March 1st, 2012
A recent release in SFGate announced that the McClatchy Company – the third largest newspaper publisher in the country – will be implementing the circulation of its thirty newspapers via DTI Cloud.
This approach is believed to help unify workflows and enhance corporate-wide cost performance – eventually contributing to the company’s emerging growth strategies. The traditional media industry is now taking the initiative in coping with the technological changes in society, which lead to the preference change of majority of its audience.
Though they are the largest so far, McClatchy is not the first publication firm that has started adopting the cloud. Some publishers include:
Explore further this transformation to a print and digital media firm by reading the full article in SFGate and find out how this allows for operational efficiencies and expanded expertise.
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February 29th, 2012
Companies moving their business processes to the cloud are now seeking ways on how to properly manage and integrate data.
Nowadays, the term “big data” is very popular, and organizations want to be able to cope with the growing volume, variation and complexity of information. Bottomline ins, they want to have a more agile and cost-effective response to business needs.
An article in eWeek discusses the 10 trends to watch in data management. With the help of Mr. Robert Fox, director for B2B/EAI software development for Liaison Technologies. Here are some of approaches to data that were explained:
To read the rest of the trends and to have an idea on the in-depth analysis on these approaches, visit eWeek.
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February 28th, 2012
How can organizations make wise cloud deployment decisions? An article in Computerworld suggests how CFO’s can take the opportunity to model new impacts on revenue, profits, margins and risks while migrating their organizations to the cloud.
In order to come up with the best results, senior executives need to work with their IT team. With development comes challenges, and the article cites 5 guide questions that can be raised with CIO’s:
Though at first it may seem troublesome, organizations need to keep in mind that this is a one-time challenge, after which, they no longer need to manage or monitor their infrastructure. Furthermore, organizations will be equipped with capabilities far beyond the costly servers they already had on site.
Read the rest of the 5 questions, visit Computerworld and also see trends and forecast in the cloud market.
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February 27th, 2012
The cloud is in the center of an emerging computing paradigm. According to a blog in research company Aberdeen Group, analysts focusing on Telecom and Unified Communications, Wireless and Mobility Communications, and IT Infrastructure Research said they have been watching the trend for several years.
In the blog, they have observed the rapid increase of cores on processors, the doubling of data that organizations store and the use of mobile computing devices has enabled people to work anytime,anywhere. Bottomline is their observation of the convergence of social, mobile and cloud computing, which they termed, SoMoClo.
According to researchers, cloud is the center on which the applications and IT computing infrastructure are based wherein:
A report in Aberdeen thoroughly examines the organic creation of SoMoClo and the role that the cloud will play in the future.
Find out more about this new convergence, visit the site to view the SoMoClo diagram and access the report.
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February 24th, 2012
Ultraviolet Represents Hollywood Cloud
Hollywood executives remain optimistic about the cloud and how it will help the industry in boosting their video sales by enabling consumers to build a remotely stored library of videos and movies.
This is done through Ultraviolet, which represents Hollywood’s first step into the cloud, and Neustar’s system, which provides the whole cloud-based movie library. The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) believes that this technology will address industry and consumer concerns around compatibility and piracy. This holds true at this point as some 750,000 households in the US and Britain have already set-up their ultraviolet accounts.
Find out which studios are already offering movies in the cloud and which ones we can anticipate. Visit the CNN Money blog and read the full article.
Legal News on the Cloud
The Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility has released a 20-page formal opinion on Ethical Obligations for Attorneys Using Cloud Computing/ Software as a Service While Fulfilling the Duties of Confidentiality and Preservation of Client Property.
Here is a sneak peek of what is inside the opinion:
Access the full opinion and read how the state of the law is examined on the use of cloud computing. Visit Legal Ethics Professional Blog now.
The Year of SaaS
An article in Seeking Alpha shows the 19% increase of Netsuite stocks for the year. This article talks about why the golden age of Software as a Service (SaaS) is at hand, and here are some reasons why:
According to the article, this is good news for the entire software space, find out the other reasons why by reading the full article, visit Seeking Alpha now.
UCertify Courses are Now CompTIA Approved
A recent release in PR.com has announced the CompTIA-approved cloud computing courses by UCertify. An aspiring cloud professional needs to take and pass the CL0-001 exam in order to be certified.
UCertify is one of few software providers to have the seal of CompTIA Authorized Quality Curriculum (CAQC) for cloud essentials and storage courses. This means that they have met a particular set of rigid standards of quality.
The comprehensive study guide includes:
To get a copy of the guide or to know further details, visit the site now.
Utility Cloud Computing Talk
An article in Daily Finance takes notice of the steadily increasing cloud startups and companies that want to expand their presence.
The author lists down which companies offer their cloud services utility-style and identifies which aspects they are particularly strong in. For instance:
The article also provided a table of popular utility cloud providers and showed their revenue growth in three years. This included Amazon with an astounding 122.5% increase, Rackspace’s 82% increase, and IBM’s 35.8% increase.
Read the rest of the article and see which companies are quite popular when it comes to utility cloud. Visit Daily Finance.
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February 23rd, 2012
An article in Data Center Dynamics reported that in 2011, telecommunications companies went on an acquisition spree. Some prominent examples were cited and explained how these acquisitions were strategically positioned to benefit both telco and cloud service firm:
Researchers from Tier1 saw this as the telcos’ way to keep more of the traffic within their own network. This also gives them an opportunity to compensate for falling revenues from traditional voice services.
