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Grazed from Crowdsourcing.org. Author: Martin Ingram.

With the continued push into an entirely digitized era, companies are embracing cloud computing to enhance their business operations. Yet, most executives are still grappling with the question around how to virtualize their business processes and respective people, while generating innovation.

For the last decade, the idea of cloud computing has been a part of business conversations, with debate over whether the unknown applications were effective; in fact, at first, cloud computing was not proven successful and many people discounted its potential. In the last few years cloud computing has become mainstream, forcing executives to look back and question their everyday business processes…

Grazed from MarketWire. Author: PR Announcement.

Computex Technology Solutions, a nationwide IT services company, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Houston-based ENETsolutions, one of the top U.S. managed services providers (MSPs) and Cisco Gold networking partners. The acquisition strengthens Computex Technology Solutions’ advanced technology offerings around cloud services and unified communications.

Specifically, it boosts the company’s networking infrastructure solutions with the addition of a team of experts manning a 24×7 multi-million dollar data center, integration facility and network operations center (NOC) for cloud and hosting services and remote network monitoring and management. The acquisition also uniquely positions Computex Technology Solutions as a premier IT services provider with the expertise to design, deploy and manage an entire end-to-end enterprise IT environment with a mix of on-premise, off-premise and hosted solutions and a wide range of cloud computing consulting and professional services…

Grazed from TheConversation. AuthorL Jake Goldenfein.

The growth of cloud computing has revolutionised the way that information is produced, stored, processed and consumed, with privacy laws sometimes failing to keep up. From March 12, 2014, changes to Australia’s Privacy Act will impose new obligations on companies that collect and process personal information, including those that operate in the cloud.

Cloud computing involves using technical infrastructure, controlled by another party, to store information or data. As well as data storage, some cloud services include features that trade on the personal information they generate. For example, online services like Facebook, Gmail, and other Google offerings remain “free”, but users must provide personal information to obtain access…

Grazed from BusinessNewsDaily. Author: Nicole Fallon.

Cloud computing has made it possible for today’s small businesses to work from anywhere, on any device. They can transfer files easily between computers with DropBox, video-conference across the country with Skype, and work from their smartphones and tablets without stepping foot in the office. But as some business owners have learned the hard way, the tradeoff for these collaborative benefits is the potential for a serious data security breach. Cybersecurity experts shared their thoughts on best IT practices and tips for improving your security policies.

Control your admin access

Research has shown that unmanaged administrator privileges are some of the biggest IT security threats to an organization. Yet many small businesses still don’t take the time to set up the proper access limitations for non-admin employees, especially when those workers are using their own devices…

Grazed from Sima Solutions. Author: PR Announcement.

Sima Solutions LLC (SIMA), a real-time software solutions company and leading Business Process Management (BPM) provider, announced today the strategic deployment of IBM’s SoftLayer Tools aimed at increasing Cloud-Based, Mobile Client Engagement. Sima’s integration of SoftLayer’s unified technology optimizes flexible cloud computing for their clients, providing a secure platform to test various best practices that encourages mobile participation and client engagement.

"IBM’s SoftLayer technology is a very exciting development that allows Sima to develop and implement on an innovative infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform designed for web native, performance-intensive applications; the platform affords us unparalleled flexibility and security in the development phase for our clients," states Jim Pollitt, President of Sima Solutions LLC. He continues: "When combined with our WebSphere skillset; Sima engineers now have even more advanced technology available to them to develop real-world solutions that increase efficiencies and maximize our client’s return on investment."…

Grazed from EnterpriseCIO Forum. Author: Ryan Farris.

In modern business practices, effective communication is one of the largest challenges managers face. Often managers are tasked with overseeing more employees than they can feasibly manage with the personal attention and touch they would prefer. With this being the case, often it is necessary to find ways to streamline the process and communications to effectively engage and empower employees.

Access to information and core job materials is often a core issue for employees and with managers forced to attend meetings and focus their attention elsewhere, they often find themselves having to make due and therefore are forced into a state of decreased productivity. So how can managers equip their employees with the necessary materials they need to have the autonomy and productivity they desire?…

Grazed from TheVar Guy. Author: Christopher Tozzi.

Better security and privacy for data in the cloud is the major goal behind ownCloud Enterprise Edition 6, the newly released version of the file sharing and syncing platform based on the open source project also known as ownCloud. Announced March 11 by parent company ownCloud, ownCloud Enterprise Edition 6 is the latest edition of the value-added enterprise version of the open source ownCloud file-sharing platform, which allows organizations to build clouds on internal infrastructure.

ownCloud Enterprise Edition 6 is "the first and only sophisticated file access rules engine to enhance control and govern access to files," according to the company. It hopes that functionality will appeal to customers in highly regulated industries, such as health care and finance, where data privacy and regulatory compliance are priorities…

Grazed from DataCenter Knowledge. Author: Bill Kleyman.

In today’s inter-connected global infrastructure, cloud computing has created new ways to compute and process information. Originally, we had a few cloud models that had specific use-case and solid fits. Now, the entire data center and cloud landscape has evolved. Mobility has become the new normal.

A new “on-demand” generation spans both the user and the modern organization. Small and large enterprises are all looking at various cloud services to help them grow and evolve with the needs of the industry. All of this introduced a new way to look at the cloud, and the data center that supports it…

Grazed from MarketWatch. Author: PR Announcement.

SkyKick ( www.skykick.com ), the easiest way to Office 365, today announced Ingram Micro Inc. IM -0.08% , the world’s largest wholesale technology distributor and a global leader in IT supply-chain and mobile device lifecycle services, has added the SkyKick Migration Suite to its cloud solution provider portfolio. Available as part of the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace ( www.ingrammicrocloud.com ), the SkyKick Migration Suite provides a new, automated way for channel partners to move their customers to Office 365.

"Migrating a customer from hosted or on-premise to cloud-based solutions can be a major undertaking for channel partners because it requires a lot of time, expertise and energy," said Renee Bergeron, Vice President of Managed Services and Cloud Computing, Ingram Micro North America. "SkyKick’s Migration Suite helps channel partners simplify the entire process and profitably move their customers’ email, calendars and more to the cloud. We’re pleased to offer SkyKick as part of the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace."…

Grazed from PRNewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.

Ribose, a start-up that redefines the way people collaborate, is the first to achieve STAR Certification from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) fully compliant to the new cloud security standard: Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) 3.0. This certification means that Ribose is committed to protecting user information to the greatest extent possible. Users can be confident their privacy and data will always be respected and protected, and that they can collaborate freely on Ribose to innovate and succeed with their teams.

Ribose is currently the only organization to achieve STAR Certification compliance under the new CCM 3.0 standard. It is one of only two organizations worldwide to achieve Gold Certification, the highest level, based on its security measures and controls as assessed by the British Standards Institution (BSI). Ribose is also the first software-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud service provider to achieve STAR Certification under CCM 3.0 with SaaS services fully covered in the certification scope…