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Exclusive: Startup’s New Software Tells Your Tech Where to Go – Fortune

June 6, 2017 | Author: admin

Many businesses are still figuring out how and where to run their tech operations. Should they continue to use their own servers to run databases and key business software? Should they move that software to shared public cloud data centers? Should they mix and match?

Turbonomic, formerly known as VMTurbo, says the latest version of its software can tell them to do what is best. It monitors software as it's running and automatically assigns additional computer processors and memory as needed. Or, if all that automation makes IT nervous, the software can send recommendations to the human operators and let them trigger the allocations, or override them.

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Bill Veghte, the company's executive chairman says that's great for IT people, but the software also helps non-techies on staffthe people who pay for computing services.

"If you're in procurement and spending a few million dollars on public cloud, you might get a 140,000-line bill from that provider," he said. Turbonomic traces which items should be allocated to which business units within the company to make sense of all that detail.

Related: Datadog Fetches Big Bucks

Brad Smuland, chief technology officer for Minneapolis-based Merrill Corp., is sold. His company stores and manages sensitive documents for companies undergoing mergers and acquisitions or filing IPOs.

The company runs 5,000 of its own servers but it was difficult to see if some were being underutilizednot good because that is wastefulor were close to maxing outnot good because it affects performance.

Turbonomic's software was able to shift work around the data center to free up capacity and add servers in the cloud as needed. "I could do more without having to spend more," Smuland said. "Within six months I've already saved more than I spent on the service."

Related: Former Microsoft and HP Exec Joins Turbonomic

Earlier versions of Turbonomic software already worked with Amazon ( amzn ) Web Services and Microsoft ( msft ) Azure public clouds, but a new version has a better view into what is actually running in those clouds, the company said. The older version had little detail on what services were running where. The update shows which resources within those clouds are being used, along with associated costs, according to the company.

Given that so many businesses are wrestling with this problem of how to best run their software, Turbonomic targets a hot market. Other competitors include companies like Datadog, RightScale, and products from older companies like Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( hpe ) .

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HPE Targets SMBs with New Servers and ClearOS Linux – Channel Partners

June 6, 2017 | Author: admin

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) on Monday turned its focus to small and medium size businesses (SMBs) with news of a partnership with ClearCenter to bring ClearOS, a Linux-based operating system, to HPE Proliant servers. The vendor also announced that its refreshing and broadening its Proliant server portfolio.

SMBs are always looking to have an easier way to manage their IT or simplify and they want to do it in a secure and affordable way," Tim Peters, vice president and general manager of Proliant Rack and Tower Servers and SMB Solutions at HPE, told us.

Peters took aim at the allure of public cloud services, and dissed Microsoft when a while back it raised the entry point for Microsoft Windows '16, saying that the cost of compute on premises went up. HPE, he noted, is offering the channel a way to fight back in the SMB space.

ClearOS, for example, was designed specifically to meet the needs of SMB organizations,Peters said.It has a simplified, web-based user interface, its open source, and HPE is providing it preloaded on targeted SMB servers, in an integrated solution, at no additional cost.

For HPE partners, the integrated ClearOS/server sale comes at a lower cost compared to a Windows server platform which HPE will continue to support, Peters said.

Since the ClearOS is preloaded, all the customer has to do is decide which services they want with that platform," he said.

The HPE SMB market is 100 percentchannel-led. With the new Linux product, partners can deliver more value-add versus dealing with the nuts and bolts of installing and configuring the system, Peters suggested.

In a return of the Proliant MicroServer, HPE announced a new Gen 10 portfolio that includes the ProLiant ML30 and ProLiant DL20 servers with the new Kaby Lake Intel processor. The new SMB servers come preloaded with ClearOS.

Some new server features: AMD graphics embedded in the chip; dual-display port connectors; and optional GPU support on a PCIe slot, according to the vendor.

HPE offers pre-loaded ClearOS on the HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen 10, as well as the ML 110, ML 30 and DL 20.

