Archive for the ‘ Hosting-as-a-Service ’ Category

Fujitsu to Deliver First Windows Azure Appliance This Summer

The “private cloud” Windows Azure appliances that Microsoft announced a year ago are here. There’s an August ship date slated for the first of them... [ READ MORE ]

How Cloud Computing Could Change the Role of the CIO

Cloud computing is at the top of conference agendas and a common buzz word online, so it should come as no surprise that it is also on the minds of many IT executives[ READ MORE ]

Cloud Computing’s Popularity with SMB’s

There is no simple answer as to whether or not 2010 was the year small business IT finally adopted cloud computing once and for all[ READ MORE ]

DoD Business Applications and the Cloud

The current cloud spending is less than 5% of total IT spending, but with an optimistic 25% growth rate[ READ MORE ]

BPOS to be Enhanced with Office Web Apps

Although the software giant has yet to reveal a specific timeline for the integration, Microsoft announced plans in October to add Office Web Apps to its hosted Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS)[ READ MORE ]

Confidence in Cloud Computing Expected to Surge Economic Growth

The dynamic and flexible nature of cloud computing, software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service may help organizations in their recovery from the current economic downturn, according to more than two thirds of IT decision leaders and makers who participated in a recent annual study by Vanson Bourne, an International Research Firm[ READ MORE ]

Taking a Closer Look at the Power of Microsoft Windows Azure AppFabric

Microsoft's Windows Azure runs Windows applications and stores advanced applications, services and data in the cloud[ READ MORE ]

Rackspace Announces Plans to Collaborate with NASA and Other Industry Leaders on OpenStack Project

On July 19, Rackspace Hosting, a specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, announced the launch of OpenStackTM, an open-source cloud platform designed to advance the emergence of technology standards and cloud interoperability[ READ MORE ]

Dell and Microsoft Partner Up with the Windows Azure Platform Appliance

Dell and Microsoft announced a strategic partnership in which Dell will adopt the Windows Azure platform appliance as part of its Dell Services Cloud to develop and deliver next-generation cloud services at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference on July [ READ MORE ]

Zuora Releases Z-Commerce

The first external service (SaaS) that actually understands the complex billing models of the cloud providers (which account for monthly subscription fees as well as automated metering, pricing and billing for products, bundles and highly individualized/specific configurations) arrived in mid-June in the form of Zuora's Z-Commerce[ READ MORE ]

Don’t Underestimate a Small Start in Cloud Computing

Although many predict that cloud computing will forever alter the economics and strategic direction of corporate IT, it is likely that the impact of the cloud will continue to be largely from small projects[ READ MORE ]

Cloud Computing in 2010

A recent research study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project released on June 11 found that most people expect to "access software applications online and share and access information through the use of remote server networks, rather than depending primarily on tools and information housed on their individual, personal computers" by [ READ MORE ]

The Impact of Leveraging a Cloud Delivery Model

In a recent discussion about the positive shift in the Cloud Computing discourse towards actionable steps as opposed to philosophical rants in definitions, .NET Developer's Journal issued a list of five things not to do[ READ MORE ]

What Cloud APIs Reveal about the Budding Cloud Market

Although Cloud Computing remains hard to define, one of its essential characteristics is pragmatic access to virtually unlimited network, compute and storage resources[ READ MORE ]

App Engine and VMware Plans Show Google’s Enterprise Focus

Google opened its Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco on May 19 with the announcement of its new version of the Google App Engine, Google App Engine for Business[ READ MORE ]

EMC CEO Joe Tucci Predicts Many Clouds in the Future

EMC isn’t alone in focusing on cloud computing during the EMC World 2010 show, as IT vendors, analysts and the like are buzzing about the cloud[ READ MORE ]

New Cloud-Focused Linux Flavor: Peppermint

A new cloud-focused Linux flavor is in town: Peppermint[ READ MORE ]

Microsoft and Intuit Pair Up to Push Cloud Apps

Despite being competitors, Microsoft and Intuit announced plans to pair up to encourage small businesses to develop cloud apps for the Windows Azure platform[ READ MORE ]

Public vs. Private Options in the Cloud

The demand for cloud computing is perpetually increasing, which means that business and technology managers need to clear up any questions they have about the differences between public and private clouds—and quickly at that[ READ MORE ]

A Guide to Windows® Azure Platform Billing

Understanding billing for Windows® Azure Platform can be a bit daunting, so here is a brief guide, including useful definitions and explanations[ READ MORE ]

Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud Platform EC2 Gets Windows Server Customers from Microsoft

Amazon has launched an initiative for Microsoft customers to bring their Windows Server licenses to Amazons EC2, Elastic Compute Cloud Platform[ READ MORE ]

ERP and CRM Integration Via Business Intelligence for the Cloud

The masterminds behind Crystal Reports are unveiling a new business intelligence cloud offering being sold through channel partners[ READ MORE ]

The Role of Multitenancy in the Cloud

The debate over whether or not multitenancy is a prerequisite for cloud computing wages on[ READ MORE ]

Microsoft and Citrix Come to a Desktop Virtualization Agreement

On March 18, Microsoft announced a partnership with Citrix Systems which seeks to promote the pair of companies' end-to-end virtualization packages for businesses[ READ MORE ]

