Salesforce’s acquisition of pioneering PaaS platform Heroku raises many new questions in the SaaS industry. Is the acquisition for the cloud platform technology or the large developer base? Will Salesforce now push harder to be the core platform of choice for enterprise developers in the cloud? Is this a new strategic direction for the SaaS…
Some telling acquisitions will define 2011. Savvis and Terremark were bought by telcos, which are positioned with assets and operating structures that enable them to potentially do one thing very well: deliver computing as a utility service. We talk with Bob Toohey, the man at Verizon leading the division that will supply cloud services to…
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…
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…
The results of a cloud computing survey conducted by North Bridge Venture Partners, in partnership with GigaOM Pro and The 451 Group, were released today at the GigaOM Structure Conference during the Cloud Leadership Panel. CloudTimes is a media sponsor of the GigaOM Structure conference in San Francisco, CA. The survey captured current perceptions, sentiments…
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…
mindSHIFT Technologies today launched cloudSHIFT services aimed at meeting the needs of SMBs. mindSHIFT is the leading IT outsourcing and cloud services provider for small and mid-size businesses (SMBs). By leveraging mindSHIFT’s cloudSHIFT Computing Platform, SMBs can now benefit from all aspects of an enterprise-class IT infrastructure previously unavailable to them. Denise Doll-Kiefer, CFO of Salo,…
Abiquo, the leading Enterprise Cloud Management software provider, announced today it has won the Cloud Computing World Series award for Best Cloud Management Solution. The Cloud Computing World Series Awards annually recognize the best Cloud products and services. The winners are selected by an independent panel of judges, including press editors, industry analysts, management consultants,…
A recent research study from IDG stated that business IT solutions in Europe should have the agility in providing its end-users the powerful forward motion through cloud computing. The study surveyed 600 IT mangers as their respondents, and out the 600, 90% agreed that the cloud clearly provides the means to access services in a…
IBM announced today SmartCloud, new cloud services that enable clients to protect, store and retrieve their most critical data in minutes versus days in the event of a disaster. When an unforeseen event strikes (i.e: Disasters from hurricanes, earthquakes or IT failures Businesses) businesses should ensure uninterrupted business operations and enables speed and agility. The…