Register now!
Get weekly insight from the experts at Cloud Commons.
Special Offer
Subscribe now for a chance to win a $500 Apple gift certificate*†
This Week in Cloud, January 19, 2011: Fujitsu big data cloud service, Microsoft to reposition System Center for cloud computing, New cloud portability standard from OASIS, Symantec acquires LiveOffice. And more…
Download our iPhone app
New: Download the This Week in Cloud iPhone app. Now it’s even easier to get your weekly cloud news and perspectives.
Cloud News
- Fujitsu is launching a big data cloud service that will enable the capture and analysis of customer data to help drive decision-making. The service includes using Fujitsu’s software and systems to gather telemetry and data from sensors, application transactions, clickstreams, logs, multimedia files and other data formats, processing the data and reintegrating the data with existing systems. Read more in this The Register article.
- The OASIS standards body has proposed a new cloud portability standard (Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications). Read more in this CIOL article.
- Microsoft is repositioning its System Center management suite to make it the central management console, not only for Windows Server in the enterprise data center, but also for future workloads in the on-premise cloud and Windows Azure public cloud. This InformationWeek article details the enhancements Microsoft will roll out.
- While the hypervisor battle between Microsoft and VMware continues to rage on, New RW Baird research cited in this GigaOM article says that more than 25 percent of resellers expect the hypervisor category to be the scene of the most aggressive price pressure of any IT category this year.
- Amazon Web Services bulked up its Direct Connect offerings with the addition of four new global locations, bringing private cloud connectivity to Northern California, Ireland, Singapore and Tokyo. This CRN article has more details.
- Symantec acquired cloud storage vendor LiveOffice, adding a cloud-based option to its information governance products. To learn more, read this Computerworld article.
- New data from IHS predicts that unit shipments of cloud servers will soar to 875,000 in 2012, up 35% from units shipped last year. Read this GigaOm article for more.
Featured Content on Cloud Commons
Gartner Report: Application Security Testing of Cloud Services Providers Is a Must
Enterprises moving business-critical information and processes into the cloud must ensure that their cloud providers meet their security policies. We believe that the recommendations in this report by Gartner (available compliments of Cloud Commons ecosystem) will help secure your cloud by explaining the various models of security testing that a company can use to test their provider's code for vulnerabilities.
Feature article
A Year’s Worth of IaaS on a Single 3 x 5 Card
By Kurt Milne, IT Process Institute
Some people like to start the New Year with predictions. I like to clean house, simplify, and make room for the new.
So I've summarized my 2011 private and hybrid IaaS cloud thinking from conversations, blogs, white papers, meetups, conferences and tradeshows -- on a single 3”x5” card. Read the full article for Milne’s snappy summary of IaaS.
Cloud Views
- Cloud Commons will be hosting a #CloudViews twitter event on cloud security today, January 19th at 3:00 PM ET. Follow the @CloudCommons twitter handle to join in the event. Find out more information and view our guest panel on Cloud Commons.
- This CloudTweaks link shows an interesting infographic on who is using cloud today and includes links to other infographics on the most commonly used cloud applications and the biggest cloud security concerns.
- When your data’s in the cloud, is it still your data? In this Computerworld article, cloud contracts expert Tom Trappler advises that cloud contracts should have language clearly affirming your ownership of your data.
- In this blog, Gartner analyst Anton Chuvakin identifies numerous challenges involved in monitoring the security of public cloud assets.
- CIOs adopting cloud computing are more ambitious than their peers, according to this Information Week article citing research sponsored by CA Technologies.
MSP Corner
- SMB cloud spending through service providers will increase to $615 million by 2015, according to recent AMI Partners research on cloud routes-to-market cited in this article. The research firm said this figure is the largest among all routes-to-market tracked by AMI and far outpaces the growth in total SaaS spending over the same period.
- Regional-based MSP OutsourceIT is merging with GoBeyondIT, a cloud service provider serving SMBs and enterprises. The combined company will offer a full suite of managed and cloud services, including Helpdesk, Project Services, Virtual CIO Services, NOC Services, Hosted Desktops (VDI), Hosted Servers, Hosted Applications and VoIP Telephone Services, according to this article in CBR Online. In response to the news, Joe Panettieri ponders whether small MSPs can battle big cloud service providers in this Talkin’ Cloud article.
- BluPointe has updated its cloud data protection solution for MSPs, making enhancements around security and data integrity, according to this MSP Mentor article.
Upcoming Cloud Events
- Cloud Expo Europe: January 25 – 26, London, UK
- MSPWorld: February 1 – 3, Miami, FL
- Cloud Connect: February 13 – 16, Silicon Valley, CA
- Cloud/Gov: Plan, Implement, Succeed: February 16, Washington DC
