Zynga may be on its way to becoming a serious competitor to Amazon’s robust Infrastructure as a Service, since the social network gaming giant will soon sell cloud IaaS to game makers in need of a hosting platform. Zynga may not be the first company to offer cloud IaaS, but it will be the first…
by Razi Sharir, CEO of Xeround Cloud infrastructure is being continuously improved and optimized, so that over time it will be standardized and commoditized. Today’s cloud service providers are offering nearly identical hardware and stacks, which is more cost effective on their end in terms of maintenance and operational costs. This begs the question: How will…
Most businesses do have Disaster Recovery plans when it comes to their data but more than half of businesses still rely on onsite DR capabilities. According to Evault’s Andy Brewerton, everyone should consider migrating to the cloud, especially when it comes to protecting data. Disasters do happen and these can affect your data – natural…
The cloud computing or cloud technology represents a new direction for business. This technology not only allows both SMEs and large companies organize more effectively their work but also the ability to generate employment. Microsoft released the results of a study commissioned from IDC about the growth prospects of cloud computing in terms of employment….
If you listen to the naysayers in the media, you will get the impression that there is no real creativity out there and that Silicon Valley has slumped into the muck and is a breeding ground for social media companies. They are right in some ways, naturally, but they are taking a rather narrow view….
Researchers at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and the Rutgers University have recently proposed building a programming framework that can effectively manage a datacenter’s workload in a solar powered system. Dubbed the “Green Hadoop”, the system will also be using the grid, but only as a backup source of power. The Green Hadoop will mostly…
IBM is set to roll out lower-cost products and services for cloud computing in order to attract more clients. In a move to compete against HP, Cisco, and Equinix, IBM will be offering cloud applications for continued interoperability with Norway’s Otrum, Dell, and Germany’s SAP AG. Instead of managing software applications by themselves, potential clients…
HP announced the public beta of its first public cloud services that allow developers to create Web application on its public cloud, or hybrid cloud. Announced in early April, HP Converged Cloud (the name HP has given to the company’s promising cloud ecosystem) is based on OpenStack and will also support Amazon EC2. The new…
Big Data focuses on the analysis and utilization of the vast amount of unstructured data generated in many industries and companies that would normally not processed or used to generate reports, forecasts or for supporting decision-making. Thanks to Big Data service providers, companies can now squeeze all the information they have and improve their performance,…
GoDaddy recently announced its newest offering, Cloud Servers, and competes for the first time with companies like Amazon Web Services and Rackspace. (See an exclusive interview with GoDaddy CEO Warren Adelman below.) Apart from a very competitive price point, GoDaddy’s Cloud Solution is designed to give its customers a fast plug & play installation, combines…