Square’s new payment application recently registered 1 million card reader transactions, 500,000 mobile payments and $3 million daily payment processing last May. Jack Dorsey, CEO announced that more is coming up with the new generation of Square. Square Register is next in line, a key sales application that is seen to replace the old cash…
Eight Dutch companies were invited by the Dutch government at this year’s Cloud Expo in New York to showcase their software and services at the Holland Pavilion on the show floor. CloudTimes is a media sponsor of Cloud Expo. Many Dutch companies have developed high-end services and proprietary software ready for the transatlantic market. These…
Action In The Cloud The market for cloud computing infrastructure and services is growing rapidly and a wide variety of players—some old, some new—are rushing in to grab a share of the opportunity. To thrive in the cloud market, they must establish and solidify their positions as value-adding players. Otherwise, they risk being pushed aside…
Both CA Technologies (CA) and Verizon (VZ) announced that CA Technologies through Verizon’s flagship cloud will introduce its new IT management software, Computing as a Service (CaaS). The partnership will commence with CA hosting Verizon’s project and portfolio management solutions for the cloud offering. Adam Elster, general manager for Services, Support and Education Sales at…
RightScale recently announced the release of its new MultiCloud Marketplace, a clearing tool for ready-to-run customizable software that is devised to perform the best practices in managing server applications in the cloud. This will offer a free market for vendors in selling user applications, middleware features, web servers and more. RightScale’s ServerTemplate will provide automated…
KT the second largest South Korean mobile operator is entering into a $65 million cloud joint venture with Softbank Corporation. This new cloud venture set to kick off in September will focus on disaster recovery and provide data center and cloud services to Japanese companies. The ownership of this venture will be distributed into 51%…
If a survey will be conducted on the most glorified technology trends of the year, there are only two answers most people will say; it’s either cloud computing or smartphones and tablets. It’s everywhere on wall discussions of most IT forums and communities. While some vendors are busy slapping these products, the trend is still…
Rumors suggest that at this year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco iPhone news won’t be as prominent as last year, instead attendees will sit through discussions on software; including iOS 5 and Apple’s upcoming desktop-based operating system, Mac OS X Lion. Apple hasn’t released specific details on what it has planned for the…
Making Sense of the Real Cloud After years of questions about what cloud computing is and how it will affect IT, we’re finally starting to get answers. With major acquisitions having gone down, hybrid clouds now a reality and the federal government eyeing cloud-inspired legislation, it is becoming more clear how the cloud landscape will…
GoGrid Executive Chairman John Keagy along with CMO Jeffrey Samuels will be presenting at this year’s International Cloud Expo. On Wednesday June 8, Keagy will present “The Economics of Public Cloud Computing” where he explains the three major reasons why the public clouds offer improvements of economics, which translates into paying for only what you…