Could a new breed of DOS attacks make the cloud unaffordable?
The cloud is the current Next Big Thing in computing, and the Next Big Thing in attacks could be a new breed of economic denial-of-service attacks intended to use up resources and drive up the cost of cloud computing, warns a senior security researcher at Adobe Systems.
“DOS is the next battleground,” Bryan Sullivan said Wednesday at the Black Hat Federal conference being held in Arlington, Va. “That’s where the future is going.”
Reliability remains Asia’s SMB cloud worry
In an interview with ZDNet Asia, Serguei Beloussov, chairman and CEO of Parallels, noted that the extent of cloud computing adoption among SMBs in the Asia-Pacific region is related to the spread of Internet connection. "If you look at Singapore, every SMB has a Web site. However, if you look beyond Singapore to Indonesia, for example, that would not be the case," Beloussov said.
GoGrid Fuses Cloud Capabilities to Dedicated Servers
Groupon Chooses the Vertica Analytics Platform to Gain Insight into Subscriber and Customer Behavior
Groupon, a shopping Web site that offers daily deals on the best local goods, services, and events, has chosen the Vertica Analytics Platform for analyzing subscriber behavior and to scale its business intelligence capabilities.
Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM 2011 hits the cloud
The CRM software, which is being released first as a hosted service through Microsoft, hits 40 different markets in 41 languages today, with an on-premises and partner-hosted version of the software to follow on February 28. That delay can be chalked up to extra testing on Microsoft’s part to make sure it will work outside of the company’s data centers.
EMC wants in on hybrid cloud
Speaking with Asia-Pacific reporters at a briefing here Tuesday, Steve Leonard, president of Asia-Pacific and Japan at EMC, said the convergence of private and public cloud is fast becoming a reality.
Microsoft Unveils New Cloud-Based CRM Offering
Microsoft on Tuesday showcased examples of how government organizations are using the recently announced Microsoft Dynamics CRM to improve citizen services, reduce operational costs and boost productivity. Unveiled yesterday by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is the cloud service of the new Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 solution that is helping both public and private-sector organizations respond to the people they serve efficiently.
Metafile Predicts Cloud Computing Will Take Center Stage
"Over the past year, a cross-industry call for more paperless process automation has cultivated the need to deliver that automation in more ways to address a wider array of business challenges than ever before," said Nick Sprau, vice president of marketing with Metafile. "In 2011, cloud-based delivery of AP and AR automation technology will continue to increase, as will the technology’s use in managing evolving 1099 reporting requirements and intensifying transactional demands in the retail sector."…
Microsoft cloud CRM takes on Salesforce, Siebel
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online – the cloud version of Dynamics CRM 2011 – is now available. The on-premise and partner-hosted versions won’t be released until the end of February.
Microsoft is using the launch of Dynamics CRM Online to go after Salesforce.com and Oracle customers.
This starts with an promotional price of $A42.25 per user per month (available until June 30, and applying only to the first 12 months of service).