Thursday 28 June 2012

LuxCloud Summit 2012, a roaring success

About LuxCloud

LuxCloud is a market-leading provider of cloud computing services, allowing companies to quickly launch and profitably deliver the cloud services demanded by small- and medium-sized businesses. LuxCloud offers customizable branded solutions enabling resellers, system integrators and service providers to sell online any and all of the services and applications available on the platform. The range of applications is constantly evolving, reflecting the needs of the market, and includes Web and application hosting, messaging and collaboration, business processes and infrastructure packages. Part of the DCL Group, LuxCloud was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Luxembourg. LuxCloud enables a smooth transition of business to the cloud.

LuxCloud Summit 2012, a roaring success

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About LuxCloud

Gravitas Private Cloud Delivers Flexible Computing Resources On Demand To Alternative Asset Managers

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Hedge funds, private equity firms taking advantage of extra security, reduced time to market, lower upfront expenditure and flexible computing resources in moving to the cloud.

Gravitas Private Cloud combines the advantages of cloud computing - flexibility, scalability and lowered upfront costs - with the turnkey infrastructure and security that regulated financial firms require supported by the managed services required to run this effectively. The Gravitas Private Cloud enables deployment of a fully-functional IT system in days, as compared to weeks for traditional cloud solutions. It significantly expands Gravitas cloud services, which were launched in 2009.

Gravitas Private Cloud Delivers Flexible Computing Resources On Demand To Alternative Asset Managers

Hedge funds, private equity firms taking advantage of extra security, reduced time to market, lower upfront expenditure and flexible computing resources in moving to the cloud.

Gravitas Private Cloud combines the advantages of cloudcomputing - flexibility, scalability and lowered upfront costs - with the turnkey infrastructure and security that regulated financial firms require supported by the managed services required to run this effectively. The Gravitas Private Cloud enables deployment of a fully-functional IT system in days, as compared to weeks for traditional cloud solutions. It significantly expands Gravitas cloud services, which were launched in 2009.

How the cloud hosting market is changing

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When we talk about cloud computing, often what we’re actually talking about is two ends of a spectrum.

On the one end are the giant public cloud providers. These are global players like ourselves with Windows Azure and others like Amazon, Google and Salesforce. We operate truly huge cloud computing facilities, available globally and serving hundreds of thousands of organisations. This is where you’ll often find the most affordable pricing in the cloud computing landscape, due to the sheer scale of the infrastructure which has been built.

How the cloud hosting market is changing

When we talk about cloud computing, often what we’re actually talking about is two ends of a spectrum.

Wednesday 27 June 2012

The Real Business Benefits Of Cloud Computing

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Cloud computing is one technology that is regularly touted as the next big thing in business innovation, allowing businesses to keep pace through benefits, which are often little understood. But how is it that this kind of IT system can manage to make a difference?

I have outlined the four key components that make cloud computing such an important development, each of which will apply to your company irrespective of its size or budget.

The Real Business Benefits Of Cloud Computing

I have outlined the four key components that make cloud computing such an important development, each of which will apply to your company irrespective of its size or budget.

Cirrus Tech Deploys Parallels Plesk Panel 11 on VPS Plans

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Canadian Web Hosting Company Launches Latest Version of Award Winning Control Panel for Its Virtual Private Server Hosting Services

Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) June 26, 2012

Cirrus Tech Ltd., a Canadian web host specializing in shared, VPS and cloud hosting services, announces today its participation in the launch of Parallels Plesk Panel 11, the latest version of the industry leading web hosting control panel. From today, all Cirrus VM and VPS plans will include Plesk Panel 11. Users can benefit from new and improved features such as enhanced web server performance and upgraded security.

Cirrus Tech Deploys Parallels Plesk Panel 11 on VPS Plans

Canadian Web Hosting Company Launches Latest Version of Award Winning Control Panel for Its Virtual Private Server Hosting Services

Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) June 26, 2012

Tuesday 26 June 2012

Peak Announces Peak Lightning in the Cloud

Peak Lightning in the Cloud℠ is Peak Hosting's definitive solution to scaling large memory and compute requirements in the cloud.

