(click image for larger view)Amazon on Tuesday announced the release of cloud services aimed specifically at U.S. government users and contractors, joining a growing list of cloud service providers including Microsoft and Google that also have modified their cloud services to meet the unique needs of government. According to Amazon, the new offering, Amazon Web…
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SAP, Amazon to deliver enterprise solution in cloud
MUMBAI, INDIA: SAP AG and Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Wednesday announced the launch of SAP Rapid Deployment solutions and SAP BusinessObjects solutions to provide customers flexibility in software deployment options and innovations in cloud-computing. Amazon and SAP will collaborate to offer customers options and convenience when deploying and supporting SAP solutions in the cloud,…
VMware disrupting the Cloud market with Cloud Foundry – SYS
Ernest de Leon was pleasantly surprised with the newly announced Cloud Foundry from VMware. Cloud Foundry is “a VMware-led project [that] is the world’s first open Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. Cloud Foundry provides a platform for building, deploying, and running cloud apps using Spring for Java developers, Rails and Sinatra for Ruby…
OpenCompute and OpenStack Span Hardware and Software Cloud Infrastructure and …
by Jeevak Kasarkod Last week Facebook launched OpenCompute in collaboration with OpenStack with the goal of building energy efficient computing infrastructures at a low cost. Yesterday OpenStack announced the Cactus release which includes API extensions, improved features and support for enterprise technologies to enable larger scale cloud deployments. In a separate announcement, GigaSpaces in collaboration with…
IBM announces new measures to help boost cloud adoption
IBM announces new measures to help boost cloud adoption IBM has unveiled new pricing structures and licensing options as it looks to encourage more businesses to take advantage of cloud computing technology. The firm will allow independent software vendors to rent its products with zero per cent financing and deferred payments, aimed at enticing more…
Cloud computing in the public sector – IT
Cloud computing in the public sector Planning for best practices in next generation IT platforms By: Quocirca Published: April 2011 “Cloud”computing is a term being used in many different ways, many of them seeming to offer the ultimate silver bullet in providing an IT platform. However, many issues currently remain, and it is likely that…