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Zeus Technology Moves Ahead on Application Delivery Controllers

Martin Tantow/July 9, 2011 /1 Comment

Although the market for Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) is consolidating, innovation continues, especially among some select smaller players. Zeus Technology pioneered software-based solutions for mainstream, scalable ADC applications. The Zeus Elastic Application Delivery (ZEAD) platform provides a seamless architecture between the cloud and the enterprise. The company is finding increasing traction among cloud infrastructure vendors…

Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Uncategorized

Amazon Announces Unlimited Cloud Storage

CloudTimes/July 7, 2011 /Leave a comment

As competition increases in the cloud media streaming market, Amazon made a move Wednesday to get ahead of Apple’s launch in fall of its new iCloud service and announced that Cloud Drive and Player are now available for people to store and retrieve unlimited amounts of music files for $20 a year. However, all other…

Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Uncategorized

Companies on the Rise with Cloud Computing

Irmee Layo/July 5, 2011 /Leave a comment

Cloud computing remains to be the most important phase of the IT industry at the moment, but it also remains to create opposing effects of hope and dread in the business world. For those who are prepared and see its benefits, they see it as a means of revenue saving, but for others who do…

Cloud Computing, Uncategorized

Exploring the Future of the Cloud

Czaroma Roman/July 4, 2011 /1 Comment

Almost everyone is hopping aboard the cloud. New effective web development articles usually contain references to cloud technology. It is clear that cloud-based computing systems will be here to stay and dominate the common computer application programs. The move from mainframe architecture to personal computing marks the change towards offloading certain facets of it to…

Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Uncategorized

25 Cloud Vendors to Watch

Irmee Layo/July 3, 2011 /6 Comments

Forrester Research projected that by 2020, the cloud computing business will be worth $241 billion dollars! Both SaaS and cloud computing platforms have promised to cut the costs by doing away with the huge software licenses. There are at least 25 cloud vendors who are brawling for the big chunk of the market share, that…

Big Data, Cloud Computing, Mobile Cloud, Thought Leadership, Uncategorized

The Future of Cloud Computing – 10 Predictions

Martin Tantow/June 24, 2011 /7 Comments

The cloud is revolutionizing computing as businesses and organizations shift from client-server model to cloud computing. In the next years, technology experts and users expect to ‘live mostly in the cloud’ as they work through cyberspace-based applications accessed from networked devices. GigaOM Pro’s research releases new opportunities in the cloud, new architectures and startups in…

Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Event, Mobile Cloud, Thought Leadership, Uncategorized, Virtualization

Cloud Computing: Current Market Trends and Future Opportunities

Martin Tantow/June 22, 2011 /2 Comments

Cloud computing continues to gain more mainstream adoption as more companies move into the cloud. This article focuses on where the cloud space stands in the market and the future driving trends in these five specific areas: Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, Software as a Service, Cloud Storage and Private/Internal Clouds. Commodity…

Cloud Computing, Uncategorized

Amazon’s CTO Addresses The “State of The Cloud” At GigaOm Structure Event

CloudTimes/June 22, 2011 /1 Comment

Werner Vogels, the CTO of Amazon Web Services, gave his annual “state of the cloud” presentation Wednesday morning at the GigaOm Structure 2011 conference in San Francisco. Vogels stated that Amazon’s S3 storage service doubled in volume from the same time last year and now houses 339 billion objects. Although Vogels still sees more potential for…

Cloud Computing, Event, Startup, Uncategorized

ScaleXtreme Announces New Cloud Management for Amazon EC2 and VMware vCloud Director

Martin Tantow/June 22, 2011 /Leave a comment

ScaleXtreme, Inc., a leading cloud-based systems management company, today announced new functionality for VMware vCloud Director and Amazon EC2. The new cloud provisioning and management functionality, offers users the first hybrid-cloud management product that can both provision and manage the lifecycle of machines through the cloud. Using ScaleXtremeTM, customers with VMware® vCloudTM Director-enabled services from cloud-hosting…

Cloud Computing, Startup, Uncategorized

CloudWiz: Capacity Planning in a Wizard

CloudTimes/June 21, 2011 /Leave a comment

Capacity planning is a vital component of cloud computing adoption that involves understanding necessary resource requirements in order to meet the anticipated needs of customers and users. Companies who are able to predict their computing needs can reserve capacity and plan for their predicted usage based on their IT budgets. Other models allow organizations to…