Category: News

Grazed from PCWorld.  Author: John C. Dvorak.

The shut down of Megaupload by the U.S. government is not being perceived for what it is: a mega failure for cloud computing.

Grazed from MSPNews.  Author: Kerry Doyle.

Cloud computing can make a variety of computing services available to companies of all sizes on an ‘as-need’ basis. It allows cloud providers to offer a range of physical resources, such as processors, data storage, applications, and platform access for developers. The result is that smaller companies can eliminate the need for physical hardware as well as the expenditures it entails.

In turn, companies receive access to massive computing and storage resources, then pay only for pro-rated computing services and usage. With that goal in mind, an increasing number of companies are also creating their own private clouds. Into this arena comes CA Technologies (News – Alert) with its latest offering: CA Private Cloud Accelerator for Vblock…

Grazed from InfoQ.  Author: Richard Seroter.

The Open Group recently published three standards that aid organizations that are building infrastructure-as-a-service offerings and service oriented architectures. In addition to releasing the Service Oriented Architecture Reference Architecture (SOA RA) and Service Oriented Cloud Computing Infrastructure Framework (SOCCI), the Open Group also updated their Open Group Service Integration Maturity Model (OSIMM). In concert, these standards provide expert advice in the form of best practices, questionnaires, and templates for SOA and cloud-scale infrastructure architecture.

The SOA RA is a nearly two hundred page guide that includes significant input from IBM, among other technology partners. Architects are meant to use this guide as a blueprint for assessing, designing and implementing service-oriented solutions. In essence, this standard answer the question “what is an SOA?” and provides a complete logical design of a service oriented architecture. The core of this standard focuses on nine thoroughly described layers, or capability areas, that make up a SOA solution stack…

Grazed from Network Computing.  Author:  Chris Talbot.

Cloud computing has taken center stage over the last two years as the hot enterprise technology, but in the database realm, the public cloud and off-site hosted database services still represent too many unknown factors to truly have mass adoption. According to the co-author of the InformationWeek "State of Database Technology" report, the public cloud is so far having very little impact on enterprise databases.

Although enterprises are adopting cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM), email, enterprise content management and web hosting services, concerns and challenges related to the cloud are slowing the adoption of cloud-based databases, said David Read, CTO of Blue Slate Solutions and co-author of the report…

Grazed from Talkin Cloud.  Author: Matthew Weinberger.

File storage/sync solutions such as Dropbox offer a whole new world of functionality to many users otherwise unfamiliar with the barest concept of cloud computing. But there are still many IT decisionmakers out there who just don’t trust public cloud solutions. Enter SOS Online Backup and its SOS Collaborate Private Cloud, designed to bring full file-sync and sharing capabilities into the customers’ own data center.

In addition to the aforementioned Dropbox-style file-sync and sharing features, SOS Collaborate supports open source plugins for additional file type or application data; grants administrators deep visibility into and control over customer usage; and provides a regulatory compliance audit trail for later usage, according to the press release. It can be deployed as a virtual appliance or on a physical machine behind the customer firewall…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

LawLoop.com, ( www.LawLoop.com ), the complete cloud computing solution for lawyers, today announced its official company launch at LegalTech 2012 in New York. LawLoop.com provides a cloud-based solution that reinvents the way law firms of all sizes can securely and efficiently operate, collaborate and communicate.

LawLoop.com takes cloud-based solutions to the next level with uniquely designed "Loops" to safely and cost-effectively share documents, software and information both internally and externally. LawLoop.com’s advanced networking feature uses individualized profiles and avatars to create more transparent virtual collaboration that increases firm and project productivity…

Grazed from Bits.  Author: Quentin Hardy.

What kind of cartels will deliver business computing, and how should businesses respond?

Forrester, the technology research company, just released its business and technology outlook for 2020. The short version is that cloud computing will come on quicker than you think, it will be controlled by a very few companies that will fight for the right to own your data, and businesses need to think about what software they can write that will differentiate them from all the other customers of these giants.

Like a lot of these reports, Forrester has a couple of clichés (we have entered the era of individual empowerment; change is the only constant) and interesting facts that you don’t really know what to do with (there will be 22 billion connected devices in 2020; Moore’s Law dictates that the computing power of I.B.M.’s Watson will fit into a human hand by then)…

Grazed from PR NewsWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

CloudPassage™, the leading cloud server security provider, announces that Chris Brenton, cloud security architect will serve as a panelist at ITEXPO East, which takes place Jan. 31 – Feb. 3 at the Miami Convention Center. The session, “IT Risk Management: Securing the Cloud and the Enterprise,” will focus on IT risk management and security, including how to mitigate risks in a cloud computing environment.

Brenton and his fellow panelists will discuss how all organizations need to proactively ensure their IT infrastructure, systems, network, applications and data are secure and in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and best practices. Panelists will outline how securing the enterprise ensures an organization’s ability to operate, service their customers and protect its reputation in the marketplace…

Grazed from PRWeb.  Author: PR Announcement.

Ivara Corporation, the industry leader and innovator in asset performance management solutions, today announced the availability of EXP Cloud for Ivara EXP Enterprise 6.1. A cloud computing based library and online collaboration community, EXP Cloud is used in the development and sharing of reliability program content. Customers can download baseline content built by Ivara RCM2 Practitioners for common asset types or by other customers with similar assets. In addition, they can request to purchase and download authorized vendor content libraries and, in the future, OEM content.

This new online community allows authorized Ivara EXP Cloud users to request and share their content with other authorized users. Sharing can be limited to internal databases for global / multi-site companies, reach out to people in the same or similar industry or be open to all authorized Ivara EXP customers. The amalgamated content library is organized by company and sub-categorized by industry type, asset type and asset specifications…

Grazed from MarketWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

Visitors to MSPWorld in Miami this week will be asking a multitude of questions about deploying and managing cloud computing services. ScienceLogic^™ Inc. CTO Antonio Piraino will be on hand to answer these questions during both one-on-one sessions at ScienceLogic booth #1119 and at a theater presentation. ScienceLogic will also demo its IT operations and cloud management platform, highlighting how service providers can deliver differentiated services, accelerate quote to cash, avoid costly service outages, and reduce customer churn by providing outstanding service delivery…