Intel IT’s Top 5 Reasons for Implementing Cloud
Cloud computing is real inside Intel IT. In fact, it is one of our Top 3 Priorities this year (the other two are “consumerization” and security). At Intel, our private cloud infrastructure as a service implementation is important because it means we can deliver a highly available computing environment that provides secure services and data on-demand to authenticated users and devices from a shared, elastic, and multi-tenant infrastructure.
Now you’re probably thinking, “sounds good, but so what?” Well, let me explain.
With Acquisition, Citrix Enhances Its Cloud Offering for Higher Education
With cloud computing looming as the next big thing in higher education, Citrix Systems‘ recent acquisition of Cloud.com, an open source cloud computing platform, will have caught the attention of university CIOs nationwide. The move bolsters Citrix’s cloud infrastructure portfolio by giving customers virtualization, orchestration, and networking solutions that are designed and built specifically for the new cloud era…
Cloud Computing: Lockheed Martin, TechAmerica Foundation and Others Collaborate to Help Government
For the U.S. government adoption of cloud computing, Lockheed Martin said it collaborated with the TechAmerica Foundation and others to develop a road map. Together with 70 other commissioners working over a period of three months, Lockheed Martin and the group collaborated on four areas of the report pertaining to Trust, Transformation, Transparency and Transnational Data Flow, UPI.com reports…
Syncplicity Launches iPhone App Expanding Virtual Private Cloud Capabilities
Syncplicity, a leader in cloud based file management, sync and backup solutions, today announced the immediate availability of its new iPhone app that is fully optimized and 100% native to Apple’s iOS platform. The new Syncplicity iPhone app has been designed to give Syncplicity users universal mobile access to all their files and folders, while meeting key business requirements such as security, backup and versioning. Syncplicity is taking cloud-based file management to the next level by enabling customers to manage their own virtual private cloud, giving them seamless anytime, anywhere access to their data – regardless of whether it is stored across multiple computers, mobile devices, corporate servers or cloud applications like Google Docs…
IT will shift to a hybrid cloud and become an IT services broker
SuperValu Inc. operates more than 2,500 retail locations nationwide. A vast amount of personal customer information flows through its systems, and high on its list of IT priorities is securing identity and access management. For now, a private cloud, or internal cloud, appears to be the safest bet for managing personal data. Identity management in the public cloud isn’t out of the question, Phillip Black, senior manager of identity services at the Minneapolis-based retail grocery chain, told SearchCIO.com. It also would be cheaper than building a private cloud; but given regulatory concerns, he is leaning toward a hybrid cloud as the optimal approach…
Demystifying the myths of cloud computing
Virtualization: Does Real Estate Factor In Your Cloud Computing Decision?
Here’s a new one: When you think of cloud computing and virtualization and contemplating whether you should jump in or not, do you ever think about real estate?
Forrester (News – Alert) Research has published a report titled, “Build or Buy? The Economics of Data Center Facilities,” that looks at “current trends including power and cooling considerations, the consolidation/virtualization movement, and modular data center design,” according to this Carousel Connect blog…
Fujitsu to Boost Cloud Computing Service
Fujitsu Ltd. hopes to increase sales in cloud computing business in Japan to one trillion yen in fiscal 2015, its president said Tuesday.
The company had 38 billion yen in sales from the Internet-based software and solution service in Japan in fiscal 2010 that ended in March….
Virtual Bridges and Savvis Partner to Deliver On-Demand Virtual Desktop Services on the Savvis Symphony Cloud Platform
Virtual Bridges, Inc. and Savvis, a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced a partnership to deliver Virtual Bridges VERDE™ virtual desktop management and provisioning capabilities as an on-demand solution to organizations worldwide. Featuring online, offline and branch VDI, VERDE is proven to help organizations reduce the cost and complexity of managing desktops, while minimizing security concerns and business risk…
9th Annual Cloud Computing Expo – The Only Enterprise IT Event in 2011 Covering the Entire Scope of the Cloud Computing Spectrum
Cloud Expo was announced on February 24, 2007, the day the term "cloud computing" was coined. That same year, the first Cloud Expo took place in New York City with 450 delegates. This coming November 7-10, 2011, Cloud Expo is returning to Santa Clara with more than 5,000 delegates and over 100 sponsors and exhibitors.
"Cloud" has become synonymous with "computing" and "software" in two short years. Cloud Expo is the new PC Expo, Comdex, and InternetWorld of our decade. By 2012, more than 50,000 delegates per year will participate in Cloud Expo worldwide…