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…
The archive contains 40TB of material–some 200,000 document pages, 300 reels of audio tape, 300 museum artifacts, 72 reels of film and 1,500 photos. – A half-century has gone by since President John F. Kennedy declared his famous call to action on that frigid Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 1961: quot;Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. quot;
Next week, the Boston-based John F. Kennedy Library amp; Museu…
GigaSpaces’ eXtreme Application Platform (XAP) and CloudTran partner to speed up database transaction processing. – GigaSpaces Technologies, a provider of virtualized application
platforms delivering end-to-end scalability, announced CloudTran has
integrated its transaction management middleware with GigaSpaces
eXtreme Application Platform. The end result is a Java-based
solution that runs large database infr…
The Riverbed Cloud Steelhead optimizes the WAN link between the cloud environment and the organizations network. Whitewater will deduplicate and encrypt data stored in the cloud. – Riverbed Technology unveiled two new network optimization
appliances aiming squarely for the public cloud on Nov. 10.
The Riverbed Cloud Steelhead is a version of its existing
WAN optimization appliance that has been redesigned specifically for public
cloud environments, and the Riverbed Whitew…
The online repository enables enterprises to locate and search potentially important evidence data by keyword, custodian, date range and content type. – Data management provider Kroll Ontrack Nov. 8 launched a new cloud-based service for preserving, filtering, and exporting data that could potentially be used in litigation or investigations.
The new service, Ontrack Guardian, uses Kroll’s branded Ontrack Compass enterprise archiving package as it…
HyperOffice beefs up its online project management application, aimed at cost-conscious businesses. – HyperOffice has added new project management features to its cloud-based
collaboration software suite offering collaboration tools, and online document
management and Web-based e-mail features.
HyperOffice integrates a range of online tools for teams to collaborate and
work together business e-…
Cloud-based e-mail security vendors need to know how to meet specific enterprise requirements such as privacy, resiliency, customization, control and customer support. To choose the right cloud-based e-mail security vendor, enterprise IT buyers need to ask the right questions. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Rami Habal covers the critical questions enterprise IT buyers should ask in order to properly assess a cloud-based e-mail security vendor’s offerings. – The economic returns of deploying IT security to a cloud platform are clear, including elimination of up-front capital expense, minimization of operational costs and fewer technical resources required. We have heard the benefit statements time and time again from both the vendor and analyst communit…
HP is now offering a cloud-based mobile management system to help IT managers keep track of employees smartphones, notebooks and other wireless devices. – Hewlett-Packard
has unveiled a cloud-based mobile device management system for IT managers struggling
to keep track of the growing number of smartphones, notebooks and other wireless
devices in the workplace. HP is also looking to partner with telecommunications
companies to provide this managem…
Vendor polarization between cloud-based and on-premises solutions is undermining the value of both infrastructure models. To reap the most benefits, organizations need to look for solutions that seamlessly and transparently support both cloud-based and on-premises deployment. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Ed Harnish explains why organizations should leverage both cloud-based and on-premises approaches to meet their evolving business needs. – From data backup technologies to antivirus solutions, vendor polarization between on-premises and cloud-based solutions is forcing organizations to make difficult and unnecessary choices. On-premises solutions should not just be limited to organizations with great in-house resources, nor should busi…
Collaborative Care gathers and presents patients’ health data from multiple sources to create a detailed, up-to-date record that can be updated in real time to support clinical and emergency health care decisions. – IBM said Aug. 5 that it has joined up with the Aetna insurance
company’s health IT division, ActiveHealth Management, to launch a new
cloud-based patient-records service for physicians and extended-care
providers.
Dubbed Collaborative Care, the service gathers and presents patients’
health …
Sophos has bolstered its security with a tweaked approach to the cloud in the upcoming release of Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection 9.5. – Sophos has strengthened its cloud-based analytic capabilities to protect endpoints from malware and malicious websites.
In Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection 9.5, Sophos has
added what it calls quot;Live Protection, quot; a new spin on the companys
approach to the cloud. Rather than…
Manufacturing Edition features material requirements planning, production engineering, shop floor control, manufacturing inventory control, manufacturing cost control, project control, and lot and serial control. – NetSuite, a vendor of cloud computing business management software suites,
announced the availability of NetSuite Manufacturing Edition, a cloud
manufacturing suite designed to help midsize manufacturers run business
operations with greater agility and visibility, including support for the multic…
IT networking and middleware provider Novell will provide on-demand, cloud-based secure-access services for telecom giant Verizon’s upcoming SAAS offerings.
– Financially troubled Novell, which recently rejected a $2
billion takeover bid by a hedge fund but apparently is still listening to
buyout offers at the right stock price, had some better news April 29.
The IT networking and middleware provider has struck a deal with telecommunications
giant V…
Microsoft and Facebook announce the launch of Docs for Facebook, an online applications platform beta that lets Facebook users create and share Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. FUSE Labs, a Microsoft division devoted to building software with a social connectivity focus, took four months to build the beta. The announcement coincides with the start of Facebook’s F8 conference in San Francisco, where the social networking company is emphasizing the increasingly social and collaborative nature of the Web.
– Microsoft and Facebook have launched the beta version of Docs for Facebook,
an online applications platform that lets Facebook users create and share Word,
Excel and PowerPoint documents. The launch represents yet another escalation in
the cloud-based productivity arena, where Microsoft finds its…
As a result of this new initiative, BlackBerry users now can search for the closest connected printer wherever it may be, use the HP cloud service on a secure network to access it, and then make the printout. FedEx Office and Hilton Worldwide are also involved.
– SAN
FRANCISCO Hewlett-Packard, Research In Motion (maker
of BlackBerry connected devices), FedEx Office and Hilton Worldwide joined
forces April 21 to kick-start a new cloud-based service for mobile printing,
long a nagging problem for many traveling businesspeople.
As a result of this new in…
IBM and Verizon present the highly configurable Managed Data Vault, which provides secure daily backups for any amount of business data through a beefed-up VPN that can run on either IP or on a private direct line.
– IT giants IBM and Verizon on March 31
introduced a new cloud service and software offering that will make existing quot;industrial-strength quot;
Verizon data storage services more accessible for data centers.
The two companies co-launched the highly configurable Managed Data Vault, which
pro…
Gaming moves further into the cloud as OnLive announces a cloud-based gaming service with support from publishing heavyweights such as Electronic Arts (EA), THQ and Ubisoft.
– As more companies become comfortable moving their businesses
into cloud-based services, consumers are also waking up to the idea that
cloud-based storage (and entertainment) is a safe and practical alternative.
With this in mind, OnLive, a deliverer of on-demand, instant-play video games,
announ…
There is a lot to like about storage in the cloud, but getting it wrong can come at a great cost.
– It’s
no surprise that interest in storage in the cloud has been rising: Storage in
the cloud can be less expensive than storing data yourself, and it can be more
scalable, more efficient and more secure.
Of
course, that assumes you do everything right. Done wrong, cloud-based storage will
gain…
PGP agrees to acquire TC TrustCenter and its parent company, ChosenSecurity, for their on-demand platform for managing trusted identities.
– PGP has agreed to acquire German security vendor TC TrustCenter and its
U.S.
parent company, ChosenSecurity, for an undisclosed sum
of money.
ChosenSecurity
and TC TrustCenter provide an on-demand platform for managing trusted
identities for encryption, authentication and secure collaborati…
Microsoft and Intuit are launching a Windows Azure SDK for Intuit Partner Platform, opening a way for developers to create applications for small and midsize businesses that rely on Intuit’s QuickBooks financial software. Intuit has named Windows Azure the preferred platform for SMB cloud-based application development on its platform. Microsoft has been making forays into the cloud, embracing the computing trend despite its traditional reliance on a desktop and on-premises software model.
– Microsoft and Intuit are planning to integrate the capabilities of their
cloud services platforms, giving developers the chance to develop applications
for small and midsize businesses that use QuickBooks financial software. Customers
would be able to access the applications via the cloud-based I…
