Friday Cloud News Roundup
Cloud Computing’s Maximum Capabilities
A survey recently conducted by the Economist magazine entitled The Power of the Cloud: Driving Business Model Innovation, was the subject of an article in Information Week and how it is observed that cloud computing is not being used to its full potential.
The IBM-sponsored survey was conducted during the last quarter of 2011 to 572 business and IT managers. Results showed that only 13% have substantially implemented cloud computing in their whole organization but this figure is projected to increase to 44% in three years time.
According to Saul Berman, global strategy consulting leader for IBM’s global technology services, too many companies are experimenting lightly with cloud computing. Instead of using the technology to discover how it can reinvent the fundamental way to sell their goods and services. They are only using it to tweak existing operations.
Business strategists at IBM said that the cloud provides a broader opportunity for business model innovation and that it needs to be a top management priority.
Read the whole article to find out more results from the survey, visit Information Week now.
Another Cloud Adoption in the Transport Industry
The transportation industry continues its cloud technology adoption as another North American railway company moved its SAP landscape to the cloud.
This initiative was done for:
- Easy provisioning
- Reduction of development costs by 20-25%
- Liberation from commitment to specific hardware requirements
All in all the migration is expected to reduce hardware costs and increase flexibility of the company’s operations.
Visit Timesunion to read the full article.
Popular Cloud Acquisitions
With the rise and popularity of cloud technology come the acquisitions. Mid-size cloud companies are attracting prominent players in the IT industry.
Last January, Cloudtweaks released an article about cloud acquisitions late last year, particularly citing SAP’s acquisition of California-based web services company, Success Factors and IBM’s acquisition of analytics company, DemandTec.
Recently, the site released another set of acquisitions. This include:
- IBM’s acquisition of cloud management company, Platform Computing
- Symantec’s acquisition of cloud-based archiving company, Live Office
Big firms believe that these smaller companies will aid their grow in various aspects of cloud computing.
Find out more cloud-related acquisitions, visit CloudTweaks.
Rapid Migration to the Cloud
Undeniably, there is a growing cloud interest and adoption by small to medium, to large enterprises, but the market is still confused about what cloud/SaaS and Business Intelligence analytics are and what they can deliver.
This observation was made after a report from Gartner was released. Three trends that are beyond the rapid move of business intelligence to the cloud were also identified:
- Time to value
- Cost concerns
- Lack of available expertise
In deploying business intelligence to the cloud, companies need to assess the risk and ensure the skills of their chosen cloud provider.
Read the full article at Formtek and see the full explanation to these trends.
Department of Defense Cloud Computing Market
A release in Marketwatch announced the launch of a study indicating which aspects of cloud computing products and services spending in the Department of Defense is emphasizing. This was done mainly so firms will find out growth areas and see where they can invest in.
The market research report entitled, Analysis of the US Department of Defense Cloud Computing Market contains:
- Outline of the research
- Development, testing and evaluation
- Procurement, operations and maintenance
Visit Marketwatch to get a copy of the full market report.
RSA Conference 2012
The almost-concluded RSA Conference this year focused greatly on three areas:
- Big data
- Cloud security
- Mobile security
Most of the forums in the conference pertained to big data and how it can help firms to be smarter about how they can defend and identify malicious activity.
Mobile security was also given much attention as it is seen as a big problem for management and scalability issued.
Visit the official site of the RSA Conference and find out the advantages and challenges of the inevitable shift in IT security.
You may also visit the security section of Techtarget to read some articles about the cloud computing trend and how to address its going and anticipated security issues.
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