Milpitas, CA (PRWEB) June 26, 2012

Peak Hosting, the industry’s most trusted leader in Operations-as-a-Service, managed hosting services and hybrid cloud computing, today announced Peak Lightning in the Cloud℠, the definitive solution to scaling large memory and compute requirements in the cloud.

Rackspace says survey reflects growing acceptance of cloud computing

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Nine-out-of-10 information technology decision makers have a positive opinion about cloud computing, according to a national survey commissioned by Rackspace Managed Hosting

San Antonio-based Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) provides managed hosting and cloud computing services. Cloud-computing allows organizations to have their applications hosted remotely.

Rackspace says survey reflects growing acceptance of cloud computing

Nine-out-of-10 information technology decision makers have a positive opinion about cloud computing, according to a national survey commissioned by Rackspace Managed Hosting

San Antonio-based Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) provides managed hosting and cloud computing services. Cloud-computing allows organizations to have their applications hosted remotely.

cCommerce Is Coming: PCI-compliant Clouds for Trusted Services

“cCommerce” – Cloud-based eCommerce, will be made possible through cloud hosting providers achieving compliance with security frameworks like PCI, the requirements for credit card processing.

Given the market demand for cloud hosting that is not based in the USA (due to the Patriot Act), this presents regional Cloud providers with the opportunity to emulate this same approach and offer tailored services for key sectors like Government and Finance.

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Rackspace Hosting Survey Shows Strong Support for Cloud Services

Overwhelming Majority of Decision Makers Believe Customer Service and Technical Support Are Important Considerations When Choosing Cloud Provider

SAN ANTONIO, Jun 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Nine in ten (91%) of IT decision makers have a positive opinion of cloud computing according to a national survey commissioned by Rackspace Hosting. IT decision makers view customer service and technical support as important considerations when choosing a cloud computing provider.

“The world is in the midst of a tectonic shift toward cloud computing that is revolutionizing the way companies do business,” said Rackspace CEO Lanham Napier. “The survey shows that IT decision makers understand the importance of selecting a cloud provider that empowers their businesses with the systems, products, and customer service capabilities to successfully make the transition to the cloud.”

Monday 25 June 2012

Rackspace Hosting Survey Shows Strong Support for Cloud Services

Overwhelming Majority of Decision Makers Believe Customer Service and Technical Support Are Important Considerations When Choosing Cloud Provider

SAN ANTONIO, Jun 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Nine in ten (91%) of IT decision makers have a positive opinion of cloud computing according to a national survey commissioned by Rackspace Hosting. IT decision makers view customer service and technical support as important considerations when choosing a cloud computing provider.

“The world is in the midst of a tectonic shift toward cloud computing that is revolutionizing the way companies do business,” said Rackspace CEO Lanham Napier. “The survey shows that IT decision makers understand the importance of selecting a cloud provider that empowers their businesses with the systems, products, and customer service capabilities to successfully make the transition to the cloud.”

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Cloud Computing: Back When It Was Fun

Cloud computing is the technology giant, right now – having other people host your information, from normal data, to programs.

Are you still a bit lost and in need of a little more information? Simple, think about places such as Facebook, or Netflix; these are both simple cloud computing ideas. Facebook has games, and although those games are hosted on other servers, you use Facebook to use them.

The hype of cloud computing is gone, and the reality is here. The cloud is all about services for you, your business and your employees. Look for the basics: software as a service, platform as a service and infrastructure as a service.

Cloud Computing: Back When It Was Fun

Cloud computing is the technology giant, right now – having other people host your information, from normal data, to programs.

Are you still a bit lost and in need of a little more information? Simple, think about places such as Facebook, or Netflix; these are both simple cloud computing ideas. Facebook has games, and although those games are hosted on other servers, you use Facebook to use them.

The hype of cloud computing is gone, and the reality is here. The cloud is all about services for you, your business and your employees. Look for the basics: software as a service, platform as a service and infrastructure as a service.

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5 Reasons Cloud Computing Is Key To Business Success

Olafur Ingthorsson is an IT professional in Reykjavik, Iceland who writes about cloud computing at Cloud Computing Topics.

Of course, we’re hearing more and more about cloud computing these days – but what is cloud storage, and how can it benefit your business?

