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Unisys Named “Platinum Sponsor” of Cloud Computing Expo

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that the leader in high-value technology and business solutions to global enterprises, Unisys, was named "Platinum Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (www.cloudcomputingexpo.com), which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara, California. The event is expected to attract over 1,200 developers, engineers, architects, IT managers, and hardware and software professionals of every stripe.

Unisys President To Keynote Cloud Computing Expo

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:15:00 EDT

As a pioneer in large-scale computing, Unisys has tackled some of the toughest security challenges in the world for both public and private sector clients. The company brings a holistic approach to security that spans digital and physical environments, securing a client’s people, places, assets and data.

Yahoo! Cloud Computing SVP To Keynote Cloud Computing Expo

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:45:00 EDT

Yahoo! is investing significantly in Cloud Computing to support the company's global applications and audience of more than 500 million users. Yahoo!'s cloud confronts technical challenges at an almost unprecedented scale - requiring tens of petabytes of storage, tens of thousands of machines, and synchronization across multiple data centers around the globe.

Yahoo! Named “Platinum Sponsor” of Cloud Computing Expo

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:10:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Yahoo!, a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide, was named "Platinum Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (www.CloudComputingExpo.com), which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California.

SYS-CON Announces Cloud Computing Conference & Expo Awards

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:15:00 EDT

With the advent of Cloud Computing, the cost of computation, application hosting and content storage and delivery is plunging fast by several orders of magnitude. Behind all the buzzwords, a basic shift is occurring - the wholesale outsourcing of core business applications. This is why many analysts and industry-watchers believe that Cloud Computing is changing not just the technology landscape but also the entire nature of the business models that underpin successful software and hardware companies.

Unisys & Cloud Computing: Breaking Through Barriers to Adoption

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:45:00 EDT

Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) yesterday moved to overcome CIOs’ concerns about security of data in the cloud, cited by organizations and industry analysts as the top impediment to adopting cloud computing for business needs. Unisys unveiled an innovative cloud computing strategy and solutions portfolio for organizations to move enterprise application workloads securely to tailored cloud environments with greater confidence in maintaining the integrity of critical information. "I believe that cloud computing will revolutionize the way enterprises obtain business and IT services and change the kind of payback they get from their IT investments," said Rich Marcello, president, Unisys Systems and Technology (pictured below), adding:

Red Hat Announces Premier Cloud Provider Certification and Partner Program

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:30:00 EDT

Red Hat, Inc., has announced the Premier Cloud Provider Certification and Partner Program, designed to simplify and expand the adoption of cloud computing by enterprise customers. The program enables industry leaders in cloud computing to become certified to offer Red Hat technology solutions. Premier Cloud Provider Partners will collaborate with Red Hat on technical support, security updates, hardware certification, sales and marketing and business models.

Enterprise-Class Clouds: It's A Perfect Storm

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:00:00 EDT

Anyone familiar with the history of Unisys will not be at all surprised to learn that the company is the latest giant to enter the arena of enterprise cloud computing. Indeed, with its deep experience and rich technological innovation and capabilities in the enterprise server marketplace, as well as its involvement in transaction-intensive, mission-critical environments, it's a natural evolution for the company.

SYS-CON White Paper: Managed Hosting Services Checklist

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:45:00 EDT

Do you know what to ask before you buy? The Web Hosting Unleashed Managed Hosting Services Checklist gives you a comprehensive list of questions and a step-by-step approach to evaluating managed-hosting vendors and providers. Be armed with the right questions, market research and criteria to select the right managed-hosting solution for your company.

SYS-CON White Paper: Enterprise PBX Buyer's Guide

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:15:00 EDT

Considering an IP PBX or VoIP phone system? Download the VoIP News Buyer's Guide to help you make an informed decision. The IP PBX Buyer's Guide analyzes: key requirements, basic features, vendor offerings, pros & cons, and more. . . Learn what an IP PBX System can do for you and understand what issues you should consider during your decision-making process.

API Group Selects Zscaler Cloud Security Service

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Zscaler, Inc., a provider of cloud-delivered multi-tenant Security as a Service (SaaS), has announced that API Group -- a manufacturer of specialized packaging materials with businesses located in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, USA and Asia-Pacific -- has selected it for powerful Web 2.0 security protection. Zscaler will enforce Internet business policies, manage employee Web usage, and protect API Group globally against online threats and risk.

