Cloud Computing, a platform for fast and reliable IT operations

A while back, mashups were all the rage. The idea was to compose solutions that provided aggregation and integration across applications and services to make information more available, useful, and personal. Mashups ushered in the era of Web 2.0 in all it’s socially connected goodness. They taught us that to be successful, we needed to add web service APIs to our web applications. Web and client based mashups met with great success and have...  

We have just published the first version of our solution guide for Government Cloud Computing (GovCloud) : GovCloud.info Government Cloud Computing (GovCloud) is our comprehensive engagement for public sector organizations looking to embrace Cloud Computing. OASIS International Cloud Symposium Last year we partnered with OASIS to run the first ‘International Cloud Symposium‘ for government cloud, held [...]read more  

There are two prominent cloud technology strategies these days. First: Let's copy everything Amazon Web Services (AWS) is doing. (You know who you are!) Second: Let's rebrand our old technology as a private cloud. The lack of innovation and creativity in ...  

I am the track chair of the CloudExpo Bootcamp this year at Jacob Javits Center in NYC from June 11-14. You can check the agenda here. As an invitee of the track chair, you can register for free (with the bootcamp option) at www.cloudcomputingexpo.com with "robustcloud" as the promotion code. read more  

DRFortress, the largest and only carrier-neutral datacenter and cloud services provider operating in Hawaii, has recently introduced DRFcloud, the first local, pay-as-you-use, cloud computing services, for Hawaii and the Pacific Rim.  

IBM has joined New Zealand-owned companies Datacom and Revera in securing an ''all-of-government contract'' with Internal Affairs that will allow it to provide data centre and ''cloud computing'' infrastructure to government departments. The Government ...  

VIENNA, Va., -- Leading Service Provider and Technology Integrator MicroTech announces a new cloud computing solution -- the MicroTech Advanced Virtual Environment; a next generation technology solution that offers a high-performance, highly available and ...  

HP’s attempt to get a court to order Oracle to continue to develop software for HP’s mission-critical Itanium-based Integrity boxes began Thursday with jury selection, a selection that could be harder, the Recorder says, because of HP’s announcement last week that it’s going to lay off 27,000 people. Oracle claims the Itanium is at end-of-life, that the only reason Intel hasn’t pulled the plug on the chip is because HP is paying Intel hundred...  

DRFortress, Hawaii's premier colocation and cloud services provider, today announced that it has launched DRFcloud, the first local, pay-as-you-use, cloud computing services based in the State and available throughout the Pacific Rim. This new service, offered in partnership with IaaS pioneer, Appcore, follows the successful start of the Nirvanix cloud storage service. Continuing to demonstrate...  

Customers must find innovative ways to leverage cloud technologies that suits their requirements. A couple of weeks ago, I attended IBM's Cloud Innovation Analyst Forum in Chicago. The event kicked off with a panel discussion where company customers, including the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Top Coder and Colleagues in Care, discussed their experiences with solutions powered by IBM cloud technologies. The benefits that the University of...  

It's almost hurricane season--or, for enterprises, time to check the status of business continuity and disaster recovery plans. This year, advancements in mobile technology are enabling businesses to include technologies such as cloud computing and mobile ...  

Many organizations have embraced, or are considering, the benefits of cloud computing – speed, flexibility, increased expertise, shared workload, reduced costs, etc. The benefits are many – but so are the risks. What are the threats to Cloud security? Which parties assume responsibility for securing the environment? What about the data? Which type of cloud deployment offers superior security benefits? In his session at the 10th International...  

A couple of weeks ago, I attended IBM's Cloud Innovation Analyst Forum in Chicago. The event kicked off with a panel discussion where company customers, including the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Top Coder and Colleagues in Care, discussed their ...  

Naperville, IL -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/30/2012 -- The cloud computing market of China is poised to demonstrate a robust growth of 77.5% CAGR during 2010-15. The report begins with the brief introduction defining cloud computing with its key characteristics followed by a brief overview on the historical evolution of cloud computing. Subsequently, the report covers major categories of cloud computing, cloud service products available in China and...  

Cloudcor announces Intel Corporation as headline Diamond Partner for the 4th Annual Cloud Slam’12 Conference and Expo, taking place Wednesday May 30 - June 1, 2012 in San Francisco and broadcast virtually globally. Jason Waxman, GM, Cloud ...  

Users and administrators alike have come to rely on standard NAS functions to create, manage, share and protect file-based data throughout its lifetime. However, this functionality is limited to a single site. Globally distributed enterprises must deploy islands of storage across sites, inhibiting optimization, centralized management, and load balancing. Ideally, administrators should be able to install a single cloud-integrated, file-based...  

Dell on Friday announced it has completed its acquisition of Wyse Technology. The combination of Wyse's capabilities with Dell's existing desktop virtualization offerings position the company as the leader in the desktop virtualization, enabling it to ...  

The longer you put off providing features and services offered in the cloud, the worse off you'll be, according to an article in Network Computing. The post by Define the Cloud's Joe Onisick offers a stark take on falling behind cloud adoption: "Every day that goes by that IT isn't meeting the features and services offered in the cloud, users are moving there on their own. No office collaboration environment? They're on Google Docs. No file...  

DRFortress has launched a Hawaii-based, pay-as-you-use cloud-computing service that is available throughout the Pacific Rim. The DRFcloud service, which is being offered in partnership with Appcore, follows the start of the Nirvanix cloud-storage service based at the Honolulu-based DR Fortress datacenter with redundant backup on the Mainland in case of disaster. “Previously, Hawaii organizations interested in pay-as-you-use cloud computing...  

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued the final version of its special publication aimed to help demystify cloud computing. Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations (Special Publication ...  

GoGrid on Wednesday announced its Private Cloud infrastructure solution is powering a new network management application for Orange Business Services, the France Telecom-Orange branch dedicated specifically to business-to-business services. "We're excited ...  

There are two prominent cloud technology strategies these days. First: Let's copy everything Amazon Web Services (AWS) is doing. (You know who you are!) Second: Let's rebrand our old technology as a private cloud. The lack of innovation and ...  

Panzura optimizes enterprise data storage management and distribution in the cloud, making cloud storage simple and secure. Panzura's revolutionary global cloud storage solution seamlessly combines the flexibility, performance and productivity benefits of ...  

