Can You Trust the Cloud?
Grazed from Mashable. Author: Christina Warren.
In the past, one of the primary concerns about the cloud was reliability — could you count on it to be available when you need it? Today, most major cloud offerings are at least as reliable as any other solution. Instead, we’ve seen concerns shift to the "security" of data stored on the cloud. (Thanks a lot, NSA.) Whether or not you can "trust" the cloud often depends completely on what you are doing and what type of service you are using.
When we talk about the cloud, we’re usually talking about a few different things. First and most commonly, we have consumer or business facing cloud-based applications and services. The most popular example here is something like Dropbox or Google Docs. Rather than running an application off of your computer, you run an instance — usually in a web app (but you can do it using mobile too) directly from the Internet…
KVH Co. Ltd., Asia’s leading information delivery platform, and Zadara™ Storage, Inc., an award-winning provider of enterprise-class private cloud storage by the hour, today announced the two companies are working together to deliver Zadara’s Enterprise Storage-as-a-Service to KVH and Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers in Japan, building on the strength of the AWS cloud platform and demonstrating KVH’s commitment to continuously enhancing its growing ecosystem of solution providers within its infrastructure services. This service will be available from 17th September, 2013.
VMware (VMW) vCloud Hybrid Service appears set to support such Linux distributions as SUSE, Ubuntu and CentOS. Somewhat similarly, Microsoft (MSFT) Windows Azure supports SUSE, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu and CentOS. Noticeably absent from the Microsoft and VMware cloud lists: Red Hat’s (RHT) Enterprise Linux. That’s a big mistake as all three companies seek to promote complete, flexible cloud solutions to VARs, MSPs and cloud integrators. First, let’s focus on the positive. VMware, Microsoft and Red Hat each have compelling cloud strategies.
Leading Cloud Provider and Technology Integrator, MicroTech, made a major statement at this week’s ITEXPO in Las Vegas, Nevada which is the world’s largest and best-attended communications and technology tradeshow. Education, innovation, and networking professionals from across the entire IT community saw the debut of MicroTech’s newest Cloud Solution – the MicroKloud.
Awesome Cloud Services has announced the results of a recent case study with technology provider BCG Systems who partnered with Awesome Cloud Services to provide a comprehensive cloud-based solution to one of BCG Systems’ Georgia-based clients, thus enabling the client to become a more agile organization.
During the last few years, cloud computing has drifted into the mainstream of business. It’s no secret that the technology is changing the way organizations approach IT—and the way people interact and work. But along with all the potential gains come some noticeable pains—especially when data migrations are part of the picture. And nowhere is this more apparent than in the current shift toward Microsoft Office 365.
As the CEO of a cloud startup, it’s a little frustrating for Chris Kemp to sit back and watch VMware bid for cloud customers. Kemp, with no official role at VMworld, has been among the 22,000 VMware customers, partners and onlookers at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. As events unfolded, Kemp saw VMware saying it was offering a different kind of cloud than the one he is trying to deliver.