SDSC Announces HPC Storage Cloud
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, today announced the launch of what is believed to be the largest academic-based cloud storage system in the U.S., specifically designed for researchers, students, academics, and industry users who require stable, secure, and cost-effective storage and sharing of digital information, including extremely large data sets…
Nebula Drives Development of Open and Pluggable Web Interface to OpenStack
Nebula, developers of an OpenStack-based hardware appliance that will allow all businesses to easily, securely and inexpensively deploy large private cloud computing infrastructures, today announced that the OpenStack Dashboard project it is leading is now a core component project of OpenStack as of today’s "Diablo" release, the fourth major release of the open source cloud platform. OpenStack Dashboard is a web-based user interface that manages OpenStack services…
Cloud computing ‘can save millions of tons of CO2’
Cloud Computing: The IT Solution for the 21st Century suggested US companies could save 85.7 million metric tons of CO2 annually by moving to the cloud. This is the equivalent of 200 million barrels of oil…
The secret to cloud success: Get a grasp on SOA
Those IT organizations that move to cloud computing are moving to SOA (service-oriented architecture), whether they understand it or not. Hear me out: Private and public clouds often rely on APIs for their functionality, which are typically Web services that can be combined and recombined into solutions. The result: SOA, at its essence…
Federal Cloud Crucial To Economy, Tech Chiefs Say
The federal government’s adoption of cloud computing is not merely critical to technology innovation, but also is crucial to ensure that the United States can remain economically competitive across the globe, technology experts said Wednesday.
Testifying before the House Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, a panel of experts from the public and private sector described a scenario in which U.S. competitiveness hinges on adopting the emerging IP-based technology model for how data and services are shared, allocated, and commoditized across networks…"The cloud is the foundation of the 21st century digital economy," said Dan Reed, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Technology Policy Group, adding that the United States is currently in the global lead for cloud adoption, a race "that’s ours to lose."…
Hexagrid Wins Best of Show Best Cloud Solutions Award at ITEXPO West
Hexagrid, a leading developer of cloud enablement solutions, received the Best Cloud Solutions Best in Show Award from Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) at ITEXPO West in Austin, TX.
“Our event last week in Austin raised the bar in every conceivable way – from conference content, to attendee count, and for the quality and breadth of the products and solutions showcased on the Exhibit Hall floor,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC CEO and Conference Chairman. “We’re pleased to honor Hexagrid Computing with a “best-of-show” award, and we congratulate them for standing out amongst a large and highly competitive field.”…
Salesforce.com Acquires Assistly
Salesforce.com /quotes/zigman/338061/quotes/nls/crm CRM -3.81% , the enterprise cloud computing ( http://www.salesforce.com/cloudcomputing/ ) company, today announced it has acquired Assistly, an instant customer-service help desk built for the cloud.
Assistly lets small companies and emerging businesses set up and deliver social customer-service in minutes, with zero-touch onboarding. With Assistly, companies can manage service cases and engage with customers in real time over a range of channels – including Facebook, Twitter, Web chats, e-mail and phone – all from one, easy-to-use interface. An innovative business model makes it easy for all employees to join in and engage with customers as they’re needed and is why Assistly is used by some of the world’s fastest-growing companies like Instagram, Klout, One Kings Lane, Spotify and Square…
Keeping Your Workloads Portable across Clouds
A hybrid cloud offers the promise of uniting resources across multiple cloud providers, including those running different virtualization technology stacks. Creating a resource pool that cuts across silos increases efficiency and flexibility relative to constraining a workload to some subset of the overall capacity...
Thinking About Moving to the Cloud? There Are Trade-Offs
Most businesses, whether they realize it or not, already have at least a foot in the cloud. If they use Gmail, for example, they are going into the cloud to let Google’s computers handle their e-mail.
In fact, most of us have been tying into Internet-based services for more than a decade. But now, more and more business-oriented tools are becoming available online, including many that can be critical to running a company. This guide looks at the questions business owners ask and the trade-offs they have to make…
AboveNet Enables Access to AWS Cloud Computing Platform
AboveNet, a provider of high bandwidth connectivity solutions, has signed an agreement with AWS to this end.
The company notes that companies of all sizes can leverage AWS Direct Connect to benefit from a web services platform in the cloud. Customers can use compute power, storage, and enjoy other services-gaining access to a suite of elastic IT infrastructure services to keep up with business demand. Following this agreement, AWS customers can use the secure, advanced network connectivity delivered by AboveNet…