Category: News

Grazed from ITWorld. Author: Brian Proffitt.

One of the biggest problems with cloud computing for small businesses is having little to no clue how much working with a cloud-based infrastructure is really going to cost. A new Linux-based service in its nascent stage will be working to solve that problem, helping IT managers with monitoring existing cloud computing costs, and projecting costs for new cloud providers to find out which one is best for your wallet.

You might be thinking, how hard could it be to track my cloud computing costs? You’ve signed up with Amazon EC2, spun up your instances in the closest region, and you have a fixed monthly cost, right?…

Grazed from NetworkWorld. Author: Brandon Butler.

Every few months something new pops up as the latest and greatest feature touted by cloud providers. Earlier this year it was platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings. Recently, vendors have been pushing free or low-cost versions of their clouds. Now, perhaps it’s time for high performance computing to have its turn in the spotlight.

This week, a new entrant into the market named ProfitBricks is coming forth with impressive network speed capabilities in its cloud, according to an independent review of the European company’s performance. This falls in line with Amazon Web Services, which released a solid-state disk high input/output compute option over the summer…

Grazed from eWeek. Author: Darryl K. Taft.

With enterprises continuing to adopt cloud computing, analysts see continued growth in both public and private cloud investment—with worldwide spending on public IT cloud services set to exceed $40 billion in 2012 and reach nearly $100 billion by 2016, according to IDC.

The research firm forecasts that from 2012 to 2016, public IT cloud services will see gains at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.4 percent—five times that of the IT industry overall, as companies accelerate their shift to the cloud services model for IT consumption…

Grazed from ITWeb. Author: PR Announcement.

Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, unveiled its USG9500 series, the world’s first high-end firewall with Terabit throughput, in the Huawei Cloud Computing Conference 2012 (HCC 2012).

Huawei has more than 10 years’ of experience in firewall technologies. Huawei firewalls have evolved from Gigabit basic firewalls to 10G and 100G firewalls with functions such as NAT, VPN, UTM, anti-DDoS and CGN to meet the rising security requirements of enterprises. In recent years, the Huawei firewalls have witnessed a rapid business growth in product range to include low-end, mid-range and high-end devices to meet the needs of different enterprises, including the world’s biggest carriers and famous companies…

Grazed from 4Traders. Author: PR Announcement.

Informatica Corporation, the world’s number one independent leader in data integration software, announced today the availability of Informatica Cloud MDM for organizations looking to improve their customer information within salesforce.com. Informatica Cloud MDM extends the company’s leadership in Cloud Data Integration and Master Data Management (MDM), with technologies obtained through the acquisition of Data Scout Solutions Group Limited.

"With the explosive growth of data in cloud computing and CRM systems, organizations must have a 360-degree view of their clients in order to stay a step ahead of the competition," said Girish Pancha, chief product officer, Informatica…

Grazed from PRNewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.

Three in five IT and business decision makers agree that owning and operating in-house IT infrastructure drives costs higher and wastes resources, according to an annual study from Savvis, a CenturyLink company (NYSE: CTL) and leader in global cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises.

This view marks a sharp increase from 2010, when just 38 percent of IT decision makers attributed IT ownership to waste in resources and higher costs, and comes as nearly 60 percent of respondents now believe organizations must place the priority on outsourced infrastructure over traditional in-house services…

Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: David Linthicum.

Back in June, I walked you through the steps to define and design a cloud computing API or service. My goal was to get those who build private, public, and hybrid clouds to think a bit more around how these APIs are designed, developed, deployed, and managed.

The core problem is that APIs are services, which are typically used in the context of a service-oriented architecture, but SOA is not as cool as it was 10 years ago. To properly design services, you have to consider how resources should be used in service-oriented ways, including how well they work and play within infrastructure and application architecture…

Grazed from New York Times. Author: Quentin Hardy.

Autodesk just announced that it is selling design simulation software that works online, via servers in the company’s own data centers. This continues the design giant’s move into a lower-paying, hopefully higher-volume, world of mobile devices and cloud computing.

Just as important, it’s another sign that the cost of computing has fallen so far that it makes more sense to be wasteful with server power, and harvest the results, it than it is to plan everything carefully. It is a triumph of brute force and messes over carefully planned design…

Grazed from InformationWeek. Author: Editorial Staff.

Dell announced its strategic alliance with Ramco Systems to deliver Ramco’s ERP-as-a-service on Cloud to help midmarket businesses execute cost and operational efficiencies and accelerate revenue growth. The new offering strengthens Dell’s growing portfolio of Software-as-a-Service (Saas) solutions that help organizations manage and grow their business.

Ramco’s ERP on Cloud supports businesses with wide functionalities across various industry segments, including production planning, asset management, and analytics along with regular corporate functionalities of HR, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and financial management…

Grazed from Forbes. Author: Joe McKendrick.

In his new book, Cloudonomics, Joe Weinman explores many of the areas being impacted by the cloud computing phenomenon, offering compelling value propositions. He spells out, extremely thoroughly, the business cases and cost justifications that go behind cloud computing efforts.

He also provides 28 business areas where cloud does and doesn’t make business and financial sense. (And, amazingly, manages to categorize all points in terms starting with the letter “C.)” A senior VP at Telx and formerly with A&T, Weinman is highly regarded as a thought leader on the emerging art and science of cloud economics…