Cloud News Desk

Despite its possible security and privacy risks, Cloud Computing - according to a magazine article due to be published later this Fall - has six main benefits that the public sector and government IT organizations are certain to want to take advantage of. In very brief summary form they are as follows: Reduced Cost Cloud technology is paid incrementally, saving organizations money. Increased Storage Organizations can store more data than on private computer systems. Highly Automated No longer do IT personnel need to worry about keeping software up to date. Flexibility Cloud computing offers much more flexibility than past computing methods. More Mobility Employees can access information wherever they are, rather than having to remain at their desks. Allows IT to Shift Focus No longer having to worry about constant server updates and other computing issues, government org... (more)

Photo Album of the 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo

SYS-CON's 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, held on Nov. 19-21, 2008, in San Jose, CA, attracted more than 40 sponsors with over 1,200 delegates. Cloud Computing, through which massively scalable IT-related capabilities are provided as a service using Internet technologies, has many interpreters just now - and many interpretations. The next event, 2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo will take place, March 30-April 1, 2009, in New York City, with more than 60 sponsors and exhibitors and over 1,500 estimated delegeates from 27 different countries.... (more)

Salesforce.com Seeks to Redefine CRM via Cloud Computing Approach

Launching what it calls "the only CRM built on an enterprise cloud computing platform," Salesforce this week declared: "Cloud computing's unique model has enabled Salesforce CRM to easily and securely connect separate Salesforce CRM deployments, allowing companies to share sales leads, contacts, and company information, without the need for complex integration software." Launching Salesforce Winter '09, the company announced the free exchange of data between every company in its network. Salesforce CRM has long evangelized the benefits of cloud computing. The new Force.com Sites ... (more)

Aptana PHP with AJAX and Cloud Computing Features

Aptana has launched the 1.0 version of Aptana PHP, an open source, integrated development environment (IDE) for PHP application development. Aptana PHP extends Aptana Studio, the Eclipse-based IDE for AJAX and Web development that is on track to exceed 2.8 million downloads before year-end. Aptana PHP features code assist and instant syntax checking features simultaneously support PHP, AJAX libraries, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Use the internal PHP server that's part of the Aptana PHP installation, or another PHP server of your choice to preview your PHP pages in any of the mult... (more)

The Future of Cloud & Virtualization Technologies:

EMC CEO Joe Tucci recently named "The Next Big Things in IT" as the Virtual Data Center, Cloud Computing, Virtual Clients and Virtual Applications. Since EMC owns VMware, Tucci obviously has a vested interest in virtualization, but even allowing for a tendency to envision the future of Enterprise IT in a very EMC-centric way, one thing is certain: IT is moving towards virtualization and many infrastructure engineers are making the move to the cloud. ... (more)