Oracle quietly plotting ambitious cloud computing plan

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	Oracle quietly plotting ambitious cloud computing plan During a series of analyst briefings, Oracle has provided additional details of how it plans to play in the cloud moving forward. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: VeriSign VeriSign SSL, now from Symantec. We're moving beyond the standard SSL. Added features now include Vulnerability assessment, Malware scans & Seal-in-Search. Provide more robust security functionality to your website while protecting your customers with VeriSign SSL, now from Symantec. Click to learn more! In this Issue Mining firm GMC deploys cloud-based ERP HP takes aim at Amazon with public cloud, virtual network components Amazon Web Services launches CloudSearch Amazon cloud accessed daily by a third of all 'Net users ELPaaS platform helps port COBOL apps to Amazon, Rackspace, other clouds AT&T brings the network closer to the cloud INSIDER Your cloud contract needs to look beyond renewal time Chris Poelker: Defining cloud computing part two: Financial and technology explanation SAP aims for 'agile' cloud application development Puppet CM tool can deploy, manage OpenStack clouds Rackspace launches new OpenStack-based cloud portfolio IBM, Red Hat to join OpenStack Foundation SpiderOak launches secure storage cloud for businesses First look: Nivio cloud software service is promising, but overly complex How to avoid the perils of virtualization and cloud stall WHITE PAPER: Cisco Private Cloud: Lessons Learned Along the Way A recent IDG Research Services study confirms that the private cloud is indeed full of promise. Agility. Efficiency. Cost savings. But realizing those rewards can be an arduous path. Now, you can leverage what Cisco learned on their own path to the private cloud. View Now Mining firm GMC deploys cloud-based ERP Global mining consultant GMC has gone live with a cloud-based business software deployment from NetSuite to serve its roaming employees. Read More HP takes aim at Amazon with public cloud, virtual network components Hewlett-Packard announced a series of open-source-based cloud offerings and added network automation capabilities to its hardware products in an attempt to carve out its piece of a market currently topped by Amazon Web Services. Read More Amazon Web Services launches CloudSearch Amazon Web Services has introduced CloudSearch, which allows users of its cloud to integrate fully managed and highly scalable search functionality into their applications, the company said. Read More Amazon cloud accessed daily by a third of all 'Net users DeepField Networks, a cloud intelligence company operating in semi-stealth mode, offered up some eye-popping findings about the breadth of Internet activity Amazon is now responsible for. Read More ELPaaS platform helps port COBOL apps to Amazon, Rackspace, other clouds A new development platform announced by startup Heirloom Computing will allow companies to move legacy applications written in the venerable, but still-viable, COBOL language, which often run on mainframes, to a variety of cloud computing services. Read More AT&T brings the network closer to the cloud AT&T wants to change how mobile devices are used, and the company's CTO, Krish Prabhu, is looking for ways to deliver 'intelligent' cloud services to consumers over its network. Read More INSIDER Your cloud contract needs to look beyond renewal time Use your contract to keep from being surprised when it's time to renew. 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Read More Puppet CM tool can deploy, manage OpenStack clouds Puppet Labs has equipped its namesake open-source configuration management software with the ability to control OpenStack cloud deployments. Read More Rackspace launches new OpenStack-based cloud portfolio The company unveils array of new services, including a MySQL offering optimized for the cloud. Read More IBM, Red Hat to join OpenStack Foundation The open-source OpenStack cloud infrastructure stack has gained a number of additional powerful allies, as IBM and Red Hat have both agreed to support the OpenStack Foundation, organizers behind the soon-to-be-created organization announced. Read More SpiderOak launches secure storage cloud for businesses SpiderOak, a consumer cloud storage provider, released a business-class service that places management and security control of data in the hands of the user. Read More First look: Nivio cloud software service is promising, but overly complex An ambitious attempt to adapt Windows -- and Windows applications -- for mobile devices, the still-in-beta Nivio could turn into a powerful service, but right now it's just too darn complicated to use. Read More How to avoid the perils of virtualization and cloud stall Virtualization and cloud computing offer the promise of cost savings, efficiency and flexibility, but organizations must plan their transitions carefully or risk finding themselves stuck with a bundle of sunk costs and no path forward. Read More
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