Although the cloud in its current form is a relatively recent development, interest in cloud computing continues to grow. Cloud computing has a great number of benefits — here are the top five:

5 Reasons Cloud Computing Is Key To Business Success

Olafur Ingthorsson is an IT professional in Reykjavik, Iceland who writes about cloud computing at Cloud Computing Topics.

Of course, we’re hearing more and more about cloud computing these days – but what is cloud storage, and how can it benefit your business?

Although the cloud in its current form is a relatively recent development, interest in cloud computing continues to grow. Cloud computing has a great number of benefits — here are the top five:

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Cloud Computing Simplified

Understanding the idea behind cloud computing is simple. Long before the term cloud computing was even invented, we had all been using some form of it. If you’re an online gamer playing games like WoW or Eve, the basic idea of cloud computing is used there. Their servers hold information (not that which is stored on your own computer), which makes the games you have installed work correctly. This is where the big difference is. You do not install any programs on your computer; they are rather hosted on a computer either at your company or a third-party provider.

To better understand what you are reading, try out Google docs. This program, even if basic, is a prime example of cloud computing. They host the data (which at this time is spreadsheets and word documents) and the programs, and you are able to open, use, save and download the data as needed. Now, if you have an old computer system, some programs simply would not run on your computer. But with cloud computing, the age of your computer system is never an issue. Your computer becomes a keyboard and monitor only, as all the heavy lifting is done by the server computer.

Microsoft rejigs Azure to take on Amazon

Microsoft Corporation officially threw down the gauntlet here on Thursday, right at the feet of Amazon’s web services, launching a revamped version of its cloud services platform and simultaneously hosting a software developer meet here.

“With the economic slowdown, large companies are eager to cut down capital expenditure, and funding for start-ups is even lesser. Cloud computing helps cut down expenditure without cutting down on capacity. To this end, we are also partnering venture capital firm Freemont Ventures to help fund non-professional developers and start-ups who are based wholly on the cloud,” Mr. Karnakota said.

Experts: Security is important to businesses using cloud computing

Experts in cloud computing told a meeting of Sacramento business leaders Friday that companies can reap benefits from shifting data storage and processing to remote servers -- but they must continue to think about security.

Cloud computing allows companies to store data and run applications from servers hosted or owned by third-party data centers, saving money by employing economies of scale.

Sunday 24 June 2012

Telstra, Accenture, to deliver SAP cloud

German software giant SAP has signed a landmark deal with the nation’s largest telco Telstra and IT services giant Accenture that will see the pair deliver hosted SAP solutions to Australian customers from Telstra’s on-shore datacentre infrastructure.

Telstra doesn’t just want to sell businesses and government departments telecommunications services any more; it also wants to sell them cloud computing and software as a service offerings which will run over the top of those networks. Infrastructure as a Service, Microsoft Office 365, and now SAP; pretty soon I’m sure Telstra will be able to offer a complete enterprise IT package, with Accenture waiting in the wings to pick up the integration scraps from Telstra’s table.

Partnership Delivers Secure, Compliant Solution to Legal Industry

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DULLES, Va., June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Carpathia Hosting, a provider of compliant managed hosting services for government agencies and enterprises, today announced that leading knowledge management solutions company Flat Rock Systems, has selected Carpathia to host Genu(TM).

Founded in 2003, Carpathia is a growing, profitable business run by a seasoned management team with deep experience in delivering enterprise hosting solutions including colocation, managed services and cloud computing. Carpathia's suite of services is designed for organizations seeking scalable, secure, robust and enterprise-grade hosting solutions that can be quickly provisioned or tailored to meet unique requirements.

Partnership Delivers Secure, Compliant Solution to Legal Industry

Rackspace exec warns of Amazon lock-in

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Copying the APIs of a cloud service isn't sufficient to avoid lock-in, a vendor of a competing cloud service argues

As cloud computing matures, "people will want to invent and build new features, ones that they then can run anywhere. I think if we just wait around for Amazon to build things, we will have a hard time as an industry," said Lew Moorman, president of hosted service provider Rackspace. "It's not even a criticism of Amazon. What I'm asking for is an open alternative."

Rackspace exec warns of Amazon lock-in

Copying the APIs of a cloud service isn't sufficient to avoid lock-in, a vendor of a competing cloud service argues

GigaOm Structure Conference Talks the Future of Cloud

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The GigaOm Structure 2012 conference kicked off on 20 to 21 June in the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco. CloudTimes was proud to be an official media sponsor of the show – just as last year. We reported live on Twitter – see also some photos from the event here.

