Database Services on a Private Cloud For database environments, the PaaS cloud model provides better IT services than the IaaS model. The PaaS model provides enough resources in the cloud that databases can quickly get up and running and still have enough latitude for users to create the applications they need. Additionally, central IT management, [...]
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Health Care’s Reservations about Cloud Computing
“Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.” – Julius Caesar (100BC – 44 BC), legendary Roman general and statesman. Some background on the above quote before I elaborate on the health care industry’s reservations about cloud computing: Julius Caesar, as everyone knows, was one of the most powerful leaders in history. Even before he became emperor [...]
BrightHost Leverages Platform Equinix; Expands Cloud Computing Solutions to Hong Kong
SINGAPORE – May 31, 2011 – Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced that BrightHost, a leading supplier of high-capacity cloud infrastructure and web hosting solutions, is leveraging Platform Equinix to support the expansion of its managed private cloud solutions to Hong Kong. The deployment of its cloud offering [...]
Managing the Virtualization Maturity Lifecycle: Video
Managing the Virtualization Maturity Lifecycle Virtualization demonstrates substantial benefits — in agility, availability and cost reduction — but it is not all clear sailing. Most organizations struggle, sooner or later, with added complexity, staffing requirements, SLA management, departmental politics and more. In fact, most organizations face one (or more) clear ‘tipping points’, where virtualization deployment [...]
About Private or Shared Cloud and Everything in Between
Private or Shared Cloud and Everything in Between When deciding to implement cloud computing in order to manage your IT processes, you should start by deciding on the type of cloud you want to store your data on. Since there is no universal receipt for success when implementing cloud computing, you must carefully consider all [...]
ScaleXtreme Announces Early Access Program – Cloud-Based Systems Management
First cloud-based systems management and automation product for public and private cloud servers May 25, 2011 – Palo Alto, CA. ScaleXtreme, Inc., the first cloud-based systems management company, today announced the general availability of its early access product. Systems administrators and IT operations professionals who are interested in trying out a new way of managing [...]
Microsoft and Dell Compellent Virtualization to Improve Delivery of Infrastructure as a Service
Virtualization and the emergence of private cloud computing provide today’s organizations with powerful new ways to provide business groups with the computing and infrastructure resources they need—more quickly and cost-effectively than ever before. For many business groups, virtual machines (VMs) can provide precisely the resources they require without those groups having to jump through the [...]
Self-Service Provisioning and the Private Cloud
Use Microsoft and Dell Compellent Virtualization to Improve Delivery of Infrastructure as a Service Virtualization and the emergence of private cloud computing provide today’s organizations with powerful new ways to provide business groups with the computing and infrastructure resources they need—more quickly and cost-effectively than ever before. For many business groups, virtual machines (VMs) can [...]
The Real Pioneers of the Cloud
The Real Pioneers of the Cloud Long ago, in the early 1990s, the business landscape was rife with what were then known as “dumb terminals.” These didn’t last forever: in just a few years, the consumer-driven market–assisted by a publicly available Internet and a commoditized PC ecosystem–managed to completely change the business IT landscape. Now, [...]
Xerox and Cisco to Form Cloud Computing Service Alliance
Xerox and Cisco to Form Cloud Computing Service Alliance Market leaders plan to join forces to bring new revenue opportunities to channel partners; simplify and connect infrastructure for the enterprise LAS VEGAS, May 9, 2011 – Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) and Cisco announced today that they intend to form an alliance to simplify IT management [...]
Red Hat CloudForms – New Product for Private and Hybrid Clouds
Red Hat CloudForms – New Product for Private and Hybrid Clouds Raleigh, North Carolina-based open source behemoth Red Hat launched a new product line for creating and managing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) private and hybrid clouds named CloudForms, the company announced. The product incorporates both comprehensive application lifecycle management and the ability to create integrated clouds from [...]
Are Cloud Computing Service Providers Shirking Responsibility On Security?
Are Cloud Computing Service Providers Shirking Responsibility On Security? Former American President Harry S. Truman famously had a sign on his desk at the Oval Office with the phrase, “The Buck Stops Here!” It signified that it was the President who had to make the hard decisions and bear responsibility for them; he could not [...]
Cloud Computing Market Will Top $241 Billion in 2020
Cloud Computing Market Will Top $241 Billion in 2020 Independent research firm Forrester Research expects the global cloud computing market to reach $241 billion in 2020 compared to $40.7 in 2010, according to a new Forrester report called “Sizing the Cloud”. The report aims to provide insights into the future market size of cloud computing [...]
Red Hat Cloud Quickstart – Red Hat Cloud Foundations Edition One
RED HAT CLOUD QUICKSTART Assess and accelerate your cloud viability with Red Hat Cloud Foundations Edition One. Red Hat® Cloud Quickstart equips your organization with the expertise, high-level support, and knowledge transfer to rapidly build, manage, and optimize a cloud solution tailored to your unique technology environment. The Cloud Quickstart consulting engagement, aided by a [...]
Cisco’s New Green Data Center in Texas Showcases Private Cloud Deployment
Cisco’s New Green Data Center in Texas Showcases Private Cloud Deployment New Facility Demonstrates Cisco Data Center Technologies; Unified Computing, Unified Fabric, and Unified Network Services Create Highly Virtualized Environment to Reduce Costs and Enhance Efficiency SAN JOSE, Calif. – April 15, 2011 – Cisco today announced a new green data center in Allen, Texas, [...]
