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Microsoft: Cloud computing won’t hurt us

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:21:27 +0000

Microsoft: Cloud computing won’t hurt us
Cloud computing is widely perceived as a threat to Microsoft, because the maker of Windows and Microsoft Office earns the lion’s share of its money selling licenses for packaged software.

Pogoplug Launches Personal Cloud Service – No USB Drive Required

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:06:44 +0000

Pogoplug Launches Personal Cloud Service – No USB Drive Required
Pogoplug , from a company called Cloud Engines, is the name of the external USB drive that makes all your files available on the Internet. But now, Cloud Engines is moving into the software space with a new personal cloud product that comes hardware-free. Like the previous service, Pogoplug will let you stream your photo, video and music libraries from any computer connected to the Internet. But …

Forecast calls for Citrix cloud front

Thu, 26 May 2011 14:21:22 +0000

Forecast calls for Citrix cloud front
When it rains in IT land, it pours Citrix Systems wants to cover your back door and your front door.…

Tech Alert: Bringing Cloud Storage Down to Earth

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:40:53 +0000

Tech Alert: Bringing Cloud Storage Down to Earth
NATICK, Mass., Dec. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Reducing cost, complexity and circumventing the capacity limitations of traditional hardware file servers have emerged as the leading reasons for using the cloud, according to a customer survey by Nasuni, creator of the storage industry’s leading cloud gateway . (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091215/LA25994LOGO[[[SHIFTIN …

Oracle Expands and Optimizes Sun Blade Systems for Cloud and Highly-Virtualized Environments

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:00:15 +0000

Oracle Expands and Optimizes Sun Blade Systems for Cloud and Highly-Virtualized Environments
SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL–(Marketwire – 12/08/10) – ORACLE OPENWORLD LATIN AMERICA — Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL – News ) News Facts To provide customers with optimized and integrated systems for cloud and highly-virtualized environments, Oracle today announced the expansion of its Sun Blade systems portfolio with new SPARC and x86 blade products and supporting integrated solutions. The expanded portfolio …

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A Dynamic Network Layer for Advanced Cloud Computing

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:24:42 +0000

Google Tech Talks September 2, 2008 ABSTRACT In recent years, cloud computing has emerged as an attractive tool for delivering web-based services. Cloud computing enables rapid deployment of new services and allows those services to scale dynamically, in response to changing user demand. However, the range of cloud computing applications is constrained by limitations of the Internet service model. New network level services are needed to enable advanced applications that include real-time, person-to-person communication. This talk discusses how to add a dynamic network layer to cloud computing infrastructures, to enable the rapid introduction of new network services in support of advanced applications. Speaker: Jonathan S. Turner Jonathan S. Turner received the MS and PhD degrees in computer science from Northwestern University in 1979 and 1981. He holds the Barbara and Jerome Cox Chair of Computer Science at Washington University, is Chairman of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Director of the Applied Research Lab. The Applied Research Laboratory creates experimental networking technology to validate and demonstrate new research innovations. The Lab’s current projects center on extensible networking technology with a particular focus on high performance platforms for overlay hosting services. Professor Turner served as Chief Scientist for Growth Networks, a startup company that developed scalable switching components for Internet routers and ATM …

CloudShare launches self-service cloud platform

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:45:03 +0000

CloudShare launches self-service cloud platform
Many suppliers of cloud services are doing their best to distinguish themselves from the pack and bring out easy-to-use, easy-to-manage and easy-on-the-budget products.

BMC buys GridApp for cloud database tools

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:07:52 +0000

BMC buys GridApp for cloud database tools
IDG News Service – BMC Software announced Friday it has purchased GridApp Systems, maker of software tools for database provisioning, patching and management in physical and cloud deployments. Terms were not disclosed.

How to deploy a cloud based webserver, LAMP in 5 minutes

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:31:50 +0000

Tutorial for novice webmaster that want to learn how to deploy a linux server from a cloud server. I use Rackspace for this tutorial. After you deploy the server I should how easy it is to install Mysql, Apache2, and PHP5. All the steps can be copied and pasted from my blog post: bit.ly

LNLP #1112 | PogoPlug Pro, SUSE Joins Amazon Cloud, Ubuntu 10.10

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:37:12 +0000

In This Episode: PogoPlug outs Pro version with integrated Wi-Fi, SUSE Linux joins the Amazon cloud, 4 Archiving Tools for Linux Server Admins, SuperOneClick roots most Android phones with one button, Ubuntu 10.10 desktop reaches through the cloud, Linux Professional Institute Certification adopted by Public Schools in Spain