Category: News

Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Dan Koblalka.

Data center services provider QTS Realty Trust (QTS) has added hybrid connectivity features to its Enterprise Cloud service. QTS Hybrid Network Connectivity provides high-performance networking options that allow customers to integrate seamlessly with a variety of IT architectures, according to the company.

"Connectivity continues to be a key component in our customers’ business strategy, and by utilizing QTS Hybrid Network Connectivity, enterprises can easily manage their public and private cloud as a single environment, creating higher performance at a lower cost," Jim Reinhart, chief operating officer for QTS’s development and operations, said in a prepared statement…

Read more from the source @ http://talkincloud.com/hybrid-cloud-computing/qts-now-offers-hybrid-connectivity-enterprise-cloud-solution

Grazed from EUKHost. Author: Asher Ross.

Cloud computing and IT demands are directly proportional to each other. To deliver consistency with security in cloud many service providers have started a different experiment with connected network servers to improve demand and deployment model in Cloud computing. Iaas (Infrastructure as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service) and SaaS (Software as a Service) are the platforms on which businesses with cloud models needs improvement in storage capacity and service waterfall model.

In Cloud computing connected network of servers is grouped together to manage and maintain resources of a website in any critical traffic situation. The storage needs of IT industry have increased from 39% to 64% from last year, but a need for more advanced technology for storing large databases was required. Before block storage in the cloud invented businesses with large database capacity used additional servers to store data online and paid for huge server instances…

Grazed from Forbes. Author: Mike Kavis.

Last week I wrote about Rackspace’s pivot from a pure play IaaS vendor to a managed service provider. In the article I questioned how the smaller, niche IaaS providers could compete with the “big three” IaaS companies and whether playing the price war game was a losing choice. I spent this week researching the answer to that question and here is what I found out.

Thoughts on Rackspace

I interviewed top executives from CloudSigma, DigitalOcean, and ProfitBricks and asked them about their thoughts on Rackspace’s announcement. Not one of the three companies was surprised with Rackspace’s move to managed services. In fact, Rackspace started out as an MSP before going head to head with the large IaaS providers and this area has always been their strength…

Grazed from BizJournals. Author: Editorial Staff.

The Federal Trade Commission wants to upgrade its computer networks and software, and the key focus is the cloud — something the Securities and Exchange Commission has used for years, according to Federal News Radio. Federal Trade Commission CIO Bajinder Paul said the agency is interested in how cloud computing can swiftly bring operational capabilities to employees, create a path for innovation and aggregate acquisition initiatives across the agency, according to the report.

Paul said the agency wants better cloud-based data analytics tools to take advantage of enterprise applications that bring in more data. SEC CIO Thomas Bayer said his agency already uses 50 cloud-based applications.

Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: CJ Arlotta.

San Jose, California-based data storage provider Quantum (QTM) has acquired Symform’s cloud storage services platform. Quantum said it plans to leverage Symform’s technology to expand its cloud software capabilities and service offerings in data protection and scale-out storage.

"We will be integrating Symform software and our platforms to create simple, very cost-effective cloud service options," Quantum CEO Jon Gacek said in a prepared statement. Quantum also will hire Symform’s development team, including co-founder Bassam Tabbara, to help create and launch new cloud services…

Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: CJ Arlotta.

Are your sales reps as aggressive as they could be when it comes to selling cloud services to customers? Is it time for the channel to get over it and embrace the cloud? Cloud Guru CEO Terry Hedden at ChannelCon this week held several sessions on how channel partners can make more money selling cloud services. He revealed several approaches and strategies he’s used in the past to close these kinds of deals. Most of his advice revolved around what channel partners should look for in their salespeople, and how they can spot trustworthy salespeople. Does your sales team (if you even have one) need help? Here are five ways your salespeople can close more cloud deals.

1. Dress to impress. While this first tip might seem elementary to you, it’s one that frequently gets overlooked. Don’t go into a meeting dressing like a sterotypical IT guy (meaning a golf shirt and khakis). "A lot of what you say is on your face, and the clothes that you wear," Hedden says. You want them to treat you like a salesperson, not an IT guy…

Grazed from ITProPortal. Author: Paul Steiner.

With Gartner predicting that half of all enterprises will have hybrid cloud deployments by 2017, its obvious that cloud technology is permeating all levels of organisations. What this also means is that nothing is black and white with cloud computing. Enterprises are deploying different forms of cloud solutions in ways that best support their business needs and organisational infrastructure.

There is no silver bullet that will give companies the best possible outcomes with cloud computing – each organisation needs to determine what data and departments will best benefit from cloud solutions, and positively impact the bottom line. The trend I see growing the fastest in the cloud computing space is that of customisation, as enterprises build out cloud infrastructures and solutions that work best for them…

Grazed from CloudWedge. Author: Natalie Lerner.

Here is what we know so far. Alibaba, the largest ecommerce company in China has a cloud computing component, called Aliyun (or AliCloud). It was established in the later part of 2009, with R&D centers and operators in Hangzhou, Beijing and Silicon Valley. Aliyun has steadily been growing its cloud offering, and in earlier last month, Aliyun entered into a partnership deal with Inspur, the largest high-end cloud computing company in China. Thereby enabling them to offer a complete package of cloud computing services within China. Their clientele are mainly either local businesses operating locally or local businesses operating in other countries.

It is reported that last year, Alibaba had revenue of $102 million just from cloud and infrastructure sales, this is a 26% increase from the year before. Also, back in May of this year, Alibaba made a clear statement on their cloud-focused intentions, “We have made, and intend to continue to make, strategic investments and acquisitions to expand our user base, enhance our cloud computing business, add complementary products and technologies and further strengthen our ecosystem…

Grazed from Cloud Computing Path. Author: Pravin Anchan.

Hewlett Packard has just introduced a low cost virtual private cloud offering in the shape of HP Helion Virtual Private Cloud Lean. This is an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) aimed at improving workload performance for mid to large sized enterprises with an emphasis on collaborations and application development.

The Helion VPCL includes some standard sized features such as virtualization, backup, recovery and clustering plus SAP HANA add-ons. HP’s VPCL assures lower latency, higher availability, more security and better compliance in a low priced offering. According to Jim Fanella, VP of workload and cloud for HP Enterprise Services, VPCL offers affordable enterprise class performance…

Grazed from SysConMedia. Author: David H. Deans.

What if you could deploy a new IT service shortly after you defined the requirements? And, just imagine the bliss, if your IT spend could directly translate into a competitive advantage. Predicting the ROI would be relatively easy. You would be the envy of your peer group. Unfortunately, as most senior executives already know, it’s never that simple.

Typically, you perform the technology assessment due diligence up-front, you place your bets based upon the most compelling guidance, and then you closely monitor the results. It’s an iterative process, where confidence builds over time. Maybe that’s why new business technology spending tends to be aligned with a past success…