SugarCRM and IBM partner will deliver a social CRM experience for users via IBMs LotusLive collaboration suite. – ORLANDO, Fla.
– SugarCRM, a provider of CRM
software, has announced a new integration with the IBM LotusLive collaboration suite.
This
announcement is the first in a series of offerings following SugarCRM joining
the IBM Global Alliance Portfolio as a cloud-solutions provider, said Larry
Aug…
HP’s new Digital Learning Suite includes six solutions, such as a tablet and "pocket" whiteboard, that can be paired depending on the classroom’s need. – Hewlett-Packard, the worldwide leader in PC sales, is introducing a
suite of education-focused products aimed at helping quot;schools prepare
students for greater achievement and success, quot; it said in a Feb. 2
statement. Called the HP Digital Learning Suite, it includes six components,
from…
Dell partners with Canonical to make open-source cloud infrastructure available via Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud. – Canonical has announced the availability of Ubuntu Enterprise
Cloud running on Dell PowerEdge C2100 and C6100 servers in an integrated
solution.
This new solution enables Dells U.S.-based customers to
easily deploy IAAS (infrastructure as a service), Canonical officials said. The
standard editi…
Net2Compute leveraging Savvis Symphony Virtual Private Data Center (VPDC) cloud computing technology. – Telecommunication solutions provider CHT Global announced the launch
of its first North American cloud computing platform, Net2Compute,
which leverages Savvis Symphony Virtual Private Data Center
cloud computing technology. Net2Compute provides CHT Global’s
enterprise customers the ability to se…
GigaSpaces launched its latest eXtreme Application Platform 8.0 that provides developers an integrated platform with application scalability, a load balancer, and database to move existing applications into the cloud. – GigaSpaces Technologies launched on Jan. 31 its eXtreme
Application Platform 8.0, a virtual application platform that can transition
existing infrastructure into the cloud, the company said.
The XAP 8.0 platform modernizes older infrastructure into
distributed architectures, virtualized environ…
Google Jan. 31 began making Google Docs more visually appealing and easier to use as it seeks to improve its cloud-computing collaboration application for documents. – Google Jan. 31
said it is refining the search capabilities in its Google Docs document
software to help users find the myriad files they create and store in the
company’s cloud-computing system.
The
enhancements are all geared toward making Docs a more serious collaboration
software play as th…
UPDATED: Mozy, which has been charging $4.95 per month for unlimited capacity in its MozyHome service, now will charge $5.99 per month for 50GB of storage for one personal computer. – Mozy, one of the first independent cloud storage services to break into both
the consumer and business markets six years ago before it was bought by EMC,
announced Jan. 31 that it is ditching its unlimited capacity service and
revising its pricing structure for home users.
Mozy, which has been…
Organizations of all sizes have to deal with an economic reality when it comes to cloud computing: cloud computing requires storage. These budgets continue to remain relatively flat even as demand for cloud storage capacity grows at a rate of nearly 60 percent per year. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Stephen Wojtowecz explains how organizations can effectively manage and protect the data stored in cloud environments. – The shift to cloud brings new challenges to data storage, which is already complicated by virtualized systems, tape storage, network-attached storage (NAS) and other data storage formats. Because all data in a cloud lives in the same shared system, management of the data becomes paramount in maintai…
The platform is designed to provide access to corporate file systems and SharePoint directly from any Web browser. – OS33, a specialist in cloud-based IT delivery automation platforms for
managed service providers, announced the latest version of its cloud platform
featuring major updates to its Cloud File Manager and OS33 WebTop. This new
version is designed to provide access to corporate file systems and Shar…
“Going forward, high operating costs are likely to weigh on SMRT’s performance.” It notes revenue from fare-based operations +8.7% on-year though operating profits slipped 19.8% on-year.
Kim Eng says the results were within expectations; it upgrades the stock to Hold from Sell, raises its target price to $1.97 from $1.75 as it rolls forward its target valuation to FY12.
