L.A. Hearing Justifies CAGW’s Caution on the Cloud

Today, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved the second amendment to the Computer Sciences Corporation’s (CSC) contract with the city of Los Angeles. As part of the contract amendment, CSC will not seek reimbursement of the $250,000 advance intended as an incentive for the city to encourage other government users to adopt Google, and… Continue reading L.A. Hearing Justifies CAGW’s Caution on the Cloud

Cloud Management Platform Delivers Unprecedented Time-to-Deployment Experience

OpDemand, provider of innovative solutions for agile IT operations, today announced significant user benefits of its next-generation cloud infrastructure management platform. OpDemand combines the rapid deployment and ease-of-use of a Platform as a Service (PaaS) with the flexibility and control of managing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). OpDemand users get the benefits of IaaS without… Continue reading Cloud Management Platform Delivers Unprecedented Time-to-Deployment Experience

Dell Boomi Helps AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah Move to the Cloud

Dell Boomi, the world’s largest integration cloud, today announced that AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah auto club (AAA NCNU) has standardized on Dell Boomi to manage its business transition to the cloud. AAA NCNU will use the power of Dell Boomi AtomSphere® to simplify cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS) application integration across more than 50… Continue reading Dell Boomi Helps AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah Move to the Cloud

Amazon Web Services Launches Brazil Datacenters for Its Cloud Computing Platform

Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company, today announced the launch of its new South America (Sao Paulo) Region, the eighth geographic Region worldwide in which the company has deployed its global cloud computing platform. South American-based businesses and global companies with customers in South America can now leverage the AWS suite of infrastructure… Continue reading Amazon Web Services Launches Brazil Datacenters for Its Cloud Computing Platform

NCR and Foresight Deliver New Data Centre Design Consultancy Services in MEA

NCR Corporation is today announcing that it is partnering with Foresight Technologies to offer a range of independent data centre design consultancy services in the high growth Middle East and Africa region. The new services are designed to help telecom carriers, financial service providers, retailers and airlines improve the reliability and efficiency of their data… Continue reading NCR and Foresight Deliver New Data Centre Design Consultancy Services in MEA

WSO2 Joins Cloud Security Alliance

WSO2 today announced that it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the non-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within cloud computing and education on the uses of cloud computing to help secure all other forms of computing. As a member of the Cloud Security… Continue reading WSO2 Joins Cloud Security Alliance

Logicalis Asks IT Pros to Calculate Their Cloud Savings

There has been a lot of debate over whether or not turning to the cloud can really save companies money … and it’s a discussion worth having. According to Logicalis, an international provider of integrated information and communications technology (ICT) solutions and services, the amount of money a company can save by using cloud services… Continue reading Logicalis Asks IT Pros to Calculate Their Cloud Savings

ConteXtream Launches Software Network Virtualization Solution for Cloud Providers

ConteXtream, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-scale network virtualization, today announced the availability of ConteXtream Grid for Cloud and Managed Hosting providers. ConteXtream Grid fundamentally changes the way cloud providers can address elasticity, multi-tenancy and scale challenges. With ConteXtream Grid network virtualization software, customers can offer tenants sophisticated networking and security services, achieve optimal utilization… Continue reading ConteXtream Launches Software Network Virtualization Solution for Cloud Providers