In a recent report by Deltek, Inc. about the Federal Cloud Computing Services Market, 2012-2017: “GovWin IQ” claimed that federal government agencies are tapping into the Cloud due to the cost savings cloud computing is offering. These government agencies also recognize that they need to streamline their IT environments as well as sunset their legacy systems…
Cloud Computing and Big Data have been the hope and challenge for many companies. Companies believe that the cloud holds all the answers to their data problems. The idea is to utilize and maximize the unlimited scalability of the public cloud for corporate needs resulting to more cost-efficient and more elastic solutions. Like most technological…
Article written by Jason Currill, CEO of Ospero. When SaaS first emerged in the early 90s, businesses and consumers alike dreamed of a world where the capex for software no longer cost anywhere between a few thousand and up to several millions of dollars, and new releases made their purchase obsolete in a few short…
By Fairlane Raymundo CloudFlare has been around for more than two years and the adaptation rate is impressive. They claim that more than 450 million users pass through CloudFlare and they want to continue growing. Essentially, their vision is to clean up the web. They want to get rid of spams and make the web faster. What…
For better gathering of intelligence in Afghanistan, the Army of the United States of America, in partnership with some companies in Wisconsin, is tapping the cloud computing services. The Army has awarded the $19.5M contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. for the computer services. The cloud will be used to remotely process, manage, and store data….
Logicworks, a leading provider of cloud computing and managed hosting service, and GigaOm, released the results of their recently completed survey, “Deploying Big Data 2012: Strategies for IT Departments.” The survey which was conducted by Logicworks and compiled and executed by GigaOm Pro, the research firm of GigaOm, reveals nearly 50 percent of IT leaders…
Aside from focusing on tablet computers for the corporate sector, Dell is moving towards cloud computing. For $1B, Dell has acquired Wyse Technology, a specialist in desktop virtualization. Wyse creates “thin clients” devices which are like virtual desktops connected to cloud servers. With this new acquisition, Dell can provide virtualized desktop environment for its customers…
The Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop V will be hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on June 5-7, 2012 at the Herbert C. Hoover Building of the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC. The National Institute of Standards and Technology aids in accelerating the effective and secure adoption of the cloud…
By Ajit Sancheti, Co-Founder, Mu Dynamics The Problem One of the primary challenges to developing applications in the cloud is testing performance. Most developers use cloud-based PaaS platforms to develop their applications, but in large part, these platforms are missing tools that can assist developers in improving the quality of the deployed apps. While…
IDC, an analyst firm, conducted a study that revealed the possibility of Cloud Computing creating 14 million new jobs worldwide from 2011 to 2015… and it won’t be IT jobs. This is over and above the $1.1 trillion business revenue that cloud computing will generate. There is one caveat… we need to actually adapt cloud…