IBM Researcher Solves Longstanding Cryptographic Challenge

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:00:00 EDT

An IBM Researcher has solved a thorny mathematical problem that has confounded scientists since the invention of public-key encryption several decades ago. The breakthrough, called "privacy homomorphism," or "fully homomorphic encryption," makes possible the deep and unlimited analysis of encrypted information -- data that has been intentionally scrambled -- without sacrificing confidentiality.

Adaptec Introduces Controllers for On-Demand Cloud Computing Data Centers

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:01:00 EDT

Adaptec, a provider of data center hardware and software storage solutions, has announced the availability of the Adaptec Series 5Z Unified Serial(R) (SATA/SAS) RAID controller family. These high-performance controllers integrate an industry first, flash-based Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection module that provides data center managers with a single controller solution for data protection in the event of both power loss and drive failure.

Caringo CAStor 3.0 'Cluster in a Box' Enables Virtual CAStor Cluster

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:40:00 EDT

Caringo Inc., a provider of content storage software enabling clustered storage for active and archive content, today announced volume shipments of its new CAStor(TM) 3.0 "Cluster in a Box" software, which creates easily scalable, self-managing clustered content storage that suits cloud and scalable, file storage infrastructures. Version 3.0 allows a virtual CAStor storage cluster to be implemented in one multi-core server.

Cloud Computing Expo: Private Cloud Management

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Platform Computing has announced a new software product for managing private cloud environments. Platform ISF is an end-to-end cloud management product for enterprises to build and run their private clouds. It is the centerpiece of Platform's cloud strategy and will be made available for beta in June with general availability planned for the Fall.

TMone Leverages Cloud Computing Solutions from Five9 and Salesforce.com

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Five9 has announced that TMone, a provider of business process outsourcing for the front office, has deployed Five9 Virtual Call Center Suite integrated with on-demand CRM from Salesforce.com across all call center agents to deliver high-quality customer experience on behalf of their large enterprise clients. Moving the call center and CRM infrastructure to cloud computing solutions from Five9 and Salesforce.com resulted in several recent large enterprise client wins for TMone.

NetSuite’s SuiteCloud Integrates with Silverpop’s Engage B2B Platform

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:15:00 EDT

Silverpop has announced the integration of its Engage B2B (formerly Vtrenz) platform with NetSuite. This new integration leverages Silverpop Engage B2B’s fully integrated lead-to-sale reporting to put true financial metrics at marketers’ fingertips, assist in planning more effective marketing strategies, and demonstrate marketing ROI with reporting and analytics that follow leads from first click to revenue won.

SYS-CON.TV: Cloud Computing Expo Power Panel

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EDT

With an ever-increasing number of companies now buying computing, storage, and networking power as they need it from the cloud, SYS-CON.TV recently invited four leading industry thought leaders to discuss how Cloud Computing brings the economics of the Web to Enterprise IT and where the move to the cloud will take the industry overall. The participants are Amazon.com VP & CTO, Werner Vogels; Rackspace CTO, John Engates; Booz Allen Hamilton Principal, Rod Fontecilla; and Sun's CTO of Global Sales & Services, Hal Stern.

Cloud Computing Expo Live: Messaging in the Cloud

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:00:00 EDT

How can you effectively send mass permission-based email at scale? That’s the question Bryan Wade, Director, Channel Partnerships for ExactTarget, tackled head-on in this session at Cloud Computing Conference & Expo 2009 East. Sending and tracking the impact of messages sent at massive scale can be a daunting task – tracking each individual open, click, and bounce can easily become too intensive for back-end systems to handle.

ParaScale & Alfresco Partner to Deliver Content-as-a-Service in the Cloud

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:45:00 EDT

ParaScale and Alfresco Software have announced a cloud-based integrated ECM solution co-locating Alfresco Content Management and ParaScale Cloud Storage software on the same hardware. Unlike traditional ECM architectures, the combined solution enables organizations to store and access content without adding management overhead or cost; offers simple configuration and setup; and ensures high-performance and easy scale-out.

Roxtec, EASi and Tacamor Excel on the Sugar Open Cloud

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:18:00 EDT

SugarCRM has announced that Roxtec, EASi and Tacamor are among the many companies worldwide who are running their customer-facing operations on the Sugar Open Cloud, SugarCRM’s global on-demand computing platform.

