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)
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)
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 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)
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.
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