New White Papers Provided By CA Technologies The Best of Both Worlds: The Hybrid Cloud To handle the demands of modern business, CIOs must manage their internal data centers more effectively and learn how to leverage public cloud resources. The solution: a hybrid cloud strategy facilitated by a dynamic data center. Who knew that a video marketing campaign featuring a donkey, a baby and a bunch of helium balloons would catch fire, going viral after ending up on YouTube and driving an unprecedented amount of traffic to your company’s Web site? Hats off to the marketing folks, but are you
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Partnership Arms Customers to Optimize Performance of Key Applications, Meet Growth Objectives and Service Level Agreements DETROIT, Jan. 4, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:CPWR), the technology performance company, and HTC Global Services, Inc. (HTC) announced today that they have partnered to provide application performance management (APM) solutions to customers worldwide. HTC customers will benefit from Compuware’s enterprise to Internet APM solution through HTC’s systems integration and product implementation services. HTC is a Troy, Michigan-based global provider of IT solutions and business process outsourcing services. “Combining HTC’s service delivery and Compuware’s market-leading APM solution will give customers visibility into
Dell’s New Cloud Computing Buy By Sourya Biswas of CloudTweaks Having already made several acquisitions in the cloud computing space this year, Dell took another step in that direction when it announced on Wednesday, 29 December 2010, its intention to buy medical archive services company InSite One Inc. Terms of the transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, were not disclosed. InSite One is a private company based in Wallingford, Connecticut, with about 40 employees. It offers cloud-based healthcare applications that archive medical records and share images. Its offerings will be complementary to Dell’s Unified Clinical Archive service.The combination
Skytap Secures $10 Million to Accelerate Business Growth for Cloud Automation OpenView Venture Partners Leads Round With Participation From Current Investors — Ignition Partners, Madrona Venture Group and Washington Research Foundation SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwire – January 3, 2011) – Skytap, the leading provider of self-service cloud automation solutions, today announced an oversubscribed $10 million Series C round of funding led by OpenView Venture Partners with participation from existing investors Ignition Partners, Madrona Venture Group and Washington Research Foundation. The investment will be used to scale sales and marketing, and accelerate innovation of the company’s flagship cloud automation platform. Scott Maxwell, senior
The Lighter Side Of The Cloud By David Fletcher of CloudTweaks
Cloud Computing and Wikileaks: Was Amazon’s action justified? By Sourya Biswas of CloudTweaks.com Wikileaks has been grabbing headlines across the globe, and has divided the world into those who laud it for standing up to free speech and others who decry it as detrimental to the national security of the United States. Without being judgmental, we present some of the issues related with cloud computing that this drama has brought to light. The Wikileaks controversy and the subsequent action taken by certain cloud computing service providers like Amazon has brought focus to the need for an industry-wide approach to service
Dell’s Deals in Cloud Computing By Sourya Biswas of CloudTweaks.com Dell may be known across the world for its computers, but its well on its way to emerging as a serious player in the cloud computing space, if its recent spate of acquisitions is any indication. Its recent announcement to acquire cloud-based medical archiving services provider InSite One, Inc is another step in that direction. Dell is looking to diversify from its niche as a hardware player and has acquired several companies in its bid towards becoming a solutions company, with 2009’s acquisition of Perot Systems being the biggest buy
