This report examines closely how academic, public and special libraries are using cloud computing services. It looks at use of specific services from Amazon, Google, Rackspace, DuraCloud, DropBox and many others, as well as more general questions regarding the use of cloud services, such as security issues, overall cost, impact on IT staff, data reliability… Continue reading Survey of Library Use of Cloud Computing
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CompTIA and ITpreneurs Collaborate on New Cloud Computing Credential
CompTIA, the leading provider of vendor-neutral skills certifications for the global information technology (IT) workforce, and ITpreneurs, the leading provider of competence development solutions for IT best practices, announced today they are collaborating on a new cloud computing skills credential. The CompTIA Cloud Essentials exam, scheduled for availability in December 2011, will validate knowledge and… Continue reading CompTIA and ITpreneurs Collaborate on New Cloud Computing Credential
School System Implements Intelligent Clustered Operating System
Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of intelligent, scale-out storage solutions tailored to the virtualization and disaster recovery needs of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), today announced that the Morgan County School System of Morgan County, Tenn. has deployed Scale’s data storage solution to enable virtualization and centralization of data for teachers, students and… Continue reading School System Implements Intelligent Clustered Operating System
New Citrix CloudPortal Turns Clouds into Profitable Businesses
Citrix at Citrix Synergy™, the conference where cloud computing, networking and virtualization meet, Citrix unveiled Citrix CloudPortal™, a new product line designed to help providers transform general purpose cloud infrastructure into profitable cloud businesses. The company also previewed the next upcoming release of its flagship Citrix CloudStack™ platform, acquired earlier this year through the acquisition… Continue reading New Citrix CloudPortal Turns Clouds into Profitable Businesses
Citrix CloudGateway Delivers End User Computing for the Cloud Era
Citrix at Citrix Synergy™, the conference where cloud computing, networking and virtualization meet, the next stage of its strategy for Citrix CloudGateway™, the industry’s first unified service broker that aggregates, controls and delivers Windows, web, SaaS and mobile apps to any user on any device. The CloudGateway product line empowers end users with self-service access… Continue reading Citrix CloudGateway Delivers End User Computing for the Cloud Era
Citrix Unveils “Follow-Me-Data” Fabric to Enable the Personal Cloud
Citrix announced at Citrix Synergy™, the conference where cloud computing, networking and virtualization meet, that it is opening up its recently acquired ShareFile data cloud to create an extensible platform for sharing business data across a wide range of apps, devices and services. The company’s new “Follow-Me-Data Fabric” will make it easy for third-party developers… Continue reading Citrix Unveils “Follow-Me-Data” Fabric to Enable the Personal Cloud
Gartner Says Now More Than Ever Is the Time to Re-Imagine the Role of IT
Modernizing technologies are not enough for CIOs to succeed; it is time for IT leaders to re-imagine IT, according to Gartner, Inc. This is the era of mass collaboration driven by the consumerization of IT. For an IT leader to thrive in this environment, they must re-imagine their role, and they must lead from the… Continue reading Gartner Says Now More Than Ever Is the Time to Re-Imagine the Role of IT
Contegix Unveils New Cloud Computing Platform with MiraCloud
Contegix, a managed cloud hosting and Internet infrastructure company, today announced a strategic expansion to its Contegix Cloud Computing platform. MiraCloud™, the company’s new cloud computing platform, will offer customers a tiered cloud hosting model that includes convenience class, business class and enterprise class levels. With the introduction of MiraCloud, Contegix is redefining how the… Continue reading Contegix Unveils New Cloud Computing Platform with MiraCloud