The Lighter Side Of The Cloud – Tough Times By David Fletcher See the Infographic on Crowd Funding
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Brightcove Video Cloud Provider Partners with Ufinity Leading Media Systems Integrator (SI) Ufinity leverages Brightcove Video Cloud to build engaging online video experiences for consumers across Asia [SINGAPORE] October 13, 2011 – Brightcove, a leading global provider of cloud content services,today announced that it partnered with Singapore-based Ufinity Pte Ltd (Ufinity) to deliver compelling video into Ufinity’s movie portals, web sites and social networks. Ufinity is known for designing and building some of Asia’s most advanced Web properties. As a result of this Asia-wide relationship, Ufinity will rely on the Brightcove Video Cloud online video platform to offer its media
Infographic: Cisco vs HP Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Here is an Infographic found over at the Cisco blog illustrating the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) differences between Cisco and HP.
IBM SmartCloud Services and Capabilities, Launched IBM has introduced advanced cloud services and software to give unprecedented choice, security and portability to businesses. Designed from the ground up for enterprise clients the new offerings are launched at a time when businesses are shifting critical activities to the cloud and use it as a platform for business. Specifically, IBM is launching IBM SmartCloud Application Services, IBM SmartCloud Foundation and IBM SmartCloud Ecosystem. IBM SmartCloud Application Services will give enterprises the cost and time savings of a cloud environment for a wide range of enterprise applications. This new platform-as-a-service will also allow
Cloud Computing and India, Emerging Superstars of the 21st Century “China and India will, separately and together, unleash an explosion of demand.” – Mukesh Ambani, Indian industrialist and the 9th richest man in the world. Before deciding to do my MBA from the University of Notre Dame in the United States, I was an Indian software engineer working in middle management at the Mumbai office of Citigroup. When I graduated from engineering college in 2004, India was a hub of software services. As a matter of fact, it still is; however, now, India has moved up the value chain to
Ubuntu Cloud: The Reseller Opportunity As market conditions remain uncertain, your customers are looking for new, more cost-effective ways to do business. This is dramatically increasing demand for cloud computing solutions that promise big savings on in-house infrastructure and management. By supporting your customers’ journeys into the cloud, you can generate new service revenues and take on the role of a trusted cloud adviser. Specifically, you can: • Support customer migrations from dedicated to cloud-based infrastructure • Deliver consultancy for building and deploying public and private clouds • Provide capacity planning, infrastructure management and monitoring services • Roll out authentication
Is Amazon Silk the Future of Browsers? One of the latest tablets from Amazon, Kindle Fire, introduces a new web browser called Amazon Silk. A cloud accelerated mobile browser, I believe that Amazon Silk will prove to be a stepping stone in the development of browsers. To achieve faster speeds, the browser is leveraging the cloud, specifically, the Amazon Web Services and the EC2 cloud. The speed is so much increased, that a task which is usually performed in 100 milliseconds, will only take 5. But how does this happen? The secret lies on its split architecture. Because tablets are mobile
Hollywood Banks on Cloud-Based Movie Storage Studios in Hollywood are set to launch their UltraViolet cloud-based movie storage. This “digital locker” service is expected to boost movie sales by attracting consumers to the cloud. According to Lisa Richwine from reuters.com, this service will enable movie buffs to keep purchased copies of films on remote servers. UltraViolet cloud-based movie storage allows a person to view movies of his choice any time on a range of devices. For many months now, studios in Hollywood are facing losses due to companies such as Netflix that offer unlimited monthly rentals in a cheap and