What do cloud companies get in return? – They will have access to larger customer pools. Furthermore, Telcos chose to retain their brands and allowed them to lead the charge on the data services market – meaning, they can still direct the cloud strategy.
What are the other reasons why these acquisitions were considered mutually-beneficial relationships? Find out by reading the full article at Data Center Dynamics.
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February 22nd, 2012
Due to the growing popularity of cloud benefits to businesses, Wall Street firms’ adoption of third party cloud-based services is expected to grow this year.
Wall Street Technology included in its article in NY Convergence, views of key people from some financial sector-focused cloud providers namely:
It leads to the conclusion that the private cloud is quite the appealing technology that allows Wall Street firms to lower their cost in infrastructure and maintenance and no longer requires technology refresh. Most importantly, perhaps, is the cloud’s “burst-ready” capability that goes well with the industry’s increasing market volatility.
The private cloud is indeed the direction that these firms are steering towards, but is there any case for public cloud adoption when it comes to Wall Street? Read the full article and find out at NY Convergence.
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February 21st, 2012
A cloud customer service organization must now be aware on how it plans to achieve customer satisfaction. Author and Sales Logistix CEO, David Taber, writes in an article in CIO.com, his insights on how customer service should no longer be operated solely on conventional processes and instead, throw into the mix modern methodologies such as social media or an intuitive customer support application.
The article gives social media much weight on its influence in today’s customer service discipline. If an organization does not pay attention, a simple customer dissatisfaction may turn into a web firestorm that can be magnified through social media and can take this to a global scale within hours.
To prevent this, the author gave some guidelines on how to act on this and to what extent should social network be used for customer service and when traditional ways become necessary:
Although most customers rely greatly on social media, there are limitations and firms need to be aware as well.
Read the full article and find out the rest of the recommendations on how to enhance cloud customer service at CIO.com.
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February 20th, 2012
Cloud computing is said to be the SMBs’ “secret weapon” for success.
An article in Microsoft Dynamics blog entitled, “The Small Business Revolution” does not only emphasize the abundance of benefits that cloud computing offers, which ultimately gives SMB’s:
The emphasis of this article is on the transformation from a traditional to a leaner model where computing power is delivered as a service. That now, small businesses having access to Fortune 500 network infrastructure and enterprise-class application and software becomes possible.
In what other aspects does cloud computing empower small businesses? Visit Microsoft Dynamics blog and read the rest of the article to find out how this new technology improves business processes and at the same time, drives them towards efficiency.
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February 17th, 2012
Cloud Storage for MLB 12 The Show
PS3 players for MLB The Show Game can now save their games to the cloud, as written in an article in Slashgear. This new option makes the system more versatile as the player can easily access a recently played game. This also gives a reliable backup in case of errors.
Read the full article and find out the other new features including the ability to access the game and user data via Playstation Vita at Slashgear.
VMWare’s Cloud Solutions Marketplace
SMB’s to enterprise customers now have a new venue to find business solutions. According to an article in echannelline, the VMWare Solution Exchange was launched recently – this is an online virtualization and cloud solutions marketplace.
As a one-stop place for selling and buying solutions, customers can expect to see:
… all of which, of course, are compatible with VMWare products.
The goal here is to empower customers to easily find and purchase what they need and help technology partners allowing them to deliver their products in a centralized location.
Highlights of this new technology also involves social media and five-star rating components. Visit echannelline to discover and further read about these new features.
Digital Menu Boards are Now Cloud-Based
The cloud has reached the digital signage market. An article in PR.com talks about the launch of digital menu boards by Digital Menu Me – a leading provider or digital menu boards – in collaboration with Revel Systems iPad POS system.
These are the advantages of the new system:
This time-saving, innovative and cost-effective solution can be installed using a 40-inch Samsung internet-enabled television.
Read the full article on this new cloud-based technology on digital menu boards at PR.com now.
Research Grants Received by Doctoral Students for Cloud Computing Research
Cloud computing is also becoming a hot topic in the academe. One indicator is the offering of cloud computing degrees to satisfy the demand for cloud computing experts in the IT industry.
Persistent Systems, a global company specializing in cloud computing research, analytics and business intelligence solutions has given a $100,000 grant to be equally divided to two doctoral students of Indiana University.
One student will concentrate on the development of applications to support scientific research through cloud computing, while the other one will focud on developing methods to improve software systems of disease prognosis.
By these initiatives, Persistent Systems hopes to develop new ideas and encourage student innovation using technology especially cloud computing.
Read the full article on this story, visit ZDNet.
The Army Turns to Cloud Computing to Meet Consolidation Target
The Army recently granted its first five-year, $250M cloud computing contract to several contractors to help create its own private cloud. These contractors include:
The project dubbed Army Private Cloud or APC2 consists of two suites namely the fixed hosted virtual operating environments and mobile data centers. Among many functions, this solution is expected be capable of deploying any scenarios within the United States as well as anywhere in the world. In compliance with the NIST, Microtech will also provide SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.
Aside from cost efficiency, this system has much more attractive advantages. Visit Greenbiz to read the complete article on APC2 and find out the full features of this private cloud.
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