Archive for September, 2010
Minnesota moves e-mail to Microsoft's cloud
Minnesota said Tuesday that it is moving its messaging and collaboration services to Microsoft’s cloud computing platform in an effort to address multiple issues — including an aging workforce, increasing red ink and a desire for shared services. Approximately 33,000 state workers in Minnesota will be affected by the move, which could be one of [...]
Minnesota moves e-mail to Microsoft’s cloud
Minnesota said Tuesday that it is moving its messaging and collaboration services to Microsoft’s cloud computing platform in an effort to address multiple issues — including an aging workforce, increasing red ink and a desire for shared services. Approximately 33,000 state workers in Minnesota will be affected by the move, which could be one of [...]
IBM acquires Blade Network Technologies, gains cloud advantage
IBM is acquiring Blade Network Technologies, a developer of data center switching technology, in a move the company said will help it optimize IBM servers for cloud computing, business intelligence and other workload-intensive tasks. IBM did not disclose the financial terms of the acquisition, which it expects to complete by the end of the calendar [...]
Sign up for Cloud Computing World Forum Asia
Title: Cloud Computing World Forum Asia Date: November 17 & 18, 2010 Location: The Mira Hotel, Hong Kong URL: http://cloudcomputinglive.com/asia/ The Cloud Computing World Forum Asia will take place on the 17th – 18th November 2010 at The Mira Hotel, Hong Kong, and promises to be Asia’s leading Cloud and SaaS based event. Building on [...]
Oracle cloud hardware does incredible numbers
Oracle on September 19 reached for the business computing “cloud,” taking an unabashed shot at Salesforce.com’s winning way of selling applications as services on the Internet. Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison unveiled an Elastic Computing Cloud combination of hardware and software that he said offered ten times the capacity of IBM’s biggest machine at a [...]
U.S. army takes cloud computing to Afghanistan
TAMPA — The U.S. military is taking cloud computing into rugged terrain in Afghanistan, where according to Lt. Gen. Richard Zahner, the basic hardware and software technology is being packed into mobile boxes that later this year will start to play a key role in networking for soldiers in the sky and on the ground. [...]
Hilarious: Why Larry Ellison hates the phrase "Cloud Computing"
I just found this video on YouTube. My hero Larry Ellison on the absurdity of the phrase “Cloud Computing”. It’s pretty friggin funny… embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt
Hilarious: Why Larry Ellison hates the phrase “Cloud Computing”
I just found this video on YouTube. My hero Larry Ellison on the absurdity of the phrase “Cloud Computing”. It’s pretty friggin funny… embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt
Is Oracle the Cloud Computing Leader?
Over the years, Oracle has transformed its business through acquisitions. As part of this strategy, it has become a dominant player in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, which manages the core accounting and financials of a company. ERP is not necessarily a growth business — at least for the large market segment — but it [...]
Packt invites IBM Cloud Computing authors and book ideas
Packt Publishing is planning to advance its line up of IBM Cloud Computing books and is currently inviting book ideas and potential authors interested in writing them. Some of the topics which Packt finds immediately attractive are: IBM Smart Business Test Cloud IBM Cloudburst IBM LotusLive IBM LotusLive iNotes Desktop Workloads IBM Smart Business Desktop [...]
Cloud Computing legal considerations
Legal Issues in Cloud Computing Organizations considering using the cloud computing model should carefully consider a long list of legal issues before taking the plunge, an attorney advises. In an interview, Marilyn Lamar, a partner at Liss & Lamar, advises those considering using remotely hosted applications to: Make sure the cloud computing vendor adequately addresses [...]
Asian Cloud Computing fueled by lack of legacy IT
Integrating Cloud Computing solutions with existing legacy enterprise systems is not a trivial challenge. The amount of legacy IT in the West presents an opportunity for China and other developing Asian countries to deploy Cloud Computing more aggressively, according to many discussions at a recent Cloud get-together in Shanghai that featured speakers and attendees from [...]
Trusted Computing Group eyes cloud security framework
The Trusted Computing Group Monday announced a working group aimed at publishing an open standards framework for cloud computing security that could serve as a blueprint for service providers, their customers and vendors building security products. Known as the Trusted Multi-Tenant Infrastructure Work Group, there are about 50 TCG members participating, including HP, IBM, AMD [...]
Novell Promises No More Private Cloud Lock-In With Cloud Manager
After months of prep, Novell (NSDQ:NOVL) on Monday officially made available Cloud Manager, its cloud computing creation and management tool, a product the Waltham, Mass.-based company said will help cloud hopefuls avoid the vendor lock-in trap. Novell’s Cloud Manager, which had been in beta, helps customers build and keep tabs on their private cloud computing [...]
India's cloud computing market worth $1 bn in five years
India’s cloud computing market worth $1 bn in five years NEW DELHI: The country’s nascent cloud computing market, a platform where software applications and related resources can be shared online, is expected to touch USD 1 billion in the next five years, says a survey. “India’s cloud computing market will be around USD 1 billion [...]
India’s cloud computing market worth $1 bn in five years
India’s cloud computing market worth $1 bn in five years NEW DELHI: The country’s nascent cloud computing market, a platform where software applications and related resources can be shared online, is expected to touch USD 1 billion in the next five years, says a survey. “India’s cloud computing market will be around USD 1 billion [...]
Cloud Cover Episode 25 – Deploying and Upgrading
Join Ryan and Steve each week as they cover the Microsoft cloud. In this episode: Listen as they talk about how you can deploy and manage the services you have running in Windows Azure Discover the various options, and the caveats, for upgrading your services Learn some tips and tricks on how to run your [...]
CA Technologies to Share Expert Insights on Real-World Cloud Computing Best Practices
Executives Highlight Cloud Computing Strategies for Enterprise and Service Provider IT Pros at the Hosting & Cloud Transformation Summit, ITEXPO/MSPWorld and VMworld Europe ISLANDIA, N.Y., Sept 09, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — As more organizations implement cloud computing solutions to become more nimble and better serve the needs of business users, IT leaders are in [...]
Setting Up A Private Cloud
As a way to exercise greater control over security and application availability, some enterprises are moving toward building private clouds. With the right approach and expertise in place, this type of setup can offer the best of both worlds: the cost-effectiveness of cloud computing and the assurance that comes with the ability to manage data [...]
Cloud Computing and HPC With Dell's New Server
With a new range of hardware announced Thursday, Dell’s is targeting high-performance and cloud computing environments that share similar hyperscale characteristics. The company announced the PowerEdge C6105 rack-mount server, which can accommodate up to 48 processor cores in a 2U box. The server can create large clusters to run scientific or math applications, and can [...]
Cloud Computing and HPC With Dell’s New Server
With a new range of hardware announced Thursday, Dell’s is targeting high-performance and cloud computing environments that share similar hyperscale characteristics. The company announced the PowerEdge C6105 rack-mount server, which can accommodate up to 48 processor cores in a 2U box. The server can create large clusters to run scientific or math applications, and can [...]
Encryption comes to the cloud…
Trend Micro is blazing a new trail with a service called SecureCloud intended to give enterprises a way to encrypt data in cloud-computing environments. SecureCloud allows you to maintain control over the encryption key used to secure data stored in the Amazon EC2, Eucalyptus or VMware vCloud cloud infrastructures. Other cloud-computing variants could be added [...]
