Cloud Computing: Compuware Launches SpeedoftheWeb
Compuware Corporation on Tuesday launched SpeedoftheWeb.org, a new free online cloud service that helps web application and site owners increase the speed of their most important web properties. This...
View ArticleSHI International Goes Back to the Future with New Cloud Briefing Center
SHI International Corp. is going back to the future with its imaginative New York City Briefing Center, which was unveiled on Thursday at 1 Penn Plaza. The center is a futuristic office straight out of...
View ArticleEgnyte Secures $16 Million in Financing Led by Google Ventures
Egnyte, the leading provider of cloud and hybrid cloud file sharing solutions for businesses, today announced it has closed a $16 million round of Series C financing led by Google Ventures with...
View ArticleDoD Cloud Computing Strategy
The DoD recently released the department's formal cloud computing strategy. In the forward, DoD CIO Teresa Takai said that: "The DoD Cloud Computing Strategy has been expanded to address use of...
View ArticleIt’s True. VMware Trades Maritz for Gelsinger, WSJ Says
Paul Maritz, the one-time high-ranking Microsoftee who’s been CEO of VMware for the last four years, is stepping down and will be replaced by EMC COO and Intel veteran Pat Gelsinger, the Wall Street...
View ArticleCloud Migration Company Announces $7 Million Funding
Racemi has closed a $7 million Series B round of venture financing to further develop and market its software for migrating workloads to cloud computing. Racemi's software automates migration of...
View ArticleCloud Computing Moves from Fad to Foundation
As hype dies down, companies are seeing real success in their cloud deployments, and money is pouring in, according to a recent post on InfoWorld.com. The cloud is in the process of crossing from the...
View ArticleBISNOW Data Center Event Highlights Cloud
A big thank you to BISNOW and my fellow panel members for an outstanding discussion and very informative event, last week's Data Center Investment Conference and Expo. The federal marketplace is...
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Lynn DeCourcey Showcased in ExecutiveBiz
Kudos to my colleague Lynn DeCourcey for her recent interview on ExecutiveBiz.com! Lynn is NJVC vice president and general manager, cyber security. She oversees all aspects of the company’s cyber...
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Texas Cloud Computing Lessons Learned
Late last week the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) released an important whitepaper that reviewed it's multi-year Pilot Texas Cloud Offering (PTCO). This project was designed to allow...
View ArticleApple Offered Samsung a License Two Years Ago
Apple is apparently more reasonable than it lets on. Back in 2010 it offered Samsung a license. Apple estimates that it might have cost Samsung $288 million back then. Now it’s asking $2.5 billion and...
View ArticleThink Through Your Cloud Plans – Or Else
Enterprise IT has a disturbing tendency to get excited about technology rather than architecture and planning. According to David Linthicum, this sorry state is quite evident as cloud computing begins...
View ArticleVMware, Intel, and NEC All to Join OpenStack
At its first full Board of Directors meeting, due to be held Tuesday August 28th, The OpenStack Foundation will be considering among other things applications from VMware, Intel, and NEC to become Gold...
View ArticleWays Cloud Computing Will Change by 2020
Think cloud computing is just the latest IT fad? Think again. Forrester predicts the global cloud computing market will grow from $35 billion in 2011 to around $150 billion by 2020 as it becomes key to...
View ArticleCloud Brings Foreign IT Spending to U.S.
U.S.-based corporations and government agencies have been shipping application development work to offshore IT services providers for years. Now, thanks to cloud computing, foreign companies are...
View Article2011: $6.9 Billion Invested in Cloud Startups
Venture capitalists are currently enamored with cloud-based startups, and are investing heavily in the cloud computing industry, according to a post on Cloudtimes.org. According to statistics shared by...
View ArticleCloud Computing: A Quiet Game Changer in Education
Cloud computing is increasingly changing the education landscape. Thanks to could computing, students from different locations around the world can collaborate on assignments, rendering them...
View ArticleNJVC Unveils Cloudcuity Umbrella Framework for NJVC Cloud Services
NJVC®, an information technology (IT) solutions provider headquartered in Northern Virginia, introduces Cloudcuity™, a new framework for the company’s cloud service offerings to help customers...
View ArticleCan Cloud Computing Scuttle Software Piracy?
With a growing amount of software applications using the Software-as-a-Service model, experts claim that software piracy will eventually be eliminated. Others, however, are claiming that users will...
View ArticleManageIQ: IT-as-a-Service for All Species of Cloud
This’ll resonate. ManageIQ says that when the management majors – and you know who that foursome is – saw the cloud bearing down on them like a Kansas tornado they ducked into the basement and scrawled...
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