The fifth edition brought together top experts in their fields to discuss the opportunities presented by society’s growing cloud computing.

GigaOm Structure Conference Talks the Future of Cloud

The fifth edition brought together top experts in their fields to discuss the opportunities presented by society’s growing cloudcomputing.

Wednesday 20 June 2012

Fast-Growth Cloud Computing Firm Expands into Scotland

Cloudreach will be hosting a ‘Going Google’ Roadshow at The Point Hotel in Edinburgh on 16 May 2012, during which there will be presentations from Google and Kenny Craig, Head of IT at AG Barr plc.

Fast-Growth Cloud Computing Firm Expands into Scotland

Cloudreach, a fast growth cloud computing consultancy, has announced it will make the benefits of Google Apps and Amazon Web Services (AWS) more accessible to Scottish businesses. As part of its rapid expansion, which saw the company grow 550 per cent in 2011, Cloudreach has opened an office in Edinburgh making it the only accredited provider of Google Apps and AWS in Scotland.

Cloudreach will be hosting a ‘Going Google’ Roadshow at The Point Hotel in Edinburgh on 16 May 2012, during which there will be presentations from Google and Kenny Craig, Head of IT at AG Barr plc.

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Eucalyptus Delivers Next Generation Open Source Cloud Software

Latest Eucalyptus Release Enables Innovation of On-Premise Clouds from Community to Enterprises

SANTA BARBARA, CA, Jun 19, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Eucalyptus Systems, creator of the most widely deployed on-premise cloud computing platform, today announced a new version of its product that aligns the open source community and enterprises on the same platform to contribute, build, run and manage cloud development and deployments

"Hybrid cloud computing is the next phase of enterprise cloud adoption; however, one of the most challenging aspects of this approach is having the solutions in place to quickly deploy and manage the implementation," said Thomas Bittman.

Tuesday 19 June 2012

Eucalyptus Delivers Next Generation Open Source Cloud Software

Latest Eucalyptus Release Enables Innovation of On-Premise Clouds from Community to Enterprises

SANTA BARBARA, CA, Jun 19, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Eucalyptus Systems, creator of the most widely deployed on-premise cloud computing platform, today announced a new version of its product that aligns the open source community and enterprises on the same platform to contribute, build, run and manage cloud development and deployments

"Hybrid cloud computing is the next phase of enterprise cloud adoption; however, one of the most challenging aspects of this approach is having the solutions in place to quickly deploy and manage the implementation," said Thomas Bittman.

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Cloud providers aren't selling the real value of the cloud

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I hear this pitch all the time: "Cloud computing provides the shortest time to deploy or time to market because there is no need to purchase and configure hardware and software." That makes sense.

If the value of time to deploy is not the big deal we're told it is, what is the compelling reason to move to cloud computing? You might think it's the efficiency of the public cloud platforms, but that too is a relatively small advantage.

The trouble is that the value of adaptability, which far exceeds that of other benefits of cloud computing, is both difficult to define as a concept and even more challenging to model for a specific problem domain or a whole enterprise. Nonetheless, it should be the ultimate objective of cloud computing and -- for that matter -- any new technology.

Cloud providers should stop leading their pitches with the tactical values that vary greatly from enterprise to enterprise and instead discuss the core strategic reasons for moving to the cloud. For its part, IT needs to get a clue about this concept so that it can apply cloud computing technologies in the right directions. My fear is that both providers and enterprises don't yet understand the true value of cloud computing, and tactical "quick win" thinking will get us into trouble -- again.

Dimension Data expands its cloud portfolio and channel

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Selling cloud services is no easy feat and finding ways to do so successfully can be a challenge. Dimension Data, one of the largest and best known channel partners in the world, recently acquired cloud provider OpSource, boosting its own cloud services portfolio and enabling smaller partners to resell its infrastructure and applications.

The acquisition marks a trend in the way that channel partners approach the cloud. They fall into two camps: Those that build their own infrastructure and become cloud providers and those that sign on to partner with the providers.