Orderbook suggests downside likely limited to $2.03.
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NASA Shared Services Center is using RightNow CX as part of its cloud effort to improve the Website experience as well as to cut costs for maintaining live phone operators. – NASA has moved its citizen-support center to the RightNow Secure Government
Cloud, RightNow Technologies said Jan. 27. The support site will be using the
RightNow CX customer experience platform to improve Website efficiency, the
company said.
The NASA Shared
Services Center
is a public/privat…
Virtela adds Cloud Accelerator, a new service to its cloud services portfolio that optimizes network traffic for data centers on any public cloud environment. – Virtela expanded its cloud services portfolio with a new WAN acceleration
service for customers utilizing public clouds for their data centers, the
company said Jan. 26.
Similar to the WAN Acceleration service Virtela launched in the summer,
Cloud Accelerator speeds up application performance be…
Verizon is acquiring cloud-service provider Terremark Worldwide to compete against Amazons cloud by offering customers security, IAAS and managed services. – Verizon Communications
is acquiring Terremark Worldwide for $1.4 billion to enhance its cloud-computing
capabilities, the companies said Jan. 27.
The acquisition of the Miami-based
cloud services and data-center-hosting provider will expand Verizons ability to
provide IT services to corporate c…
Verizon acquired cloud service provider Terremark Worldwide to compete against Amazons cloud by offering customers security, infrastructure-as-a-service, and managed services. – Verizon Communications acquired Terremark Worldwide for $1.4
billion to enhance its cloud computing capabilities, the company said Jan. 27.
The acquisition of the Miami-based cloud services and data
center hosting provider will expand Verizons ability to provide information
technology services t…
Microsoft is betting that customers will embrace its cloud offerings, but executives on the Jan. 27 earnings call offered no timetable for that future ramp-up. – Microsoft may
have adopted an “all in” strategy with regard to the cloud, but its Jan. 27
earnings call suggests the company at least publicly is playing a bit loose
with its roadmap for client adoption of the technology.
That could be
a reflection of some companies reluctance to embrace the c…
Powered by CloudCommand, the online software platform delivers secure Wi-Fi to midmarket companies. – D-Link announced the release
of a business-grade, cloud-managed WiFi platform built to meet the connectivity
and security needs of small to midsize businesses. The new DAP-2555 AirPremier
N Dual Band, POE (Power over Ethernet) Access Point powered by CloudCommand
delivers a WiFi environment with…
Zyrions performance-management and monitoring technology maps components of the cloud to supported business services. – Zyrion announced the
availability of its expanded Business Service Container Technology in its
Traverse enterprise-network-management platform. The company said the addition
of this enhanced capability within Traverse is designed to enable IT
organizations to more effectively monitor their priva…
CEO Carson Sweet calls Halo the industry’s "first and only server and compliance products that specifically provide multiple-level security for elastic cloud servers." – MENLO PARK, Calif. –
Whenever a survey, whitepaper or other industry research comes out evaluating
cloud computing, most of the attributes of this trend-setting style of IT
receive a ton of praise.
However, if there is a hesitation on a potential customer’s part about
investing capital into…
Microsoft could use its Jan. 27 earnings call to highlight Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 sales, and cloud-services adoption. But its profits could lag behind Apples. – Microsoft is set to announce its latest quarterly earnings
after the market closes Jan. 27.
Analyst estimates
posted by Thomson Reuters suggest the companys overall sales will hit
$19.15 billion, a slight year-over-year uptick, and $5.93 billion in profit.
Should the latter number come to pass…
The platform includes a patch management solution aimed at securing virtual and physical infrastructure. – Virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions specialist VMware
announced the general availability of Go Pro, a cloud service designed
to enable small to medium-size businesses to consolidate,
control and secure their physical and virtual IT infrastructure. Go
Pro is available by subscriptio…
