Category: Cloud Computing News
FedEx CIO Explains The Power Of Cloud
Leave it to Rob Carter, the CIO of FedEx, to clarify what’s really powerful about cloud computing. Carter, the company’s CIO since 2000 and an InformationWeek advisory board member for almost as long, has a knack for discussing technology in a way that cuts to the business payoff, but without leaning on buzzwords that whitewash the [...]
Rackspace brings the cloud to the UK
Rackspace today officially announced the extension of its cloud computing infrastructure into the UK, with several services provided from datacentres in the country designed to reassure organisations with strict data protection and service level requirements. The hosting firm, which is Amazon Web Services’ main rival in the cloud computing space, will be offering its cloud-based [...]
Cloud Computing: Is China a Friend or Foe?
The state visit to Washington DC by President Hu Jintao last week was the first by a Chinese leader since 1997, and closes a long loop that began almost 40 years ago–when President Richard Nixon visited Chairman Mao Tse-Tung-in a way that Chinese President Jiang Zemin’s 1997 meeting with President Bill Clinton did not. In [...]
Microsoft Supporting Cloud Open Source Code For Hyper-V
The software giant says its customers don’t necessarily want a single hypervisor cloud, so it’s supporting OpenStack. Cloud computing has progressed on multiple fronts over the past week, and one of the most interesting advances is the fact that Microsoft has decided to support the open source project Open Stack. OpenStack, you may remember, was [...]
Cloud Computing Defies Lock-In at the Web 2.0 Summit
Interesting… Clouds are amorphous. They don’t have well-defined boundaries. So it is with cloud computing, though that didn’t stop a few leading cloud computing vendors from trying to nail the concept down. On Tuesday at the Web 2.0 Summit, O’Reilly Media founder and conference co-chair Tim O’Reilly plumbed the depths of the cloud with Paul [...]
Important questions about whether you should move your business to the cloud
Interesting article from Phillip Mckinney at Forbes Magazine The world is abuzz over cloud computing–using virtual servers available on demand over the Internet. But the truth is not every small business needs to operate “in the cloud.” Before you make the move, consider these five criteria, care of Philip McKinney, vice president and chief technology [...]
Wyse Cloud Client Computing Driving Mainstream Deployment of Desktop Virtualization across Public and Private …
The following content has been excerpted from Yahoo News: Wyse Cloud Client Computing Driving Mainstream Deployment of Desktop Virtualization across Public and Private … COPENHAGEN, Denmark–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wyse Cloud Client Computing Driving Mainstream Deployment of Desktop Virtualization across Public and Private Enterprises Read more on Business Wire
Call for Cloud Computing Guest Bloggers
I’ll keep it simple. This is one of the premier Cloud Computing sites on the web and we are always looking for new talent to either write for us or guest blog for us. If you are a talented writer and have an interest in writing about Cloud Computing, contact us with our contact form. [...]
Cloud Computing Buyer Beware
By David F Carr Jon West figured he couldn’t lose by going to Rackspace for hosting. “I’d heard all about the ‘fanatical support,’ and blah, blah, blah,” he says. Also, this cloud computing thing seemed to be pretty hot–instant scalability on demand and pay-as-you-go pricing. But for West, at least, the Rackspace Cloud turned out [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 for $3.9 billion [...]
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-based computing, SaaS, ASP-delivered software. For the small [...]
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. Microsoft, of course, is also trying to reduce the power consumed by PCs, servers, [...]
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 special, all-day Windows Azure Firestarter [...]
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 photos, share the music, and generate [...]
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 this special, all-day Windows Azure Firestarter [...]
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”
Siki Giunta Joins CSC as Vice President of Cloud Computing and Software Services
CSC (CSC 50.27, -0.69, -1.35%) has named Siki Giunta vice president of cloud computing and software services
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 – Alert) and IBM. Cast Iron Systems allows customers to connect on-premise applications and business [...]
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.
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.
