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The Cloud – your new Malware vector

Posted on Feb 4, 2013 in Cloud Info, Cloud News, Enterprise Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, SMB Cloud

They would like to figure out each and every website you go to so that they know if you bought from another website instead of their's. But some website are taking the need to know to new levels. Sears.com is one of those websites. They use a service called Netseer which explains their service like this:

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Cloud Migration Is Not Enough – SYS-CON Media (press release)

Posted on Jan 30, 2013 in Hybrid Cloud

By Greg Ness Article Rating: January 30, 2013 06:30 AM EST Reads: 219 Just as enterprises are dabbling in cloud migration by migrating virtualized instances into public clouds, along comes the hybrid cloud meme, offering enterprises the promise of building their own hybrid clouds out of both virtual and unmodified apps running in cloud- integrated data centers. Datamation predicted that the hybrid cloud management market would reach $3.6B by 2016.  That’s right; in three years that would make hybrid cloud a larger market in 2016 than Amazon's estimated $2B in 2012. Last fall Gartner struck a very aggressive hybrid cloud tone at their December Data Center Conference in Las Vegas, the week after Amazon’s stellar public cloud tribute conference (for more perspective see my Two Weeks in Vegas blog discussing both events).

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ServiceMesh Announces First Cloud Management Solution to Configure Cisco … – PR Web (press release)

Posted on Jan 30, 2013 in Hybrid Cloud

Santa Monica, Calif (PRWEB) January 29, 2013 ServiceMesh, provider of the industry’s only enterprise-grade cloud management platform, today announced its ability to centrally manage Cisco hardware built clouds, most notably through the integration of its Agility Platform with Cisco’s Virtual Network Management Center (VNMC) and Virtual Security Gateway (VSG).

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Latency ‘big issue’ in APAC cloud delivery – ZDNet

Posted on Jan 30, 2013 in Hybrid Cloud

The Asia-Pacific region's large geographical expanse means network latency is a challenge that needs to be thought through by cloud service providers. Despite this, 2013 is believed to be the tipping point for cloud adoption, according to one AT&T executive.

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Enhancing Efficiency and Accountability through Cloud – FutureGov Magazine

Posted on Jan 29, 2013 in Hybrid Cloud

Connected Government, Government Cloud, Open Government By Sumedha Jalote | 30 January 2013 This is the first part of a series of reports on FutureGov Breakfast Briefings around Asia.

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AT&T cloud services built on VMware vCloud Datacenter meet evolving … – ZDNet

Posted on Jan 29, 2013 in Hybrid Cloud

The next BriefingsDirect IT leadership discussion focuses on how global telecommunications giant AT&T has created advanced cloud services for its business customers. We'll look at how AT&T has developed the ability to provide virtual private clouds and other computing capabilities as integrated services at scale. To learn more about implementing cloud technology to deliver and commercialize an adaptive and reliable cloud services ecosystem, we sat down with Chris Costello, Assistant Vice President of AT&T Cloud Services

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Red Hat Updates Its Open Hybrid Cloud Solutions Portfolio and Strategy … – Equities.com

Posted on Jan 29, 2013 in Hybrid Cloud

ProQuest Information & Learning Red Hat, Inc., a provider of open source solutions, has announced updates to its open hybrid cloud solutions portfolio and strategy following the closing of its acquisition of ManageIQ, a provider of enterprise cloud management and automation solutions that enable organizations to deploy, manage and optimize across private clouds, public clouds and virtualized infrastructures. "We've worked with ManageIQ as a partner to our Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization platform with successful joint customers and saw an opportunity to expand our hybrid cloud management capabilities with an even closer relationship with ManageIQ's compelling portfolio," said Bryan Che, general manager, Cloud Business Unit at Red Hat

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WD Teams With Arkeia Software Solutions to Expand Its SMB Storage Product … – StorageReview.com

Posted on Jan 29, 2013 in Hybrid Cloud

January 29th, 2013 by Lyle Smith WD has announced the expansion of its small- and medium-sized businesses product portfolio with the addition of network backup software and appliances from Arkeia Software, a privately held data protection company recently acquired by WD. The acquisition of Arkeia Software was completed through a merger transaction, which encompassed all of their employees, technology and products. Additionally, WD announced that Arkeia Network Backup version 10.0 software is now generally available