Want to understand in just hours what experts have spent many hundreds of days deciphering? The new, "super-sized" four-day Cloud Computing Bootcamp is a brief introduction to cloud computing carefully created and devised to help you keep up with evolving trends like Big Data, PaaS, APIs, Mobile, Social and Data Analytics. Solutions built around these topics require a sound cloud computing infrastructure to be successful while helping...  

Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate (RC): Takes you beyond virtualization Delivers the power of many servers with the simplicity of one Opens the door to every app on any cloud Enables the modern work style   http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx?ocid&wt.mc_id=TEC_108_1_33  

Duke Skarda is CTO of SoftLayer ... A Rock Star Faculty, Top Keynotes, Sessions, and Top Delegates! Cloud Expo 2012 New York, June 11-14, 2012, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference ...  

Management and governance seem to be emerging topics in the cloud-computing world, as companies who've now committed themselves to the cloud focus on traditional enterprise IT headaches, er, issues. Enterprise cloud computing has its roots in web services (the hot topic of 2004) and services-oriented architecture (SOA, the hot topic of 2007), and nothing was more prominent or less understood than issues involving governance back in those...  

Cut through the cloud Computing clutter and make business sense of Big Data. Join us in New York in 10 days' time and attend the largest Cloud Computing and Big Data event in the world - the 10th International Cloud Expo at the Jacob Javits Center on June 11-14, 2012. As the volume of digital content grows to 2.7 ZB‚ up 48% from 2011, Cloud Expo has been extended to focus additionally on Big Data. There are also Special Events galore, from...  

Neil Cohen is Akamai's VP of Enterprise Application Products where ... and /or registered trademarks (USPTO serial number 85009040) of Cloud Expo, Inc. Elizabeth is an assistant news editor at SYS-CON Events, Inc. where annual high-energy conferences ...  

2012-05-30 08:22:19 - Creative BI Platform on China Mobile’s Cloud Computing Platform Targets Millions of Chinese SMBs and Large Organizations BEIJING, CHINA -- May 29, 2012. BIME CHINA, a pioneer in powerful cloud business intelligence, today announced ...  

IN its broadest usage, the term cloud computing refers to the delivery of scalable IT resources over the Internet as opposed to hosting and operating those resources locally, such as on a college or university network. Those resources can include ...  

Userful Corp. says as Web-based applications grow, open-source virtualization will provide big cost benefits. But a Gartner analyst says the “history and legacy” of Windows is still too powerful for widespread Linux adoption  

When Is It Right for a Business to Consider Desktop Virtualization? Tips for determining whether desktop virtualization is right for your business. Now that more IT organizations than ever are starting to consider the merits of desktop virtualization, much ...  

Naperville, IL -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/30/2012 -- The cloud computing market of China is poised to demonstrate a robust growth of 77.5% CAGR during 2010-15. The report begins with the brief introduction defining cloud computing with its key characteristics ...  

In his general session at the 10th International Cloud Expo, Scott Thomas, Vice President, Sales Engagement at Terremark, a Verizon Company, will discuss the major factors driving cloud adoption for the enterprise, relate how the adoption of cloud ...  

sponsoring and exhibiting at upcoming cloud and high-tech industry events in the coming months, including Cloud Computing Expo East, Network World IT Roadmap, and XChange 2012. Cloud Computing Expo East and Cloud Camp What: Featured speaker and conference ...  

By using federal tax credits, Evanston hopes to build a major data center for cloud computing services in a vacant building downtown. In the project's proposal created by Evanston Technology Partners LLC., the city expects to ...  

HP Wednesday named Bill Veghte chief operating officer, a newly created position that relieves the former Windows executive of running the company's poorly functioning software operation two years and three CEOs after he got the job. Veghte is keeping the ...  

The broad variety of innovative solutions in software, platforms and infrastructure ... charts and graphs that add visual analysis in order to explain developing trends within the cloud computing market. Visiongain provides forecasts for the period 2012 ...  

Oracle Corp. is expected to release a new cloud computing suite next week, CEO Larry Ellison said Wednesday at the D: All Things Digital conference. As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, the Oracle Cloud offering from the Redwood City-based enterprise software company (NASDAQ:ORCL) is being announced June 6. The suite will include enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management in the cloud.  

‘Disruptive’ is a word tossed around a lot in technology circles to describe new innovations and their transformative effects on the industry. But is this disruption a good thing? Or a bad thing? That depends on who you ask. Phil Wainewright, writing ...  

2012-05-30 16:37:47 - Visiongain’s analysis indicates that the cloud computing market will reach a value of $37.9bn in 2012. With ever increasing proliferation of cloud services adoption by both enterprises and end-users in recent years, the demand for ...  

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, will outline the next stage of its Helix Nebula European cloud computing project at the Cloud Computing World Forum (www.cloudwf.com) on 12 and 13 June [Read More...]  

Replace these Affiliate Programs at ANYTIME! Your banner here within the next hour. BIME CHINA, a pioneer in powerful cloud business intelligence, today announced a partnership with China Mobile, the leading mobile services provider in Mainland China with ...  

Do you use GMail, Google Docs, Dropbox, Facebook, CrashPlan or iCloud? If so, the you use cloud computing. It's not essential that you have an in-depth understanding of cloud computing, but here's a brief overview.  

“While enterprise cloud adoption is growing fast, it is still in the very early stages,” noted Sheji Jacob-Brettle, European Group Marketing and Communications Manager at TelecityGroup, in this exclusive Q with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. And Jacob-Brettle continued, TelecityGroup expects “cloud to be an important driver of demand for our data center services in Europe.” Cloud Computing Journal: Agree or disagree? – "While the...  

May 30, 2012 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Oracle, an enterprise software company, has announced Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 3.4, Sun Ray Software 5.3 and Oracle Virtual Desktop Client 3.1, which are part of Oracle's desktop ...  

Register for a Cloud Expo Gold Pass and receive full access to the Cloud Essentials Certification as well as access for four days to all conference sessions at Cloud Expo June 11-14, 2012, at the Javits Center in New York. The Cloud Essentials course is a two-day, interactive, classroom-based learning experience. The course provides a balanced curriculum and addresses the business and technical perspectives of cloud computing. It will also...  

