Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money: UPDATE 3 This is the fourth in a continuing series on startups raising funding. You can read the first three in the series here: 1. Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money: UPDATE 2 2. Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money: UPDATE 1 3. Cloud Computing Startups Raise Big Money Today, there are two startups in focus – VMTurbo and ServiceMesh. VMTurbo (http://www.vmturbo.com/) Massachusetts-based VMTurbo announced recently that it has closed a $10 million B-round of funding, financed by returning investors Bain Capital Ventures and Highland Capital Partners, bringing total capital raised to $17.5 million. It
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Featured White Paper: Think Your Anti-Virus Software Is Working? Think Again. Some vendors are touting cloud-based AV solutions that place the malware signature database in the cloud. But whether the bandwidth crunch is at your endpoints or in between you and the cloud, it’s a performance hit nonetheless. Download this Lumension white paper from Web Buyer’s Guide to learn the best defense against malware is intelligent whitelisting As volume and sophistication of malware has dramatically increased, anti-virus (AV) has not been able to keep up. AV is built upon a “blacklisting” approach where the notion is to let all traffic
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Cloud Printing: Is it more than just a fad? Initial Intentions Back before cloud printing actually had solutions up and running it was thought that cloud printing could be used just for the really important absolutely-must-be-printed documents. These cloud printers would be placed at convenient locations and connected to the Internet so that people could just pull their documents saved earlier to the cloud and do the printing from there, minus the hassle of having to manually connect a computer. The main plus factor at the time was that it would mean any Internet connected device would be able to
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Setting Up Your Own Private Cloud With A QNAP NAS Previously Network Accessed Storage (NAS) devices were considered the cheap second-rate citizen in the centralized storage front despite the fact that many such NAS devices now support VMware, virtualization and other virtualized applications. Recent developments may just change this perception as some NAS devices now feature Cloud applications as part of their firmware. One such example would be the MyCloudNAS function for various models of QNAP NAS devices. According to QNAP, the MyCloudNAS function is aimed at both Home Users as well as Small Businesses due to the fact that
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by cloudtweaks on December 16, 2011
in Case Study, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Virtualization, White Papers
The Cloud Awaits: Storage For The Growing Virtualized Infrastructure Growth is a good situation for organizations to experience, but growth is not easy and presents challenges. Today, virtual environments in many industries are growing, and organizations are increasingly deploying VMware virtualization to help consolidate IT, improve business flexibility, increase application availability, and reduce costs. After virtualizing test and development environments, and other applications, many organizations are now eager to extend the benefits of virtualization throughout the data center, creating an end-to-end virtualized IT environment and setting the stage for cloud computing. To succeed, organizations must adopt a storage platform that can be tightly integrated with virtualized servers. That storage platform must be designed to deliver the
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Open Registration: Cloud Connect India – May 24th and 25th Cloud Connect India will be the defining event for cloud computing, where the entire industry comes together to drive growth and innovation. Taking place on May 24th and 25th, 2012, Cloud Connect India is the best place to discuss and learn about the latest trends in cloud computing, with the biggest names in the industry. From cloud in the enterprise to the mobile cloud, virtualization, security, cloud communications and security – we will cover the most relevant and latest updates from the industry. Learn about the latest cloud technologies and
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Infographic: The Cloud Is Built On Massive Data Centers Source: Wikibon
by Jeff Norman on December 16, 2011
in Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, Movies, Music, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Video
Ready For My Closeup, Mr. DeMille: the Cloud and Stardom The marriage of technology and celebrity has produced several happy unions throughout the history of popular culture. The most recent affair features a delightfully polygamous relationship between directors John “Titanic” Cameron and Martin “Mean Streets” Scorsese with the resurgence of 3-D film. After Cameron’s all-time hit of “Avatar,” the latter prestigious auteur answered with “Hugo,” a three-dimensional love letter of a film to cinema itself. Both pop-out-of-the-screen projects have attracted Oscar buzz. Buzzing around Tinseltown as of late is a new appreciation of cloud computing, and its potential contribution to
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