Author Archive

Using news headlines and the latest technological trends, cybercriminals are brilliantly agile at exploiting whatever is trendy for cash and profit. Now, the growing popularity of cloud computing and virtualization among companies is likely to catch the attention of criminals scheming for the next hot cyber-swindle. According to the Trend Micro 2010 Future Threat Report, cloud computing and virtualization -- while offering significant benefits and cost-savings ... Full story

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that the call for papers is now open for the sixth annual Red Hat Summit and JBoss World. These premier open source events will take place June 22-25, 2010 in Boston at the Seaport World Trade Center. Red Hat Summit and JBoss World bring together customers, developers, engineers, partners and members of the ... Full story

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that it will present the second online Open Source Cloud Computing Forum on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, hosted by Red Hat CTO Brian Stevens. The virtual Open Source Cloud Computing Forum was established by Red Hat to foster the discussion around open source technologies as the foundation for today's public and private cloud ... Full story

Appistry, a pioneer in private cloud computing for the enterprise, today announced that the InfoWorld 100 Awards has recognized the development of Clearent’s payment processing system as one of the top 100 IT projects of 2009. The Clearent system is powered by Appistry CloudIQ Platform. CIO Magazine reports: “Every year, the InfoWorld 100 Awards celebrate 100 IT organizations that have implemented and integrated technologies in innovative ... Full story

BTC Logic today announced the availability of its innovative “Consulting as a Service” (“CaaS”) offering comprised of highly scalable and agile teams of business, technology and creative professionals required to thrive on disruptions emanating from Cloud Computing and Web 3.0. BTC Logic’s CaaS service is aimed at organizations that are emerging from recent cost reductions to now wanting to rapidly harness emerging growth opportunities or to ... Full story

Conformity Inc., provider of the first enterprise-class management and governance solution for SaaS and cloud applications, today announced that is has been named to Network World magazine’s prestigious top 10 list of IT Management Start-Ups to Watch for 2009. The list features emerging management technologies that help IT organizations deliver optimized services in increasingly virtualized and cloud computing-oriented environments. The Conformity solution provides customers a centralized ... Full story

NuMobile, Inc. has released an exclusive on-demand shareholder update Webcast that reviews the recently filed 3rd quarter financial report that reflects an increase in Company assets to $2.2 million for the nine months ending September 30, 2009. NuMobile is building a portfolio of software solutions for the global mobile computing and smartphone market and has acquired two companies with proprietary technology focused on mobile network ... Full story

Salesforce.com (NYSE:  CRM), the enterprise cloud computing company (www.salesforce.com/cloudcomputing), today announced that "Behind the Cloud," the new book by chairman and CEO Marc Benioff and published by Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley, is now available as a wireless download for Kindle readers and as an audiobook. The insider's view of the creation of salesforce.com as a cloud computing giant was on The Wall Street Journal's best ... Full story

The hype around Cloud Computing may make you believe that you can build and launch an application in days. In reality, it is easier to build a cloud product than it is to earn money from one. Despite the potential of the cloud model, most software companies do not see the return on investment (ROI) after building a Software as a Service (SaaS) product. They ... Full story

ABI Research will host a Webinar on the subject of “Mobile Cloud Computing,” hosted by key members of the firm’s expert consumer mobility team: Practice Director Dan Shey and Senior Analyst Mark Beccue. It will address, among other topics, these critical questions: * What applications, products and services could leverage mobile cloud computing? * What are the forces driving developers towards cloud-based applications? What are the inhibitors ... Full story