More specifically, cloud computing refers to a hosting environment that leverages pooled computing resources by way of virtualization. Cloud computing takes existing physical servers and creates virtualized servers to exist on top of them.  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – May 30, 2012 – The Fedora Project, a Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT ... The addition of projects such as oVirt and JBoss Application Server 7, enhancements in OpenStack, and continued support for fresh releases of desktop ...  

An anonymous reader writes "Tech industry experts are saying that desktop support jobs will be declining sharply thanks to cloud computing. Why is this happening? A large majority of companies and government agencies will rely on the cloud for more than half of their IT services by 2020, according to Gartner's 2011 CIO Agenda Survey." ...  

Madeline Bennett, editor of V3, recently sat down with Andrew Hawkins, business development director at not-for-profit IT services business Eduserv, to discuss the pros and cons of cloud computing, particularly for the public sector. Hawkins outlines the ...  

When: Aug 28-Aug 30 Location: China CloudCon-2012 is the world's premier cloud computing event, covering technology, business models, industry experiences, legal aspects, research, development, latest trends and innovations in the world of cloud computing. Cloud computing is attractive to business owners as it eliminates the requirement for users to plan ahead for provisioning, and allows enterprises to start from...  

Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here! How can organizations use enterprise/private cloud capabilities and Big Data analytics to improve information-sharing? In his session at the 10th International Cloud Expo, Ira A. (Gus) Hunt, Chief Technology Officer ...  

Polkast, a personal cloud service that connects computers and mobile devices through a secure peer-to-peer connection, today announced Polkast 2.0, available on Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android devices. Polkast 2.0 includes several new features and a Pro ...  

The National Institute for Standards and Technology wants to demystify cloud computing. NIST released a special publication on Tuesday to “explain cloud systems in plain language” and provide information technology executives with recommendations, concerns and the benefits of migrating to the cloud. The 81-page document explains the level of service agencies can expect in various cloud environments [...]  

The only cloud-computing myth is that there are cloud-computing myths. Instead, there are many articles about cloud myths, an endless parade of strawman arguments put out by writers, analysts, and marketers that lectures us on why we're so stupid to believe the “myths” that cloud is inexpensive, is easy to deploy and maintain, that it automatically reduces costs, etc. Anyone who's ever written a line of code or approved an enterprise IT...  

First and foremost: no in-house equipment. Depending on the size of a company, there are different needs for data processing and storage. Cloud computing allows companies to only buy what they need at the time and gives them the ability ...  

Virtual applications are an important component of IT and software provisioning. One notable challenge with agentless virtual applications is that by their very nature, they are separate from the operating system and hence does not allow a transparent user ...  

Windstream Corp. announced on Wednesday the expansion of its full suite of advanced network communications and technology solutions to Las Vegas. Las Vegas businesses have a new choice for essential voice and data services including VoIP, SIP trunking, MPLS, and dedicated high-speed Internet. Windstream also offers managed services, cloud computing, disaster recovery, and networking services designed to help businesses increase productivity...  

CAMBRIDGE, England and RENO, Nevada, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- iTrinegy, on Stand 2190, will again be exhibiting at the Cloud Computing World Forum UK, this year, showing its proven "Cloud Transformation Solution" Taking place on the 12-13 June at Earls Court, London, this is Europe's...  

May 18, 2012 -- Space agency NASA is withdrawing its participation with OpenStack, the open source cloud organization it co-founded with Rackspace, according to a report by DatacenterDynamics.  

Cloud computing is rapidly becoming a reality, and forward-thinking IT organisations are moving quickly to evolve existing IT infrastructures to include cloud capabilities that provide IT as a Service (ITaaS). Shared cloud ...  

  The current Windows Server version is Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Until today Windows Server was a great OS for a server and its devices, but the new Windows Server 2012 is a cloud optimized OS and represents a big leap forward, helping IT progress on virtualizing network and storage infrastructure for multitenant support. Ever since Cloud Computing has becoming the new IT Paradigm, many companies are exploring this new frontier and many...  

Virtualization software maker Citrix has come a long way in the last five years or so, from fundamentally a virtual desktop vendor into a full-service cloud infrastructure provider.  The lengthy list of news announcements at Citrix Synergy 2012, held at Moscone Center West in San Francisco from May 8-11, bears out this impressive development as a company. Not only is the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company continuing to sell virtual desktop...  

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jason Waxman, General Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Group at Intel Corporation, to Deliver Headline Keynote Address at 4th annual CloudSlam'12 Cloud Computing Conference in San Francisco  

For the last two, three maybe more years, various pundits have said that the year of desktop virtualization is just around the corner. And each year, they were wrong. Still, we gotta ask, will 2012 be the year of desktop ...  

New Delhi, May 30 (PTI) Amid growing popularity of cloud computing, new regulations are needed to address data safety concerns as most of the servers that host personal information are located in foreign lands, Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal ...  

Zee News'Rules needed to address security concerns of cloud computing'Zee NewsCloud computing allows companies to use services, softwares and applications on a pay-per-use model without actually owning any hardware infrastructure or licence. This helps companies save on setting up IT infrastructure or purchasing licences.and more »  

May 25, 2012 -- IT services provider Dell announced on Friday it has completed its acquisition of cloud client computing provider Wyse Technology. The terms of the deal were not disclosed in the press release.  

With Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) now just four weeks away, what better time to start introducing you in greater detail to the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical and strategy sessions at the conference... We have technical and strategy sessions for you every day from June 11 through June 14 dealing with every nook and cranny of Cloud Computing and Big Data, but what of those who are...  

Wyse Technology, a provider of cloud client computing, on Wednesday announced that Tarkan Maner, President and CEO of Wyse, will be a featured speaker at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia 2012. The event theme "Bridging Regions in Transformations" takes place in Istanbul, Turkey from June 4-6, 2012. This historic summit returns to Istanbul and is backed by Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan...  

Cloud computing already has trimmed some businesses' IT costs. But a report found that it also could be the next big thing to help reduce their energy use, according to greenbiz.com The fourth annual Energy Efficient IT Report – by technology products and services seller CDW – calls cloud computing a possible “game changer” that's playing a growing role in energy efficiency. For the report, CDW surveyed 760 people working in private businesses...  

