Cisco unveiled a slew of new products, as part of its growing Data Center 3.0, a platform that is moving closer to a complete cloud architecture.
The most significant product is Cisco FabricPath, a networking technology designed to improve network scalability, and resource agility.
In its report, InfoWorld noted…
Cisco is also drawing on its growing Cloud [Read More →]
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June 30, 2010 — GusGoogle Apps Marketplace launches and a tree falls in the forest
March 15, 2010 — GusI suppose this is what you would call a soft launch. Google unveiled its new Google Apps Marketplace at a meeting it held for developers on its campus last week (see Mashable’s report here). And the new storefront did go live right away, but there was only one big name, Intuit. And Intuit has [Read More →]
Google buys SaaS tool for managing Microsoft software
March 8, 2010 — GusThis deal is just as much about hurting Microsoft as it is about competing in the SaaS field. For $25 million, Google is acquiring DocVerse, a startup that offers a free tool for storing Office documents in a cloud.
DocVerse’s free plugin is actually a way to get more from Office. It is a plug-in that [Read More →]
Chatter enters beta
February 18, 2010 — GusSalesforce has started a phased introduction of the Chatter beta. Interest in the platform has been high, since the November preview at the Dreamforce conference.
Battling for the brightest minds, IBM provides free services for academia
February 10, 2010 — GusDays after Microsoft offered scientists free use of the Windows Azure platform, IBM announced a program to give schools free use of IBM’s cloud services. The program is part of the IBM Academic Initiative and open to any research professional or faculty member at an accredited school.
The cloud can be used to provide academic [Read More →]
Startup Makara offers cloud portability solution
February 3, 2010 — GusOne of the main objections to deploying applications in a cloud platform is the fear of being locked-in, after customizing legacy apps to work within a specific platform (PaaS). A startup backed by several high-profile VCs is coming to market with a solution.
Makara’s Cloud Application Platform works like a cloud management layer for applications, sitting [Read More →]
Private clouds delivered in 30 days, limited offer
January 26, 2010 — GusPlanning, building and deploying a virtual data center is generally not a project with a one-month timeline. But Surgient, an Austin, Texas manager of data centers, is trying to make a splash with a simple offer. They will go through the whole process of planning, customizing and building a secure, private cloud infrastructure for corporations [Read More →]
Intuit prefers Azure for its partner platform
January 21, 2010 — GusMicrosoft has won over Intuit with its new Azure platform. Developers who sell customized versions of QuickBooks will be encouraged to use Azure cloud hosting as the preferred home for their applications.
Intuit rolled out the Workplace App Center last year; it helps build the TurboTax and QuickBooks franchises by showcasing extensions created by independent [Read More →]
Cloud certification programs for operators and architects
January 14, 2010 — Gus3tera, which sells a platform that enterprises can use to manage their own cloud archiecture, is introducing certification programs based around its AppLogic PaaS.
Both programs include instruction, hands-on training and examinations.
The 3tera Certified Cloud Operator program is aimed at service providers, enterprises IT staff and systems integrators who will be responsible for the deployment [Read More →]
Comparing Google’s Chrome OS and Jolicloud on a netbook
December 23, 2009 — GusDatamation takes a look at two new desktops being designed for the ultra-light world of the netbook, where all data and most apps are stored on a remote server. Neither one of these software platforms are final but both are available for test drives and that is the spirit in which Bruce Byfield looks at [Read More →]
IBM cloud supports Korean mobile apps
December 16, 2009 — GusA few weeks ago, IBM announced it was spending $100 million on new data centers in Asia with cloud technologies a top priority. Today it is demonstrating why. South Korea’s leading telco is paying IBM to host a new Platform-as-a-Service environment that will provide new apps for its 24 million customers.
The cloud contains 80 [Read More →]
U.S. Navy gives Amazon EC2 a thumbs up
December 15, 2009 — GusFrom this point on, any debate about the security of Amazon Web Services is sure to bring in a call to the military. The U.S. Navy is looking at cloud computing technologies as it develops its next generation Naval Networks Enterprise-2016 strategy and in the early tests, EC2 and S3 passed muster.
Dataline, a consultant [Read More →]
Juniper offers 5 steps to a data center in the clouds
October 30, 2009 — GusJuniper Networks is giving its product line a major overhaul, with new chips, new application development environments and a new “Cloud-Ready Data Center” based on five modules that provide a path for adapting existing data centers into a distributed architecture.
The enhancements are based on Juniper’s SRX Series.
Virtualized Security Center. Includes AppSecure (tools for viewing and [Read More →]
Amazon plugs MySQL into its cloud offerings
October 27, 2009 — GusAmazon officially launched RDS — Relational Data Services — as the latest item on the menu at Amazon Web Services. This offering can be seen as a step up from Simple DB which Amazon has been offering for hosted databases that needed little more than indexing and query tools.
RDS provides a complete MySQL engine and [Read More →]
Adobe releases a preview of Flash Builder for Force
October 26, 2009 — GusAdobe followed through on its July announcement of strategic support for Salesforce’s Force.com cloud platform. It has released a developer preview of Flash Builder for Force.com, an IDE (integrated development environment) for creating cloud-based RIAs (rich internet applications) that can be run through a browser or or desktop. Developers will be able to use Flash [Read More →]
Test-driving Nvidia’s Facebook app, My 3D Scenes
October 23, 2009 — GusI spent some time playing with Nvidia’s cloud-based 3D graphic platform and came away with mixed feelings. I started out convinced that this is a milestone product introduction for graphics online. The availability of 3D photorealistic rendering in a cloud platform is certain to open many new avenues for application development. However, after spending a [Read More →]
Nvidia working on a graphical cloud server for streaming 3D animations
October 21, 2009 — GusAt the Web 2.0 Summit, Nvidia unveiled a server for photo-realistic rendering of graphics using a massively parallel architecture.
The application can potentially save architects and and engineers from buying amped-up workstations to render complex graphics. But the application that seems more likely to find an audience are online apps that require realtime rendering of virtual [Read More →]
Disney Keychest to fling DVDs into the clouds
October 21, 2009 — GusUntil now, digital download offerings for movies have relied on the traditional “send to” concept where the files are delivered from a server and stored locally. According to the WSJ, Disney is close to rolling out a system that will embrace the cloud model. Consumers will be able to buy viewing rights to films that [Read More →]
B&N’s Nook, the newest device in the clouds
October 20, 2009 — GusI’ve been trying to decide if the new Barnes & Noble Nook is part of the cloud computing ecosystem or not. It is surely not an enterprise application but it seems to fit on all other levels. I just came across something that helped me make up my mind… in the affirmative.
A quick trip [Read More →]
Oracle Fusion Apps moving along, now with extra Java
October 16, 2009 — GusLarry Ellison used Oracle World to update developers on Fusion Apps, a project that has been in development for over a year. In the process, he committed to several broad directions. One is cloud computing and the other is technology that will be Oracle’s own as soon as the Sun acquisition closes, Java.
Oracle has been [Read More →]
