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Cloud Application

Cloud Application: Cloud application or cloud app is the phrase used to describe a software application that is never installed on a local computer. Instead, it is accessed via the Internet. (Source: Webopedia)

Unifying Data Encryption

Section: Research

With the growing emphasis on the need to protect sensitive data, encryption has become a focus of interest for organisations worldwide. Yet data encryption has long had its challenges in deployment. If you are responsible for the protection of sensitive information in a Linux environment and often find yourself wondering which way to turn when it comes to simple transparent and unified data encryption, this paper will interest you. read more

Do IT professionals still have their heads in the clouds?

Section: Articles

According to a Cloud.com survey of IT professionals, yes, they do. At this point in the evolution of the increasingly pervasive dotcloud boom, the discussion has changed from whether to move to the cloud, to how to implement the cloud. Among those CTOs surveyed, scalability, elasticity, and the need to accommodate fluctuati ... read more

Cloud Computing: What is its Potential Value for Your Company?

Section: Research

Cloud computing’s value proposition centres on solving a dilemma almost every CIO faces: Lack of budget to truly improve a business’s competitive position in the market. The technology’s widely acclaimed benefits for small and mid-size businesses include low start-up costs, low cost for sporadic use, ease of management, scalability, device and location independence & rapid innovation. This paper will guide you through the Google Apps success stories which have hel ... read more

Contracting Cloud Services - A Guide to Best Practice

Section: Research

Many similes and metaphors have been used to describe Cloud Services ranging from ‘elastic supply’ to ‘a form of outsourcing’. The challenge in entering any supply contract though is to define and embody in plain words a common understanding, set of expectations and requirements between (normally) two parties committing to a supplier-customer relationship. As with all new markets, there are entrants who are credible, well intentioned, capable and prof ... read more

Understanding Enterprise Cloud Management

Section: Research

New applications, driven largely by the economics of cloud computing raise three critical questions for those who own operations for these applications: Who is managing your cloud applications? How wisely are you managing your cloud applications? What freedom do you have in managing your cloud applications? In this paper, learn about: What to look for from Enterprise Cloud Governance Why are enter ... read more

App developers 'increasingly reliant on cloud scalability'

Section: News

Application developers are increasingly relying on the cost and scalability benefits of cloud computing - particularly as the infrastructure solution becomes a mainstream technology. As a result, according to Datapipe, cloud computing is a vital part of enterprise IT strategic planning and software developers are slowly adopting this mindset.Ed Laczynski, Datapipe's vice president f ... read more

Businesses are seeking cloud computing advice

Section: News

Businesses are talking to the experts before adopting cloud computing solutions and are finding out which apps, services and tools they should migrate first. According to Bill McCarthy, senior vice president of Cloud Services for Insight North America, businesses want help when it comes to transferring to the cloud."In fact, more and more of our client conversations are around which workloads do they read more

Cloud computing offers "more for less"

Section: News

IBM has claimed that the reason so many businesses are adopting cloud computing solutions is because the technology allows them to do more for less. The firm has shown that 75 per cent of organisations are expecting to adopt cloud computing infrastructure during the next two years. read more

Cloud computing 'removes the hassle of software maintenance'

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Businesses still using traditional models of software procurement may find that their applications are getting a little "long in the tooth". According to EuroCloud, an organisation dedicated to promoting software-as-a-service (SaaS) on the continent, businesses that stick with tried-and-tested software distribution models could soon find themselves at a disadvantage. Placeholder0The organisation's vice-chairman Phil Wainewright said that old software becomes incre ... read more

Hillingdon council migrates to the cloud with Google Apps

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Hillingdon Council is hoping to slash £3 million off its budget over the next four years by migrating its office software to the cloud and adopting Google Apps for Enterprises. The local authority is set to shift to the cloud-based solution in February of next year - a move that will affect 3,500 staff.Workers will be expected to abandon Microsoft Outlook in favour of Google's Enterprise offering. However, the process is expected to take two years in total - with the migration of email a ... read more

Mobile working is a top priority for business, claims IDC

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The integration of mobile devices - including smartphones and tablets - has become a top priority for businesses, according to IT analyst IDC. The organisation claims that so-called 'bring your own device' initiatives are becoming commonplace across the world of business - not just in IT departments.Rohit Mehra, director of enterprise communications infrastructure at IDC, said that demand for wireless local area network (WLAN) solutions was rising as businesses adopt a more inclusive att ... read more

Moving to the cloud for SMEs 'is inevitable'

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The majority of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can no longer justify building their own data centres, so migration to the cloud is the only option for firms that want the trappings of modern IT - such as high performance and scalability. Michael Stonebraker, a database expert and co-founder of VoltDB, claimed that scalability was the preserve of big players, which is why the data centre market is controlled by a few very large firms - like Google and Amazon.Speaking to GigaOM, ... read more

Providers Respond to Users’ Desire for Transparent Cloud Security Standards

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Over 400 enterprise IT and security managers were questioned in a March 2011 survey by cloud service provider Savvis. Among those surveyed, security was overwhelmingly cited as their primary concern. Chris Richter, V.P. of managed security services at Savvis, said, “We’ve seen hesitance in moving enterprise applications into the cloud for fear of security. A lot of CIOs…don’t believe they know enough about the cloud.” Microsoft’s Tim Rains identified a sign ... read more

Red Hat helps Enterprises 'Ease into the Cloud’

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Following the launch of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 beta, Red Hat has talked about an idea which they call "Ease into the Cloud” and say that their new software will help companies to do this. JBoss is suitable for use with a variety of cloud architectures, and it is this versatility that will help enterprises to decide upon which solution is right for their organisation. Many companies are choosing to use a ‘hybrid’ cloud solution, something which helps moving to the ... read more

Report Shows Cloud Computing Results in Significant Job Creation

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The London School of Economics and Political Science conducted a study on cloud computing in the smart phone and aerospace services industries in Germany, Italy, the UK, and U.S. from 2010 to 2014. The results indicate that adoption of cloud computing in both industries creates significant employment opportunities. Research showed that the EU lags somewhat behind the U.S. in cloud adoption, with North America accounting for 60 per cent of expenditures for cloud servic ... read more