Category: News

Grazed from DataCenterKnowledge. Author: Seth Payne.

“Cloud Computing” is the reigning buzzword in high-tech these days. Everything, it would seem, is either in the cloud, powered by the cloud, or some variation on the theme. I remember when hosted email was just that: hosted email. Today, such offerings are considered cloud offerings even though they have not changed since first being introduced over 15 years ago.

After all is said and done, we are still working with the same essential technology: compute, network, and storage. The reason cloud computing is so attractive is because it affords us incredible flexibility in how these basic elements are utilized – with both speed and specialized toolsets…

Grazed from TelecomPaper. Author: Editorial Staff.

Global data protection company, SafeNet has announced ProtectV for Service Providers, an encryption offering that lets service providers deliver enhanced data protection and access control to their customers when storing their data in cloud and virtual environments. ProtectV can be deployed into a customer environment as part of a service provider’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering, and delivers full encryption of virtual machines and storage volumes that their customers can use to protect their data and segregate it from the provider and other customers.

It prevents unauthorised data access by enabling organisations to separate and control their information in multi-tenant environments, including public and hybrid cloud models. ProtectV for Service Providers is available for Amazon Web Services partners and VMware cloud platforms…

Read more from the source @ http://www.telecompaper.com/news/safenet-launches-encryption-as-a-service-offering–1051228

Grazed from CloudTech. Author: James Bourne.

The IDG Enterprise Cloud Computing Study has found the number of firms who have at least a portion of their computing infrastructure in the cloud continues to go up – but it’s the technology underneath this adoption which is the most interesting. The latest research, which polled 1672 respondents and aimed to measure cloud computing trends among technology decision makers, found over a third (38%) were “comfortable” hosting in the cloud given the state of current cloud offerings, and 56% were still weighing up their options.

As cloud usage goes up, backlog theoretically goes down, and so this study proves. 69% of respondents have at least something in the cloud, up from 61% the year before and 57% in 2012. In comparison, only 18% say they plan to deploy within the next 12 months, down from 24% in 2013…

Grazed from LightReading. Author: Editorial Staff.

Huawei today announced the construction of its Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Open Lab to global operators and partners. The NFV Open Lab aims at stimulating innovation, industry development and collaborative benefits for global telecom networks supporting NFV/Software Defined Networking (SDN) and cloud-computing technologies.

The NFV Open Labs will bring an environment that will help ensure that NFV solutions and carrier grade infrastructure are compatible with emerging NFV standards and with the Open Platform NFV source (OPNFV). The NFV Open Lab is composed of three labs, located in China, Germany and the USA…

Grazed from ComputerWorld. Author: Hamish Barwick.

Cloud computing, privacy and big data will increase in priority for enterprises in 2015, while the smart cities trend will continue in Asia Pacific as countries such as China try to address urbanisation issues, according to Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Asia Pacific CTO Adrian De Luca. Speaking at the vendor’s Innovation Forum 2014 in Singapore, De Luca outlined the company’s predictions for 2015.

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Citing a Cisco Global Cloud Index, De Luca said there is an “overwhelming desire” in Asia Pacific to deploy hybrid cloud – a mix of private and public cloud environments. Approximately 70 per cent of organisations in APAC are already using or evaluating hybrid clouds today, said De Luca…

Grazed from GigaOM.  Author: Barb Darrow.

IBM is moving as fast as it can into cloud computing, wooing startups from Silicon Valley to London in hopes that young born-to-cloud companies will use its technology as opposed to, say, the stuff from Amazon Web Services.

A few proof points: Last week, the company launched BlueMix Garage at London’s Level39 accelerator to foster collaboration between startups and IBM tech eggheads. (IBM launched the inaugural BlueMix Garage in San Francisco in April. BlueMix is the company’s Cloud Foundry-based Platform as a Service…

Grazed from New York Times.  Author: Quentin Hardy.

Technology has been accused of making many a job disappear, like the production line or the accounting office. And it is not done yet.  A company often resembles its communication and technology system. In the era of cloud computing that the tech industry is moving into, that seems to suggest that companies will have smaller departments, quickly analyzing data and endlessly experimenting.

That means change is on the way at the many companies that will adopt cloud computing over the next few years. Middle managers: This is not good news for you.  “Technology shapes styles of work,” said Ed Lazowska, who holds a chair in computer science and engineering at the University of Washington…

Grazed from CloudWedge.  Author: Editorial Staff.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released its final edition of its report entitled US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap Volumes I and II. The report goes into detail about cloud computing and touches on many of the objectives of the federal government’s Cloud First initiative.

A press release highlighting the reports public release says that the “Final document reflects the input from more than 200 comments on the initial draft received from around the world.” NIST also adds that “The roadmap leverage’s the strengths and resources of government, industry, academia and standards development organizations to support technology innovation in cloud computing.”…

Grazed from Forbes.  Author: Louis Columbus.

A recent study by IDG found that 69% of enterprises have either applications or infrastructure running in the cloud today, up 12% from 2012.  The IDG Enterprise Cloud Computing Study 2014 found that cloud investments have increased by 19% in large-scale enterprises (1,000+ employees) spending on average $3.3M MMM +0.5% a year.  In 2015, 24% of IT budgets will be allocated to cloud solutions, with the highest percentage being allocated to SaaS models.

These and other findings are from the IDG Enterprise Cloud Computing Study 2014 published earlier this month. You can download the study and methodology here (PDF, no opt in).  Additional key take-aways from the study include the following:…

Read more from the source @ http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2014/11/22/cloud-computing-adoption-continues-accelerating-in-the-enterprise/

Grazed from TechCrunch.  Author: Neha Sampat.

In an increasingly digital world, where everything from marketing to R&D and customer service is becoming digital, the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) is more important than ever in helping drive company growth and a better connection with customers.

Recently Gartner released its top 10 strategic technology trends for 2015 citing the impact of the digital business shift as a driving force behind these trends. With that, the number of CDO jobs has doubled since 2013 and continues to grow…