We're back from BriForum London and it was a fantastic show. Just amazing firsthand information on real world desktop virtualization deployments, future trends, best practices, and more. If desktop virtualization is part of your job, I highly recommend checking out the event. The next one is in July in Chicago, and Oracle will be there! Here are a few videos from the show...  

Dawson is also a featured speaker at the Cloud Boot Camp, where she is speaking on Extending Your Existing ... Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO Details: Symform is a sponsor of the 2012 IT Roadmap Conference & Expo in Denver. Conference attendees ...  

Gary Ballabio is a Sr. Product Line Manager for Akamai's Application Performance Solutions portfolio. In his role, he runs Akamai's Terra Alta, Web Application Accelerator, Session Accelerator and IP Application Acceleration services. A 12 year veteran at ...  

Small businesses are turning to mobile devices and technologies, virtualization and cloud computing to improve disaster preparedness. - Cloud computing, virtualization and mobile technology are increasingly prevalent among small to medium-size businesses (SMBs), according to a survey from IT security firm Symantec Corp. The findings of the companys 2012 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey indicated that disaster preparedness is closely...  

Summary: How do you know if cloud computing makes sense for your organization? And if it makes sense for your organization what sort of services should you buy into? Here are the questions to ask. How do you know if cloud computing makes sense ...  

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2njbf4/cloud_computing_fo) has announced the addition of the "Cloud Computing for IT Professionals" audio conference to their offering. Many business executives are excited over cloud computing's potential to increase efficiencies while lowering costs. But as an IT pro, you can't afford to have your head in the clouds. It's up to you to...  

Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, today announced that Tarkan Maner, President and CEO of Wyse, will be a featured speaker at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia 2012. The event theme ...  

Digital Technology International (DTI™) announced an agreement ... DTI Cloud is the most advanced cloud computing platform in the news media industry. The Tribune-Herald chose DTI Cloud to deliver financial and competitive advantages along ...  

Redbook, published: Wed, 23 May 2012 - Detailed cloud resource configuration instructions - Detailed installation steps of ISDM - Point and click deployment of AIX Managing IT systems is difficult.  

Lately I've been hearing some rumblings during my various discussions around cloud computing. Some in the industry have been quietly saying the end is near for the much over hyped term.  I wouldn't go as far as to say the cloud is dead just yet, but there ...  

The federal government saved nearly $5.5 billion a year by moving to cloud services. But it might have saved up to $12 billion if cloud strategies were more aggressive, a survey of federal IT managers found. The study, drawn from interviews with 108 federal CIOs and IT managers, was published by MeriTalk Cloud Computing Exchange, a community of federal government leaders focused on public-private collaboration in Washington, D.C. The IT...  

Cloud computing and virtualization are often used interchangeably with both technologies developed to let organizations make optimum use of their resources while keeping costs down. However, the truth is that despite ...  

Cequel Data Centers has acquired TierPoint LLC, a regional provider of hosting and cloud computing services based in the Spokane, Wash., area. Financial terms were not disclosed. TierPoint offers three data centers in the Spokane area, with a combined ...  

May 22, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- MicroTech announced a new cloud computing solution, the MicroTech Advanced Virtual Environment; a next generation technology solution that offers a high-performance, highly available and scalable ...  

In this CEO Power Panel at the 10th International Cloud Expo (http://CloudComputingExpo.com), moderated by Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan, leading executives in the Cloud Computing and Big Data space will be discussing such topics as: Is it just ...  

Discover a no-frills comparison of the four most renowned desktop virtualization products and their hypervisors, and see which delivers the lowest cost possible, without sacrificing speed, power and features. Read on.  

Dell on Friday announced it has completed its acquisition of Wyse Technology. The combination of Wyse's capabilities with Dell's existing desktop virtualization offerings position the company as the leader in the desktop virtualization, enabling it to offer true end-to-end IT solutions for customers and partners. Dell has made significant strategic investments over the past three years to expand its enterprise technology and services...  

KARACHI - “Local and multinational companies have realized the importance of cloud computing as emerging and cutting-edge technology and are adopting it at a fast pace to expand with minimum investment and space.”This was stated by Engr. Farrukh Nizami, IT Head, CTTP, while speaking at a the seminar on “Cloud Computing” held on Sunday, organised by the Computer Engineering ...  

Hosting and cloud computing company Iomart has increased full-year profits after being boosted by a number of acquisitions. The Glasgow-based firm made pre-tax profits of £5.7m in the year to 31 March, compared with £2.8m a year ago. Over the period the ...  

GamaSec (www.gamasec.com) a cloud computing SaaS online website security Scan solution suitable for organizations of any size operating on the internet will be offered exclusively in Israel  to the customers of Triple C, the largest cloud computing c...  

Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service offer us easy scaling of services. However, scaling is not as easy as it seems to be in the Cloud. If your software architecture isn’t done right, your services and applications might not scale as expected, even if you add new instances. As for most distributed systems, there are a couple of guidelines you should consider looking at. I have summed up the ones I use most often for designing...  

(PR-inside.com) Dallas, TX, May 24, 2012 – 2X Software, a global leader in Desktop Virtualization and Application Delivery, today announced it has once again been recognized in CRN’s 2012 Virtualization 100 list. This is the second year running that 2X Software has been chosen by CRN to feature amongst the top 100 vendors in the virtualization space. The Virtualization 100 is an annual list published by UBM Channel’s CRN that helps Solution...  

When Optus TV Now was launched in July 2011, the telco probably didn’t expect to withdraw the service less than a year later. It probably didn’t predict the court case over Optus TV Now would have broader ramifications for the Cloud computing industry.  

Leading service provider and technology integrator MicroTech has announced a new cloud computing solution the MicroTech Advanced Virtual Environment - an up-and-coming technology solution offering a high-performance, highly scalable, and readily available private cloud. This new solution from MicroTech will be introduced at EMC World 2012, in Las Vegas from May 21-24.  

VIENNA, Va., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Service Provider and Technology Integrator MicroTech announces a new cloud computing solution — the MicroTech Advanced Virtual Environment; a next generation technology solution that offers a high-performance, highly available...  