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NextiraOne launches Dedicated Cloud and Disaster Recovery Suites that … – RealWire (press release)

Posted on Jan 29, 2013 in Hybrid Cloud

Suites bundle wide range of products and services; easily deployed, low risk option solutions. Lichfield, 29 January 2013 – As one of Europe’s leading integrators of private Cloud Solutions, NextiraOne has launched dedicated Cloud and Disaster Recovery Suites in the UK

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Oracle Cloud Success Triggers Oracle-Derangement Syndrome – Forbes

Posted on Jan 29, 2013 in Hybrid Cloud

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison (Wikipedia) A strong case can be made that Oracle  has the widest, deepest, and most-modern set of cloud-computing solutions in the world. More than 10,000 paying customers are using the Oracle Cloud, and that extends out to 25,000,000 million individual users

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NextiraOne launches Dedicated Cloud and Disaster Recovery Suites that … – MENAFN.COM

Posted on Jan 29, 2013 in Hybrid Cloud

NextiraOne launches Dedicated Cloud and Disaster Recovery Suites that provide business continuity Suites bundle wide range of products and services; easily deployed, low risk option solutions Jan 29, 2013 (Menafn - M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) --As one of Europes leading integrators of private Cloud Solutions, NextiraOne has launched dedicated Cloud and Disaster Recovery Suites in the UK. These suites will be based on the technology platforms of Cisco, NetApp, EMC and VMWare and will include managed services for these suites during their life cycle. They will be co-located at the Equinix LD5 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Slough

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ServiceMesh Announces First Cloud Management Solution To Configure Cisco … – HostReview.com (press release)

Posted on Jan 29, 2013 in Hybrid Cloud

ServiceMesh Announces First Cloud Management Solution To Configure Cisco Devices For Policy Based Security And Governance 03:12:06 - 29 January 2013 Agility Cloud Management Platform Automates Cisco Virtual Network Management Center and Virtual Security Gateway Configurations Santa Monica, Calif (PRWEB) January 29, 2013 - ServiceMesh, provider of the industry’s only enterprise-grade cloud management platform, today announced its ability to centrally manage Cisco hardware built clouds, most notably through the integration of its Agility Platform with Cisco’s Virtual Network Management Center (VNMC) and Virtual Security Gateway (VSG). This integration extends the Agility Platform’s policy management capabilities to configure policies across Cisco firewalls and network switches, improving cloud security and speeding application delivery. “Security, governance, and control are often cited as the top impediments to cloud adoption,” said John Catalano, vice-president of product engineering at ServiceMesh

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Virtustream and Telecommunications Firm Mobily Offer Joint Cloud Services in … – Web Host Industry Review

Posted on Jan 29, 2013 in Hybrid Cloud

The partnership doesn’t mark Virtustream’s entrance into the market, but it will broaden its reach in the Middle East by offering public and hybrid cloud services to SMBs and enterprises Cloud hosting provider Virtustream announced on Friday that it has partnered with telecommunications company Mobily to provide joint enterprise cloud services in Saudi Arabia.

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Agnico-Eagle Selects Q9 Networks – Zacks.com

Posted on Jan 28, 2013 in Hybrid Cloud

Gold producer Agnico-Eagle Limited (AEM - Analyst Report) announced that it has selected Q9 Networks to deliver high availability co-location services in support of its critical IT systems. These co-location services will be crucial for a new hybrid cloud solution, especially designed for Agnico-Eagle’s IT systems such as ERP, financial and web-based applications.Agnico-Eagle offers an improved level of private as well as public cloud-based IT services to its users but lacked data center infrastructure to achieve reliability targets consistently. Q9 Networks develops and operates its data centers to address the challenging IT infrastructure needs of increased power and cooling demands in high density computing devices.

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Agnico-Eagle Selects Q9 Networks – Zacks.com

Posted on Jan 28, 2013 in Hybrid Cloud

Gold producer Agnico-Eagle Limited (AEM - Analyst Report) announced that it has selected Q9 Networks to deliver high availability co-location services in support of its critical IT systems.

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