In addition to the OpSource acquisition, Dimension Data also announced the inclusion of managed Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Microsoft Lync 2010 cloud services from its cloud. With this expansion, Dimension Data provides public, private and hybrid cloud service offerings in addition to managed messaging, collaboration and communication apps.

Monday 18 June 2012

Amplidata Shares the Secrets Behind Storage Clouds’ Exceptional Performance with Big Data at GigaOm Structure

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Amplidata, an innovator in optimized object-based storage technology, will share a few secrets of storage cloud providers’ best practices in coping with Big Unstructured Data at the GigaOm Structure conference this week in San Francisco, starting Wednesday June 20.

Storage clouds service are the conduit for an increasing percentage of business users to access their daily cloud computing needs, not just for casual access to files while traveling, or sending an occasional large file among collaborators. Rather than base their storage clouds on traditional RAID architectures, cloud service providers, online storage companies, and even large organizations are moving to achieve scalability and cost-efficiency in the same way as Facebook, Google and Amazon have done – with object storage implementations. This is particularly true with Big Unstructured Data applications, where the traditional file structure no longer can meet today’s demand for scalability and cost-efficiency.

Amplidata will also showcase its capability with Panzura to leverage the Panzura global file storage solution and Amplidata’s cloud computing storage solution for making all files available to all the users across all locations in a corporate network - and enabling fast, efficient document storage and sharing in a plug and play, seamlessly integrated solution.

SPEC forms cloud benchmarking group

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New group to set out standards for cloud computing agility and elasticity

"Cloud computing is on the rise and represents a major shift in how servers are used and how their performance is measured," said Rema Hariharan, chair of OSGCloud. "We want to assemble the best minds to define this space, create workloads, augment existing SPEC benchmarks, and develop new cloud-based benchmarks."

The group is targeting three types of users for the workloads and benchmarks it will create: Hardware and software vendors providing products that enable cloud services, cloud providers and business customers who could use benchmark results to help them select cloud providers.

While the group is off to a “great start” in creating guidelines for benchmarks with clearly defined, standardised metrics, Hariharan added that she “would like to see wider participation, especially from cloud providers and users.”

SPEC forms cloud benchmarking group

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New group to set out standards for cloud computing agility and elasticity

Consumerization of IT Driving Virtualization to the Private Cloud

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Thanks to improved efficiencies and greater business agility, the number of companies looking to deploy private cloud service infrastructures has increased dramatically in 2012. CIOs across industries can no longer ignore the compelling business case for cloud computing. In his February 2012 report, “Top Five Trends for Private Cloud Computing,” Gartner analyst Tom Bittman forecasts: “the number of [private cloud service providers] deployments throughout 2012 will be at least 10 times higher [than 2011].”

Many companies view private clouds providers as the next phase in their virtualization efforts with the goal of enabling the “consumerization of IT.” Compared to virtualization, private clouds service providers are an even larger paradigm shift that requires significant changes in the way many companies deliver IT services. Unless IT teams thoughtfully plan how they are going to address the organizational and cultural challenges, they will likely derail their initial cloud deployments or deliver a solution that cannot be scaled to other groups or businesses within the enterprise.

KPMG Compares Taxes On Cloud Computing

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KPMG has introduced an online resource that examines how tax authorities in 18 different countries are dealing with the challenge of taxing cloud computing services.

The new resource, Country Perspectives on Taxing the Cloud providers, is designed to help users and providers of cloud computing services as they plan their operations and activities and work to manage their tax exposure while gaining the desired benefits from this new technology.

“Cloud computing is fast becoming an attractive option for managing operational and client service needs of businesses and consumers in the United States and across the globe,” said Steven Fortier, principal-in-charge of KPMG’s U.S. Tax in the Cloud service initiative, in a statement. “Yet most tax authorities have yet to develop detailed rules and guidance for cloud-based operating models, and many business executives are neither evaluating the tax implications of cloud computing nor do they know if these factors are being evaluated within their organizations. Companies should expect added scrutiny as tax authorities become more aware of revenue implications they may face with the switch to a cloud-based operating model.”

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KPMG Compares Taxes On Cloud Computing

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KPMG has introduced an online resource that examines how tax authorities in 18 different countries are dealing with the challenge of taxing cloud computing services.