The third piece ofMonday's announcement addresses intelligent provisioning ofClearOS on HPEs broad portfolio of Proliant Servers, including the DL 60, DL 80, Tower products such as the ML 110, ML 350, ML 150 and up through the DL 360 and 380.

We believe that this [announcement] addresses the need of minimizing the complexity of IT [for SMBs], of cloud and on premise[s] in a lower-cost way," said Peters.

ClearCenter also offers an application marketplace for ClearOS. Individual apps run as cloud, server, network and gateway services on ClearOS.

The ML 30 and DL 20 are shipping now. The preloaded ClearOS serversand the Proliant MicroServer will ship in June.

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UKCloud Health Offers HIPAA Compliant Cloud Hosting – RealWire – RealWire (press release)

June 6, 2017 | Author: admin

London 6th June 2017 UKCloud Health, the specialist healthcare division of UKCloud, the easy to adopt, easy to use and easy to leave assured cloud services company, has today announced that its cloud hosting services are compliant with HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), US legislation that provides for the safeguarding of citizens medical information using a framework of data privacy and security provisions.

HIPAA safeguards Protected Health Information (PHI), including any type of individually identifiable health information which is transmitted or maintained in any form or medium. An established piece of legislation in the US, HIPAA is not a requirement for UK providers unless they deliver services to US healthcare bodies. UKCloud Health now enables its partner community to offer their services to the US market by utilising one compliant cloud platform.

UKCloud Healths customers include many National Health Service organisations and a wide spectrum of related healthcare bodies, that create, manage or process large volumes of sensitive patient data. Under HIPAA, each customer is a Covered Entity, while UKCloud Health acts as a Business Associate, providing the management of PHI on their behalf.

As a company, we have consistently sought to achieve the highest standards of data security, ensuring our services meet the highest possible levels of accreditation, said John Godwin, Director of Compliance and Information Assurance at UKCloud Health. Confirming HIPAA compliance provides additional assurance to our growing healthcare customer base of our strong commitment and understanding of the challenges faced by the industry as a whole, including widespread concern among patients regarding the protection provided to their sensitive medical data.

UKCloud Health recently revealed the results of its research* into the general publics attitudes to data protection. The survey of more than 2,000 UK adults which was carried out prior to the recent WannaCry ransomware attacks that affected a number of NHS bodies across England identified that the majority are concerned about whether their personal data and personally identifiable data are protected by companies and public service organisations. 65 percent of respondents expressed concerns about whether their health records, including medical history and social care records, were being afforded proper levels of protection by both public services and the private companies that support them.

UKCloud Health was launched in May 2017 to deliver an open, collaborative and UK sovereign public cloud platform specifically to the healthcare industry, supporting health and care organisations, research and life sciences and pharmaceuticals. UKCloud Health is committed to supporting digital transformation across the healthcare sector. Together with its dedicated partners, UKCloud Health offers industry-leading expertise regarding the sectors core requirements, from protecting the privacy of Patient Identifiable Data to enabling collaboration across government networks, such as N3, HSCN, Janet and PSN.

* UKCloud Health commissioned research consultancy, ComRes, to conduct a survey to gauge the opinions of more than 2,000 UK adults. ComRes interviewed 2,044 British adults aged 18+ online between 26th and 27th April 2017. Data has been weighted by age, gender, socio-economic grade and region to be representative of all GB adults aged 18+. Examining the general publics views on data privacy across multiple domains such as government, healthcare and even social media, the survey analyses privacy concerns.

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About UKCloud Health UKCloud Health powers healthcare communities. Providing a secure, but easy to use cloud platform that supports digital transformation and enables the optimisation of patient-oriented healthcare, UKCloud Health supports health and care organisations, as well as research and life sciences and pharmaceuticals.

Were focused on cloud. Our easy to use platform offers an open, collaborative environment to help enhance the way you and your Healthcare colleagues work.