As more U.K. organizations begin to leverage the benefits of cloud hosting, cloud computing and managed hosting services provider iomart Group said it grew its revenues by 33 percent for the 2012 fiscal year, with profits up by 68 percent. The U.K.-based company posted $17.5 million in revenues for the period ending March 31, 2012. Company officials said revenue grew by 33 percent to $21 million, while pre-tax profits grew by 91 percent to...  

Cloud Computing: Microsoft Office Web Apps and Google Docs Eden Prairie Library Tuesday, May 15, 6–8 p.m. Register Online or call 612-543-6275. Learn about Google Docs and Microsoft Web Apps, free Web-based applications for creating documents ...  

One disadvantage of thin-client computers using virtualized resource in the cloud is graphics, since graphic processing units (GPUs) typically run on the local machine. Facing this obstacle, the leading GPU maker--NVIDIA--now has a solution: what it calls "vitualized GPUs." Called the VGX platform, it locates the GPU in the cloud with other centrally managed IT resources, providing thin-clients with a virtualized desktop that is accelerated...  

Cloud Computing Journal (http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2259351) reports.The release (http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1971515) has five sections – Formal Decision Frameworks Facilitate Cloud Investment Optimisation; Hybrid Cloud...  

ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dell today announced it has completed its acquisition of Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing. The combination of Wyse’s capabilities with Dell’s existing desktop virtualization offerings position the company as the leader in the desktop virtualization, enabling it to offer true end-to-end IT solutions for customers and partners. Dell has made significant strategic investments over...  

Facebook was hitting new lows on its seventh trading day Tuesday after Reuters reported that it was in discussions to buy Oslo-based Opera Software ASA for what could turn out to be over a billion dollars because of competition from Google and others.  

Hot Amazon EC2: Infrastructure Cloud Computing Resources Gazzang Joins Amazon Web Services Solution Provider Program, Extends Delivery of Cloud Data Security Services Gazzang, Inc., a provider of data and application ... EC2 cloud to host a Citrix XenApp ...  

RiverMeadow to showcase, enCloud™, automated virtualization and cloud onboarding solution at 4th annual CloudSlam'12 Cloud Computing Conference in San Francisco MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cloudcor announces RiverMeadow Software, technology ...  

GoGrid on Tuesday announced the availability of its Private Cloud service in the company's newest data center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. "We're excited to bring our Private Cloud to Amsterdam," stated John Keagy, CEO, GoGrid. "The new solutions make it ...  

Wyse Technology Selected to CRN Virtualization 100 ListMarketWatch (press release)About Wyse Technology Wyse Technology is the global leader in Cloud Client Computing. The Wyse portfolio includes industry-leading thin, zero and cloud PC client solutions with advanced management, desktop virtualization and cloud software supporting ...and more »  

In April 2012, over 12,000 job ads were seen online for cloud computing skills in April 2012, a 49% year-over-year increase, according to WANTED Analytics™. During April 2012, more than 12,000 cloud computing jobs were seen advertised online, according t ...  

Your sales depend on making friends ... Cloud computing is growing at a stratospheric rate. IDC Enterprise recently reported that businesses are earmarking as much as one-third of their IT budgets for cloud computing products and services. By the end of the decade, global cloud computing spending is expected to top $200bn annually. With cloud budgets increasing as much as 16 per cent year over year, it would seem solution providers’ cloud...  

The consensus about Windows Server 2012 is amazingly consistent everywhere I look. I’ve been hearing and experiencing a lot of customer and partner excitement for Windows Server 2012 beta (previously known as Windows Server “8” beta) and System Center 2012 as I’ve been on the road presenting at our “Best of MMS 2012” events in South Africa. In particular, I hear excitement about the various enhancements to Hyper-V for virtualization and...  

2X Software, a global leader in Desktop Virtualization and Application Delivery, today announced it has once again been recognized in CRN's 2012 Virtualization 100 list. This is the second year running that 2X Software has been chosen by CRN to feature ...  

Cloud computing is a much bandied about term and yet a much misunderstood word. But every company, large or small, wants to be part of the cloud that has been defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a model for enabling ...  

Sonian, the pioneer in cloud-powered archiving and search, today announced that CTO & Founder, Greg Arnette, will be speaking on a panel at the 4th annual Cloud Slam 2012 Cloud Computing Conference and Exhibition, Wednesday, May 30th to Friday, June 1st ...  

Since it first arrived on the open source scene two years ago and got its initial wind at its back from NASA and Rackspace, the OpenStack cloud computing platform has received support from many powerful organizations, Dell, IBM, Cisco, HP, Yahoo!, and Red Hat. It's easy to forget, though, that OpenStack has its roots at NASA. Now, NASA officials have reportedly confirmed that NASA will minimize its development of the open source platform...  

There is a lot of debate in IT circles about the benefits or otherwise of cloud computing versus the traditional standard local server approach. Software vendors will naturally tend to extol the virtues of their own products and this can lead to an ...  

BEIJING, May 24, 2012 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China's cloud computing market size is likely to exceed 30 billion yuan this year as the industry is expected to grow at a fast speed on the back of government's policy support. Zhou Zixue, chief ...  

As excited as most companies and organizations are about cloud computing, security concerns continue to abound. Although cloud computing is hardly new, many companies have failed to put it to use because they are worried about security issues. PRLog (Press ...  

NEWTON, MA, May 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Sonian, the pioneer in cloud-powered archiving and search, today announced that CTO & Founder, Greg Arnette, will be speaking on a panel at the 4th annual Cloud Slam 2012 Cloud Computing ...  

“While there is still a lot of interest in Big Data Analytics, we see an increasing focus on Big Unstructured Data,” observed Tom Leyden, Director of Alliances and Marketing at Amplidata, in this exclusive Q with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. And, Leyden continued, “Object storage is the new paradigm to store those massive amounts of Big Unstructured Data.” Agree or disagree? – "While the IT savings aspect is compelling, the...  

Be the first to experience this free, interactive pilot offering. The session will provide an opportunity to present your scenarios and questions to the consultant and receive specific advice on how to proceed with your customers. After the session, you’ll be contacted for your feedback so we can develop this offering into the most valuable way to empower you and ensure your success. Here are the topics and sessions: Microsoft Lync Server...  

