Category: News

Grazed from The Washington Post. Author: Mohana Ravindranath.

Since its founding in 1969, chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices, has produced the chips powering machines from IBM’s PCs in the 1980’s to Microsoft’s recently released Xbox One. Today AMD is eager to branch out into cloud services, as business begins to expand beyond desktop computing. In October, Verizon selected AMD’s microprocessor to power some of its Internet-based cloud computing and cloud storage offerings.

In a conversation with The Washington Post, AMD chief executive Rory Read discussed how cloud computing creates opportunities for the company in both consumer and government markets. When data was stored on local servers, AMD was focused on how to process and display it on one particular device, Read said. “Now with the cloud, you have to be able to set all of that graphics and display [on any device].”…

Grazed from MarketWire. Author: PR Announcement.

Document Capture Technologies (OTCQB: DCMT), an innovator in cloud-based document management and productivity solutions for small businesses, today launched a fax service that allows documents to be sent from a computer, tablet or smartphone with an Internet connection. SimpleScan now turns a smart phone or desktop scanner into a virtual fax machine that transmits digitized documents to any fax number.

"Eliminate the time, cost and hassle of faxing documents on the go," said Karl Etzel, COO, Document Capture Technologies. "The inclusion of fax in SimpleScan Connect’s suite of document management services is one more way we enable small business productivity and efficiency, especially for those who send faxes infrequently."…

Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Chris Talbot.

Revenue generated from public cloud is estimated to grow to upwards of $107 billion by 2017, but according to the head honchos at Flexiant, there’s an apathy running through the services provider world. Although plenty of services providers have caught the cloud bug already, Flexiant’s leaders noted in a discussion with Talkin’ Cloud that many still don’t "get" the cloud and how they fit into the market.

Flexiant focuses on helping services providers with orchestration software they can use to run a public cloud and increase revenue, but George Knox, Flexiant’s CEO, said many firms don’t yet understand the mindset of deploying and selling cloud services. That lack of understanding crosses all types of services providers—from managed services providers to telcos…

Grazed from V3.co.uk. Author: Daniel Robinson.

Akamai Technologies has announced its intention to acquire security firm Prolexic Technologies in order to offer customers using its cloud platform protection against cyber attack from the internet. The acquisition, which is expected to close in the first half of 2014, will see Akamai purchase all of the outstanding equity of Prolexic in exchange for a cash payment of approximately $370 million. The buyout is subject to the usual conditions, including regulatory approvals.

Akamai, which operates a cloud-based content delivery network with a global presence, said the move will enable it to provide customers with a comprehensive portfolio of security solutions to defend their web and IP infrastructure against application-layer, network-layer and data centre attacks…

Grazed from HostReview. Author: PR Announcement.

Cloud computing is the most effective means for small, medium and large enterprises in reducing their IT cost. Not only does it eliminate most of the infrastructure CapEx because it eliminates the need to buy servers any more, even the total operating cost of running the infrastructure is significantly lower. The benefits apply both to start-ups and to established organizations. Had it not been for the Cloud, Instagram could never have gone from zero to 100 million active users in less than 18 months; the infrastructure scale-up challenges, not to mention the capital investment in hardware, would have curtailed such growth to a minor percentage of what actually transpired.

Thus Cloud Computing is undoubtedly a great boon for companies everywhere, and, therefore, a boost for the world economy. In a recent interview with bodHOST’s CEO Probal DasGupta, he recalled the Instagram growth, and its $1 billion acquisition by FaceBook; and, compared it to the mere $35 million paid by Yahoo for a similar service, Flickr, in 2005. One factor that might have played in Instagram’s favor was access to more advanced Cloud technology…

Grazed from Computing.co.uk. Author: Danny Palmer.

Replacing all instances of the word "cloud" with "somebody else’s computer" might make organisations stop and think about the security implications of cloud computing. That’s according to computer security expert Graham Cluley. He believes the "trendy" use of the word "cloud" has been responsible for a certain carelessness by organisations as they ship their data off to cloud providers without properly considering how sensitive data could be vulnerable if stored this way, especially if it isn’t encrypted.

"You need to encrypt your data. Nobody used to use the word cloud – we all used to say "internet" but now it’s trendy to say cloud," Cluley told Computing. "I’d like to suggest a new phrase so that every time we say cloud we say ‘somebody else’s computer’."  Thinking about it in those terms, Cluley argued, would logically lead to IT professionals thinking a little harder about where and how they store data, especially if it is of a sensitive nature…

Grazed from PRWeb. Author: PR Announcement.

LiquidFrameworks, a leading provider of mobile field operations management solutions for companies in the oilfield, industrial, and environmental industries, today announced that it was named as one of three finalists for the 2013 UP-START Cloud Award for the Best Mobile Solution category. LiquidFrameworks was recognized for changing the way companies in the oil and gas, industrial, and environmental services industries manage their mobile field operations. Their FieldFX product suite is a complete mobile field operations management solution that empowers companies with the ability to organize and manage jobs, quotes, field tickets, equipment, contracts, price books, and labor, along with customer-specific electronic forms.

The UP-START Award finalists are disruptive and next-generation cloud computing companies, who are defining cloud technology and were selected by cloud industry experts during a 2-stage open vote, will present their solutions to attendees of the UP Cloud Computing Conference in Santa Clara on December 3, 2013, where the final round of voting will commence…

Grazed from HelpNetSecurity. Author: Kent Landry.

As we head into 2014, people in the cloud virtualization industry begin to wonder exactly what to expect from the technology in the New Year. We’ve seen some interesting and exciting developments emerge recently, including advancements in software-defined networking, explosions in cloud consumerization applications like Dropbox, and such instrumentation innovations as the “smart house”—an automated home that connects your thermostat, smoke detector, alarm system, appliances, and lighting to the Internet, giving you complete remote access and connectivity—the Internet of Things.

After nearly five years in the cloud industry, I’ve made many predictions for different technologies, but I’m particularly excited about what’s in store for the cloud. As we’ve seen in 2013, cloud computing has really changed the way business is done, bringing a whole new level of transparency and accountability to the customer experience…

Grazed from Forbes. Author: Joe MCKendrick.

With the growing adoption of cloud computing comes a new class of leaders. They come from both IT and the business side of their organizations. They understand and are comfortable with the notion of bringing in new types of solutions to address business problems, as well as to super-charge innovation. At the same time, they understand the needs of the business, and are capable of communicating with and listening to business users from across the spectrum.

What does it take to bring about these special traits? The move to cloud is fraught with potential cost overruns, dashed expectations, data loss, and ham-handed attempts to quash “unsanctioned” projects. Highly effective cloud leaders need to know how to deftly navigate these shoals, and move cloud efforts forward. Here are 10 qualities that help define highly effective cloud leaders in this new era, who are moving their organizations forward. Highly effective cloud leaders:..

Grazed from ITProPortal.  Author: Wayne Scott.

In this video, Tom Salkield, Director of Professional Services at NTT Com Security outlines the key findings of a new research report commissioned by NTT Com Security.

NTT Com Security’s global research covered 700 organisations in the UK, USA / Canada, Germany, Nordics, Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong. The study shows that while over a third (36 per cent) of UK companies have adopted cloud in the last one to two years, almost a quarter (22 per cent) have yet to adopt cloud technology. This is compared to an average of 14 per cent globally…