Category: News

Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Editorial Staff.

Rackspace is a familiar name on lists of top cloud computing providers, but that doesn’t mean that the company is content in its place. Listening to the needs of its customers, Rackspace Inc. had made moves this year to enhance its public cloud’s performance and features to better compete with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

In the company’s second quarter of 2013, Rackspace’s public cloud business reportedly grew by 36.4% to $99 million — tripling its revenue growth for its dedicated hosting business. "Recently, [Rackspace] has really started to step up their game building out other cloud services," said Aaron Rankin, chief technology officer of Chicago-based Sprout Social Inc., which mostly uses Rackspace, though it has some AWS components…

Grazed from GeekWire. Author: John Cook.

A new Seattle area cloud computing startup called Nurego just scored $2 million in fresh funding with support from some heavy hitters in the tech industry, according to a SEC filing today. The company is led by Harel Kodesh, a former Microsoft vice president who previously served as group president of Amdocs and CEO of Mozy.

Among the directors listed in the filing are Paul Maritz, the former Microsoft VP and VMware CEO who now leads Pivotal, and Sumant Mandal, a managing director at Clearstone Venture Partners and an early backer of PayPal, NetZero and MP3.com. Others listed in the filing include Nurego co-founders Harinderpal Hanspal, who previously worked at VMware and Mozy, and Ilia Gilderman, who previously worked at EMC and VMware…

Grazed from CloudTweaks. Author: Tom McShane.

The popularity of BYOD (or ‘Bring Your Own Device’) has surged in recent years, with around 67% of employees bringing their own computing tech into the office for work – whether that’s something large like a laptop to function as your ‘office computer’, or something smaller like a smartphone or tablet which is used for pulling up data and accessing records while in the boardroom and away from your desk.

With the cloud computing market value expected to reach hundreds of billions of dollars within the next years, it comes as no surprise to learn that these two rapidly rising forms of technology are intrinsically linked and are both self-perpetuating. This guest post, written by UK-based cloud infrastructure suppliers GCC Innova, looks at how BYOD-days in business settings are giving the cloud an even bigger boost…

Grazed from ITWorld. Author: Joab Jackson.

Recognizing the growing popularity of Node.js for building distributed Web applications, cloud provider Joyent will soon offer a commercial support package for managing the platform, wherever it is run. Priced at US$990 a month, Node.js Core Support is aimed at heavy commercial users of Node.js. The service will inspect Node.js systems and provide data to troubleshoot issues.

The service can work with the Node.js deployments that Joyent itself runs as part of its PaaS (platform-as-a-service) collection of hosted technologies. It can also work with hosted Node.js deployments from other providers, such as Heroku, Microsoft Windows Azure, and Engine Yard…

Grazed from CMSWire. Author: Tom Petrocelli.

Cloud computing provides tremendous value for businesses of all types. But as we can see from the number of products that shut down in 2013, it isn’t all a silver lining. Cloud applications, platforms and infrastructure offers a more flexible and agile IT environment, whether a large enterprise or a company that falls into the small-medium enterprise category.

Cloud computing allows companies to use their capital for creating business value rather than having it tied up in expensive data centers. Another way to look at cloud computing is that it doesn’t force an organization to be in the business of data centers unless that is its actual business…

Grazed from WashingtonTechnology. Author: Steve Charles.

True: Cloud computing has not yet come on like gangbusters in the federal government. More like footsteps of a steady series of app-by-app deals. But the cloud computing model as a federal service is still maturing, as is the government’s ability to craft the business cases and service level agreements it needs for cloud computing.

So before writing off cloud as just another fad, think again. It’s a mistake to conclude, from the past three years or so, that cloud is passé. The buzz has to move to the next fascination before procurements actually start to ramp. Feds often talk and dabble a few years before moving markets…

Grazed from MarketWatch. Author: PR Announcement.

Autodesk, Inc. today unveiled Autodesk CAM 360–the industry’s first cloud-based solution for computer-aided manufacturing (CAM). By tapping into the near infinite computing power of the cloud, CAM 360 allows users to take advantage of collaboration tools and shared data storage, and provides users with unparalleled ease-of-use and flexibility. CAM 360 allows users to rapidly engage with co-workers and customers, and turn around the most demanding machining projects much faster than ever before. Additionally, CAM 360 is the multi-platform CNC programming solution that transcends the normal limitations associated with traditional desktop workflows.

Since a difference of mere hours in the manufacturing process can impact delivery time, CAM 360 is built upon Autodesk’s proven HSM technology, which greatly improves efficiency and effectiveness for the entire supply chain. Companies gain the flexibility to proactively address any manufacturing problems or irregularities that might occur during the design to manufacture process…

Grazed from The Globe and Mail. Author: Quentin Hardy.

Google already runs much of the digital lives of consumers through e-mail, Internet searches and YouTube videos. Now it wants the corporations, too. The search giant has for years been evasive about its plans for a so-called public cloud of computers and data storage that is rented to individuals and businesses. On Tuesday, however, it will announce pricing, features and performance guarantees aimed at companies ranging from startups to multinationals.

It is the latest salvo in an escalating battle among some of the most influential companies in technology to control corporate and government computing through public clouds. That battle, which is expected to last years and cost the competitors billions of dollars annually in material and talent, already includes Microsoft, IBM and Amazon…

Grazed from ITBusinessNet. Author: PR Announcement.

OS33, a leading provider of virtual hosted desktops and unified cloud IT, today announced that it was named as one of three finalists for the 2013 UP-START Cloud Award for Best Cloud Automation Platform. The company was recognized for its groundbreaking approach to integrating a limitless range of proven and emerging cloud resources into a single, unified, and easy to use portal.

The UP-START Award finalists who are disruptive and next-generation cloud computing companies defining cloud technology – were selected by cloud industry experts during a 2-stage open vote. The final round of voting will be take place at the UP Cloud Computing Conference in Santa Clara on December 3, 2013. Winners will be announced after on-site attendees vote for the most outstanding cloud solution, measured by technical innovation, marketability and likelihood to be a market leader…

Grazed from Forbes. Author: John Foley.

Cloud computing aims for simplicity. Service providers try to mask whatever back-end complexity may exist—a factor of the cloud’s multitenant architecture, security infrastructure, virtualization, or other technologies—while delivering easy-to-use services to their customers.

It’s a compelling model, but much harder than it sounds. Saleforce.com is finding out just how difficult with its new Salesforce1. Salesforce.com recently introduced Salesforce1 as “the first CRM platform for developers, ISVs, end users, admins, and customers moving to the new social, mobile, and connected cloud.”…