Cloud Computing Expo Live: Stairway to the Cloud

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:15:00 EDT

Discover the benefits of cloud computing. In this session at Cloud Computing Conference & Expo 2009 East, Freedom OSS’s Max Yankelevich provided an overview of barriers that prevent mid-sized and large enterprises from fully realizing the benefits of Cloud Computing and how to overcome them. He also unveiled Freedom’s battle-tested “Stairway to the Cloud” strategy and methodology to help drive Cloud adoption within your organization.

Cloud Computing Expo Live: Sun's Incubation Platform

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:45:00 EDT

Broaching the hugely valuable enterprise market can be very intimidating for young startups. Large enterprises can be reluctant to work with smaller companies due to concerns about scalability and support. Sun Microsystems realized there is an opportunity here – Sun can supply a uniquely scalable cloud infrastructure that meets enterprise demand for support and reliability at a price-point that won't break the bank for startups.

Force.com Sites Now Available

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:02:00 EDT

Salesforce.com has announced the availability of Force.com Sites, a revolutionary new capability that expands the cloud platform to deliver real-time Web sites and Web applications. With the addition of Force.com Sites, companies can now use Force.com to build and run applications for their internal business processes as well as public-facing Web sites - entirely on salesforce.com's real-time cloud computing platform.

Leveraging the Cloud: IBM’s Presentation at Cloud Computing Expo 2009 East

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:15:00 EDT

Cloud Computing will have major impact on the way in which IT is delivered from the data center to its many clients. For CIOs, this can be perceived as a threat to the way in which they manage data center capabilities. In reality, cloud computing offers a huge opportunity for the CIO who now has the capability to offer more responsive, scalable, and available IT services.

Microsoft's Ray Ozzie Thinks It's Still Early Days for Cloud Computing

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Speaking at a JP Morgan event in Boston on Wednesday, Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said that Microsoft's approach to cloud computing "is in the five areas where we have significant advantage in this transition relative to other competitors."

Layer 7 Brings Governance Into the Cloud

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:00:00 EDT

Layer 7 Technologies has announced the availability of the Layer 7 SecureSpan Virtual Appliance for cloud governance. The Virtual Appliance offers all the features of the SecureSpan family of hardware appliances, including sophisticated runtime governance, agent-less SOA management and industry-leading XML security in a VMware or ESX-based soft appliance. The Layer 7 Virtual Appliance for cloud governance allows organizations to secure cloud-based interactions, monitor service level conformance and adapt to changing conditions and needs.

Cloudera Pushes Hadoop to New Level with Support for Amazon EBS

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Cloudera, the commercial Hadoop company, has announced that the Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop now supports running Hadoop on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) clusters with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) backed storage. Typically, Hadoop clusters on Amazon EC2 use local disks or Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3). The Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop directly integrates the Hadoop File System with Amazon EBS.

Vyatta Aligns with Citrix to Accelerate Cloud Enablement

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:01:00 EDT

Vyatta has announced it has joined the Citrix Ready product verification program to create solutions for customers deploying cloud computing infrastructure. The two companies have verified product compatibility between Vyatta's open networking solutions and the Citrix Cloud Center(TM) (C3) product family to make it as easy as possible for service providers and enterprises to use Vyatta with Citrix products such as XenDesktop(TM), XenApp, XenServer and NetScaler.

Hosted Solutions Introduces "Stratus Trusted Cloud" Platform

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Hosted Solutions has introduced the Stratus Trusted Cloud, a robust, enterprise-class cloud solution that improves the efficiency and availability of IT resources and applications for small- and mid-sized enterprises. Stratus offers a massively scalable, multi-tenant infrastructure that enables customers to access a secure, enterprise-class cloud environment with built-in high availability and automated resource balancing. As a result, businesses can move faster and control costs without compromising availability or security.

SoftLayer Extends Cloud Services Features

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:00:00 EDT

SoftLayer Technologies has added several new features to its recently launched CloudLayer line of cloud services. Key among these is hourly billing for CloudLayer Computing instances. Outbound bandwidth usage will be charged at $0.10 per GB. As with all SoftLayer computing services, inbound and private network bandwidth is a free service.

