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Grazed from PRWeb.  Author: PR Announcement.

The report High Performance Computing Market Server, Storage, Networking, Software (Middleware, Cluster & Fabric Management, Performance Optimization), Professional Services, Deployment Models, Price Bands – Global Market Forecasts & Analysis (2013 – 2018), segments the global market into various sub segments with in-depth analysis of the ecosystem. It also identifies the drivers and restraints of this market with insights into trends, opportunities, and challenges.

Browse 75 market data tables and 15 figures spread through 175 pages and in-depth TOC on High Performance Computing Market – Global Market Forecasts & Analysis (2013 – 2018)" – http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/Quantum-High-Performance-Computing-Market-631.html …

Grazed from eWeek.  Author: Todd R. Weiss.

SafeGov.org continues to ask Google questions about its past scanning of Gmail messages that used data mining to serve up ads to Google Apps for Education users.  Opponents of Google’s recent practice of scanning Gmail messages to help target advertisements to Gmail users continue to pressure the search giant on the issue.

The latest salvo comes from Jeff Gould, the president of industry group SafeGov.org, who launched an angry attack on Google in a May 15 blog post after Google described its Gmail-scanning activities in a recent blog post…

Grazed from CloudBestPractices.  Author: Neil McEvoy.

Earlier today I was fortunate to be given the opportunity to chair this webinar from SecureKey, on ‘BYOC’ – Bring Your Own Credentials.  With inputs from PwC and the Government of Canada, SecureKey explained how their Identity platform is enabling citizens to log on to Government e-services, via their online banking username and password.

Identity as a foundation for Digital Government – Globally

My introduction was to highlight that this is a global trend, based on open standards such as SAML and OAuth, where the USA and the UK among others are also pioneering the same principles as Canada…

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With tech behemoth Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ  ) announcing its results for the fiscal second quarter on May 21, the company’s greatest problem continues to be its inability to develop a secure, alternate source of revenue that can help offset its dependence on the rapidly shrinking PC industry. While CEO Meg Whitman deserves a pat on the back for finally putting the brakes on the company’s continued revenue slide, HP’s return to profitability still seems like an elusive dream to a majority of investors.

One of the highlights of the company’s performance during the recent first quarter was the poor performance of two of its main operating divisions, enterprise computing and printing, that together account for around 40% of its overall revenue generated…

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Nicos Vekiarides.

It’s no secret that prices of cloud storage have been falling precipitously over the past few months, spurring many organizations to reconsider the economics of cloud-integrated storage. Although price drops are always beneficial for IT, often some of the less tangible benefits cloud may bring to storage management are just as important.

Think about some of the recurring IT hallway conversations and how cloud storage solutions can change them for the better. More precisely, it’s less about what is said and more about what no longer needs to be said, including:…

Grazed from TheRegister.  Author: Jack Clark.

What do all ailing enterprise IT companies have in common? Trouble in their core businesses due to the rise of cloud computing.  The repercussions that the technology is having on the IT business are all around us, and its effects on the industry are as inevitable as gravity on a dropped bowling ball.

Cloud computing’s rise spells trouble for any traditional Western IT company you care to name, and has already started to bite into them.  Just how serious are the effects?   Well:…

Grazed from Stratosec.co.  Author: Editorial Staff.

In April, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) made headlines as they released a Risk Alert stating they would be examining the information security posture of “more than 50” registered broker-dealers and investment advisors. As we provide secure cloud services to organizations that may be examined as part of this process, we’re watching with interest.  In particular, we wanted to know: how does the OCIE cybersecurity initiative affect cloud computing?

The OCIE is basing their questions on NIST’s Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. Generally, the NIST document is a common-sense framework for an organization to describe their existing security posture, describe the organization’s target security state, and then prioritize how to get there. For organizations that do not have a mature information security program, the NIST Framework provides a great way to understand their current security posture, and create a plan to improve it…

Grazed from GuardianLV.  Author: Nicholas Grabe.

Red Hat Inc. has spent the past decade becoming one of the dominant commercial providers of the Linux operating system, but it is now looking to expand by exploiting opportunities in Indonesia, and in the field of cloud-computing systems. Red Hat Inc., which generated approximately 1.5 billion dollars in revenue last year, is expecting double digit revenue growth over the next year.

This would follow 48 consecutive financial quarters in which Red Hat has shown revenue growth, but it is nonetheless a very optimistic expectation on the part of David Yap, Red Hat’s country manager for Malaysia and Brunei. This optimism, however, is strongly supported by indicators from the Asian Pacific market…

Grazed from Oracle.  Author:  Jeurgen Kress.

Why is everyone talking about cloud computing? Drawn-out, expensive IT projects that are planned and implemented without any benefits for the business stakeholders are commonplace. In contrast, cloud computing offers business users the chance to immediately implement services with usage-based billing that are tailored to their requirements, often without the need to consult with the IT department.

However, aspects like security, architecture, availability, and standards are often not evaluated. Cloud consumers find themselves at the mercy of the cloud provider. Scenarios that require changing cloud providers after a cloud provider goes bankrupt, and the associated moving of data and/or applications, have not yet been sufficiently tested. Business continuity should play a key role from the start of a cloud evaluation process…

Grazed from BusinessWeek.  Author: Nick Summers.

Cloud computing provider Rackspace says it’s open to being acquired—and there’s no shortage of suitors.  The San Antonio company has hired Morgan Stanley to explore its options, Bloomberg News first reported yesterday, amid “inbound strategic proposals” from a number of parties.

Rackspace (RAX) shares lost more than half their value from September to May 9 as the company struggled to keep pace with Amazon.com (AMZN), the leader in cloud computing, and a host of other competitors that have plowed billions upon billions into the burgeoning market. Rackspace stock shot up as much as 30 percent on the news, to more than $36…