Cloud News Desk

Despite its possible security and privacy risks, Cloud Computing - according to a magazine article due to be published later this Fall - has six main benefits that the public sector and government IT organizations are certain to want to take advantage of. In very brief summary form they are as follows: Reduced Cost Cloud technology is paid incrementally, saving organizations money. Increased Storage Organizations can store more data than on private computer systems. Highly Automated No longer do IT personnel need to worry about keeping software up to date. Flexibility Cloud computing offers much more flexibility than past computing methods. More Mobility Employees can access information wherever they are, rather than having to remain at their desks. Allows IT to Shift Focus No longer having to worry about constant server updates and other computing issues, government org... (more)

SearchCloudComputing.com’s Private Cloud e-zine

It's quickly becoming clear that cloud computing offers potential solutions to on-going pricing, protection, archiving, e-discovery, bandwidth, and performance issues in the data center. However, like any new - potentially game changing - technology, it's critical to see through the hype and industry-slant before trusting mission critical apps, data, etc. to the cloud. The Private Cloud Computing E-zine reveals the real world applications, benefits, and drawbacks of this emerging technology. ... (more)

Skytap to Present at SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, November 19-21, San Jose, CA

Virtualization has fostered a new generation of cloud services, enabling organizations to run a wide range of applications in the cloud. However, the value of cloud services will only be fully realized when organizations can take their existing application workloads, easily deploy them on standards-based cloud infrastructure and benefit from the increased scalability and lower costs of a utility model. Some workloads, such as application testing and training, are prime candidates for early deployment to a cloud provider due to their transient nature and high Total Cost of Owners... (more)

Visual WebGUI Poised to Create a New Standard in Cloud Computing

Gizmox - the Company that released Visual WebGui to the public in early 2008 - is poised to create a new standard in cloud computing. Visual WebGui (VWG) is a new 'Web like Desktop' platform that offers an open source rapid application development (RAD) framework for line-of-business AJAX & Silverlight applications atop the platform. "This new version of Visual WebGui addresses many of the issues raised by the development community about our previous releases," said Navot Peled, CEO of Gizmox. "This edition enables a more efficient usage and configuration of Visual WebGui and the... (more)

GROUP Business Software to Acquire Lotus911

Websphere Journal GROUP Business Software AG announced that it will acquire the Atlanta, Ga. based Lotus911. The integration of Lotus911 should be completed by the end of the year. The deal will not only expand the product portfolio of GROUP, but extend its North American presence, adding resources in the Southeast, Midwest and on the West Coast. “GROUP’s vision is completely synergistic with Lotus911’s mission to deliver the latest innovation and value to customers by leveraging and extending Lotus’ collaboration platform,” said Jim Bracco, General Manager of Lotus911. “The f... (more)