FedRAMP Releases Updated Security Assessment Plan Templates
Last week the GSA FedRAMP Program Office released the latest version of the cloud computing Security Assessment Plan (SAR) template. This document is the most recent step toward the Federal governments...
View ArticleStudy: Cloud Computing Cuts $5.5 Billion Annually from Federal Budget
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...
View ArticleFedRAMP PMO Releases First Set of 3PAOs
Late today the FedRAMP Program Management Office released the first list of certified Third Party Assessment Organizations (3PAOs). These companies are accredited to perform initial and periodic...
View ArticleCompuware Brings Enterprise APM to Cloud and Big Data Applications
Compuware Corporation on Tuesday announced a deep transaction management solution for dynamic cloud and Big Data applications. The Compuware APM Spring 2012 Platform Release introduces new innovations...
View ArticleCloud Computing Growing on the Businesses Priority Front
A survey of small and mid-size businesses found an interest in harnessing technology to improve business efficiency. Midsize businesses are turning to IT investments to grow their businesses and the...
View ArticleYottaa Closes $9 Million in Funding for Mobile, Web & Cloud Optimization
Yottaa on Tuesday announced that it has closed $9 million in Series B funding. This round of funding allows Yottaa to accelerate the delivery of affordable services that optimize, protect and monitor...
View ArticleOracle Buys Vitrue
Oracle Wednesday said it’s buying privately held Vitrue for some unsung amount of money. Vitrue operates a cloud-based social marketing and engagement platform that lets marketers centrally create,...
View ArticleCloud Computing Adoption Approaching a Crucial Point
There's a "tipping point" for cloud adoption, according to the CIO at Google, and it's fast approaching. Once that point arrives and companies enter the world of cloud computing, there's no going back...
View ArticleHuddle Gets $24 Million to Grow On
In the current fashion of pretty sizeable rounds, Huddle, the cloud-based enterprise content management start-up, has picked up a check for $24 million in Series C funding. That makes $38.2 million...
View ArticleGoGrid Private Cloud Now Available in Amsterdam
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,”...
View ArticleConsider Cloud Computing Services Before Your Users Do
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...
View ArticleCloud Computing: Ellison Claims He’s Over His Cloud Phobia
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, a purportedly reformed cloud loather beguiled, he claimed, by the charisma of the cloud brand, may reportedly do his very first tweet come June 6 when Oracle floats all its...
View ArticleDell Boomi Eases Cloud Integration with Summer 12 Release
Dell Boomi on Tuesday announced an improved cloud integration platform that helps organizations modernize, simplify and manage their changing IT environments. Dell Boomi AtomSphere Summer 12 expands...
View ArticleCloud Data Backup Makes Sense for Small and Midsize Businesses
With increasing data storage demands resulting from new content types – rich digital media, social media and machine-generated data – small and mid-size businesses have been challenged to incorporate...
View ArticleImplementation of Cloud Computing Solutions in Federal Agencies
(This is part 2 of the series entitled "Implementation of Cloud Computing Solutions in Federal Agencies" that first appeared on Forbes.com. This series provides the content of a whitepaper I recently...
View ArticleImplementation of Cloud Computing Solutions in Federal Agencies
Cloud computing is a new approach in the provisioning and consumption of information technology (IT). While technology is a crucial component, the real value of cloud computing lies in its ability to...
View ArticleImplementation of Cloud Computing Solutions in Federal Agencies: Part 4
The defense and intelligence communities are not immune to cloud computing. Arguably more than any other government agencies, their missions require a fabric of utility computing that scales on demand...
View ArticleImplementation of Cloud Computing Solutions in Federal Agencies
While the benefits and value of the federal cloud computing policy can be debated, the world’s transition to cloud computing as an integral component of any IT infrastructure cannot be denied. The...
View ArticleCloud Computing Transforming IT
One thing people can agree on is that the cloud is the most transformative information technology to come along in decades – on the same level as the rise of the personal computer or the Internet. And...
View ArticleRoger Sippl’s Back
Roger Sippl, who co-founded Informix a generation ago, then Vantive and Visigenic, all acquired after going public, is staging a comeback with new database widgetry that does real-time data integration...
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