Experience the Latest in Mobile Cloud Computing at CTIA ENTERPRISE & APPLICATIONS(TM) 2011
CTIA ENTERPRISE & APPLICATIONS(TM) today announced mobile cloud computing and how it can benefit businesses will be a consistent theme at panels and exhibits during the tradeshow in San Diego, CA., October 11-13. In addition, the Mobile Cloud Computing Pavilion (Hall F) will provide attendees an opportunity to experience some of the game-changing solutions throughout this ecosystem, from network, infrastructure and data storage services players to those in data processing, security, applications and devices. Innovators that will be showcased include BelAir Networks, Microsigns Inc., ORBCOMM Inc. and SoftMaster…
When You Have Tons of Cloud Data, Look at Appistry
We haven’t written much on Appistry, a St. Louis-based cloud data management and analytics applications vendor. So when it was in the news this week with raising a new round of venture funding, it seemed like a good time to cover it here…
Its product family is called CloudIQ and there are several different components. First is the CloudIQ Manager that configures the components and monitors their health. Next is CloudIQ Storage module, which allows Hadoop users to upgrade to their storage repository when you need more reliable operations and higher throughput. And finally there is CloudIQ Engine, which is used to build scalable analytical applications. Its family is designed for those very large data-intensive apps that are proliferating around the Internet these days, such as in genomics, that require huge horsepower and have to scale up tremendously and do it quickly, too…
Microelectronics Technology Co. Enters Into Letter of Intent to purchase Cloud Data Corporation
Microelectronics Technology Co. (pinksheets:MELY) (hereafter "The Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a letter of Intent for the purchase of all of the existing outstanding shares of Cloud Data Corporation.
The terms and condition of the share exchange have been finalized and the closing is subject to certain due diligence to be completed over the following weeks. It is anticipated that the transaction will close and be effective August 26, 2011…
HP Cloud VP: ‘Lock In’ Cloud Computing Services Are An ‘Injustice’
Grazed from CRN. Author: Stephen Burke.
Steve Dietch, vice president of marketing for cloud solutions and infrastructure for Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), believes vendors that heterogenous cloud solutions are doing customers a disservice.
Speaking at GreenPages’ 15th annual technology summit, Dietch urged customers to avoid "vendor lock in" as they make the move to the cloud; doing so, he said, would ensure they do not perpetuate the IT sprawl that has resulted in as much as 80 percent of IT budgets being spent on maintaining systems with only 20 percent on innovation. Deitch said HP’s cloud strategy is aimed at supporting heterogenous, multivendor environments including everything from Cisco’s Unified Compute System to multiple hypervisors like VMware and Microsoft offerings…
Intel Labs Invests $30M in the Future of Cloud and Embedded Computing
Aimed at shaping the future of cloud computing and how increasing numbers of everyday devices will add computing capabilities, Intel Labs announced the latest Intel Science and Technology Centers (ISTC) both headquartered at Carnegie Mellon University.
These centers represent the next $30 million installment of Intel’s recently announced 5-year, $100 million ISTC program to increase university research and accelerate innovation in a handful of key areas. As with previously announced ISTCs for visual computing and secure computing, the new centers encourage tighter collaboration between university thought leaders and Intel. To encourage further collaboration, the ISTCs use open IP models with results publically available through technical publications and open-source software releases…
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…