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Grazed from CIO-Today. Author: Jennifer LeClaire.

The next evolution of VCE’s Vblock System has emerged with a little help from Cisco. This version integrates the networking giant’s Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, or ACI, to help developers build secure, flexible data centers that can adapt more rapidly — and with less effort — to business and app requirements as they change.

That sounds like a tall order but it’s the potential fruit that the partnership between Cisco and VCE could deliver by tapping into software-defined innovations to drive operational efficiencies. The proposed endgame: to help customers be more successful in a competitive cloud era…

Grazed from CloudWards. Author: Ritika Tiwari.

According to a research done by CompTIA, more than 90 percent of businesses are now using cloud technology. Another research paper done by IBM reveals that by the end of 2015, half of the world’s video games will be played on the cloud. While most of the businesses are moving towards the cloud mainly to cut costs, there are certain companies which are trying to bring something new to the table with the help of cloud technology.

In fact, “The Power of Cloud,” an IBM Institute of Business Value, found in a survey that 16 percent of organizations are using cloud tech to innovate and come up with something new. Cloud technology has undoubtedly become a major part of the IT industry today and more and more companies are embracing it. Yes, there are concerns about:..

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Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Alan R. Earls.

Each year, a new crop of startups enters the ever-active cloud computing market. Given the tough competition, most won’t go far. But some of these cloud computing startups will thrive, prosper and maybe even go on to change the technology landscape. The odds seem good that in 2016 we’ll see some new cloud vendors begin to have a real impact — and perhaps enough market traction for IT decision makers to take a closer look. Here are five cloud computing startups that caught analysts’ attention this year, and are worth following in 2016.

Velostrata

Colm Keegan, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), an analyst firm in Milford, Mass., says his organization has been focusing on how traditional businesses are incorporating cloud and how those spending decisions will flow through the industry…

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Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: David Linthicum.

It’s that time of year again when we give thanks. We can be thankful for at least three aspects of cloud computing — and think about a few others.

1. Be thankful there have been no major cloud data breaches

Knock on wood, right? All the major hacks — including Sony Pictures, Home Depot, and Target — didn’t involve cloud computing. The ability to secure the cloud depends on how much effort goes into designing the right security and using the right technology. Fortunately, we can maintain high security levels in the cloud. By contrast, traditional systems — especially as they age — are easier targets…

Grazed from CMSWire. Author: David Roe.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the launch of a new security strategy for the entire Microsoft portfolio on Nov. 17. Except Nadella didn’t call it a strategy — he called it a "posture." In practical terms we’ll assume there isn’t much difference between the two. Nadella said that security will no longer be an afterthought in product design, but rather a core consideration.

Same As It Ever Was?

Security is top of mind for Microsoft as it develops business around cloud products like Azure and Office 365. But does this announcement herald a new era for Microsoft’s approach to security? According to Garrett A. Bekker III, senior analyst for Information Security with 451 Research, the objectives may be different, but the way Microsoft is going about it is not…

Read more from the source @ http://www.cmswire.com/information-management/whats-behind-microsofts-security-moves/

Grazed from MarketWire. Author: PR Announcement.

Platform9, the company making private clouds easy, today announced that it has been named one of 15 cool cloud companies by CRN: http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/cloud/300078842/15-cool-cloud-companies-and-their-even-cooler-products.htm. This is the eighth major accolade Platform9 has received since launching in 2014.

"There’s a wave of innovative companies launching products that are reshaping the way business customers interact with and take advantage of their public and private cloud environments," said Joseph Tsidulko, a senior editor at CRN. "They’re making clouds more manageable, agile, visible, affordable, insightful and secure — and easier to adopt."…

Grazed from FedTech. Author: David Stegon.

The growth of cloud computing continues to create new opportunities for technology companies to offer better access to information. This summer, Intel, in a collaborative effort with Oregon Health & Science University, launched the Collaborative Cancer Cloud, which, as it grows out, will provide medical researchers and practitioners with a wealth of data on all aspects of cancer that can be used to better serve patients.

At its core, the Collaborative Cancer Cloud allows doctors and researchers to share patient data, the goal being to further critical discoveries about the disease. However, instead of placing that data in a consolidated single cloud architecture — as some organizations already do — Intel’s project allows each organization to continue to host its own data but lets others use it behind a firewall. Intel’s Eric Dishman described it earlier this year:…

Read more from the source @ http://www.fedtechmagazine.com/article/2015/11/intels-cancer-cloud-shows-promise-agencies

Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Kristen Lee.

Creative Solutions in Healthcare may be the only health organization at present that completely operates in the cloud. "We are the first healthcare company, to my knowledge, that is 100% in the cloud," said Shawn Wiora, CIO at Creative Solutions, based in Fort Worth, Texas. The company was founded in 2000 and currently owns and operates dozens of skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities.

Wiora explained that Creative Solutions currently has 43 different applications in the cloud, including its EHR, accounting applications and maintenance software. He said Creative Solutions’ HR office system is currently being hosted with Ceridian Dayforce, and its EHR is being hosted with PointClickCare. The company has been 100% in the cloud since the beginning of 2015…

FusionStorm customers will be able to buy the Mirantis Unlocked Appliance for Cloud Native Applications, a pre-validated turnkey environment designed for developing and deploying cloud native applications and container-based environments at scale, and pre-integrated, delivered and supported by FusionStorm.

On Tuesday, December 1^st, Senior Director of Product Marketing Sushant Rao will present “Using SDS to Combine Hyperconverged and Cloud Storage with a SAN” from 3:00-4:00 p.m. in Session SDS-4: Applications. During this presentation, Rao will discuss how Software-Defined Storage can combine an existing SAN with hyperconverged and cloud storage to accelerate applications, making them highly available at reduced costs, combating the introduction of more storage silos which create “islands of data.”