Category: News

October 19, 2011 Off

Western Digital Deliver Secure Cloud Computing To Mobiles & TVs

By David
Grazed from SmartOffice.  Author:  Tony Ibriham.

WD TV Live streaming media player can be connected via WiFi (802.11n) or through an Ethernet connection to play the multimedia you have stored on your disk drive on your television, in Full HD 1080p quality. 

Once connected it will deliver video services, internet radio and a variety of social networking applications, such as Facebook, YouTube and TuneIn Radio, directly to your TV…

October 19, 2011 Off

iCloud’s big implications for cloud computing

By David
Grazed from InfoWorld.  Author: David Linthicum.

Apple’s iCloud is out. Like many of you, I spent part of the day playing around with the new features such as applications, data, and content syncing. I even purchased 20GB of cloud storage and sent a few items back and forth among my iPad, Mac, and iPhone. It’s a good upgrade, but not a great one…

October 19, 2011 Off

LeadMaster Partners with Jamcracker to Offer Cloud Lead Management / CRM

By David
Grazed from PR NewsWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

LeadMaster, the SaaS Lead Management / CRM solutions company, and Jamcracker, the cloud services brokerage enablement company, today announced that LeadMaster will be distributed through the Jamcracker Services Delivery Network (JSDN).

LeadMaster’s on-demand customizable SaaS solutions combine sales lead management software, lead tracking solutions, sales force automation tools (SFA) and customer relationship management features (Sales CRM) in a seamless easy-to-use online application. This powerful web-based application has helped companies large and small from virtually every industry increase sales. The LeadMaster solution makes it easy to increase sales revenue by helping to qualify, track and convert leads…

October 19, 2011 Off

Can the cloud bail enterprises out of IT debt?

By David
Grazed from ZDNet.  Author: Larry Dignan.

Cloud computing and the operating model that goes with it will be adopted because businesses are crumbling under complex infrastructure acquired over the last 40 years.

“We are in a hole and we need to stop digging,” said Cameron Haight, an analyst at Gartner. “We need an infrastructure that has no allegiance to a vendor or a framework.”…

October 19, 2011 Off

Federal Agencies overcoming cloud security fears

By David
Grazed from FederalNews Radio.  Author: Jason Miller.

The chief technology officer of the CIA isn’t overly concerned about securing the spy agency’s data in the cloud.

In fact, Gus Hunt said cloud computing may be more secure than the typical client-server approach to technology.

And Hunt wasn’t alone Tuesday in promoting the security of cloud computing and in telling an audience dominated by federal employees to overcome their cyber fears

October 19, 2011 Off

Infosys kicks off its cloud drive with Microsoft partnership

By David

Grazed from ComputerWeekly.  Author: Karl Flinders.

Infosys has accelerated its cloud computing drive through a deal with Microsoft that will see it combine its knowledge of business requirements with Microsoft’s cloud computing technology platform.

The partnership, under which Infosys will combine its understanding of what businesses want with Microsoft’s technology, will typify how cloud ecosystems will begin.

Microsoft will underpin the services with its Azure cloud technology, Microsoft private cloud and Office 365. Meanwhile, Infosys will act as a cloud integrator…

October 19, 2011 Off

Three myths clouding CIO judgement

By David
Grazed from CRN.  Author: Steve Hughes.

For the CIO today, perceived barriers to cloud computing remain security, regulation and compliance. The danger that data loss poses to brand equity, customer trust and share price is just the same whether data is stored in a cloud computing or traditional infrastructure model.

This is reflected in legislation which gives the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) authority to levy fines of up to £500,000 on organisations who recklessly lose confidential or personal information…

October 19, 2011 Off

Oracle Big Data Appliance and Cloud Computing Stands on Shoulders of Giants

By David
Grazed from SmartData Collective.  Author:  David Menninger.

Oracle made several announcements at its recent Open World event demonstrates its strengths in the business computing market but also that it is standing on the shoulders of giants. The company has developed the expertise, processes and market share to scale out the ideas and innovations of others. Don’t get me wrong: That statement is not an indictment. Large organizations often have challenges with innovation. They are not as nimble as their smaller competitors. On the other hand, small organizations often have challenges scaling out their successes. In an earlier post I characterized the software market as a sort of ecosystem, and this is how it works. Large organizations often look to imitate or acquire smaller firms for their innovations…

October 18, 2011 Off

Automating the Cloud

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Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Leslie Muller.

Everybody agrees that automation is key to enabling the cloud. It’s what makes the cloud’s scalability and low cost possible. But if automation isn’t done properly it will actually result in more work for IT staff. Just like the automotive industry evolved from the days of the industrial revolution – when automation was cookie-cutter and cars all looked alike – to the 21st century, where customization is built into the system and buyers can personalize vehicles to their heart’s content, the cloud needs to adopt modern IT automation technologies and practices. Unfortunately, most cloud management tools mimic automation solutions from the early 1900s…

October 18, 2011 Off

Researchers improve cloud computing reliability

By David
Grazed from EE Times India.  Author:  Editorial Staff.

A group of Cornell University researchers, with the support of NSF and Microsoft, develops methods to improve the reliability of cloud computing and are testing their work in a piece of real cloud.

Cloud computing is a cheaper alternative for storing and processing quickly vast amounts of data. However, as cloud computing applications become larger, potential errors of the system also grow. A Cornell University research team, composed of Ken Birman, professor of computer science; Hakim Weatherspoon, assistant professor of computer science; and research associate Robbert van Renesse, is working on strengthening cloud reliability in hopes of minimising these errors…