1st Annual Government IT Expo: Call for Papers Deadline July 15

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON announces the Call for Papers for the 1st Annual Government IT Conference & Expo (GovITExpo), to be held October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Submissions are welcomed from exceptional speakers who are also Infrastructure, architecture, and software engineering experts who have first-hand experience in the development, procurement or implementation of IT for Government or Federal agencies.

Intrepidus Group's Belani Named to Government Technology Research Alliance

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:30:00 EDT

Intrepidus Group has announced that Rohyt Belani, CEO of Intrepidus Group and PhishMe.com, has been appointed to the new Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) Industry Advisory Board Council. "Rohyt and the Intrepidus Group team have revolutionized pragmatic awareness training methods for both government and corporate enterprises looking to build a human firewall against unwanted cyber intrusion," said Kelly Yocum, co-founder & executive director, GTRA. "We are pleased to add Rohyt to our Industry Advisory Board Council and look forward to his knowledge and insight on human behavior as it relates to cyber crime protection."

Leading Research Organizations Join Collaborative Cloud Computing Test Bed

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:45:00 EDT

HP, Intel Corporation and Yahoo! Inc. have announced that three new research organizations will join Open Cirrus, a global, multiple data center, open source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing research.

Cloud or Fog? Two-Thirds of UK CIOs and CFOs Not Yet Sold on Cloud

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:45:00 EDT

Sixty-seven per cent of Chief Information Officers and Chief Financial Officers in UK enterprises say they are either not planning to adopt cloud computing (35 per cent) or are unsure (32 per cent) of whether their company will adopt cloud computing during the next two years, according to a major new report from managed hosting (http://www.ntteuropeonline.com/) specialists NTT Europe Online.

The Future of Cloud & Virtualization Technologies:

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:30:00 EDT

EMC CEO Joe Tucci recently named "The Next Big Things in IT" as the Virtual Data Center, Cloud Computing, Virtual Clients and Virtual Applications.

Akamai Outlines Its Cloud Computing Position

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) is releasing the first in a four-part series of white papers offering perspective on cloud computing. Available for download at www.akamai.com/cloud, A Perspective from the Edge of the Cloud provides a framework for evaluating the cloud computing marketplace by exploring enabling technologies, current offerings, and challenges. The paper also considers Akamai’s role as a provider of cloud optimization services that are designed to help cloud computing fulfill its promise to deliver flexible, efficient, business-critical infrastructure for the enterprise.

Boomi Adds On-Demand Supply Chain Integration Capabilities to AtomSphere Platform

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:30:00 EDT

Boomi has announced it has added on-demand supply chain integration capabilities to its Boomi AtomSphere cloud integration platform. This is the first and only completely cloud-based, self-service supply chain integration solution in the industry. Businesses can now exchange supply chain data and manage trading partner relationships without having to install and maintain software or appliances or pay expensive consultants or value-added network (VAN) fees.

Sun Announces New Services Designed to Build Global Customers' Clouds

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:07:00 EDT

Sun Microsystems has announced its Sun Cloud Strategic Planning Service, a new portfolio of professional services designed to help drive new efficiencies for businesses of all sizes with quickly emerging cloud computing models. With more than 25 years of datacenter innovation and leadership, Sun Professional Services consultants can help customers achieve new levels of performance and better economics from desktop to datacenter. Sun is now applying this rich repository of expertise and intellectual property to help its clients evaluate, plan and implement advanced cloud strategies.

FastScale Introduces New Platform

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:39:00 EDT

FastScale Technology has announced the introduction of FastScale Stack Manager Workgroup Edition, a new product that enables enterprise IT and engineering teams to easily create, optimize and manage logical servers for deployment in physical, virtual or cloud environments. Logical servers enable a ‘build once, deploy anywhere’ methodology to support complex, dynamic and hybrid server infrastructure and allow a consistent approach to creating and managing physical and virtual machines throughout server lifecycles. FastScale Stack Manager provides a central platform with a one-button solution for administrators who need dynamic yet optimized server builds.

Savvis Joins Microsoft Software + Services Incubation Center Program

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:55:00 EDT

Savvis has announced it has joined the Microsoft Software + Services Incubation Center Program to help guide independent software vendors (ISVs) and ensure their business model and applications are ready for service-based delivery.