Two years ago, Rackspace joined a global collaboration of developers and cloud computing technologists to create an open source cloud computing platform that can be used with both private and public cloud formats. Now the code for the program, OpenStack, is freely available and is being used by a number of corporations, service providers, researchers, data centers, and others. Based on the growing numbers of companies turning to OpenStack...  

China's Sina cloud computing service has formally announced plans to join the global open source cloud computing project OpenStack. Founded by Rackspace Hosting and NASA, OpenStack is a global collaboration of developers and cloud computing technologists producing the ubiquitous open source cloud computing platform for public and private clouds. The project aims to deliver solutions [...]  

Like the skies over Seattle, it seems the technology world is full of clouds. Cloud computing, cloud storage, cloud communications. You can’t sit down and read about the world of technology and communications without encountering more clouds ...  

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced it has been recognized as part of CRN’s 2012 Virtualization 100 list. The annual feature highlights the top 100 companies in virtualization and is published by UBM’s channel-focused news organization that helps solution providers identify and evaluate virtualization products and programs. The...  

However, the cloud discovery service is the headline feature, as this gives administrators the ability to regain insight over what applications their workforce is using, according to Spiceworks marketing manager Nicole ... better," Andy Phelps, IT Manager ...  

Yesterday, VMware has announced that we are going to acquire Wanova, a company that makes Wanova Mirage, an image replication and layering technology. With the combination of VMware View and Wanova Mirage, the benefits of central image management can be...  

While Citrix's moves ahead with CloudStack and its abandonment of the OpenStack cloud computing platform dominated the news recently, let's not forget that OpenStack has enormous backing and a well-funded foundation forming around it. In our post "OpenStack's Partnerships Give it a Leg Up in the Cloud Race," we detailed some of the many tech companies that are developing around the OpenStack platform. Hewlett-Packard, for example, has...  

Eden Prairie, MN, May 17, 2012 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- Business and IT executives interested in learning the differences in various types of enterprise cloud providers are invited and encouraged to attend a complimentary seminar on the topic ...  

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. - Corent Technology, Inc., a disrupting innovator in the Cloud Computing space, announced that its key product - Corentmulti-tenant Server(TM) - has been named a finalist in the Cloud Computing/Software as a Service (SaaS) category for ...  

VMware has partnered with enterprise cloud computing vendor Piston Cloud Computing to develop an OpenStack interface to VMware’s Bosh developer toolchain for its open source Cloud Foundry Paas. VMware is trying to establish itself as a viable open source friend to developers  

Optus has since pulled the TV Now service. The new Court decision has the potential to stymie the growth of Cloud computing in Australia, according to Ovum research director and telco analyst, David Kennedy. Earlier this month, a report from KPMG ...  

With cooperation from VMware®, Piston Cloud is developing the Cloud Provider Interface that integrates OpenStack cloud infrastructure with Cloud Foundry. The company will distribute and support this new integrated capability in a future release of Piston ...  

BT's cloud computing solutions were rated as "leaders" in five categories: "Cloud Consulting", "Cloud Integration", "Cloud Services for Large Corporations", "Managed Cloud", and "Managed Private Cloud". Story continues below ↓ According to ...  

VIENNA, Va., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Leading Service Provider and Technology Integrator MicroTech announces a new cloud computing solution -- the MicroTech Advanced Virtual Environment; a next generation technology solution that ...  

The Red Hat-sponsored Fedora project has announced a significant release of its open source Linux distribution with added support for open cloud and open virtualization technologies as well as application development and serving and desktop improvements.Fedora 17, which was announced today, incorporates the latest “Essex” release of the open source OpenStack cloud platform and the [...]  

Yet the same automated, consistent provisioning that is essential to managing either public or private clouds (as well as to the process of thinking through a cloud deployment) can also offer the fringe benefit of improving security. Of course, not all ...  

As SysTrack FastTrack virtual desktop assessment tool for Citrix XenDesktop® customers, FastTrack v2.0 provides detailed analytical capabilities used to smoothly transition to user-centric environment. It identifies issues and provides detailed recommendations needed to address any problems as they occur. Scaling and ramping from pilot to production is seamless, leveraging on-demand and historical analysis of performance for effective and...  

I've been saying for some time that virtualization and cloud computing are not mandatory partners. Certainly, virtualization is a tool that makes creating and managing cloud computing services easy. However, more and more, as organizations move ...  

Many enterprises are reluctant to move critical cloud applications out of their own data centers and into the public cloud due to security concerns. Yet the same automated, consistent provisioning that is essential to managing either public or private ...  

In April 2012, over 12000 job ads were seen online for cloud computing skills in April 2012, a 49% year-over-year increase, according to WANTED Analytics™. New York, NY – May 23, 2012. During April 2012, more than 12000 cloud ...  

Clouds evidently make for strange bedfellows. Piston Cloud Computing, the start-up peddling an OpenStack distribution for enterprise private clouds, is co-operating with VMware of all people to develop a Cloud Provider Interface (CPI) that integrates ...  

Summary: We developed a modular and scalable framework called Eoulsan, based on the Hadoop implementation of the MapReduce algorithm dedicated to high-throughput sequencing data analysis. Eoulsan allows users to easily set up a cloud computing cluster and automate the analysis of several samples at once using various software solutions available. Our tests with Amazon Web Services demonstrated that the computation cost is linear with the...  

With Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) now just four weeks away, what better time to introduce you in greater detail to the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical and strategy sessions at the conference..  

A lot of people still have their head in the clouds when it comes to the latest trends in computer technology. One of the biggest trends in recent years that still perplexes people is cloud computing. Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a ...  

And it matters to everyone, from the largest enterprises to SMBs and individuals." EMC already has Mozy online backup and VMware is beta-testing a corporate file-sharing service dubbed Project Octopus. EMC didn't say what it's paying for the four-year-old ...  

BANGALORE: Global software major Microsoft will incubate 10 early-stage technology start-ups in cloud computing, internet and mobile using its Accelerator for Windows Azure programme to help them build businesses, a top official said on Wednesday.  

