Archive for Cloud Computing News

  • Dell Acquires 3PAR For $1.15 Billion Dell Acquires 3PAR For $1.15 Billion

    Moving deeper into IT services and cloud computing, Dell Inc. said Monday that it plans to buy 3PAR Inc., a high end data storage company, for $1.15 billion. Best known for sales of PCs to enterprises and consumers, Dell has been muscling its way into IT services since it acquired Perot Systems f...

  • Cloud computing for your health Cloud computing for your health

    Web-based Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are stepping onto the main stage as the most likely way smaller and solo physician practices will be able to adopt EHRs in a “meaningful” way, in time for the 2011 ARRA/HITECH incentive moneys. Web-based software has also been referred to as cloud-ba...

  • Microsoft harnessing the power of machine learning Microsoft harnessing the power of machine learning

    Microsoft wants to harness the power of machine learning — the statistically driven computing concepts that animate search engines and recommendation services — and other techniques to reduce power consumption, according to Rick Rashid, the senior vice president overseeing Microsoft Research. ...

  • MSDN Video: Simulcast Event: Get Cloud Ready with Windows Azure (Part 3 of 7): Windows Azure Storage MSDN Video: Simulcast Event: Get Cloud Ready with Windows Azure (Part 3 of 7): Windows Azure Storage

    The cloud is everywhere and here at Microsoft we're flying high with our cloud computing release, Windows Azure. As most of you saw at the Professional Developers Conference, the reaction to Windows Azure has been nothing short of "wow" – and based on your feedback, we organized and recorded this ...

  • How much data will end up in the cloud? How much data will end up in the cloud?

    IDC  have an  interesting new report called the "2010 Digital Universe Study". The mission of the paper is: This White Paper, sponsored by EMC, is IDC's forecast of the digital universe – all the 1s and 0s created, captured, and replicated – and the implications for those who take the pho...

  • MSDN Video: Simulcast Event: Get Cloud Ready with Windows Azure (Part 2 of 7): Platform Overview for Developers MSDN Video: Simulcast Event: Get Cloud Ready with Windows Azure (Part 2 of 7): Platform Overview for Developers

    The cloud is everywhere and here at Microsoft we're flying high with our cloud computing release, Windows Azure. As most of you saw at the Professional Developers Conference, the reaction to Windows Azure has been nothing short of "wow" – and based on your feedback, we organized and recorded th...

  • MSDN Video: Get Cloud Ready with Windows Azure (Part 1 of 7) MSDN Video: Get Cloud Ready with Windows Azure (Part 1 of 7)

    As most of you saw at the Professional Developers Conference, the reaction to Windows Azure has been nothing short of "wow" – and based on your feedback, we organized and recorded this special, all-day Windows Azure Firestarter event to help you take full advantage of the cloud. Maybe you've al...

  • Siki Giunta Joins CSC as Vice President of Cloud Computing and Software Services Siki Giunta Joins CSC as Vice President of Cloud Computing and Software Services

    FALLS CHURCH, Va., May 06, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CSC (CSC 50.27, -0.69, -1.35%) has named Siki Giunta vice president of cloud computing and software services, with global responsibility for implementing CSC's cloud computing strategy and continuing to advance the company's leadership position in c...

  • IBM Partners with Netsuite IBM Partners with Netsuite

    Cloud-based business software provider NetSuite has announced a partnership with IBM (News - Alert) for connecting and integrating their respective cloud solutions. According to company sources IBM’s recent acquisition of Cast Iron Systems is behind the partnership between NetSuite (News - Aler...

  • Security remains a crutch for CISO Cloud Computing adoption Security remains a crutch for CISO Cloud Computing adoption

    An annual survey of federal CISOs has found many delaying cloud computing initiatives, uncertain that they can provide the same level of security and prevent data leakage as they do in physical environments. (ISC)2, the certification body best known for managing the CISSP certification, posed que...

  • Capellas picked to run the Virtual Computing Environment coalition Capellas picked to run the Virtual Computing Environment coalition

    Michael Capellas, former CEO of Compaq, MCI, and First Data, has a new job as the front man for the Virtual Computing Environment coalition. Capellas, who is 55, has also been appointed to the "complementary role" of CEO of Acadia, a joint venture of Cisco Systems and EMC with investment from Int...