesses are anchored in the past, and there are multiple reasons why they should be wary of the cloud." While people tend to talk about the technical risks that need to be mitigated, Davood claims it’s just as important to be wary of governance and culture, as success depends more on the people surrounding you, rather than just the technology…

Grazed from WhatTech. Author: Luke Frost.

2X Software, a global leader in virtual desktop and application delivery, remote access and corporate mobility, today signed a distribution agreement covering the A/NZ Markets with Value Added Distributor, Connector Systems. Andrew Craze, Connector Systems Country Manager (Australia), said: “The 2X Software offering fits perfectly with our solution portfolio, particularly our VDI/Thin Client Business Unit.

2X Software is the number one alternative to Citrix. The 2X ApplicationServer XG platform offers enterprise-rich functionality at a fraction of the cost of the usual offerings.” “Not only does 2X Software develop innovative products such as 2XOS for converting desktop PCs into thin clients, they create solutions, such as 2XLifeCyclePlus, designed to prolong the life of legacy Windows XP PCs…

Grazed from MidsizeInsider. Author: Sue Poremba.

Cloud computing has gained traction among small and midsize businesses (SMBs), but recent research suggests that cloud adoption might be more hype than reality. A new study from Bitglass found that SMBs, as well as larger enterprises, are worried about the security of their cloud-stored information. "We found that while more strategic, company-wide adoption of the cloud is starting to take hold, there are still basic security mechanisms that have not been put into place," Bitglass CEO Nat Kausik stated in a recent Help Net Security article.

Security Still a Deterrent

In fact, security concerns are the leading reason why SMBs are not migrating to the cloud. Despite improvements in cloud-based security tools, these concerns are actually growing over time. In 2011, 25 percent of companies claimed security was the main reason why they had not yet adopted a cloud computing solution; in 2013, that number had jumped to 42 percent…

Grazed from Datamation. Author: James Maguire.

`A private cloud ROI calculator that works for all businesses – in any stage of adoption – is essentially impossible. After all, calculating ROI of a private cloud requires weighing a remarkably complex set of variables. Furthermore, some of those variables will be so specific to your business that a single calculator could hardly contain them all. Still, a ballpark estimate can help your planning immeasurably. And any smart consultant will tell you that planning is absolutely essential to a successful cloud deployment.

Private Cloud ROI Calculator: Vendor Neutral

Our private cloud ROI calculator, part of our Private Cloud Project Center, includes a full complement of variables. Unlike many private cloud ROI calculators, ours was not created by a vendor to sell you a specific solution. We worked in conjunction with independent cloud computing experts – notably Sam Charrington – before we coded the grid of private cloud variables…

Grazed from StackDriver. Author: PR Announcement.

Google said on Wednesday that it acquired startup Stackdriver to help improve the Internet giant’s cloud computing services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Stackdriver’s technology lets developers monitor how their apps and other software services are performing as they run on cloud computing platforms including those offered by Amazon.com’s Amazon Web Services and Rackspace.

Stackdriver employees, currently based in Boston, will be moving to Google’s Cambridge, Mass. offices where they will integrate the startup’s monitoring technology into Google’s Cloud Platform services. Google recently announced a big new push to get more developers using its cloud platform, which offers remote computing power and storage that can be rented rather than owned…

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The 2014 Software as a Service and Cloud Applications University Conference is being held May 13 thru 15 in Austin, Texas. The event is organized by Softletter which tracks software industry benchmarks, metrics and information to help executives improve in-house growth and profitability. Loren Saxby, founder and president of the L.A.-based "smarter" business software firm INTLY, says Softletter is on the right track and cites SaaS Cloud Computing models as "the absolute best choice" for enterprise clients seeking to improve productivity and efficiency levels.

"Truly motivated enterprise professionals are always looking to achieve a perfect blend of cost savings, increased productivity and maximum ROI," says Saxby. "Building their internal networks around a SaaS Cloud Computing model is the best way to achieve all three – for higher levels of productivity and effciency."…

Grazed from ITBusinessEdge. Author: Editorial Staff.

During the early 1990s, visitors to a trade show clicked on a hyperlink and used the Internet to connect to over 600 servers. It was called the World Wide Web and stunned the users with the simplicity of the operation and how easy it was to get information. Of course, today we can connect to more than 690 million servers, and the Web is woven into the very fabric of our lives. It was the dawn of a new era in technology.

Which of today’s technologies are now similarly positioned to revolutionize our work and interactions? Cloud computing is signaling that we are again at the dawn of a new era, and the network will drive the way we use the cloud in much the same way as the browser transformed the Internet…

Grazed from MarketWatch. Author: PR Announcement.

Software as a Service (SaaS) security company Adallom today announced it has been selected by Information technology research and advisory firm Gartner as a "Cool Vendor in Security for Infrastructure Protection, 2014." Why Cool? According to Gartner’s report, "The Nexus of Forces — mobile, social, cloud and big data — continue to add complexity to a chief information security officer’s (CISO’s) duties, and are a driver for security and the protection of infrastructure.

The cloud’s popularity among business leaders and its expanding roster of software as a service (SaaS) applications signify that it is beyond being a game-changing technology now." Why Hot? Cloud computing and SaaS offerings are hot technology markets as companies look to shift capital expenditures to strategic business operations…