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Grazed from PRNewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.

The concept of Cloud Computing is relatively new and denotes an approach of computing wherein virtualized and scalable resources are offered as an online service. Cloud computing is a model for allowing on-demand, convenient, ubiquitous network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources such as services, applications, storage, servers, and networks that can be rapidly and easily provisioned and deployed with minimum service provider interaction or management effort.

Cloud computing is an emerging technology whereby data and services reside in massive, scalable datacenters, and is accessible on-demand via any connected device over the web. Growing demand for cloud services and rising number of on-demand and managed computing and hosting service providers is generating demand for cloud programming packages and tools that enable scalable data processing…

Grazed from BusinessNewsDaily. Author: Sara Angeles.

Is virtualization right for your business? How about cloud computing? Don’t know the difference? That’s OK ? most non-IT folks don’t either. The word "cloud" is often thrown around as an umbrella term, while "virtualization" is often confused with cloud computing. Although the two technologies are similar, they are not interchangeable, and the difference is significant enough to affect your business decisions. Here is a guide to help demystify the tech behind the jargon.

What is virtualization?

In a nutshell, virtualization is software that separates physical infrastructures to create various dedicated resources. It is the fundamental technology that powers cloud computing. [Cloud Computing: A Small Business Guide] "Virtualization software makes it possible to run multiple operating systems and multiple applications on the same server at the same time," said Mike Adams, director of product marketing at VMware, a pioneer in virtualization and cloud software and services…

Grazed from ContinuityCentral. Author: Editorial Staff.

A new ENISA report provides advice on how to implement incident reporting in cloud computing. "Incident Reporting for Cloud Computing" looks at four different cloud computing scenarios and investigates how incident reporting schemes could be set up, involving cloud providers, cloud customers, operators of critical infrastructure and government authorities. Using surveys and interviews with experts, ENISA identified a number of key issues:

• In most EU Member States, there is no national authority to assess the criticality of cloud services.
• Cloud services are often based on other cloud services. This increases complexity and complicates incident reporting.
• Cloud customers often do not put incident reporting obligations in their cloud service contracts…

Grazed from TelecomPaper. Author: Editorial Staff.

Dell and Red Hat will jointly engineer enterprise-grade, private cloud services based on OpenStack to help customers move to and deploy cloud computing models. As part of the expanded relationship, Dell becomes the first company to OEM Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform. The co-engineered service will be built on Dell infrastructure and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform. The service will be delivered by a Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform practice within Dell Cloud Services.

Dell and Red Hat will also jointly contribute code to the OpenStack community and collaborate on Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4, currently in beta, which integrates OpenStack Havana, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5…

Grazed from CIO. Author: Bernard Golden.

Cloud computing is starting a revolution in applications. If your perspective on cloud computing is that it’s like your established computing mode, just outsourced to an external provider, you’re wrong ? and you face a painful transition period during which your assumptions and practices will be wrenched and dislocated beyond all recognition.

A combination of the infrastructure capabilities of cloud environments and next-generation application requirements are causing this transformation. The result will be something faintly recognizable as an application but vastly different in design and operation from what you used to call an "application."…

Grazed from AFR. Author: David Ramli.

Telstra has continued to grow its cloud computing business through takeovers with the purchase of its Melbourne-based technology service provider O2 Networks in a deal believed to be worth around $60 million. O2 Networks designs and builds networks for a range of financial institutions across Australia with 370 customers and 100 staff. O2 worked with Telstra by providing the telco giant’s customers with services and products it did not have.

While neither party would provide any details on the value of the deal, sources close to the transaction valued it at around $60 million. It comes on the back of Telstra’s August 2013 purchase of technology service provider NSC Group for up to $100 million The deal is the latest in a series of purchases designed to bulk up Telstra’s Network Applications and Services (NAS) division, which Telstra chief executive David Thodey has repeatedly pointed to as a source of future revenue…

Grazed from LiveMint.  Author: Anirban Sen.

On Friday, India’s third largest software services exporter Wipro Ltd posted better-than-expected results during a seasonally soft quarter, raising investor hopes of a revival in the fortunes of the Bangalore-based firm.  Wipro is making a massive push towards automating more parts of its commoditized information technology (IT) businesses and planning to boost its on-site efforts by hiring more people at client locations that feeds into its de-centralized organizational structure.

In an interview on Saturday, Wipro chief executive T.K. Kurien, who’s just completed three years at the helm of the firm, spoke about the challenges that Wipro has faced over the last three years, changes in the IT industry in the backdrop of automation and also the possibility of creating a separate subsidiary or business unit to focus specifically on cloud computing services. Edited excerpts:…

Grazed from PingZine.  Author: Editorial Staff.

PCI Policies for cloud computing organizations are now available from the PCI DSS experts at pcipolicyportal.com. The PCI policies for cloud computing entities are highly essential for ensuring compliance with the PCI DSS standards, while also putting in place best practices for ensuring the safety and security of cloud based platforms.

Cloud computing will continue to grow in an aggressive manner – much like the PCI compliance regulatory mandates – thus it’s critically important to obtain high-quality, industry leading informations security documentation for PCI. pcipolicyportal.com offers PCI policies for cloud computing consisting of the following material:…

Grazed from VCPost.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Microsoft wants to provide a new and unique pricing system to its cloud consumers. Just like in Priceline.com, the software giant wants to set the rate of its cloud service based on the performance level the client is willing to pay for, according to VentureBeat.

Last year, two workers from Microsoft Research filed for a patent for "performance-based pricing for cloud computing," according to InformationWeek. Under this system, an enterprise client could bid for a set of performance requirements in a cloud service. The service manager could either reject or accept a client’s bid. The basis of performance level might include a deadline for a task, or the number of requests a client can make to the service, the report explained…

Grazed from InformationWeek.  Author: Cindi Howson.

Visual data discovery, cloud computing, and mobile lead the BI trends to watch in 2014. Take a closer look.

What’s in store for business intelligence in 2014?  In some respects, 2014 will echo themes heard in 2013, but the message is getting louder when it comes to visual data discovery, cloud, and mobile. Big data also will continue to garner attention, but people will take a pragmatic approach to adoption. Simplicity, meanwhile, will experience a second coming…