Category: News

Grazed from ITWorldCanada. Author: Howard Solomon.

Cloud computing is the latest hot technology, but a number of organizations still don’t think it’s completely safe for mission-critical or proprietary applications. That includes some of the biggest companies in the world, admits PaaSLane, a software as a service offering that scrutinizes and helps prepare code for the cloud.

So on Tuesday it will announce version 2.5 with local profiling, which enables source code to be analyzed on premise, uploading only its statistics for analysis into its cloud. It could be seen as a step backwards by PassLane, owned by Cloud Technology Partners of Boston, whose service went live in May. The idea is that large enterprises would upload their code for processing…

Grazed from Business2Community.  Author: Jason Bowden.

Cloud based business intelligence is a game changer in the digital business. All types of businesses, from small to large enterprises are equally adapting to the emergence of cloud based tools to enhance business intelligence. Small to medium business enterprises are now embracing cloud based applications to make their marketing strategies highly competitive. Large firms, on the other hand, are using cloud business intelligence solutions in further expanding their market and using it for experimentation in furtherance of building a more productive market environment.

Cloud business intelligence (BI) delivers productivity tools and applications that are highly beneficial to businesses. Among these benefits include the speed of deployment and implementation of various business apps, scaling up of web applications and the integration of business intelligence apps to enhance business productivity and cost effectiveness…

Grazed from Science 2.0.  Author: Editorial Staff.

"Nobody understands the cloud," shouts a character in a recent comedy about a couple trying to remove a private video from the Internet.  In reality, the cloud is completely understandable, and it’s one of few areas in climate where the emissions costs are also. And because it is quantifiable it can benefit from combinatorial optimization. the famous rucksack problem where a traveler has to try and fit everything in without leaving anything behind.

Cloud computing involves using remote servers for data storage and processing. It can provide users with more storage space and computing power and  they can access it from anywhere in the world. But environmental critics are part of the ‘nobody understands the cloud’ masses and worry that distributed servers running continuously, where an individual user’s laptop might be shut down when it is not in use, could be harming the atmosphere…

Grazed from BusinessWire.  Author: PR Announcement.

Eutelsat Communications and Cisco are unveiling the integration ETL of Cisco Videoscape and Eutelsat’s “smartLNB” technology at this year’s IBC exhibition. The two companies are combining their expertise for a demonstration of live IP streaming and Push Video On Demand (VOD) services accessed through an easy-to-navigate user interface that can offer broadcasters the most advanced turnkey solution for connected TV services.

The integration of Cisco Videoscape, including MediaHighway® set-top box software, VideoGuard conditional access and a Cisco user interface with Eutelsat’s “smart LNB” technology enables subscribers to easily navigate their way through a multi-dimensional programme guide incorporating high-quality live and recorded content. It delivers a unique experience that connects subscribers to broadcaster services, increasing customer choice and loyalty…

Grazed from dw.de.  Author: Editorial Staff.

 In the latest efforts toward warding off foreign hackers, the head of Microsoft Germany is planning to develop Cloud technology that would be offered only within Germany.  Microsoft’s current computing centers in the Netherlands and Ireland are becoming more popular with the company’s biggest clients, Microsoft Germany head Christian Illek told the German daily Tagesspiegel on Sunday.

"But this is obviously not enough for medium-sized German companies," Illek said.  Cloud computing refers to a storage system, which allows computing devices to share their data within a defined network online. This includes software, firewalls and platforms, as well as memory and technical services…

Grazed from Globes.  Author: Roy Goldenberg.

Swedish technology giant Ericsson (Nasdaq:ERIC) has announced that it is acquiring Israeli cloud storage company Fabrix Systems in order to consolidate its position in network delivery for video applications, media storage and TV.  Fabrix Systems was founded in 2006 and has 93 employees in Ra’anana and 10 more in the US.

Fabrix Systems has a cloud based scale out storage and computing platform focused on providing a simple, tightly integrated solution optimized for media storage, processing and delivery applications such as cloud DVR and video-on-demand (VOD) expansion. The approach takes advantage of the latest advances in clustered storage; grid computing; virtualization and video processing technologies enabling a wide range of applications…

Grazed from Business2Community.  Author: Emma Vas.

By now, you already know that your software sales process needs to look past the initial close and focus on long-term prospect relationships, and you’ve optimized your sales process and customer service follow-ups accordingly.  Yet, in order to realize more top-line growth, you need to not only delight current customers, but also better understand your prospective customers.

Once you understand their pains and problems, you’re able to offer them a deal that’s tailored to their needs – and one that’s easier to finalize.  Better understand your software sales prospects by studying the following four factors and fine-tuning your sales strategy accordingly:…

Grazed from ClouderPC. Author: Editorial Staff.

Cloud, as a flowing intangible balloon with different kinds of information, has been celebrated in the last few years as a real pivotal point in the data storing and sharing process. The cloud offers a wide range of new possibilities that can improve business communication and work in general, as well as everyday computer experience of ordinary people.

Since the data on the cloud can be accessed from any Internet-provided spot in the world, it is obvious that people do not have to carry their flash drives or external disks with them, but simply log into their cloud account and have easy access all the data they need. No matter how convenient and fabulous this might sound, there must be a drawback or, better to say, a threat to that feature. Namely, every item of content uploaded to the cloud must be appropriately encrypted, to make sure it is safe from hackers’ attacks…

Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Editorial Staff.

With FireEye Inc.’s announcement of a new threat analytics platform for Amazon Web Services, threat intelligence for the cloud is now becoming a reality. But will cloud-based threat analytics systems displace traditional security information and event management products and threat analytics systems in the near future?

Announced last week, FireEye’s threat analytics platform (TAP) for Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the first of its kind because, according to Milpitas, Calif.-based FireEye, the product was built natively on Amazon’s cloud and it combines FireEye’s threat intelligence with event monitoring and analytics across AWS as well as a client’s on-premise IT environment…

Grazed from CBSNews. Author: Erik Sherman.

Apple (AAPL) had a real hit with the iPhone 6 introduction — so much so that when it began taking orders on Friday, the flood of traffic crashed the Apple Store. It was restored but availability has been intermittent. The problem has a silver lining, as it likely means Apple’s financial results through the rest of the calendar year will be rosy, even if broad popularity for the Apple Watch is unclear.

But combined with the video streaming outage during Tuesday’s product introduction event, it’s a reminder that Apple has yet to completely master the highest demand situations in cloud computing — an area that is critical to the company’s strategy…