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Grazed from IT Business Edge.  Author: Michael Vizard.

The battle for control of the cloud is ultimately going to be determined by the platform that wins the hearts and minds of the most application developers.

With that goal in mind, Salesforce.com is already playing host to over 1 million cloud applications that are running on its Force.com and Database.com platforms, or on the cloud computing platform managed by its Heroku subsidiary, says Byron Sebastian, CEO of Heroku.

Each of those platforms, adds Sebastian, is targeted at a specific type of application. Force.com is aimed at developers who are creating data-centric applications that are similar in nature to the customer relationship management (CRM) application that Salesforce.com markets, while the Heroku platform is designed to run custom applications that are rewritten in multiple languages. Database.com, meanwhile, gives developers who need a relational database access to a cloud service. Sebastian says Salesforce.com sees Database.com as the platform that unifies the Force.com and Heroku platforms under a common set of federated cloud services…

Grazed from InfoWorld.  Author: Stephanie Overby.

Around this time last year, the cloud computing contract signings were coming fast and furious — not just for commodity work like IT management or email, but for software and infrastructure closer to the core of corporate value. Not long after that, the calls started to come in to Greg Bell, principal and the Americas service leader for information protection at KPMG.

Cloud services customers more often line of business leaders that IT executive — were panicked as they began to realize that their intellectual property (IP) was now at risk. Some, like one client who discovered that he’d potentially exposed his company’s precious formulas, had to bring the software and associated processes back in-house — at no small expense. "They quickly went through an assessment, made very aggressive movement [into cloud computing], and then had to retreat because they were not able to put the proper controls in place," says Bell…

Grazed from TechZone360.  Author: PR Announcement.

Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA), the leading global provider of converged IP and wireless network test solutions, today announced its participation in the first public test of a cloud infrastructure in conjunction with EANTC and Cisco. EANTC-independently led testing that showcased Cisco’s expertise in providing the comprehensive end-to-end functionality required to deliver next-generation cloud data centres from application delivery through to core switching. The testing highlighted Ixia’s unique ability to completely characterise a complex cloud network using several of its physical and virtualised testing solutions working together.

The success of cloud computing and the online applications it enables has brought about a new paradigm of user experience and expectations. Users now expect access to a wide range of media-rich applications and services, instantly, from any location. Virtualisation makes more efficient and flexible use of data centre resources, but increases the workload and complexity of server architecture and network infrastructure, putting new and significant demands on both resources. Add to this the security concerns and the ongoing migration to IPv6 and deploying public cloud networks can be a daunting process…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Caduceus Software Systems Corp., is pleased to inform the public of some of its current project and software undertakings. The Company’s flagship product, Caduceus MMS version 1.0, is an all-in-one software solution for medical offices which practitioners and medical clerks can use to manage patient bookings, patient private diagnoses and data (also known as Electronic Health Records, or EHR), and process billing (also known as Electronic Medical Billing, or EMB).

The Company believes its cloud computing undertaking is well positioned to take advantage of the demand for cloud services. For example articles such as the following have been written that called the move of health records to the cloud as the "next big thing:"…

Grazed from Data Center Knowledge.  Author: Rich Miller.

It’s been more than five years since the unveiling of the Sun Blackbox, the first commercial data center container. Modular designs are now common in huge cloud data centers and high-performance computing (HPC), and vendors say they are poised to push further into the mainstream.

What’s the state of the modular market? Five years in, the questions abound: Are any customers really buying them? Who are they? How large is the potential market? What does the analyst community think about modular data centers?

Here’s an update in which we answer these questions…

Grazed from CloudTweaks.  Author: Sourya Biswas.

Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money: UPDATE 6

This is the seventh in a continuing series on startups raising funding. You can read the first six in the series here:

1. Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money:  UPDATE 5
2. Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money: UPDATE 4
3. Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money: UPDATE 3
4. Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money: UPDATE 2
5. Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money: UPDATE 1
6. Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money

Today, there are two startups in focus – Code 42 and Knowlarity…

Grazed from BusinessWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

Cloudyn today announced the general availability of the next generation in cloud cost management solutions, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for dynamically optimizing the costs of cloud computing resources. Cloudyn’s technology provides cost visibility, control and optimization for cloud customers. Cloudyn doesn’t just provide customers with insight into cloud usage and spending, it provides personalized next steps. Cloudyn’s recommendations engine provides maximum savings without impacting operational efficiency or using intrusive software that takes control away from the customer.

"Many organizations that deploy applications on public clouds have been surprised with unexpectedly high bills. Unfortunately, cost calculators, monitoring tools and rigid spending controls fall short when it comes to balancing spending and performance," said Paul Burns, President of Neovise, an analyst firm focused on cloud computing. "Cloudyn moves beyond those approaches by providing intelligent and actionable recommendations for rightsizing cloud resources. By providing feedback on an ongoing basis, Cloudyn lets users optimize spending while maintaining performance, even as the environment changes."…

Grazed from ZDNet.  Author: Editorial Staff.

It would seem that cloud computing has crossed the Rubicon. Until quite recently, the main objection to cloud computing cited by surveys and anecdotal evidence alike has been the issue of security. Where is my data, will it be secure against hackers and hardware failure and can I get it back again have all been highly pertinent and frequently asked questions. I think that’s changing.

Cloud computing is of course, primarily about hosting your data somewhere other than your own premises. Yes, I know about private clouds but for the purposes of this discussion, I’m talking about public clouds. And rightly so, before doing that, companies ask the questions above, and more, in order to assure themselves that their single biggest and most precious asset isn’t going to disappear on them. There’s a couple of pieces of evidence which suggest that this is changing…

Grazed from VentureBeat.  Author:  Dean Takahashi.

Network virtualization start-up Nicira is coming out of stealth mode today and it has an impressive set of customers who evidently believe that it can disrupt the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. The idea is to become a company that can offload data networking demand as needed in the age of cloud computing.

If it lives up to its billing, as some of its customers say it does, it can save tens of million of dollars in spending on data centers and network infrastructure.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Nicira has secured $50 million in investments from Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and NEA, as well as VMware founder Diane Greene and venture capitalist Andy Rachleff…