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VMware Unveils vCloud Hybrid Service
May 22, 2013
VMware has rolled out an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud built on VMware’s vSphere to help customers more rapidly move to the cloud. “VMware’s mission is to radically simplify IT and help customers transform their IT operations,” said Pat ...
Peak 10 Rolls Out Cloud-Based SQL DBaaS
May 22, 2013
Peak 10 Inc., and IT infrastructure and cloud solutions provider, has unveiled a multi-tenant, cloud-based SQL database as a service (DBaaS) solution. Peak 10 SQL as a Service provides access to a secure, high-performance managed database environment for running, developing ...
Force 3 Rolls Out Cloud-First for VDI Solution
May 21, 2013
Force 3, Cisco, NetApp, and Citrix have teamed up to launch Cloud First for VDI, a new pre-configured solution for virtual desktop infrastructure. Cloud First for VDI offers seamless scalability from a small pilot environment to large production with a ...
Dell to Enable Windows Server Hyper-V for OpenStack
May 21, 2013
Dell said it plans to enable Hyper-V and Microsoft Windows Server 2012 support for the OpenStack cloud platform. This development, which is the first instance of a leading technology vendor enabling Windows Server Hyper-V hypervisor on OpenStack for private clouds, ...
ServiceNow Unveils New Cloud Provisioning App
May 20, 2013
Enterprise IT cloud company ServiceNow has launched a cloud provisioning app to enable IT to better manage heterogeneous cloud environments. The ServiceNow Cloud Provisioning is a new orchestration app that lets IT automate the entire cloud management lifecycle. From self-service cloud ...
iWeb Rolls Out Guaranted Managed Cloud Hosting Service
May 20, 2013
iWeb, a Canada-based infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider, has launched a fully-managed OpenStack-based cloud hosting service. The managed cloud service is the first Openstack public cloud deployment in Canada and the first in the industry to provide guaranteed disk ...
CloudCentral Rolls out CumuLogic-Powered Cloud Services
May 17, 2013
Australian-based cloud infrastructure services provider CloudCentral has unveiled CloudCentral Cloud Services powered by CumuLogic to enable enterprises to test CloudCentral’s platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and other cloud s free for 30 days. Australian developers, enterprise and government customers are evaluating clouds and ...
Zetark Deploys IBM PureFlex, SmartCloud Entry
May 17, 2013
French managed services provider (MSP) Zetark is deploying its enterprise cloud storage services on PureFlex running IBM SmartCloud Entry to enable its customers to deploy clouds faster. The new version of IBM’s SmartCloud Entry (3.1) makes it easy for enterprise ...
Software AG Launches First Cloud-based PaaS Suite
May 16, 2013
Software AG has rolled out a cloud-based PaaS (platform-as-a-service) suite, Software AG Live, aimed at helping customers deploy the companies services and technologies in the cloud. Subject matter experts and IT professionals across organizations are now empowered to design and ...
SAP Enhances Line-of-Business Cloud Apps
May 16, 2013
SAP AG has updated its line-of-business cloud apps to help customers operate more efficiently. To simplify their technology deployments, best-run companies are shifting from adhoc spending to making strategic investments on one platform that span on-premise, managed and public cloud ...
Autodesk, Netsuite Partner on Manufacturing in the Cloud
May 15, 2013
ERP software company NetSuite Inc. has partnered with Autodesk Inc., provider of cloud-based design and engineering software, to integrate their technologies to help manufacturers save money, improve the quality of their products and adapt to ever-changing customer demands. Through the ...
Lockbox Rolls Out Cloud-based Privacy Service in the US
May 15, 2013
Lockbox, an Australian-based cloud privacy service, has entered the US market by rolling a new secure cloud-based privacy solution for the financial services industry. Company founders, CEO, Peter Long, and CTO, Rick Harvey are internationally recognized security and privacy experts. ...
Tier 3 Brings Enterprise Cloud to the Channel
May 13, 2013
Tier 3 has unveiled a new suite of reseller features to help service providers (SPs), system integrators (SIs) and value-added resellers (VARs) increase their revenue from cloud services. Tier 3 Cloud Reseller Edition – a new collection of branding and ...
Bluelock Rolls Out Recovery-as-a-Service Solution
May 13, 2013
Bluelock has rolled out its new cloud-based recovery-as-a-service (RaaS) offering, the 4-Series Virtual Datacenter to allow organizations to more efficiently recover critical IT resources during a disaster. The solution is compatible with VMware. With businesses’ increased reliance on technology, the ...
Identropy Rolls Out Cloud Management Service
May 10, 2013
Identity management software provider Identropy has rolled out an SaaS Advisory service to enable companies to manage their cloud-based apps across the enterprise. The new offering is designed to enable organizations to ensure that all SaaS applications are within the ...