Healthcare data security has been around for a long time, but as cloud computing gains more and more traction, healthcare providers as well as healthcare software vendors, would like to use the cloud advantages and migrate healthcare data, or run healthcare software from a cloud infrastructure. In this blog I’ll focus on specific cloud computing healthcare security concerns and how cloud encryption can help meeting regulatory requirements. The...  

In a pairing of unlikely partners, Piston Cloud Computing announced it will work to support integration of VMware's open source platform-as-a-service offering Cloud Foundry with OpenStack, the open source infrastructure-as-a-service model.  

Maybe you are one of those people who somehow are interested with what cloud computing solutions may offer for you and your company. Firstly , you ought to consider evaluating is actually what cloud computing turns out to ...  

EMC is making servers to go in arrays so they can cuddle up to apps inside VMware virtual machines and reduce latency, an idea EMC's had kicking around in varying degrees of discretion since last year. The Register saw two of them at EMC World in Vegas ...  

CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Premio spotlights cloud computing platforms at Interop, demonstrating how enterprises wanting to offer elastically-scalable and price competitive cloud computing services can do so seamlessly.  

SAN JOSE--Nvidia believes that its virtualized GPU (graphics processing unit) will further drive the adoption of desktop virtualization, bring-your-own-device (BYOD ... can be virtualized as it has a memory management unit (MMU) to translate virtual ...  

nScaled provides business customers a backup and disaster recovery solution for virtualized and physical servers. Built using a hybrid cloud architecture, nScaled's solution uses virtualized compute, network and storage to quickly and efficiently let ...  

An interesting leaked email from a senior SAP executive has ... We must provide an integrated menu of business streams that allow our customers to choose the solutions that work within their environments and in addition, experience a consistent ...  

“We are very pleased to build the next generation of secure cloud computing with HP Cloud Services, and to be the first vendor to manage HP Cloud Security Group policies leveraging the OpenStack API,” commented Dave Meizlik, Dome9 VP of Marketing and Business Development, as Dome9 Security announced on Thursday that its cloud security service supports HP Cloud Services. Under an agreement with HP, Dome9’s cloud security service integrates with...  

The Cloud Computing World Forum 2012 is the Europe s biggest cloud computing event highlights topics including security, mobile, applications, communications, virtualization, CRM and much more around the cloud. Reasons to attend Cloud Computing World ...  

Options offered are virtual desktop failover ... to have access to state-of-art office productivity solutions at a fraction of the cost. This is the second vertical market solution to be delivered by NComputing - the first being Classroom in a Box which ...  

Electrical Engineering Department Faculty of Engineering University of Indonesia (FTUI) will launch cloud computing training program today at the Faculty of Engineering University of Indonesia in Depok, to discuss ...  

This article originally appeared in the April 2012 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. Server virtualization is an essential technology driving the cloud computing revolution; desktop virtualization lets me run Windows and Linux in windows on my Mac.  

VMware, in cooperation with SAP, conducted testing across a range of configurations to compare the performance of SAP Sybase ASE running on a virtual machine versus ... to validating and optimizing these solutions to work together seamlessly.  

Disaster recovery is a major stumbling block for businesses, but cloud computing technology can help, a CA survey suggests. - The amount of data created and held by companies is increasing exponentially and keeping it safe continues to be a major cause for concern. At the same time, cloud computing, rather than remaining a theoretical concept, is now a reality for a large proportion of organizations. A survey commissioned ...  

Convirture has updated its ConVirt Enterprise Cloud virtualization and cloud management software to include support for the latest version of OpenStack (Essex). Support for CloudStack will be available in an update to the software that is planned for the third quarter of this year. ConVirt Enterprise Cloud also is also now certified to run on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. The company also released ConVirt 2.1 Open Source, an update to the free, open...  

With innovation as the overall theme of its Impact 2012 conference here, IBM (NYSE:IBM) unveiled its first-ever Mobile Foundation, a comprehensive portfolio of software and services designed to help organizations capitalize on the proliferation of mobile environments, including laptops, smartphones and tablets. Building on its recent acquisition of Worklight, the new foundation further expands IBM's strategy to provide clients with a mobile...  

Magirus, a leading European IT solutions provider has announced today the launch of its Cloud Computing Training and Certification portfolio with 'Magirus Cloud: Foundations,' focussing on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). [Read More...]  

Source: International Trade Commission From the abstract: Providers of cloud computing services are increasingly serving customers outside their home markets and using service delivery models that require the transmission of data across borders. In this article, we present an overview of the global market for cloud services and explore the role [...]  

Operating Systems are platforms delivering experiences, features, and APIs that developers can build upon. Today, many developers take already shipping versions of Windows and deliver cloud computing solutions. Windows Server 2012 is a cloud-optimized OS, which means that developers can deliver much better cloud computing solutions with much less effort. System Center 2012 already delivers great cloud computing solutions using Windows Sever...  

Security viewed as a barrier to cloud services adoption by many small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB), but adopters have found security is actually better, a study sponsored by Microsoft has found. Some 35 percent of U.S. companies surveyed have experienced noticeably higher levels of security since moving to the cloud, according to Microsoft.  

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has extended its cloud computing service offerings aimed at Windows developers with the introduction of SQL database and ASP.Net application support as managed services. Available now worldwide, the Amazon Relational Database ...  

Many enterprises are reluctant to move critical cloud applications out of their own data centers and into the public cloud due to security concerns. Yet the same automated, consistent provisioning that is essential to managing either public or private clouds (as well as to the process of thinking through a cloud deployment) can also offer the fringe benefit of improving security.  

Why is everyone talking about cloud computing? Simply because it’s changing the way we do business. Cloud computing isn’t new. What’s new is that improved broadband and new applications make it a real option for businesses to manage their IT needs ...  

Many enterprises are reluctant to move critical cloud applications out of their own data centers and into the public cloud due to security concerns. Yet the same automated, consistent provisioning that is essential to managing either public or private clouds (as well as to the process of thinking through a cloud deployment) can also offer the fringe benefit of improving security.  

The knock on Amazon Web Services and other IaaS (infrastructure as a service) providers is that they're not reliable enough for enterprise-class workloads. And even with recent price drops, it's cheaper over the long haul to buy and run your own ...  

