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…
LG Electronics did not want to miss a trend. Just like Apple, Google and Microsoft, which are offering cloud computing-based services, the South Korean company also launched a similar product. LG has announced the launch of its cloud storage service, LG Cloud, in beta testing starting first of May. The news surprised many and seen…
Intuit, the leading software provider of accounting and business-oriented software, announced the purchase of Demandforce, which is engaged in the development of SaaS-solutions for the automation of internet marketing and communications business. Intuit has agreed to pay $423.5 million in cash to Demandforce for the acquisition. The acquisition is expected to close in May. Based…
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…
CloudTimes is proud to feature some of the leading experts in Cloud Computing as our Guest Authors. We have now published a listing with the most prominent ones – SEE HERE. Guest authors come from a wide range of cloud companies, like: CloudPassage, Rackspace, IBM, Chart.io, Wipro, PuppetLabs or Rainstor. Many of these companies are…
Cloud Analytics company, Newvem, has announced $4 Million in Series A Funding today. Newvem enhances cloud usage effectiveness through data analytics. Newvem’s KnowYourCloud Analytics service analyses, reveals and recommends insights on Amazon AWS Cloud usage. The company’s new round of funding was led by Greylock Partners with participation from Index Ventures and Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors,…
US Government particularly US Federal agencies are one of the largest IT consumers in the world. Many of the federal, state and local government agencies use services from IT vendors that are compliant to Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requirements. IT vendors such as IBM, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and others wanting a larger share…
Over 350 people attended the Under The Radar conference and watched over thirty bleeding-edge startups tell their stories and showcase their technology. We had the chance to meet with Rob Bailey from DataSift at the show. Rob shared some great insights on “data on demand” and what DataSift makes a powerful and scalable platform for…
AMD has decided to consolidate its data centers offering by partnering with its longtime partner Hewlett-Packard. HP will help cut the infrastructure of AMD, while increasing network capacity and performance. The first step is to reduce the number of data centers. AMD currently has twelve data centers down from eighteen in 2009. The company plans…