Were open. You are never locked in. Giving you the choice and flexibility of a range of technology platforms as well as payment models in GBP to avoid currency fluctuations.

Dedicated to the UK Healthcare sector. We support cloud and digital transformation of services across the healthcare sector, including health and care, research and life sciences and the pharmaceutical industry.

We develop communities. UKCloud Health is bringing Healthcare communities together enabling collaboration, innovation and digital transformation.

Customer engagement. With UKCloud Health youre never alone. Enjoy peace of mind, knowing we understand the challenges you face. Your success is our success.

Additional information about UKCloud Health can be found at http://www.ukcloudhealth.com

Media Contacts Caitlin Mullally/Charlotte Martin Finn Partners +44 (0)20 3217 7060 UKCloudteam@finnpartners.com

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Dimension Data partners with Realtech for NZ-based SAP cloud … – Computerworld New Zealand

June 6, 2017 | Author: admin

Dimension Data New Zealand has partnered with the local arm of global SAP partner Realtech to offer SAP certified hosting in New Zealand combined with SAP application and SAP Hana services and local support.

The two will work with clients on planning, implementation, application migration and support to migrate SAP to the cloud. Dimension Data will manage the technical components and cloud hosting and Realtech will deliver the application-level management.

The move follows Dimension Data globally achieving SAP certified cloud partner status in 2014, and Dimension Data is believed to be the only provider of SAP certified cloud hosting in New Zealand.

Marcel Rafter, nextgen data centre practice manager at Dimension Data NZ, said the company would also bring to the partnership its expertise in networking, infrastructure and managed services.

He told Computerworld that the partnership with Realtech had grown out of Dimension Datas need to find a company with SAP expertise, and built on work the two had done for a common customer.

I knew our managed cloud platform was getting its SAP certification but Dimension Data is not known in the SAP space so I went out and spoke to all the major SAP systems integrator providers, he said.

Last year was pretty much a learning experience. Then at the end of last year we started a new relationship with Frucor Beverages. We won a service desk and support contract and then a data centre and cloud contract.

Realtech already had a relationship with Frucor and off the back of our contract we worked with Realtech to migrate Frucors SAP environment from Australia back to New Zealand onto our cloud. We worked well on that project together, the client was very happy. So we decided to form a partnership and take it to other clients.

He said there was strong demand for SAP in the cloud. Clients have been running SAP on premises for several years and are now assessing how they go forward with the move to SAP Hana and SAP S/4Hana so they are looking at a refresh roadmap. We are working with them to provide a flexible contract so they can make steps towards that S/4Hana stack at a suitable time for their business, without having to negotiate a new contract.

He said the two companies had identified an initial list of 10 clients We will work with very closely over this launch period to get their feedback and progress the relationship this calendar year.

Andrew Spicer, the managing director of Realtech New Zealand, said the partnership was about quality of service and replicating the process of moving SAP customers onto the cloud. We can do it faster, better, cheaper all the things customers want to hear.

He said that, while having hosting in New Zealand would be attractive to many organisations wary of using offshore cloud service, local support and being a more important customer of the cloud provider would likely be more significant.

There is keen interest in having things in New Zealand from the point of view of sovereignty, but one of the most important things is local support. You get local dedicated and responsive account team and you will be an important customer, not just one of many for an offshore cloud provider.

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13 Biggest Challenges When Moving Your Business To The Cloud – Forbes

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Florida education news: #HB7069, teacher diversity, crowd funding and more – Tampabay.com (blog)

June 5, 2017 | Author: admin

#HB7069:Backroom dealing over the Florida Legislature's proposed education budget and conforming bill caught even lawmakers offguard. Education advocates continue to call for a veto of HB 7069 despite Gov. Rick Scott's insistence on higher per-student funding as part of the agreement. St. Johns County school district leaders worry that provisions for "schools of hope" in the bill will diminish support for traditional public schools, the St. Augustine Record reports. More on "schools of hope" from TC Palm. A special session begins Wednesday, Florida Politics reports.

