Cloud Computing: Zetta Raises Another $9 Million
Grazed from Sys Con Media. Author: Maureen O’Gara.
Zetta, the three-year-old enterprise cloud storage service provider, has picked another $9 million from its backers Foundation Capital and Sigma Partners.
This third round brings total investment to $31.5 million…
How to Build a Turnkey Private and Hybrid Cloud
Grazed from CIO. Author: Garima Thockchom.
The hype around cloud computing is hard to ignore and as each vendor is trying to put the word "cloud" in front of all its products, enterprises are finding it extremely difficult to sift through the noise and really find which products work best specifically for their data center…
Seven Signs of Cloud in the Corner Syndrome
A lot of IT organizations are in a rush today to be seen doing something about cloud computing. Most of that pressure is coming from the corner office, which has become convinced that the path to lower IT costs is through the cloud…
Cloud Computing Recipe: 1 Part Tech, 9 Parts Process
I recently participated in a meeting of Intel’s Enterprise Board of Advisors (EBOA) Data Center Working Group. During the call, one of the members—from a very large, multi-national company headquartered in Europe—mentioned that in their experience, cloud is more a change in process than a change in technology…
Consumer Cloud Infiltrating Business, Creating Opportunties?
Cloud computing services have captured consumers. From commercials during Monday Night Football ordering viewers "to the cloud" to tech giants like Apple pulling the curtain off of its iCloud service, which is sure to be a massive consumer hit, consumers can’t escape the cloud.
And as the consumerization of IT continues to unfold, these consumer-focused cloud services will likely make their way into the business world — like it or not. Much like Apple (NSDQ:AAPL)’s iPhone and iPad infiltrate businesses, and the continuing onslaught of smartphones and tablets breaking through enterprise walls, cloud apps aren’t too far behind…
Spiceworks to Speak at ITEXPO Austin on the Top Reasons SMBs Need Not Fear the Cloud
Tomorrow at ITEXPO Austin, Spiceworks(TM) manager of IT Marketing Nicole Tanzillo will join executives from Broadview Networks and Telesphere to explore the various benefits cloud computing can deliver to small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). During the session, the speakers will discuss many of the concerns SMBs have about cloud-based solutions, and how they can overcome them to embrace the cloud for everything from communications to business applications and IT resources…
Two new publications provide a cloud computing standards roadmap, reference architecture
Grazed from PhysOrg. Author: PR Announcement.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published two new documents on cloud computing: the first edition of a cloud computing standards roadmap and a cloud computing reference architecture and taxonomy. Together, the documents provide guidance to help understand cloud computing standards and categories of cloud services that can be used government-wide.
These documents, along with others from NIST and NIST working groups, will be incorporated into the NIST U.S. Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, expected to be published in November, 2011…
Deutsche Telekom Wants `German Cloud’ to Shield Data From U.S.
Deutsche Telekom AG’s T-Systems information technology unit is pushing regulators to introduce a certificate for German or European cloud operators to help companies guard data from the U.S. government.
T-Systems plans to lure customers by emphasizing the security of its servers, over which it delivers its Internet- accessed computing services, Reinhard Clemens, the division’s chief executive officer, told reporters in Bonn on Sept. 12. This includes shielding clients from government access such as that allowed by the U.S. Patriot Act, he said…
Cirracore’s Fred Tanzella to speak at TiE Cloud Computing
Cirracore is pleased to announce that Fred Tanzella, Cirracore’s CEO will be speaking at the TiE Cloud Computing event. Fred Tanzella will be speaking on “Cloud Computing: A Convergence Perspective”…
Savvis Broadens Cloud Footprint With Massive Data Center Expansion
Grazed from CRN. Author: Andrew R. Hickey.
Cloud provider Savvis will undergo a massive data center expansion in North America in the second half of 2011, a move the company said is designed to increase its footprint to fulfill the increasing demand in cloud computing infrastructure and services…