Cloud Computing Journal

HP, which pre-announced relatively happy results a couple of weeks ago when it said it was buying 3Com, came in exactly on target with earnings of $2.4 billion, or 99 cents a share, up 14%, on revenues of $30.8 billion, down 8.4% year-over-year from $33.6 billion. And the compan... (more)

Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leader in hosting and cloud computing, announced that Bruce Knooihuizen, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. MT. ... (more)

Microsoft Developer I had problems installing on Windows XP SP3 but it was very easy on Windows 7 Ultimate Evaluation copy (build 7100). If you have Visual Studio 2008 you may need to apply SP1 before you complete installation on Windows 7. I installed a named instance Hodentek\KU... (more)

Ipanema Technologies der führende Anbieter von Lösungen für WAN-Optimierung, Anwendungsbeschleunigung und Anwendungs-Performance-Management, gab heute die Markteinführung von KITE: Internet access kit bekannt, einer benutzerfreundlichen Lösung, die den Internetzugang von Untern... (more)

Virtualization Magazine on Ulitzer Lots of discussion lately about the need for virtualization in a cloud computing context. On one side you have people saying it's not necessary and adds extra complexity, on the other you have people (vendors) saying that virtualization is inher... (more)

Cloud Computing on Ulitzer "As companies such as MySpace continue to expand the richness of their site, the big thing is trying to seek a higher level of customer experience by replicating "beyond capacity" in a test environment, so that a company can see what it is exactly that... (more)

Cloud Expo on Ulitzer Ulitzer.com announced today "the World's 30 most influential Virtualization bloggers," who collectively generated more than 24 million Ulitzer page views: Udayan Banerjee, Jason Bloomberg, Dave Chappell, Jeremy Chone, Robert Eve, Chris Fleck, Stephen Fosket... (more)

Windows Azure on Ulitzer While Microsoft is webifying bits and pieces of its client/server Dynamics ERP solution, it ain't gonna put any full-blown Dynamics ERP on Azure. Too much customization and integration to make a good candidate apparently. Enter Acumatica, a potentially co... (more)

Virtualization Magazine The three perpetual business demands of better, faster and cheaper may just be three of the best reasons to consider infrastructure virtualization. Today's virtualization technologies, properly architected and deployed, can provide significant benefit to ... (more)

Virtualization Magazine on Ulitzer Large enterprises and government agencies are drowning in data. IT teams deploy a myriad of data warehouse-centric solutions - BI, predictive analytics, data and content mining, portals and dashboards - to harness and deliver data for intellige... (more)

Here at Layer 7, we’ve been really excited about Amazon’s Relational Data Service (RDS) ever since they announced it last month. RDS is basically a managed mySQL v5.1 instance running in the Amazon infrastructure. The point of RDS to provide another basic service that we all need... (more)

Infrastructure 2.0 on Ulitzer For IT managers and end-users alike, today’s cloud computing infrastructure seems almost too simple and uncomplicated – compared to the first generation of complex and resource-heavy network and systems management tools. A Rich Man’s Club First of a... (more)

Last week, Anne Thomas Manes, Research Director from Burton and I did a Webinar entitled New Security Model Requirements for the Cloud. It’s probably generated the most feedback of any webinar I’ve done. It’s now online, so have a look at it here. ... (more)

Cloud Expo on Ulitzer Adobe put out this press release - well, kinda, it was released at 6am Saturday morning and the company didn't bother to tell its staff about it, least of all its sales people. Anyway, it's about how Acrobat.com, Adobe's contribution to the flock of Office... (more)

Britain's hidebound state-owned Royal Mail is getting a cloud. Yup, CSC is supposed to provide 30,000 of its employees with access to newfangled web-based services using Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), part of Microsoft Online Services. CSC will also provide... (more)

Amazon Cloud on Ulitzer Their economy of scale will be difficult to match. What about Microsoft - they are constrained by the fact that they have to defend their desktop business - which will prevent them from following optimal cloud strategy! Cloud Computing Service Service p... (more)

I just got back from a week in Toyko. My trip was actually quite the experience, the first time I've gotten the chance to visit Japan. I was there in part to attend CloudCamp Tokyo as well as an action packed week of meetings. Other then 7 days of sushi, which got old pretty fast... (more)

Infrastructure 2.0 on Ulitzer Disclaimer, warning, be advised, heads up, disclosure, this post is partially for fun so take it that way. Remember ILM, that is, Information Lifecycle Management among other meanings. It was a popular buzzword de jour a few years ago similar to how cl... (more)

Amazon Cloud on Ulitzer In the early 19th century, the famous advice “Go West, Young Man” was given to U.S. Easterners eager to explore the riches and opportunities of an expanding still-wild West in America. Now, it seems “Go East, All Who Follow the Cloud” should be the guidin... (more)

Cloud Security Journal on Ulitzer Holidays are fast approaching which means spending time with your family and loved ones, time off work for most of us and, of course, overspending on gifts and merchandise. The notorious Black Friday is usually perceived by analysts as being the ... (more)