TEACHER DIVERSITY: The Pinellas County school district aims to increase its ratio of black teachers.

CROWD FUNDING:South Florida teachers turn to online fundraising sources to help pay for some basic classroom items, as well as some extras, the Sun-Sentinel reports.

BUDGET CUTS: Marion County school district leaders look for $10 million in spending reductions that have limited classroom effect, the Ocala Star-Banner reports.

SUMMER SLIDE:Polk County educators offer ideas to keep kids learning over the summer, the Ledger reports.

COST OF LIVING:Gov. Rick Scott vetoes funding to study teacher cost-of-living disparities, the Miami Herald reports.

SUPERINTENDENTS:Clay County School Board members give new superintendent Addison Davis positive marks after six months on the job, the Florida Times-Union reports.

SCHEDULING:All Lee County middle schools will run on the same block schedules in the fall, the Fort Myers News-Press reports.

LETTERHEAD: Sarasota High School gets a new address after renovations relocate its entrance, the Herald-Tribune reports.

PERSONALIZED LEARNING: A lab school in Gainesville dives into personalized learning for its students, Redefined reports.

READING LESSONS: Sarasota County schools rely on Direct Instruction to teach children to read, the Herald-Tribune reports.

NEW LAW:Gov. Rick Scott has signed into law HB 293, mandating a study of high-performing middle school reading and math programs in other states. The study has a budget of $50,000.

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Altcoin intel bot CryptoPing ICO now live – CryptoNinjas

June 5, 2017 | Author: admin

CryptoPing, a new service launching an assistant bot that can hint at market situation changes andgood times to buy a certain altcoin has launched an ICO, ending at the end of June. The service already has over 1,000 investors and more than 169BTC raised.Bots market watching and analysis algorithms are already tested and

Pertaining to the service, users will easily be ableto sign up and activate the bot and start to get signals in the form of messages from exchanges right away. Being an experienced or new trader, no user gets any advantage over other bot users, because all users receive all signals at the time.

Its up to traders to weigh the market in signals context and make all trading decisions by themselves. Bot signals are simple yet have just right amount of information.. Users receive signal messages that include coin ticker, link to an exchange that produced the signal, trading volume difference for the last hour, change to the coin rate to BTC, the number of signals on the coin for the last 7 days, coin market capitalisation value in USD. All further analysis has to be performed by traders and the result will depend on their experience, interests, and goals.

Additionally, CryptoPing informed in their roadmap they are building a platform for social trading, that will be useful to both new and experienced traders. Pro traders will be able to publish their trading results by signals daily, and new traders will be able to follow pros and copy their trades for a small subscription fee.

The ICO started on May 25, 2017 00:00 UTC and will go until June 25, 2017 00:00 UTC. Or when 1,000 BTC is invested.

CryptoPing FAQ

1,000 BTC is huge! What will you do with the money?

We will continue developing the bot and other services regardless of how much funds we get from this ICO. Extra funding allows to allocate extra resources and do better things faster and on a larger scale. Please see our roadmap and white paper to get some insight into our plans and vision. Our first major goal is to build a social trading platform for altcoins, and then theres so much to come.

Why did you decide to make this bot public instead of keeping it to yourself?

Initially, we developed the first version of the bot for a closed small group of traders just to profit from it ourselves. But then we felt that it would be very interesting to share it with the world and see the reaction. Any ecosystem benefits from variety and crypto is no exception, so were contributing to that.

Why did you decide to run the ICO?

We are running this token sale to fund further bot development and also to fund other things that we want to do. We put our project forward, invite everyone to try it out and see if its working for them and if our vision is worth investing. Without extra funding, we wont be able to operate on a larger scale and as fast as we would like to. For example, we think that social trading platform for alts has a lot of potential, but its a bigger commitment than the bot beta, so we would like to probe the interest in that as well and ask for help in developing it in the form of crowdfunding.

