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Finding Your Place In The Cloud – New Cloud Computing Jobs For 2012: Part 2

by on January 11, 2012 at 6:56 am in Cloud Computing, Computing, Employment, Government, IT, Startups, Technology

 New Cloud Computing Jobs For 2012: Part 2 Continuing our look at emerging tech jobs for 2012, we will take a look at the not so directly related jobs such as Augmented reality specialist, Chief agile officer and Flexible resource manager. Augmented reality specialist The augmented reality specialist will see things that aren’t there and [...]

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Where The Cloud Will Grow in 2012: Look Back at 2011

by on January 5, 2012 at 6:23 am in Apps, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, SaaS, Technology, Trends

Where The Cloud Will Grow in 2012: Look Back at 2011 2012 is still newborn. But the year holds much promise for cloud computing’s ascendancy in the public’s regard and in the business world’s harnessing of its assets. Looking back at 2011 sheds light on three areas where progress might be made this year: open [...]

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Virtualization: Thin on Thin Provisioning – Good Idea or Recipe for Disaster?

by on November 14, 2011 at 2:01 pm in Cloud Computing, Computing, Contributors, Guest Writers, IT, Performance, Technology, Virtualization

Virtualization: Thin on Thin Provisioning – Good Idea or Recipe for Disaster? I was part of a panel at a recent GreenPages event and a question was asked by the audience regarding best practices for thin provisioning in a virtual environment.  More specifically, the question was, what is the best practice regarding thin on thin [...]

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Windows 8: Microsoft Finally Unveils OS Designed With Cloud in Mind

by on September 16, 2011 at 7:13 am in Backups, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, Microsoft, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology

Windows 8: Microsoft Finally Unveils OS Designed With Cloud in Mind “Metro-style” user interface aside, upcoming Windows 8 operating system is set to feature some useful cloud capabilities while developers and top executives at Microsoft still decline to unveil its full cloud capacity. Most analysts focus on Windows 8´s ability to run all applications in [...]

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Mobile + Cloud = The Future is Here

by on September 13, 2011 at 7:01 am in Apps, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Contributors, IT, Mobile, SaaS, Storage, Technology, Trends

Mobile + Cloud = The Future is Here The combination of mobile and cloud technologies seems a match made in heaven. The cloud is highly flexible and charges on usage, while the mobile technologies deliver the applications everywhere and anywhere the users might need them, really fast. I have largely touched upon the subject when [...]

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Report: Google Acquires Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion In Cash

by on August 15, 2011 at 8:37 am in Apps, Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, Google, Google OS, IT, Mobile, News, Press Release, Security, Smart Phones, Storage, Technology, Tools

Google Pushes Mobile Cloud Industry, Acquires Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion In Cash Aug 15, 2011 (Reuters) – Google Inc (GOOG.O) said it will buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc (MMI.N) for about $12.5 billion in cash in a move to bolster the adoption of its Android mobile phone software. Google said it would pay $40 [...]

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The New Chinese Cloud OS

by on August 12, 2011 at 10:19 am in Cloud Computing, Computing, iCloud, ipad, IT, Mobile, News, Security, Storage, Technology

The New Chinese Cloud OS While the bulk of cloud computing coverage, here and elsewhere, deals with news and events in the US, there’s a whole wide world out there that has taken to cloud computing with a storm. Over the last few months, I have tried to include locations outside the US in my [...]

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The Case for the Custom Cloud: Research Report

by on August 2, 2011 at 6:27 am in Case Study, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, White Papers

Learn more on how users can customize their cloud services – while you maintain control. When it comes to cloud services, “semi-custom” goes a long way. “The Case for the Custom Cloud,” shows you how users can configure their own customized cloud services from choices you dictate – and how you can deliver the resulting [...]

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Dell Advances IaaS with Cloud Offering

by on July 26, 2011 at 12:02 pm in Cloud Computing, Computing, Host, IT, News, Rackspace, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology

Dell Advances IaaS with Cloud Offering Dell has introduced industry’s first OpenStack Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud solution. The all new Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution is touted to further advance the adoption of open source Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution integrates the OpenStack cloud operating system, cloud-optimized Dell PowerEdge C servers, the Dell-developed “Crowbar” OpenStack installer, and [...]

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Mainframes in the Age of Cloud Computing

by on July 25, 2011 at 8:28 am in Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, Education, IT, Performance, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends, Web Hosting

Mainframes in the Age of Cloud Computing Mainframes may be 1960s technology, but they still manage a huge portion of the world’s data. This is mainly because of two reasons – i) continuous improvement of the technology and ii) the huge costs involved in changing them en masse. However, in today’s world of cloud computing [...]

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10 Cloud Based OS’s (Operating Systems) Worth a Closer Look

by on July 19, 2011 at 5:43 am in Browser, Cloud Computing, Computing, iCloud, IT, Microsoft, Mobile, Open Source, SaaS, Storage, Technology, Web Hosting

1) iSpaces CloudBrowser is a web browser within a browser that allows users to log in to the company’s platform from multiple computers while saving the state of their interface to the company’s data storage centers in the cloud.  iSpaces runs on any Windows or Linux computer, with Mac coming soon, creating a virtual desktop [...]

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Does Your Organization Support Multiple Devices?

by on June 27, 2011 at 8:56 am in Apps, Cloud Computing, Computing, iCloud, IT, Mobile, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology

Does Your Organization Support Multiple Devices? In most companies, the common standard is to have the IT department choose the desktop/mobile OS and operating devices for the entire organization. This is done for compatibility and increased efficiency purposes. However, I am a personal supporter of the belief that users should decide what technology they want [...]

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Is Microsoft Taking A Risk By Putting All Its Eggs In The Cloud Computing Basket?

Is Microsoft Taking A Risk By Putting All Its Eggs In The Cloud Computing Basket?

by on April 19, 2011 at 8:39 am in Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, FireFox, Google, IT, Microsoft, Security, Technology

Is Microsoft Taking A Risk By Putting All Its Eggs In The Cloud Computing Basket? “A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” – William Shedd (1820-1894), American Presbyterian Theologian. Risk-taking is a requirement for business; unless, a business takes risks, it cannot sustain its competitive advantage, and without a [...]

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Fujitsu set to invest $1.2 billion-plus on cloud computing in 2011

by on December 28, 2010 at 9:39 am in Cloud Computing, Computing, Google, IT, SaaS, Security, Stocks, Storage, Technology

Fujitsu set to invest $1.2 billion-plus on cloud computing in 2011 By Sourya Biswas of CloudTweaks Cloud computing circles are abuzz with the news that Fujitsu is set to invest a whopping $1.2 billion in this emerging technology next year. Such a large investment certainly augurs well for this new field of computing science. For [...]

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UPDATE: Microsoft COO: ‘We Are Going To Lead With the Cloud’

by on July 29, 2010 at 1:36 am in Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Google, Invest, IT, Microsoft, News, Press Release, Security, Technology, Trends

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)–Cloud computing tops a four-point plan Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has developed for maintaining its position in the business-software market, Kevin Turner, the company’s chief operating officer, said Thursday. “We are going to lead with the cloud,” Turner said at the Redmond, Wash. software giant’s analyst day. “It helps position Microsoft to sell [...]

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