Mårten Mickos, Former CEO of MySQL, Joins RightScale Board

Fri, 29 May 2009 06:15:00 EDT

“I look forward to offering my experience as a member of the RightScale board to help the company maintain and expand its leadership in a rapidly growing market,” said Mårten Mickos, former CEO of MySQL, as it was announced today that he was joined RightScale's board of directors. Mickos brings extensive knowledge and experience in high growth startups from his role at MySQL, where he guided MySQL’s successful commercial open source business through to its acquisition by Sun Microsystems in 2008.

RightNow Unveils New Cloud Monitor and Enterprise Analytics with RightNow May ’09

Wed, 27 May 2009 08:21:00 EDT

RightNow adds Cloud Monitor and Enterprise Analytics to the latest version of its on demand customer relationship management (CRM) solution, RightNow May ‘09. “Today, companies can’t force one-sided conversations with customers; enterprises must listen closely to what consumers are saying. RightNow’s new Cloud Monitor and Enterprise Analytics help organizations take the next step in delivering great experiences by listening to and understanding customers.”

3PAR Celebrates a Decade of Innovation

Wed, 27 May 2009 08:01:00 EDT

3PAR has announced that this month marks the company's 10th anniversary. After beginning operations in May of 1999, the company went on to commercially launch its highly virtualized 3PAR Utility Storage platform and proprietary 3PAR Thin Provisioning software in 2002. These innovations have since earned the utility storage provider a reputation as a thin and green technology pioneer. Last year, 3PAR followed on its thin technology innovations with the introduction of the 3PAR InServ® T-Class Storage Server, which established 3PAR as the first storage vendor to commercially ship an efficient "fat-to-thin" volume conversion mechanism into storage array hardware.

IBM's Josh Corman on Cloud Security - SYS-CON.TV Interview

Wed, 27 May 2009 06:00:00 EDT

View Joshua Corman, principal security strategist in IBM's Internet Security Systems division, in discussion with Cloud Computing Expo chairman Jeremy Geelan, on SYS-CON.TV - recorded live at the 2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo held in New York City, March 2009.

Cloud Computing Expo: Where Are Europe's Cloud Providers?

Mon, 25 May 2009 11:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Expo Europe 2009, held in Prague, Czech Republic, finished on May 19th, since when many blogs and articles have been appearing analyzing the many sessions and discussions that featured at the event. A very interesting angle was raised in a post-conference blog by Dr Guy Bunker, Symantec's Chief Scientist, and that is the whole question of whether the absence of ‘true’ European cloud providers is acting as a brake on the adoption of the cloud in Europe.

Review of the Reviews: Cloud Computing Expo Europe 2009 in Prague

Mon, 25 May 2009 10:45:00 EDT

"We’re at the beginning of a paradigm shift in IT that’s going to be as dramatic as the introduction of the PC in the early 80s. I for one, am very excited to be involved." That, according to the Founder & CTO of The Server Labs, was his primary takeaway on getting back to the UK after participating at Cloud Computing Expo Europe 2009, the latest event in SYS-CON's industry-leading International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series. "There are many untapped areas out there for cloud computing," Parsons added.

Cloud Computing Conference & Expo Europe Photo Album

Mon, 25 May 2009 10:30:00 EDT

SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Conference & Expo Europe, held on May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, was the first major cloud event in Europe and was co-located with SYS-CON's Virtualization Conference Europe 2009. The next event in the series is the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, Santa Clara, CA, November 2-4, 2009, co-located with the the 7th International Virtualization Conference & Expo.

Viewpath to Distribute Project Management Applications Powered by Etelos

Fri, 22 May 2009 09:04:00 EDT

Etelos and Viewpath have announced a syndication partnership. Viewpath’s project and event management application will be distributed via multiple Software as a Service (SaaS) marketplaces that utilize theEtelos Platform Suite . This partnership makes it easy for millions of small and medium business customers to streamline their business operations by using Viewpath to manage day-to-day task assignments among workgroups. Customers can simply select Viewpath from a marketplace and begin scheduling activities within minutes.

DataMotion Unveils Enhanced Cloud Governance Platform

Thu, 21 May 2009 16:06:00 EDT

DataMotion has announced the general availability of its enhanced Intelligent Information Transport (IIT) platform, allowing organizations to bring the benefits of cloud-based secure messaging and data governance services to their users and applications. The IIT platform empowers enterprises to enable data integration and collaboration by managing, securing and tracking data from multiple sources. The platform allows customers to integrate secure messaging and information transfer into their existing applications or business processes.