For his work on the foundations of a new way of encrypting data, Brent Waters from the University of Texas in Austin has been elected as one of this year’s Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows…
August 11, 2011
Microsoft Launches New SMB Partner Program, Pushes Cloud Computing
Grazed from CRN. Author: Jennifer Hagendorf Follett.
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) Wednesday rolled out a new SMB partner program and encouraged partners to step up their move toward cloud computing.
Eric Martorano, senior director of the U.S. SMB channel group at Microsoft, launched the new Top VAR Program from XChange Americas, where he delivered a keynote address. The program provides a designated Telepartner account manager as well as increased incentives, MDFs and technical support to qualified partners committed to building Microsoft SMB practices…
Martorano also exhorted partners to “lead with the cloud” this year as they build their solutions sales strategies.
“There is an opportunity for you to build, tell, sell and support the cloud. There’s opportunity out there, and that’s not going to change,” Martorano said. “Those partners that are leading with cloud get more on-premise revenue. Why? Because they are the trusted advisors,” Martorano said. “I say to every partner, lead with the cloud.”…
August 11, 2011
Government Agencies Moving to Cloud Computing, Study Shows
Grazed from IT ChannelPlannet. Author: D.H. Kass.
Nearly a year after the federal government instructed agencies to opt for cloud-based technologies, about two-thirds have identified applications to move to the cloud, with half of those already commencing the migration process, according to a survey conducted by ScienceLogic, a Reston, VA-based provider of IT operations and cloud management software…
August 11, 2011
RentTheCloud.com Debuts to Help CIOs Quickly and Safely Adopt Cloud Computing
Grazed from PR NewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.
A-Frame Technology Services today announced the availability of RentTheCloud.com, a brokerage service that matches companies seeking cloud services (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) with cloud vendors. Unlike the uncertainties and risks of conventional approaches to evaluating, selecting, and implementing a cloud service, RentTheCloud.com is 100% success-based, like a realtor. Fees are based on a "cloud brokerage agreement" modeled after a standard realtor agreement and equal to one or two months of the cloud rental fee…
August 11, 2011
Corematrix’s New QuickCloud Service Offers Fixed-Time, Fixed-Price Salesforce.com Implementations
Grazed from MarketWatch. Author: PR Announcement.
CoreMatrix Systems(TM), one of the country’s leading cloud computing consulting and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) deployment companies, today announced a new service offering called QuickCloud. With three variations (QuickCloud, QuickCloud with Campaigns and QuickCloud Data Plus), the new service helps companies get up and running on Salesforce.com in as little as five business days…
August 11, 2011
Network switches look different in the cloud
Grazed from The Register. Author: Bryan Betts.
Cloud computing takes more than just a philosophical shift. It requires new skills, processes and architectures. In particular, traffic patterns in cloud networks can be quite different from those of the familiar enterprise network and the scale of operation can be significantly higher.
That, according to experts in the field, means planning and building your network differently, both physically and logically…
August 11, 2011
Encrypting Data in the Cloud Brings Win for Texas
Grazed from IDG News. Author: Nicolas Zeitler.
August 10, 2011
Learning to Control the Cloud
Grazed from Virtual Strategy Magazine. Author: Sundar Raghavan.
Cloud computing has quickly become one of the hottest catchphrases among IT and business executives alike. The users are attracted to the cloud based on its flexibility, availability and scalability, among other benefits. However, these advantages do not outweigh what many consider a potential pitfall in the adoption of cloud technologies: control. IT and business leaders remain concerned about how they’re able to keep business critical applications and data from being accessed by unauthorized users. This is not easily accomplished, as controlling the cloud requires businesses to exercise restraint and exert influence over cloud technologies – many of which are provided by external parties…
August 10, 2011
Abiquo and Hosting Provider Customers Share Insights Into New Cloud Computing Business Models
Grazed from Business Wire. Author: PR Announcement.
One of the most significant shifts in Cloud Computing for hosting providers this year has been the move from delivering cloud-enabling technology to the delivery of new applications and business models built atop that technology. Abiquo, a leading Enterprise Cloud Management software company is featuring a webinar interview on this emerging trend entitled, “The Changing Business Model of Service Providers.” Wendy Perilli, Abiquo’s VP of marketing is joined by Mike Carpenter, VP of business development for CARI.net, a global service provider offering on-demand cloud resources, and Kevin Brady the CEO of Solasus Web Solutions, a CARI.net customer that is aggressively pursuing this new model for technology delivery for its customers…
August 10, 2011
Control A Submarine From Cloud? DARPA’s On It
Grazed from InformationWeek. Author: Elizabeth Montalbano.
The Department of Defense (DOD) is seeking a way to use cloud computing to power embedded military applications that so far have not been able to take advantage of the technology.
The Microsystems Technology Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has released a request for information on what it is calling "military critical clouds."…
August 10, 2011
Cloud computing startup Cedexis raises $6 million in venture backing
Grazed from OregonLive.com. Author: Mike Rogoway.
Cedexis, a cloud computing company with offices in France and Southeast Portland, has raised $6 million in venture backing.
The Series A money comes from Seattle investment firm Madrona Venture Group and from a Palo Alto firm, Advanced Technology Ventures…