The Missing Link: CLOUD MONITORING
End-to-end monitoring offers a view from cloud to enterprise Laura Smith, Features Writer | SearchCIO Imagine the “situation room”: IT executives are staring at a wall of screens that depict the real-time performance of applications and transactions. Does this sound like science fiction? It isn’t anymore, as a spate of end-to-end monitoring tools makes its […]
Building a private cloud? Start slowly
Ivan Pepelnjak | 10.11.10 | SearchNetworking.com Imagine being able to do what Amazon Web Services can do within your own private data center: create a new disk or server, or start new instances of an application in seconds with a few clicks by choosing from hundreds of available templates that span a range of operating […]
Microsoft takes cloud fight to Google
Google and Microsoft are scrapping to get their office apps into the enterprise cloud By Sharon Gaudin | 10.20.10 | ComputerWorld.com Microsoft officially took its ubiquitous Office suite to the cloud this week with Office 365. And that, say industry watchers, is not good news for rival Google, which has been trying to capture the […]
IT Careers: Hottest Jobs, Skills in Cloud Computing, Mobile Application Development
The latest IBM Tech Trends survey of IT professionals reveals that cloud computing and mobile application development will provide the most career opportunities, followed by social media and business intelligence. By Meridith Levinson | Mon, October 11, 2010 | CIO.com Want to lock in some job security in IT over the next five years? […]
10 Cloud Computing Add-Ons To Watch
The Cloud Can’t Stand Alone Sep. 20, 2010 | CRN.com As cloud computing and cloud applications continue to make inroads and cloud adoption climbs, a host of supplementary cloud computing solutions — ones that bolt onto the cloud to add additional functionality like management capabilities, archiving, e-discovery and continuity — have hit the market to […]
IBM is buying data storage company Netezza for about $1.7 billion
September 20, 2010 9:02 AM | Crain’s NY Business (AP) – IBM said Monday it has agreed to pay $1.7 billion for Netezza Corp., a company that helps businesses sort through data on corporate servers. Netezza’s software and hardware systems are designed to help companies use data about their businesses to make strategic decisions. The […]