For the past 15 years, Wyse Technologies and Citrix have worked in tandem to develop services that allow Citrix desktop virtualization, application virtualization, server virtualization, application networking, cloud computing and SaaS offerings for millions of users. From the Citrix Synergy show in San Jose this week, cloud software maker Wyse highlighted the growing momentum of the adoption of Wyse hardware and virtualization software...  

Hybrid computing refers to the coordination and combination of external cloud computing services (public or private) and internal infrastructure or application services. Over time, hybrid cloud computing could lead to a unified model in which there is a ...  

Organizations can now try out HP's soon-to-be commercialized compute, storage, and content delivery cloud services preparing for its entry into the market for Iasi (Infrastructure-as-a-Service), Online PR News – 18-May-2012 –Organizations can now try ...  

Thank you very much to everyone that came out to the Mountain View, CA IT Camp today!  As promised, here are the slides for the Microsoft portion of the session.  Be sure to grab them as there are several slides in this deck that were not in the presentation delivered on-site.  If you have any questions, please feel free to shoot me an email (best way) chris.avis@microsoft.com or catch me on Twitter – @chrisavis . I have also rounded up a few...  

The following page lists all the Private Cloud Computing Resources, News and Support articles found on DABCC.com. A cloud service (eg Web Service) is "software systems designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network" which ...  

Posted by: Adrienne Hall, General Manager, Trustworthy Computing Any conversation I have with a customer that hasn't yet adopted a cloud service includes the topic of security at some point. It isn’t surprising that security frequently tops the list of cloud adoption items; yet I believe it should be on the list of top cloud adoption benefits. A common area explored by organizations considering the cloud, small to mid-size businesses, or SMBs...  

I've been doing lectures about cloud computing for a few years now. Along the way I have constructed 100's of slides that explain the Microsoft cloud, the Windows Azure platform. I want to present some of them to you here.  

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Corent Technology, Inc., a disrupting innovator in the Cloud Computing space, announced that its key product - Corent multi-tenant Server™ - has been named a finalist in the Cloud Computing/Software as a Service (SaaS)...  

This is a guest post by Joe Weinman.  Joe Weinman is a Senior VP at Telx and the author of Cloudonomics: The Business Value of Cloud Computing Cloud computing is top of mind for computer geeks, information technology (IT) providers, web and mobile start ...  

A report published this week by government IT information resource MeriTalk Cloud Computing Exchange says the savings seen by US government IT today by using cloud computing solutions falls significantly short of the potential savings estimated by its “Cloud Computing Exchange Calculator.”  

FARMINGTON, Conn., May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Information Inc. is pleased to announce two significant new reports in the field of Mobile Cloud Computing The Mobile Cloud: Ready or Not, Here It ComesThe mobile cloud is a crucial and inevitable development that will have a...  

Google on May 17 formally launched its cloud computing services specifically for use by enterprises in the Taiwan market, with Master Concept Technology, Kingwaytek Technology and GeoForce Technology assigned as ...  

(PR-inside.com) Baar, Switzerland, May 14, 2012 - Veeam Software, innovative provider of backup, replication and virtualization management solutions for VMware vSphere and Windows Server Hyper-V, is hosting an upcoming webinar featuring Forrester Research, Inc., “Using Virtualization to Maximize Business Technology Resiliency What: “Using Virtualization to Maximize Business Technology Resiliency” webcast Date/Time: Thursday, May 31 at 2 p.m...  

Cloud Web Hosting For The best Web site Uptime: Cloud computing has a number of advantages that companies huge and tiny can learn and grow from. Right now, most companies prefer it for their computer networking needs due to the fact ...  

Appcore, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service company, today announced their partnership with IP-Converge, a telecommunications and IT provider and data center facility operator in the Philippines, to deliver cloud hosting services in the region. The solution ...  

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Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are gaining significant IT security benefits from using the cloud, according to a new Microsoft study in five geographies. The study shows that 35 percent of U.S. companies surveyed have experienced noticeably ...  

This 400-level, three-day, instructor-led course provides students with the in-depth knowledge and skills needed to design a complex data center architecture using Microsoft virtualization and management technologies, including Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and the System Center Suite.  

Cloud Computing: Extending the Network (3 of 3) Cloud Computing: Extending the Network (3 of 3) - The end goals of private cloud computing are to; Enable efficient delivery of IT resources and services; Give the enterprise complete control over data ...  

Sophos, the security software company, is preparing to promote cloud solutions to managed services providers (MSPs) later this year, according to Emmanuelle Skala, VP of global channels and sales operations as Sophos. It's the latest example of a potential MSP land grab among anti-virus and endpoint security companies.  

Dealmaker Media's twice-yearly Under the Radar conference showcases some promising startup companies, and there's a lot of competition by entrepreneurs to get into it so they can show off their latest ventures. DM's spring event was held April ...  

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd., with multi-disciplinary Design Services teams that can deliver ASIC, Software & Systems solutions for consumer, industrial and computing applications, today announced its multi-function PC Virtualization System (PCVS). This system virtually brings the tremendous PC computing power to your living room TV. It enables a variety of display options and includes intelligent...  

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Use ScaleXtreme to manage cloud computing budgets, set usage limits and prevent cost overruns for Amazon EC2, Rackspace and other clouds based on VMWare VCloud Director, OpenStack or CloudStack.  

ATLANTA, May 8, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Racemi, provider of technology that accelerates migrations to cloud computing, today announced it will be providing live demonstrations to showcase its SaaS (software as a service) migration service Cloud ...  

Cloud computing review site, TheCloudOnlineStorage.com (http://thecloudonlinestorage.com/), reveal the key advantages of the latest cloud computing service offerings. San Antonio, TX – Cloud computing is currently a hot topic in the technology world, with businesses and individuals alike benefiting from the services offered by “the cloud”. To help individuals and business owners better understand what cloud computing can mean for them...  

Cloud computing refers to the practice of accessing applications and other shared resources over the internet as compared to installing those application on a personal computer. The difference between cloud computing and ...  

Red Hat claims that the enterprise isn't using these newfangled platforms-as-a-service to develop software very much because they don't meet its needs. The enterprise is worried about compliance, enterprise architecture standards, IT governance, security ...