Whats the point in raising funds for an ICO when you can just make compounding interest per day?

The point of raising funds is to attract additional funding to the bot development and future products and apps, get the community involved, and of course, make profits for our investors. But the main motivation is to test our ideas and to gauge interest in the bot and our future plans, keep improving the bot and develop new products, like the social trading platform for alts.

More information can be found on the CryptoPing website.

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Ask the Sketch Guy: Should I Finally Buy Some Bitcoin? – New York Times

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You can’t hold a bitcoin, but the web currency’s value has skyrocketed. Why? – McClatchy Washington Bureau

June 5, 2017 | Author: admin

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These Digital Tokens Are Making Bitcoin’s Huge Rally Look Tame … – Bloomberg

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Forget U.S. stocks and emerging-market assets, even ignore bitcoin. Those brave enough to invest in the Wild West of tech are the ones making a killing.

While the record-breaking rally in bitcoin has captivated markets, demand for other digital coins is surging as companies raise millions in minutes, or even seconds, from investors wanting in on the next big tech startup. Last week it took 30 seconds for Mozilla co-founder Brendan Eich to issue about $35 million of basic attention token, the unit of exchange in a blockchain-based advertising platform built on top of the companys Brave browser.

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Digital tokens tied to the blockchain platform issued this year have more than doubled in price on average since trading started, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Tech startups are increasingly selling coins that can be used on their projects instead of resorting to traditional financing methods such as venture capital.

The sector isnt for the fainthearted. The apps and websites behind most of these tokens are still only in development stage. Most are sold for pennies on the dollar and volatility can be extreme. TaaS, a closed-end fund dedicated to blockchain markets, had the coins it sold this year double in price in five weeks, and then fall 35 percent in two days.

But if you can stomach the risk, the rewards have been substantial. Coins from the 15 ICOs this year for which data is available have risen by an average of over 100 percent, while shares sold in initial public offerings in the U.S. this year have gained 13 percent on average since they started trading.

Theres been overwhelming demand for coins,said Ron Quaranta, chairman of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance. Sure, a lot of it is based on speculation and traders looking to make a quick gain, but theres also a fundamental driver, which is the anticipation that the digital-currency market is maturing.

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Forty-four coins have been issued this year, according toblockchain research website Smith & Crown. Not all trade immediately after the auctions since some have vesting periods. The tokens with the biggest gain, a 500 percent jump since it started trading on March 30, was issued byEdgeless, which is building a decentralized gambling platform. That sale wasnt open to U.S.-based investors since the company isnt licensed to operate in the U.S.

Prediction market platform Gnosis sold the highest valued tokens this year. The GNO token started trading at $52 on May 1 and has more than quadrupled.

Even with growing acceptance of blockchain from companies ranging from Toyota Motor Corp. to JPMorgan Chase & Co., some advocates of the technology say theyre cautious of the digital tokens because of the exuberance sweeping through the cryptocurrency world.

It seems like a fad, and as a professional investor, its not what we do, said David Dunn, president of Kingsbridge Wealth Management, who first bought bitcoin in 2014 and has invested in blockchain-related companies. Id rather invest in the companies using the technology themselves. The speculators might end up being right, and this becomes a solid investment because of the power of the technology, but were not at that stage.

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Token sales like the one for Gnosis, which catapulted the companys market capitalization to over $300 million without it even having a product, or Eichs BAT coin, which was over in seconds, have raised some eyebrows. Still, the token market will probably continue to grow at least in the near future, said Nick Tomaino, principal at San Francisco-based venture-capital firm Runa Capital, who also runs The Control blog, which tracks digital currencies.

More than $100 million of coins has been raised this year, surpassing total sales last year, while total issuance is expected to jump to about $600 million, according to Tomaino.

Theres a lot of hype, and a lot of money being raised because its so easy for anyone to create these coins without having to deal with any third parties, and its so easy for people to buy them, Tomaino said. It cant be stopped.

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