Category: News

July 7, 2011 Off

Improving the Mobile Cloud Experience

By David
Grazed from Data Center Knowledge.  Author:  Olafur Ingthorsson

Although most agree that mobile cloud computing holds a great promise for delivering cloud solutions to individuals and even critical corporate applications to employees by enabling access from anywhere, there are still several barriers that need to be addressed to elevate its usefulness and capabilities. For mobile cloud computing to reach its full potential, the following three critical challenges need to be addressed, as detailed in a recent article by Bryan Betts:

July 7, 2011 Off

CloudFuzion Accelerates EWEB NERC Study

By David
Grazed from OpenPR.  Author: PR Announcement.

Axceleon, a leader in high performance cloud computing solutions for computational grids and cloud environments announced today that Eugene Water & Electric Board, (EWEB) participated in a study using CloudFuzion to significantly accelerate transient stability studies for compliance of NERC regulations.

July 6, 2011 Off

Citrix CEO hedges cloud bets on customer demand for web collaboration tools

By David
Grazed from Computer Weekly.  Author: Jenny Williams.

At Citrix’s annual Synergy conference in May 2011, the company introduced its "personal cloud" concept to replace traditional desktop computing and cater for IT departments supporting multiple devices, delivering on-demand applications and desktops, as well as protecting corporate data.

The thin-client specialist is now making inroads into the cloud. Citrix Systems CEO Mark Templeton says the company’s personal cloud concept envisages users being able to collaborate and communicate without geographical or corporate boundaries.

July 6, 2011 Off

Cloud computing presents new challenges for management software

By David
Grazed from Network  World.  Author: Jeff Caruso.

The cloud is revolutionizing networking, and this overhaul presents enormous challenges for IT managers who are used to being able to see, monitor and control their networks and systems.

Network and systems management software has been heading in this general direction for years and is better positioned than you might think to take this next step – but there are several areas that require more work by the industry.

IN DEPTH: Guide to cloud management software

July 6, 2011 Off

Why consumer cloud needs a PR makeover

By David
Grazed from GigaOM.  Author: Derrick Harris.

If I were Google, Box.net or any other number of cloud-service providers, I’d consider investing in television advertising. References to cloud computing, or “the cloud,” are becoming more abundant on the small screen, but they’re not always informative, nor are they particularly flattering. And that’s in addition to the public relations hit the cloud is taking on just about every other front.

If I didn’t know any better, I might think the cloud is a fairly useless and highly insecure place to store my data. Worse, I might think it’s a joke.