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5 ways the public cloud can go wrong for DOD agencies

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Governments around the world are taking a leap into the cloud. New deployments are popping up every day, in large part because the cloud model has the potential to help agencies save on infrastructure and storage costs, pay “on-demand” for the services they use and access computing resources from any location.

As defense agencies embrace cloud computing, many are finding that cloud solutions deemed good enough for consumers can’t handle their unique requirements. So here are a five things to think about when evaluating whether a cloud solution is truly ready to support your mission.

5 ways the public cloud can go wrong for DOD agencies

ROI (Return on Investment) From Cloud Computing

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A business organization often measures the value of investments or any move that requires money in terms of the return on investment (ROI).

But often, the ROI is not simply measured through the savings in terms of monetary value. The best measurement of the ROI of cloud computing is simply in its VALUE. ROI doesn’t always look very enticing especially when cloud computing is concerned. That is why administrators and CIOs should be looking at the apparent values that come in many forms when employing cloud computing. What they should be asking is “What do I expect to get if I use this service?” and similar value related questions, not monetary related ones. You can set up metrics to determine the apparent value that cloud computing services are able to provide.

It is true that ROI is important, but the monetary side should not be the only basis for ROI. The value add offered by cloud services should also be highly considered when contemplating the use of cloud computing, even if it is sometimes intangible.

ROI (Return on Investment) From Cloud Computing

A business organization often measures the value of investments or any move that requires money in terms of the return on investment (ROI).

Cheap WordPress Hosting Deal for June 2012

The web hosting review site Top-Cheap-Web-Hosting.com announced the cheap WordPress hosting deal for June 2012 based on the WordPress hosting features, speed, reliability and technical support, but not only the price.

As introduced by Top-Cheap-Web-Hosting.com (TCWH), they have reviewed more than 100 shared web hosts starting from $2/mo to $20/mo so far, and almost all of them meet the minimum requirement of WordPress.

Top-Cheap-Web-Hosting.com is an independent web hosting review website, rating web hosts based on the real experience and comments received from real customers, designed to help people find the best web hosting deal at an affordable rate.

Sybex Announces Microsoft Private Cloud Computing

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Serving as a how-to guide, Microsoft Private Cloud Computing demonstrates how to build a secure, internal cloud computing and deliver it as a service using Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012. This comprehensive book walks readers through the entire process: understanding cloud computing, understanding the Microsoft concept of a private cloud, deploying a private cloud fabric, deploying services, and building a private cloud provider, as well as integrating it with Microsoft’s public cloud computing providers to create a cross-premises or public cloud providers.

Accelerating business through virtualization, cloud computing

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Businesses seem to be migrating into the cloud these days. They can be seen or felt everywhere from everyday use of Internet and mobile phones, to services like getting one’s insurance. But jumping into the cloud computing bandwagon needs preparation, with the right tools and more important, the right partner that will get a business to the cloud through a process called virtualization.

Jon Robertson, general manager of VMWare ASEAN said that “virtualization is the technical foundation for cloud computing, and customers are leveraging our industry-leading products like VMWare vSphere to transform their data centers into simplified cloud computing infrastructures.”

He said most of VMWare’s customers start with a desire to increase server efficiency and reduce capital expenses by virtualizing low risk workloads. Then, as more of their data centers are virtualized, customers can realize more value by implementing management and policy-driven automation. The resulting quality of service improvements accelerate transformation to an agile cloud computing model, which allows customers to accelerate their IT, which in turn accelerates their business.

Open Group publishes cloud computing guide for SMEs

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"Cloud computing won’t be the answer to all of the above. But it can help simplify IT so that SMEs stay business-focused."

"IT organisations of SMEs should consider the idea of becoming an IT service broker where services are provided to consumers through a pay-per-use arrangement and an as needed business model while sourced from outside from cloud service providers."

The Open Group believes that the cloud computing model can also help SMEs attract additional revenue. By sourcing IT services from outside the organisation, SMEs benefit from a reduced time-to-market, which will gain them new customers that might have gone to competitors previously, and in turn prevents those competitors from becoming stronger, it said.

IT organisations don’t have to invest in IT assets anymore, but instead ‘rent’ them from cloud service providers. But only as long as they are needed by the consumers," reads the report.

