Category: News

January 19, 2016 Off

Ricoh Launches New Cloud-based Backup-as-a-Service

By David
Grazed from Ricoh.

Ricoh has launched its new cloud-based Backup-as-a-Service for Veeam Cloud Connect, offering customers a best-practice backup solution. Ricoh chose Veeam for this solution because it is an end-to-end offering with on-premises backup enabled by Veeam software, and offsite backup and managed services provided by Ricoh.

Ricoh is a gold-level Veeam ProPartner in recognition of its high-quality, high-availability products and services. Veeam is the innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Always-On Enterprise.

 
January 19, 2016 Off

Industry Survey: Your Expertise is Needed to Help Measure OpenStack Adoption

By David

      

 CloudCow

INDUSTRY RESEARCH: YET ANOTHER DAMN OPENSTACK SURVEY

We here at CloudCow and VMblog have been following OpenStack for some time now – the picture can be muddy and the FUD continues.  Analysts and members of the media continue endless debates about its complexity, adoption, or even the need for private cloud solutions. We think it is time to shine a light on where OpenStack adoption really stands as we kick off 2016.

In order to gather that information, we come to you for your expertise on OpenStack. What is the reality? How are you using it? What is it good for and not good for?

January 18, 2016 Off

5 top PaaS services to help developers build the best apps

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Grazed from CBROnline.  Author: James Nunns.

As cloud services grow in popularity, the lure of platforms for building applications can be considered as one of the main factors that contribute to that growth. The ability to quickly develop applications that can directly influence your business, how you engage with your customers and a myriad of other benefits, all mean that a good and easy to use platform is a must.
 
It’s important to note that different platforms will have their pros and cons and will appeal to different types of development. One platform for example may be better suited to coders, while another to DevOps and another to the rapid developer…
January 18, 2016 Off

Cloud Computing: Evolving Technology Trends Drives Enterprise IT Transformation

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Grazed from PRNewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.

The enterprise wide area networking (WAN) landscape is rapidly changing. Adoption of IP-based WAN is being driven by evolving business requirements such as increasing business agility with the adoption of virtualization and cloud computing, providing distributed employees, suppliers, and customers with anytime, anywhere access to enterprise applications, as well as planning for the evolving hybrid IT architecture. These ever demanding business requirements, in addition to the decline of available IT budgets, are pressuring enterprise IT to do more with less.

New Frost & Sullivan white paper titled, The Role of High Performance WAN in Enterprise Cloud Transformation, discusses the business trends that are driving enterprise IT transformation, the role of WAN services in a cloud-centric IT environment, and how EarthLink can help with its high performance WAN solutions…

January 18, 2016 Off

The Future of Information: Linking Cloud, Cybersecurity and Big Data Investment

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Grazed from INNDaily. Author: Morag McGreevey.

Sometimes it seems like every other business is a cloud-based company. This internet-based computing service has entirely transformed the way information is processed, organized, stored and shared. Indeed, it seems almost impossible to separate the explosion of big data from cloud computing.

However, the rapid transition from old school data management to the highly efficient data centers driving today’s markets has created a need for cybersecurity solutions. With sensitive personal information, healthcare records and financial records being managed by these systems, cloud security has emerged as a vital aspect of protecting this data. As a result, cloud computing, cybersecurity and big data investment have formed an important nexus in the tech space…

January 18, 2016 Off

Data centre is heading to the cloud: Sanjay Poonen, VMware

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Grazed from FinancialExpress. Author: PP Thimmaya.

The growing number of connected devices has given an entirely new dimension to the mobile strategy of enterprises. Any device which is plugged onto the internet becomes a mini-computer and has become the new point for end-user computing. The rapid adoption of a mobility strategy has thrown open a huge market opportunity for virtualisation software company Vmware, who enable the running of the applications and securing it on any mobile device. Sanjay Poonen, executive vice-president and general manager, end-user computing, VMware talks about mobility strategy of enterprises and how they are expanding their reach in an interview with PP Thimmaya. Excerpts:

How is VMware expanding its reach into the fast growing area of end-user computing?

VMware is the fourth largest software company and fastest growing. We have built innovative software where we have grown out of the data centre which is now heading to the cloud. The newer area of end user computing has now become the fastest growing big business inside the company…

January 17, 2016 Off

Cloud Computing: Hackers reveal flaws in cyber security framework

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Grazed from TheNation.  Author: Asina Pornwasin.

The recent hacking of government websites has called into question the government’s cyber security standards and risked its reputation for management, but a single gateway was not a solution to that problem, cyber security specialists said yesterday.  What the government can do is upgrade cyber security standards and adopt cyber security best practices as well as draft a national policy framework and regulations for cyber security. 
 
Police websites and about 300 Courts of Justice websites were hacked by sympathisers of the Anonymous group in protest against the Koh Tao double-murder verdict.   That led to a suggestion from police to bring back the single gateway plan to tackle the problem…
January 17, 2016 Off

The cloud and the Internet of things are inseparable

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Grazed from InfoWorld.  Author: David Linthicum.

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week featured plenty of cloud-related announcements from a wide variety of companies. Indeed, most new devices, from refrigerators to cars, have a massive cloud-based back end. The cloud components of these technologies are becoming more systemic. Indeed, the cloud is assumed.
 
More and more, people expect everything to be connected. No matter if it’s a washer and dryer, a refrigerator, or a car, they all communicate or will communicate with cloud servers. Why? Companies that make these devices understood early on that it does not make sense to keep all the smarts and storage in the device itself, and these devices must be instantly upgradable for them to have long-term value. Think about your TV service or smartphone updates. That’s how cars and thermostats — and eventually everything else that’s electronic in your home — are beginning to work…
January 17, 2016 Off

Fulcrum’s Cloud Services Now on G-Cloud

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 Grazed from Virtual-Strategy Magazine.  Author: PR Announcement.

Fulcrum Worldwide, a global leader in Software Products, Consulting, and IT Services, have received Crown Commercial Service accreditation to operate through the UK’s Digital Marketplace; Fulcrum is listed under “Specialist Cloud Services” section as a provider of cloud management and deployment solutions.
 
Dhana Kumarasamy, Chief Operating Officer and EVP – Technology Services said, “Being a thought-leader in the UK’s Higher Education sector, Fulcrum Worldwide has been helping many leading universities across the UK with cloud computing services, we will now closely work with public sectors to transform their IT landscape as well, he added…
January 17, 2016 Off

Cloud Computing: Qualcomm Forms Joint Venture In China to Take on Intel

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Grazed from Fortune.  Author: Stacey Higginbotham.

Mobile chip giant Qualcomm is getting into the data center market with a new joint venture to design and sell server chips in China. The joint venture was announced Sunday morning in China, and brings together Qualcomm and the government of China’s Guizhou province.

A Qualcomm subsidiary will own 45% of the newly formed company and the Guizhou government owns 55% for a total value of RMB 1.85 billion, or about $280 million.  As part of this deal with the province Qualcomm will also establish an investment company in Guizhou that will serve as the vehicle for future investments in China…