SAP Launches Cloud-Based Visual Intelligence Software
SAP has rolled out a new software offering intended to help enterprises visualize, publish and share information in a cloud environment. Lumira is designed to replace SAP’s Visual Intelligence product and help users share documents across mobile devices or web browsers, the company said Friday. The HTML5-built self-service platform seeks to address analysis delivery speeds [...]
Hewlett-Packard has appointed Saar Gillai to senior vice president and general manager of its newly created converged cloud unit, according to an All Things D article. Gillai, who was vice president and general manager of cloud networking, will lead management of HP’s cloud computing offerings. He will report to Bill Veghte, HP chief operating officer. According [...]
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HP to Help Store, Process & Distribute Media Through Cloud for AllDigital Inc.
December 27, 2012 No CommentAllDigital Inc. has chosen HP’s StoreAll Storage solution to manage its growing cloud-based big data, as it looks to use one platform to store, process and distribute digital media outputs to its clients. The upgrade aims to allow AllDigital to send video-on-demand assets and live media feeds to its clients’ computing devices using one platform [...]
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NetApp Releases Private Storage App for Amazon Web Services; Brendon Howe Comments
November 29, 2012 1 Comment
NetApp unveiled a private storage application for Amazon web services at an event Wednesday, according to a NetApp statement. The new NetApp private storage app allows AWS users to duplicate an on-premise NetApp storage environment and create a cloud infrastructure to balance internal data centers and AWS cloud resources. (Click Here, to read about NetApp recently opening [...]
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VA Awards Mobile App Store, Device Mgmt Software Contract; Jerry Ambrosh Comments
October 8, 2012 No CommentThe Department of Veterans Affairs has selected Firstview Federal Technology Solutions LLC to provide the department a cloud computing-based mobile application store, Nextgov reports. According to Bob Brewin, Firstview will also provide the VA mobile device management software under the $4.4 million contract awarded last week. The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to issue a [...]
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A survey from Wakefield Research, commissioned by Citrix, found that many Americans aren’t familiar with cloud computing or are unaware that they are using it, Citix announced August 28. Kim DeCarlis, vice president of corporate marketing at Citrix, said the survey showed that there is a wide gap between the perceptions and realities of cloud [...]
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Computer Sciences Corp. has introduced an on-premise private cloud for federal agencies that can start handling application workloads within 10 weeks, the company announced Thursday. BizCloud for Government gives users a private cloud behind their firewall or on their premises of choice, the company said. Leif Ulstrup, president of CSC’s federal consulting practice, said the [...]
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The FBI plans to award George Mason University funds for automated testing of Android applications in a cloud environment, according to a July 12 FedBizOpps post. Earlier this year, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded GMU a grant for similar work through the agency’s Engineering Highly Adaptive Resilient Software Systems project. FBI funding will match [...]
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Gartner recently released a new technology report titled, “Gartner Raises IT Spending Growth Projection on Cloud Services” Wired.com’s Cloudline reports. The technology research company reveals global IT spending has exceeded forecast growth, reporting numbers that may reach a 3 percent increase or $3.6 trillion in 2012. Telecom service is reportedly the most notably emerging economy [...]
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The Los Angeles Community College District has chosen Microsoft to provide cloud-based online communication and collaboration services to the district, Information Week reports. Microsoft will deploy its Live@edu online suite to more than 250,000 faculty and student members in that district, Paul McDougall writes. The agreement is the result of a three-year evaluation process and [...]
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