Category: News

Grazed from Business2Community.  Author: Marc Shaw.

Part 4 of a five-part series examining common IT myths.  Cloud computing is rapidly moving from the wave of the future to the present reality with analysts reporting, for example, that Amazon’s Cloud has become the fastest growing software in history. However, many business owners, especially small businesses, are still holding out. We’re taking a look at some common myths that keep them from making the leap.

One of the myths about cloud computing surrounds physical security. In fact, security is one of the most common concerns voiced among CEOs as an obstacle to move to the cloud, per Gartner analysts (2014). At the same time, many businesses lack the resources to develop and maintain up-to-date investments in physical security. Most organizations today still use outdated door badging infrastructure…

Grazed from TechTarget.  Author: Michael Finneran.

The combination of mobile devices and the cloud provides a vision of what computing may look like in the future. One of the most compelling reasons for individuals and enterprises to store data with mobile cloud services is continuous, ubiquitous access. Users who store files with cloud storage services can have immediate access to them anytime, anywhere and from any device — assuming they have network connectivity.

Grazed from TechTarget.  Author: Maxine Giza.

Twenty percent of large enterprises have integrated at least two clouds, according to a survey by Technology Business Research (TBR). That number is expected to edge upwards, the Hybrid Cloud Customer Research report indicates, as the need for data interoperability, connectivity and improved customer service rises.

With the increased demand for cloud integrations, IT professionals will find a growing number of cloud products. TBR Senior Analyst Jillian Mirandi said the proliferation of cloud vendor choices is the result of a broader range of customers moving to the cloud. "With more and more cloud solutions coming to the market, they [early adopters] are purchasing different types of cloud solutions and moving more workloads to the cloud," she said…

Grazed from Wired.  Author: Robert McMillan.

Amazon has pulled off a pretty amazing trick over the past decade. It’s invented and then built a nearly $5 billion cloud computing business catering to fickle software developers and put the rest of the technology industry on the defensive. Big enterprise software companies such as IBM and HP and even Google are playing catchup, even as they acknowledge that cloud computing is the tech industry’s future.

But what kind of a future is that to be? Yesterday Amazon said that while its cloud business grew by 90 percent last year, it was significantly less profitable. Amazon’s AWS cloud business makes up the majority of a balance sheet item it labels as “other” (along with its credit card and advertising revenue) and that revenue from that line of business grew by 38 percent. Last quarter, revenue grew by 60 percent. In other words, Amazon is piling on customers faster than it’s adding dollars to its bottom line…

Grazed from CloudAcademy.  Author: Editorial Staff.

2014 will be the year of cloud computing.  During the last year we heard about cloud in different situations, often referring a change in how companies and people access and store data. From what I see this change is almost completed.

If I look at the number of services that I use on a daily basis, more than 80% of them are storing and computing data in a cloud computing infrastructure. I cannot even say what is the last time that I used a licensed-software on my PC/Mac. Everything runs on a browser: invoices, payrolls, bank, docs, files.  We have already switched to a Cloud model for all of our data and daily operations…

Grazed from TalkinCloud.  Author:  Mike Vizard.

Technology generally is most powerful when the largest number of people can easily access it. With cloud computing, most organizations are hamstrung because they still require the skills of a professional programmer to build anything that has any meaningful business value.

This has created a lot of demand within some segments of the channel for application development services. But the dependency on professional developers also has served to limit the potential size of the overall market, because professional developers are perennially in short supply…

Grazed from Westel.  Author: Ediotial Staff.

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) in the cloud refers to shared online computing resources that include data processing, storage and networking. While users may not own the platform, they can control the operations of software and data for their purposes. The following characteristics will help you clarify this customized infrastructure.

On Demand Access

One of the most important characteristics of infrastructure as a service is on demand self-service for users. Examples might be the capabilities for consumers to set their own appointments or a function that allows them to independently upload and store content on a cloud server. Another characteristic is the ability for consumers to order as many items at a time as they choose…

Grazed from ITProPortal.   Author: Editorial Staff.

Despite a rapidly rising number of organisations using cloud computing in some form, many are still afraid of it and others have concerns about expanding their cloud use. This HP whitepaper outlines what these concerns are and gives some hints as to how the perceived threats can be mitigated against.

Many organisations fear the cloud, as it can bypass IT departments and information security officers into the bargain. Maybe this isn’t surprising when one considers the case of a convicted former employee of a US cloud service provider this year…

Grazed from NYTimes. Author: Quentin Hardy.

The central organizing principle of much of the tech industry is Moore’s Law. In one very important sense, it may be of less value than it once was. The rule itself shows no sign of vanishing. Moore’s Law is the notion that the density of transistors on a chip tends to double every 18 to 24 months. It has held up for nearly five decades, and looks to keep going.

That doubling was also a way of organizing the industry, though, and that is what is changing. If chips doubled in power every two years, people wrote device software that anticipated the increase. Performance was steady while features grew. Corporate spending on information technology was keyed to “upgrade cycles.”…

Grazed from NewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.

To take advantage of Seattle’s highly skilled workforce and experienced cloud engineering community, Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) has unveiled a new cloud development facility in the city’s tech corridor. The company plans to hire more than 100 engineers in Seattle to bolster and build its growing portfolio of public cloud computing services. The new center will be unveiled during HackerX, an open house and recruitment event aimed at giving cloud developers a chance to explore employment opportunities at Oracle.

Today, Oracle unveiled its new cloud engineering center in downtown Seattle, Washington, where developers will focus on building new cloud computing services as part of Oracle’s comprehensive cloud offerings. Oracle expanded its presence in Seattle to take advantage of the deep expertise in cloud computing available in Seattle’s rapidly growing technical community…