"Reducing and/or optimising costs is the keyword here, and the adoption of cloud computing can support this objective."

Open Group publishes cloud computing guide for SMEs

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"Cloud computing won’t be the answer to all of the above. But it can help simplify IT so that SMEs stay business-focused."

IT organisations don’t have to invest in IT assets anymore, but instead ‘rent’ them from cloud service providers. But only as long as they are needed by the consumers," reads the report.

"Reducing and/or optimising costs is the keyword here, and the adoption of cloud computing can support this objective."

Sunday 17 June 2012

Cheap WordPress Hosting Deal for June 2012

SPEC extends benchmarks to cloud measurements

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The company has formed a new working group to develop metrics for measuring cloud computing. The group will be a subgroup of the Open Systems Group (OSG), and will include participants from companies such as AMD, Dell, IBM, Intel, Oracle, Red Hat and VMware.

With cloud computing "you don't just have a single-sized computer most of the time. You are allowed to vary to your needs," said Rema Hariharan, chair of OSGCloud. As result, new metrics are needed to quantify operational concepts that mainly apply in cloud computing.

SPEC extends benchmarks to cloud measurements

Windows Hosting Review For 2012

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Top-Cheap-Web-Hosting.com announces the Windows hosting review for 2012 for Microsoft technology developers, based on the Windows features, supported Microsoft technology, web hosting features, speed, reliability, technical support and price, rated by the TCWH editors and the 115 real customers.

There are approximately 100,000 shared web hosting providers over the Internet, but most of them are Linux-based web hosting because of the expensive Microsoft software licenses and relative small proportion of web hosting users.

Windows Hosting Review For 2012

Marketing Campaign of Web Hosting Companies – A General News Roundup

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There are many web hosting companies that spend a great amount of money on different promos and marketing tactics.

Certified web hosting is celebrating its 13^th anniversary and they are offering 31% discount to new subscription for the month of June 2012. This offer is valid for all types of web hosting as well as cloud hosting services, VPS, private cloud, public cloud etc.

ASPWebHosting of Australia is offering 20% discounts on its all plans of SharePoint web hosting. This discount is available on all SharePoint plans like basic, premium, and gold.

Marketing Campaign of Web Hosting Companies – A General News Roundup

There are many web hosting companies that spend a great amount of money on different promos and marketing tactics.

ASPWebHosting of Australia is offering 20% discounts on its all plans of SharePoint web hosting. This discount is available on all SharePoint plans like basic, premium, and gold.

Friday 15 June 2012

Fasthosts Bolsters Dedicated Web Hosting with New Server

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Fasthosts Internet Ltd, (www.fasthosts.co.uk), a leading web hosting provider, today launched a powerful new, high quality server to further bolster the Fasthosts Dedicated Server range.

As a leading web hosting provider, and Technology Sponsor of The Great Exhibition 2012, Fasthosts offers a comprehensive range of web services including domain name registrations, servers, online backup solutions, reseller web hosting and feature-rich broadband packages. Fasthosts is well placed to deliver a high quality service.

Fasthosts Bolsters Dedicated Web Hosting with New Server

Fasthosts Internet Ltd, (www.fasthosts.co.uk), a leading web hosting provider, today launched a powerful new, high quality server to further bolster the Fasthosts Dedicated Server range.

Thursday 14 June 2012

Australia's distant cloud

This week's Twisted Wire looks at the growth of the datacentre industry in Australia, and asks: is it enough?

All of this may be good news for datacentre providers. Right now, there is more than $2 billion invested in building new centres. The downside for consumers is the relatively high cost of local cloud hosting — electricity is expensive, and we don't have the economies of scale enjoyed in larger markets. There's also a local competitor who is greener, cheaper and well connected, and situated just over the Tasman.

Canadian Web Host Netelligent Launches Cloud Reseller Hosting Services

Web hosting provider Netelligent Hosting announced on Wednesday it has launched its next-generation line of cloud hosting services, NETEL CLOUD, providing fully scalable, redundant, and secure hosting for businesses of all sizes.

As one of the few providers of white labelled cloud hosting in Canada, Netelligent has an opportunity to target resellers looking to offer their own cloud hosting services.

