Cloud computing and virtualization have generated huge interest from all size enterprises. Startups, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) have started adopting the cloud computing concept faster than larger enterprises with more mature IT departments, mainly because of data security concerns and harder implementation procedures. Although spending in cloud computing is still at a fraction…
IBM, the Armonk, New York-based company said in a statement released today that they will be partnering with Range Technology Development a data-center service and telecommunications-network- services provider to build a cloud computing center in northern China, Hebei Province, in order to facilitate the development of the province and in particular the city of Langfang…
Cloud computing CRM is yet to be efficiently used by Enterprise customers. The main issues have been the level of integration, availability, security and costs of implementation. Addressing these issues by cloud CRM vendors will prove key to the adoption by Enterprise customers. So far for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), the current cloud…
Gartner, Inc., has positioned Savvis in the leaders quadrant in the Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Web Hosting. The report authored by Gartner analysts Ted Chamberlin and Lydia Leong, was published on Dec. 23 and features several cloud hosting providers such as Amazon, GoGrid, Rackspace, and Terremark. The Gartner report can be accessed at…
Private cloud computing has some advantages over public could for small and midsized companies (SMBs). While public cloud’s advantage includes low upfront cost, with practically infinite scalability, it has a significant downside especially in accountability, security, and lock-in. Like their large enterprise counterparts, SMBs must store and protect critical data – often customer data –…
The “Cloud” has become the biggest buzzword in technology today and it is having a revolutionary impact on small to medium size businesses (SMBs), especially in the way they market their business. In order to optimize their spending, small businesses have to be creative when it comes to marketing resources. Most small businesses cannot afford…
2010 was a big year for Cloud Computing and as the year approaches to an end we take a look and the top Cloud Computing stories of the year that made headlines around the world. Oracle Moves To The Cloud Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corp has not been a big supporter of Cloud Computing…
Rackspace announced today its first managed cloud offering, Cloud Servers with a managed service level. The San Antonio-based company says that this will give them an edge over commodity cloud players like Amazon Web Services. According to Rackspace, the Managed Cloud offering provides businesses with proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and advice on how to best leverage…
Jitterbit’s First Turnkey Solution for Amazon EC2 Mirrors Salesforce CRM Data for Backup and Advanced Reporting. Jitterbit, a leading provider of simplified, powerful, and flexible application and data integration solutions, announced yesterday Jitterbit CloudReplicate(TM) for Salesforce. CloudReplicate is a turnkey solution that provides real-time synchronization of cloud application data to Amazon EC2 for retention, retrieval and…
According to a statement by the US Senator Joe Lieberman’s office, Amazon Web Services has discontinued providing its cloud computing services to WikiLeaks, the organization that has published hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic communications of the US government on its website. “This morning Amazon informed my staff that it has ceased to host the…