Cloud Storage: Nimbus Data feeds flash storage frenzy
Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Barb Darrow.
The flash frenzy continues this week as Nimbus Data positions its new Gemini flash array as high-density, network-agnostic storage for database, enterprise resource planing (ERP), desktop virtualization and other applications. This is just the first of a flood of flash-related news to come as the Flash Memory Summit kicks off in Santa Clara, CA this week and solid-state memory vendors seek to parlay that event — and next week’s VMworld – for maximum exposure.
Nimbus Data says Gemini will cut total storage acquisition cost — including software — to $8 per GB from $10 per GB for its current E-Series product. Company CEO and Founder Thomas Isakovich said one of the chief draws of Gemini, due out in the next 60 days, is its fault-tolerant design that suits it for these mission-critical applications. “This goes beyond the power supplies to non-disruptive capacity expansion, non-disruptive software updates,” he said…
Microsoft Offers Guidance On Transitioning To Cloud Computing
Grazed from CRN. Author: Rick Whiting.
Solution providers are wrestling with the best way to add cloud computing to their areas of expertise, and Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) offered attendees at UBM Channel’s XChange 2012 conference in Dallas some advice on how to make the transition.
Microsoft, which is in the midst of one of the biggest new-product launch years in the company’s history, also offered XChange 2012 attendees an exclusive look at some of the capabilities in the upcoming Windows 8 and Office 2013.
"The impact of the cloud on our business is that it’s changing the conversations with our customers," said Jeff Turner, Microsoft’s director of U.S. SMB channel marketing, in a keynote address Sunday. "It’s no longer about selling IT value. It’s about selling business value."…
Future Barriers to Cloud Adoption
Grazed from CloudTimes. Author: Saroj Kar.
Cloud computing could be described as evolutionary outgrowth of previous computational approaches, based on both existing technologies and new technologies. Although the cloud presents new opportunities around the sharing of resources, the relative newness of the model does not clearly overcome some of the barriers, which will need to be addressed before it becomes pervasive.
The Internet has revolutionized and democratized access to information, cloud computing does the same for information systems. Cloud computing is a new way to provide resources and services and many new and existing services will sit on top of the clouds in near future. Scaling of information means cloud will further expand and there will be more outages in the form of hardware and software failures…
Is This a Cloud or is it Fog?
Is This a Cloud or is it Fog?
Welcome to the cloud!
I know what some of you are thinking – but I’m not in the cloud. I’m here to tell you that you are. People are making use of what I’ll call “personal” cloud services to enable services that your IT department can’t support. Large files are being shared on Dropbox, SkyDrive or Google’s GDrive. Cloud-based email is being sent from your users with information, or even attachments, that contain work related information. You may even be guilty of creating these “temporary workarounds” yourself to facilitate business getting done better, faster or, at least, more conveniently. I admit it… I’ve done it too!
Recommendations to business leaders on future of cloud computing
In the foreseeable future, cloud computing will be a part of our everyday lives. To move decisively and securely into cloud-enabled future, it is vital for banks to understand how cloud computing will impact future banking products, services and technologies.
First, customer relationships will be redefined. The most disruptive impact of cloud computing will be how it redefines the relationship between consumers and their providers of banking products and services. Cloud computing will make these services more convenient, more accessible, easier to use, and more personalized to the needs and lifestyles of individuals…
Trouble Ahead For Cloud Computing Stocks
Groupon, Facebook, and Zynga are currently having difficulties since their initial public offerings. Their losses can go as much as 70%. Currently, public cloud computing companies are not affected. This is primarily because companies like NetSuite and Salesforce.com have already proven themselves since they’ve been around since late 1990s. These companies have already proven that their customers are capable of buying their products and services. These customers also know that these companies offer cloud computing applications which are packed with benefits.
Social networking companies, on the other hand, are relatively new and they have not proven themselves. The social industry goes with the highly changing times and that it’s difficult to convert the customers’ support to money. This year, companies like Bazzarvoice, Brightcove, Demandware, and ExactTarget have gone public…
Cloud computing changes all rules in banking
How will cloud computing shake up the banking industry? The pre-crisis, high-leverage banking approach is no longer fit for purpose in the post-crisis world. For example, to successfully manage current market challenges (e.g., with liquidity, volatility and regulation), retail banks can no longer rely extensively on expensive branch-focused distribution to achieve sustainable growth. Rather, they must look to “smart size” their distribution network. In this new market context, banks will need to successfully overcome specific distribution and marketing challenges.
A powerful nexus of changing customer behavior through the use of the Web, mobile and social connectivity and emerging new technology (e.g., digital, analytics and cloud) is motivating “smart banks” to re-examine and re-engineer their business models. And, there are at least three unique business models emerging among smart banks…
Cloud Service OnLive Sold
Cloud gaming and desktop computing service OnLive’s fate is in: It has been sold to an unnamed entity. The news puts to rest some rumors that had been swirling about its future.
If you’re a user of the on-demand video gaming service there’s no need to worry, at least for now. A spokesperson for OnLive CEO Steve Perlman said the company will continue to operate its OnLive Game and Desktop services during the transition and the new company is well-funded.
OnLive said in a statement that "the new company is hiring a large percentage" of its staff across all departments…
Cloud Computing: Moving To Open Source
With more and more organizations moving towards the clouds for its customization, flexibility, and agility, sad to say, large cloud computing providers are not that keen to tap the open environment because doing so will be have negative effects to their financial interests. Since Linux started some 20 years ago, there is a growing demand for openness in the IT arena.
Today, there is a growing demand for cloud computing to deliver open source cloud computing applications. OpenStack, a community for the development of open-sourced public and private clouds, is on the forefront with more than 180 organizations around the world as supporters…
Big Data, 3D printing, cloud computing will control hype cycle of technologies
Big data, 3D printing, activity streams, Internet TV, Near Field Communication (NFC) payment, cloud computing and media tablets are some of the fastest-moving technologies identified in Gartner Inc.’s 2012 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies.
Gartner analysts said that these technologies have moved noticeably along the Hype Cycle since 2011, while consumerization is now expected to reach the Plateau of Productivity in two to five years, down from five to 10 years in 2011. Bring your own device (BYOD), 3D printing and social analytics are some of the technologies identified at the Peak of Inflated Expectations in this year’s Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle…