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Grazed from Business2Community. Author: Chris Patterson.

The world of desktop computing is ripe for change as traditional computing infrastructures no longer have the flexibility and capabilities to handle the demands of today’s mobile work force. IT departments are burdened with the complexity and cost of maintaining and securing mobile devices, and are beginning to implement BYOD policies to help manage these challenges. According to a recent survey conducted by NaviSite, 80 percent of respondents agree that BYOD is the “new normal,” yet surprisingly, only 45 percent have a formal BYOD policy in their workplace.

While this discrepancy is a culmination of factors, the greatest deterrent to adopting a BYOD policy is security; 68 percent of respondents said they were very concerned or extremely concerned when thinking about securing enterprise data on employee mobile devices…

Grazed from BBB. Author: Katie Bourgoyne.

We have become increasingly dependent on lightening quick technology, so of course we’d expect nothing less when it comes to storing our data. As if sent from tech heaven, the cloud has become the answer to this demand. If you have access to the Internet, Cloud Computing wirelessly syncs your information, files, videos, pictures, etc. For many, this is a “say-no-more” convenience and will be their trusted method of data storage. But for others, this cloud concept is concerning, and leads to questions about who else has access to our personal files. Mashable suggests that for those of you who are worried about privacy and tracking, you need to decrease the amount of personal data and files you have stored online. Here are 6 steps you can take to “de-cloud” yourself:

• Use your computer’s hard drive instead of cloud storage. To help eliminate the risk of third party data access, save files to your personal hard drive rather than the cloud. Cloud-based services like Dropbox or Google Drive are great for efficiency and don’t take up much disk space, but they are more susceptible for to tracking. Mashable also suggests disk encryption, “A disk encryption password protects all of your hard drive’s data; even if it were physically removed, only those with the correct passwords could access or copy files. Both Mac and Windows have built-in disk encryption tools.”…

Grazed from PRWeb. Author: PR Announcement.

CloudBees, Inc., the Java Platform as a Service (PaaS) innovation leader, today announced it has been named a 2013 Emerging Technology vendor by UBM Tech Channel’s CRN Magazine. The annual list highlights hot tech startups making an impact on the channel and a strong impression on the tech industry as a whole. These up-and-coming technology vendors have recently introduced a new product or technology that is not only innovative but generates the high margins solution providers require in today’s competitive marketplace.

The CloudBees Platform as a Service (PaaS) continues to stand out in the industry as the only Java PaaS that is in production and is supporting the entire development and deployment of thousands of production applications today. CloudBees’ recent acquisition of FoxWeave advances the company’s PaaS leadership, bringing native data migration and synchronization services to the CloudBees Platform and simplifying the way developers compose services and weave them together with PaaS-hosted application logic…

Grazed from CIO. Author: Editorial Staff.

Cloud-storage and cloud-backup services are so popular today that it can be difficult to decide which provider is right for you. Do you just want to backup data or do you also want to sync files across different devices? Will you need more storage space than the 5GB or 10GB that are typically offered for free? What about security?

Nextadvisor.com, which bill itself as an “independent research” site for consumers, took a close look at a number of popular cloud providers and came up with a helpful comparison chart that lists eight options. (Four of the eight providers are listed in the chart below.) It’s a good idea to keep the following points in mind when considering cloud-service providers:…

Grazed from PRNewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.

VMware’s dominant share of the cloud platform market among top Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers is eroding mainly as a result of gains by open source OpenStack and CloudStack platforms. According to Strategy Analytics Business Cloud Strategies (BCS) service report, "Business Cloud Platforms Powering Top IaaS Service Providers: Open Source Software Alternatives are Driving Change," VMware powers one-third of all services revenue from the top IaaS cloud providers with $100+M in revenue as of 2012, more than any other platform including Amazon Web Services (AWS). However, VMware’s share has been trending downward over the past several years as cloud service providers consider open source and commercial alternatives from Microsoft, OnApp, 8×8 and others when choosing to buy rather than build their own cloud platforms.

"Flexibility and agility are critical elements of cloud computing not only for customers but for service providers as well. With cloud market opportunities still looking hazy regarding what services to offer and how significant public and private cloud solutions will be for their businesses, cloud service providers are looking to choose the cloud platform that will keep their options open and deliver the biggest return on investments," commented Mark Levitt, Director of Business Cloud Strategies research at Strategy Analytics…

Grazed from Help-Net-Security. Author: Mirko Zorz.

Dan C. Marinescu is the author of Cloud Computing: Theory and Practice. He was a Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana from 1984 till 2001 when he joined the Computer Science Department at the University of Central Florida.

In this interview, Marinescu outlines interesting a variety of interesting facts about cloud security, illustrates how the cloud has shaped enterprise security, and provides insight into key future trends. How has cloud computing shaped IT since it stopped being just a buzzword?…

Grazed from BusinessTimes.  Author: Amit Roy Choudhury.

Grazed from IT Jungle.  Author: Dan Burger.

Owning and managing IBM midrange hardware is moving from on-premise IT departmental responsibility to service providers. This is not a question. It is happening. The furniture movers have arrived. But to what extent remains mostly unknown. Companies are picking and choosing their managed service providers and, if that works out, they are adding pieces of infrastructure and applications to the cloud. They may be saving money and they may be outsourcing skills that are in short supply.

It’s always been true that the decision to move hardware, infrastructure, and applications off site requires a load of trust. For IBM i shops, remote systems management has been a part of the landscape for years. You can throw a smartphone in any direction at a technical conference like COMMON and hit at least one entrepreneurial, work-at-home, systems guru tending to one or a handful of organizations with on-site hardware but no one to run it. The IBM i reseller channel is also a good place to look for companies large and small that have a healthy and growing business built around managed services, although some prefer the term hosted services to describe what they do…

Grazed from eWeek.  Author: Darryl K. Taft.

IBM announced a series of wins that indicate wider adoption of Big Blue’s cloud, big data and services solutions in emerging markets.  In a series of recent wins, IBM demonstrates how its cloud technology, systems, storage and outsourcing services are helping organizations worldwide – particularly in emerging markets — to make a smooth transition into the digital era, harness big data and improve their overall infrastructure.

IBM recently announced that Capitalonline Data Service Co. (CDS), one of China’s leading Internet data center (IDC) service providers, tapped Big Blue to develop an infrastructure for delivering enhanced cloud solutions. As part of a multi-million dollar engagement, IBM will build and manage CDS’s public cloud service based on IBM SmartCloud technology…

Grazed from PRWeb.  Author: PR Announcement.

Citing studies from both Forrester and Paystream Advisors, AmeriQuest’s recent blog deals with the changes in attitude regarding SaaS solutions for a variety of areas within an enterprise. Many medium-sized businesses have been willing to adopt the technology for specific areas, like customer relationship marketing CRM and HR. But AmeriQuest delves into why this type of solution is especially applicable to the accounts payable invoice approval process.

For many medium-size companies, there is always conflict over which department can get access to IT staff. Low value-added projects and tasks are given low priority, and that includes accounts payable tasks. Thus, any process that minimizes IT involvement is an excellent solution for AP. Paystream Advisors’ “e-Invoicing Adoption Benchmark Report,” released in 2012, found that “Minimal IT Involvement” got the largest response to the question, “What do you see as the biggest benefit of cloud services or software-as-a-service for AP processing?”…