NASA is planning to offer the agency’s scientists a cloud marketplace, or storefront, allowing them to determine their computing needs and access cloud services from any location. NASA is cited as a success story in government cloud computing for its Nebula cloud computing platform, a private cloud platform using open source software, according to a report [...]
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Capgemini has launched a cloud solution meant to assist clients with their procurement processes via the cloud. The company reported that its IBX Spend Capture Cloud streamlines the procurement process and allows organizations to capture the benefit of on-line spending, which is often wasted due to lack of compliance with procurement standard. According to Capgemini, [...]
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Cisco and Korean telecommunications service provider KT Corp. announced today a global strategic collaboration to bridge the IT and communications markets. The partnership is is based on an extensive relationship which spans across Smart+Connected Communities, business to business services, and cloud computing. “Cisco and KT have a long history of collaboration, and we share a common [...]
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VCE today announced it has become an SAP global technology partner. It will cooperate with SAP to help customers deploy the latest virtualization and cloud technologies to simplify and automate their mission-critical applications. Both firms will work closely to provide customers with solutions, services and support for their SAP applications running on Vblock Infrastructure Platforms. [...]
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Accenture today announced that it has developed a private cloud solution in support of SAP applications that allows businesses and organizations to easily migrate to a lower cost, private cloud infrastructure. The firm’s solution is designed to enhance the performance of systems running SAP solutions, improve flexibility, lower costs and leverage newer SAP technologies, including [...]
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SAP has completed its acquisition of Crossgate, a business-to-business integration provider. The move will make it possible for organizations to connect, transact and collaborate with customers and business partners through the cloud to enable real-time content and insights, SAP said in a release. SAP also said that, with Crossgate, customers will have a 360-degree service if [...]
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Quest recently released its Toad for cloud databases, which the company said addresses the shortage of skill-set and enables database professionals to directly apply their existing skills to emerging big data systems. They will be able to do this through SQL-based interface for managing non-relational data. After releasing the Toad for cloud databases in [...]
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Red Hat, SAIC Collaborating to Make Open Source More Accessible; Paul Smith Comments
November 7, 2011 1 CommentRed Hat and SAIC have agreed to collaborate to create solutions that will try to maximize open source cloud computing technologies that are scalable, secure, interoperable and portable. The companies’ goal is to reduce infrastructure costs and ease the Defense Department‘s adoption of cloud computing. Through the collaboration, Red Hat solutions will help progress at SAIC’s Advanced Computer Engineering [...]
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Deloitte is expanding its cloud computing consulting services with the addition of its Deloitte CloudPrint, a delivery framework specifically designed to help guide clients through the process of becoming a cloud service provider or subscriber. CloudPrint is built around three distinct offerings including CloudPrint for Providers, CloudPrint for Subscribers and CloudPrint for Sectors. “CloudPrint [...]
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Microsoft recently announced the availability of the Microsoft Dymanics CRM November 2011 service update for its website. The service update brings new customers social collaboration capabilities along with a complete Microsoft Office 365 experience and enhancements for enterprises using Microsoft Dynamics CRM in the cloud. “By bringing together new social collaboration capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics [...]
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