Category: News

Grazed from The Register.  Author: Timothy Prikett Morgan.

Cloud-computing appliance maker Nutanix is tackling a problem that has dogged the deployment of virtual servers and desktops: all the key hypervisors require storage area networks and centralized storage.

To overcome this limitation, Nutanix has created a virtualized controller that implements a clustered file system and embeds it in a cluster-compute appliance – the compute nodes essentially become a virtual SAN…

Grazed from AddPR.com.  Author: PR Announcement.

It can be announced that a leading representative from Google’s Latin America division (Latam) will be speaking at the Cloud Computing World Forum Latin America.

The bilingual event, to be held at The Braston Hotel, Sao Paulo, on 28th September 2011, brings together the world’s top brands and experts from across the global cloud computing community…

Izabelle Macedo, Head of Enterprise Marketing at Google Latam, will be discussing Google’s presence in the South and Central American regions, and how cloud computing is changing the IT landscape. She has a degree in Economics from the University Chicago and most recently obtained an MBA from Harvard. Before joining Google, Izabelle accumulated four years’ experience as a senior marketing manager at Samsung Electronics and also served as a Consultant at Deloitte.

The highly-anticipated event offers senior IT decision-makers an insight into the Cloud Computing and Software as a Service markets; providing an introduction, discussion and look into the future of the ICT industry in Latin America.

Other leading speakers presenting at the event include:

– Max Thomaz, CIO, Abril Group
– Andre De Souza Doro, Head of IT, Electrolux
– Marcelo Schuch Pereira, Gerente de TI, Grupo Sabemi
– Guilherme Lessa, Diretor TI, Banco Matone
– Joao Rufina de Sales, Chefe to Assesoria TI, Exercito Brasileiro
– Jamir Teodoro Lopes, CIO, CEMIG
– Aldo Navarro Zuquini, CIO, Grupo guia Branca
– Eduardo Neger, Chief Executive Office, Abranet Brazilian Internet Association
– Pedro Augusto de Oliveira, IT Manager, AngloGold Ashanti
– Bruno Arrial, ICT Consultant, Frost & Sullivan
– Diego Neufert, Head of IT Projects and Systems, ALL Amrica Latina Logstica
– Nelson Sany Wortsman, Director, Brasscom
– Wally Swain, SVP, Emerging Markets, Yankee Group
– Merson Salvadori Virti, Computer Engineer, Serpro

There are also only 10 days left to take advantage of the Early Booking Discount! For further information please visit the website. To register your place or enquire about speaking or sponsorship opportunities please visit the website or call the team on +44 (0)845 519 1230.

As a bilingual event, we are catering for both English and Portuguese speakers. In light of this, our website is available in Portuguese and can be accessed at www.cloudcomputinglive.com/latin-america/pt or through the English site.

This event follows on from the success of the 3rd Cloud Computing World Forum which took place at the end of June at Olympia, London and was attended by over 3,000 delegates, making it Europe’s largest Cloud Computing and SaaS-based event. The Cloud Computing World Series is also held in numerous other locations across the globe, including India, Hong Kong, Dubai and New York.

Grazed from Cloud IT Pro.  Author: Jason Meyers.

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: John Shaw.

The future is already here and cloud computing is changing shape. Over the next few years the tech industry will become an even more volatile marketplace. The disruption will come from the smaller companies that will be able to adapt faster and grow their market share at the expense of mid- and large-sized companies with the help of cloud computing. That is the pattern of recent years and it is set to continue…

Grazed from GigaOM.  Author: Derrick Harris.

OpenLogic, a software vendor that helps companies better utilize open source software, is turning its attention toward cloud computing. On Tuesday, it announced $2 million in funding from Pelion Venture Partners, Red Rock Ventures, Appian Ventures, OnCorps, Highway 12 Ventures, Village Ventures and others for a new Platform as a Service offering that lets developers choose from a variety of open source components for building and running applications…

Grazed from Information Week.  Author: Nathan Golia.

Despite the ever-increasing buzz about cloud computing and its purported operational and economic benefits, insurance executives still have many legitimate questions about the value and security of the cloud computing model. Insurance & Technology has identified four of the most pressing questions — and provides some answers to help CIOs make up their minds…

Grazed from BEye Network.  Author:  John Bair.

Recently the news media have covered security breaches at a number of high profile corporate networks, web services and public cloud services. In some of the events, sensitive government and customer data has been exposed by organized groups of hackers. Cryptographic keys have been stolen and exploited to attack government and commercial sites. It has also been reported that some hackers may have used public cloud computing services to launch one or more attacks…

Grazed from Market Wire.  Author: PR Announcement.

Astadia, a Cloud computing systems integrator and a top Salesforce.com, Eloqua, Xactly and Informatica partner, today announced CloudMap™, a comprehensive management consulting offering that aligns business strategy, technology and adoption, enabling agile transformation. CloudMap leverages Astadia’s unparalleled global experience, completing over 6,000 engagements since 2002…

Grazed from ZDNet.  Author: Mary Jo Foley.