Microsoft’s CEO Says Company is Playing All Its Hands in the Cloud

During a recent speech at the University of Washington, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke about his company's future plans: and they primarily take place in the cloud[ READ MORE ]

CA Augments Cloud Business with Nimsoft Buy

CA has announced plans to purchase Nimsoft for $350 million, thus furthering its bolstering of cloud computing capabilities[ READ MORE ]

Looking Back at the Changing Face of the Software Industry from 2004 and Beyond

Within a few years, the Web altered everything. As old software companies faded away—unable to adjust to the new paradigm—new ones cropped up in their place[ READ MORE ]

Microsoft and IBM Compete for Space in the Cloud as Google Apps Turns 3

Google may have been celebrating the third birthday of Google Apps Premier Edition on February 22, but Microsoft and IBM want a piece of the cake, errr cloud, too[ READ MORE ]

The Main Infrastructure Components of Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is perhaps the most-used buzz word in the tech world right now, but to understand cloud computing is to be able to point out its main infrastructure components in comparison to older models[ READ MORE ]

Heightening Cloud Security in Your Enterprise

The responsibility of securing corporate information in the cloud falls upon the enterprise, and enterprises, as cloud consumers, can greatly improve cloud security[ READ MORE ]

Media Streaming Added to Amazon CloudFront

Amazon Web Services LLC unveiled media streaming for its content delivery service, Amazon CloudFront[ READ MORE ]

The Effects of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) on ISVs

Over the past decade, the ascent of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has allowed Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to develop new applications hosted and delivered on the Web[ READ MORE ]

Nubifer Cloud:Portal

Reducing capital expenditure for hardware supporting your software is a no-brainer, and Nubifer Cloud:Portal allows you to leverage the computing power and scalability of the top-tier cloud platforms[ READ MORE ]

Security in the Cloud

One major concern has loomed over companies considering a transition into the cloud: security[ READ MORE ]

Survey Reveals Developers Concentrating on Hybrid Cloud in 2010

According to a survey of application developers conducted by Evans Data, over 60 percent of IT shops polled have plans to adopt a hybrid cloud model in [ READ MORE ]

Maximizing Effectiveness in the Cloud

At its most basic, the cloud is a nebulous infrastructure owned and operated by an outside party that accepts and runs workloads created by customers[ READ MORE ]

Scaling Storage and Analysis of Data Using Distributed Data Grids

One of the most important new methods for overcoming performance bottlenecks for a large class of applications is data parallel programming on a distributed data grid[ READ MORE ]

Answers to Your Questions on Cloud Connectors

Jeffrey Schwartz and Michael Desmond, both editors of Redmond Developer News, recently sat down with corporate vice president of Microsoft's Connected Systems Division, Robert Wahbe, at the recent Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) to talk about Microsoft Azure and its potential impact on the developer ecosystem at Microsoft[ READ MORE ]

Breaking Down the Fundamentals of Cloud Computing

Following in the footsteps of industry buzz words like utility computing, clustering and virtualization, cloud computing is on the tips of everyone’s tongues lately[ READ MORE ]

How Microsoft Windows 7 Changed the Game for Cloud Computing … and Signaled a Wave of Competition Between Microsoft, Google and Others.

On October 22 Microsoft released the successor to Windows Vista, Windows 7, and while excitement for the operating system mounted prior to its release, many are suggesting that its arrival is a sign of the end of computing on personal computers and the beginning of computing solely in the cloud[ READ MORE ]

Worldwide SaaS Revenue to Increase 18 Percent in 2009 According to Gartner

According to the folks over at Gartner, Inc., one of the leading information technology research and advisory companies, worldwide SaaS (Software as a Service) revenue is predicted to reach $7.5 billion in [ READ MORE ]

Will Zoho Be the Surprise Winner in the Cloud Computing Race?

With all the talk of Microsoft, Google, Apple, IBM, Amazon and other major companies, it might be easy to forget about Zoho—but that would be a big mistake[ READ MORE ]

Microsoft Azure Uncovered

If you are among those who have unanswered questions about Microsoft Azure, look no further: here is your guide to all things Azure[ READ MORE ]

Launch of Azure

After months of media and technology buzz, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Azure, often described as “Windows in the Cloud,” would be launched on January 1, [ READ MORE ]

Google’s Continued Innovation of Technology Evolution

Google has the uncanny ability to introduce non-core disruptive innovations while simultaneously defending and expanding its core, and an analysis of the concepts and framework in Clayton Christensen's book Seeing What's Next offers insight into how[ READ MORE ]

Answers to Your Questions on Cloud Connectors for Leading Platforms like Windows Azure Platform

Jeffrey Schwartz and Michael Desmond, both editors of Redmond Developer News, recently sat down with corporate vice president of Microsoft's Connected Systems Division, Robert Wahbe, at the recent Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) to talk about Microsoft Azure and its potential impact on the developer ecosystem at Microsoft[ READ MORE ]

Welcome to Nubifer Cloud Computing blogs

In this location, we share blogs, research, tutorials and opinions about the ever changing and emerging arena of cloud computing, software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, hosting-as-a-service, and user-interface-as-a-service[ READ MORE ]

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