Cloud Computing
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Older data centers 'capable' for cloud, too
News New data centers are being optimized for cloud computing but older facilities are capable and may need only minor tweaking, according to industry player.
Tags: Cloud computing, Data centers, LANs and WANs, Servers, Yahoo! Inc., network, Asia, Fiber, Savvis Communications, Singapore
Why cloud turbulence will leave users unruffled
Insight perspective Cloud computing may result in upheaval, but not necessarily for developers or users, says Lori MacVittie.
Tags: Cloud computing, Data centers, Lori MacVittie, MacVittie, Information Technology, IP, IP Address, Consumer, Cloud computing, Server
Salesforce touts Asia's cloud computing era
News Hosted CRM provider opens data center in Singapore, its first outside United States; says businesses of all sizes can reap benefits of cloud model.
Tags: Cloud computing, SMB, Asia, India, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Cloud computing, U.S., data center
IBM and Microsoft back Zend's cloud API plan
News The two firms have signed up to a Zend initiative to create an open source application-programming interface for the cloud.
Tags: Cloud computing, IBM Corp., Cloud computing, Amazon Web Services, API, co-founder, Rackspace, development tool
Former MySQL CEO Mickos joins Benchmark
News Open source database company's one-time chief executive is now entrepreneur in residence at a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Marten Mickos, Open Source, E-mail, MySQL, Benchmark Capital, entrepreneur, software, CEO, Business Strategies & Functions
Cloud has huge potential in India's SMBs
News India's large number of small and midsize businesses and platform's low cost, high operational efficiency and scalability will drive cloud use there, say Nasscom members.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Software, Computing, India, CRM, Small And Medium Business, ERP, Cloud computing
VMware buys SpringSource for US$420M
News VMware will pay US$420 million for privately held SpringSource to become a bigger player in cloud computing application management and the open source community.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Open source, Virtualization, VMware Inc., middleware, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), PaaS, monitoring
S'pore firm not gaga over Google Apps
News Google launches marketing campaign to drive adoption of office suite, but one Singapore company has concerns over security and lack of formatting capabilities.
Tags: Cloud computing, Business, Google Inc., Cloud, DSC, Microsoft Corp., CEO, software, Wong, Cloud computing
How Yahoo is betting its cloud will pay off
News With Yahoo counting on cloud computing to accelerate development, a behind-the-scenes IT guy like Shelton Shugar moves into the spotlight.
Tags: Cloud computing, Yahoo! Inc., Virtualization, software, Open-source Software, Apache Hadoop, Cloud computing, Server, corporate computing, Internet
Cloud floats among India's large firms
News Large enterprises in India are opting for cloud computing, choosing hybrid and private clouds to resolve concerns over data security and regulatory compliance.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Data security, Cloud, Security, India, Regulatory Compliance, Small And Medium Business, TCO, Cloud computing
APAC SaaS spend to hit $2.3B by 2012
News Asia-Pacific businesses choose software-as-a-service after evaluating on-premise apps, indicating SaaS software has "begun to eat into on-premise" market, says new study.
Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cost control, Software-as-a-service, Cost control, Software, cloud computing, China, small and medium business, India
Penguin unveils Linux-based HPC in the cloud
News Penguin Computing has begun allowing researchers, scientists and engineers to lease its high-performance computing capabilities through the cloud.
Tags: Cloud computing, Computing, Intel Xeon, Cloud computing, Amazon.com Inc., high-performance computing, University of Cambridge, high-performance, financial, Linux
Cloud computing: Is it worth legal risks?
Insight perspective The cloud throws up a raft of legal and security concerns, but that doesn't mean firms shouldn't embrace it, says U.K.-based lawyer.
Tags: Cloud computing, Legal, Data security, Security Management, Security, IT Services, ROI, Cloud computing, Server, payment
Red Hat warns of cloud 'lock-in'
News Vendors such as Microsoft are attempting to take customers 'back to the '80s' by locking them into proprietary cloud services, according to open source vendor Red Hat.
Tags: Cloud computing, Open source, Red Hat Inc., Sister Site, SDK, VMware Inc., Cloud computing, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, PHP
Put security, savings on par in cloud
News "Hard" questions firms should ask cloud providers before deployment, include legal and privacy implications of data stored in other countries, says security expert.
Tags: Data security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Cloud computing, PGP Corp., Security, cost savings, Singapore, SLA, best practice