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Wednesday 13 June 2012

Australia's distant cloud

This week's Twisted Wire looks at the growth of the datacentre industry in Australia, and asks: is it enough?

Triple J's Spotify conundrum

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Yes, it is official, the Triple J had finally had decided to work hand-in-hand with a cloud hosting provider! Which means they will be providing better online services for its clients!

After such a lengthy wait, and more than a couple of false starts, music-streaming service Spotify launched in Australia earlier this week, and was generally well received — at least, judging from anecdotal evidence from the people I follow on Twitter.

Not one to fall behind the times on the latest fad (though I'll never understand the station's love of Australian hip-hop), Triple J created a music app for Spotify that includes top tracks being played on the station and several years' worth of Triple J Hottest 100 playlists. It all looks rather shiny and cool.

Triple J's Spotify conundrum

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Yes, it is official, the Triple J had finally had decided to work hand-in-hand with a cloud hosting provider! Which means they will be providing better online services for its clients!

Read more: http://goo.gl/Zzo8v

Aus Post eyes Telstra cloud for e-mailbox

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Aust post had announced to work together with Telstra Cloud hosting provider to give their clients a one step forward in providing excellent services to its clients through creating a digital mailbox

The two companies are also discussing hosting the MailBox on Telstra's cloud platform. Australia Post stressed that all information would be stored in Australia.

The telco has also been contracted to carry out services for Australia Post branches, although there was little detail on what services it would be providing. ZDNet Australia has requested information on the subject.

Australia Post aims to have a MailBox available to all Australians free of charge later this year.

MailBox is Australia Post's attempt to cannibalise its own letter service, instead of standing by while other companies cannibalise it

Aussie cloud boom all about local

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VMWare Australia and New Zealand managing director Duncan Bennet puts the program's growth down to its pricing model, which had meant that "literally one- and two-man organisations" could become cloud providers.

Young Australians just out of university could start up a cloud service, based on an infrastructure provider such as Zettagrid, using VMWare's software, and only pay a small amount until the customers started coming in.

Amazon wasn't cheaper, according to Pereira, once all the charges, such as charging for data in and data out, had been taken into account. Users also encountered latency issues with that provider, and Amazon didn't provide the flexibility that small businesses craved, he said.There was nothing stopping university graduates from creating a Bathurst cloud, Bennet said, or any region or industry creating its own cloud.

Australian clouds compared

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In some cases, the Australian cloud provider offerings have different options than their offshore counterparts, but they're certainly playing ball — and not just on price. These cloud providers are Australian businesses that are cloud hosting in datacentres owned and operated in Australia, and are subject to Australian law, which can and does give comfort to Australian CIOs if they are dealing with sensitive business and government workloads, as it removes the question of data sovereignty and other legal issues, such as data access under the US Patriot Act.

Can businesses sign up for the cloud service online in a self-service fashion?

The ability to be able to sign up and transact, without interactions with a salesperson or an account manager, is viewed by many as a critical element of cloud computing. Technical people have generally researched what they want, and just want to get on with the job. They prefer less manual interactions, and more means to automate activities. This can be in stark contrast, though, to less-technical management or management of enterprise that may want to engage in a more traditional sales process.

Australian clouds compared

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Can businesses sign up for the cloud service online in a self-service fashion?

Tuesday 12 June 2012

IBM still the best cloud: Longhaus

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In the annual Australian cloud-provider repot, IBM had been dubbed as the top Cloud hosting provider in Longhaus.

IBM is setting the pace, according to Longhaus. It has an "exemplar of a cloud-computing business for enterprise clients at a global level", not requiring minimum equipment and providing services out of six centres globally, including two in Australia.

In the last 12 months, 30 per cent of cloud-service providers have had an outage or service failure, he said. In addition, 24 per cent of providers have had a security breach in the past 12 months.

In future years, Longhaus might divide cloud services according to their classifications and services provided within an enterprise

IBM still the best cloud: Longhaus

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In the annual Australian cloud-provider repot, IBM had been dubbed as the top Cloud hosting provider in Longhaus.

In the last 12 months, 30 per cent of cloud-service providers have had an outage or service failure, he said. In addition, 24 per cent of cloud service providers have had a security breach in the past 12 months.

In future years, Longhaus might divide cloud services according to their classifications and services provided within an enterprise