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Pogoplug offering 100GB of cloud storage to UK users for just £19.99 a year

October 10, 2012 | Author: admin

Remember Pogoplug, the company who built pink personal "cloud engines" that offered networked storage inside your house, accessible from anywhere around the world? Stateside, Pogoplug have been building a more familiar cloud storage solution, and they've now announced that they're brining that service to the UK too.

Using Amazon's Glacier cloud network, for just 19.99 a year Pogoplug are offering 100GB of storage for photos, documents and multimedia files, accessible from a tablet, smartphone, laptop or desktop machine anywhere there is an internet connection available.

An extra layer of security is offered through the Pogoplug Cloud Accelerator, which hooks up to your router and pushes your locally backed up content to Pogoplug's owncloud storage space.

"Amazon is revolutionising cloud storage with Glacier. Our new offering provides the missing link by eliminating the slow retrieval time intrinsic to Glacier and making all content instantly accessible," said Daniel Putterman, CEO of Pogoplug.

"By keeping data synchronised between Amazon Glacier and a Pogoplug cloud accelerator in the home or office, we are offering unprecedented pricing for safe, fast cloud storage."

Pogoplug also offer 300GB and 1TB packages for those with more demanding cloud storage needs.

It's a very competitive offering from Pogoplug, no doubt helped by using Amazon's infrastructure. Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive, Dropbox and Apple iCloud will have to dig deep to match Pogoplug's aggressive pricing and capacity options.

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Cloud West to Focus on Entertainment Delivery, Network Infrastructure, and Investment, More at Nov. 8-9th Forum

October 10, 2012 | Author: admin

PORT WASHINGTON, NY--(Marketwire - Oct 9, 2012) - The CCA's and DCIA's Cloud Computing West 2012, scheduled for November 8-9, 2012 in Santa Monica, CA, will feature the latest industry updates, cloud solutions, and investment strategies targeting cloud computing in the entertainment industry. The conference will target executives responsible for cloud solution implementation, digital content, and/or information systems in the entertainment industry; cloud solution providers; and investors interested in cloud technology.

The conference will present 3 tracks that will showcase the latest advances in applying cloud-based solutions to all aspects of high-value entertainment content production, storage, and delivery; the impact of cloud services on broadband network management and economics; and evaluating and investing in cloud computing services providers.

Confirmed speakers include: Altman Vilandrie & Company, American Standard Television, Aspera, Inc., Attend, BitTorrent, Cavanaugh Consulting, Chyron, Cirro, CSC Leasing, CSG Systems, Cumulus Venture Partners, DataDirect Networks (DDN), Dell, Deloitte Consulting, Digiramp, Dow Lohnes, Dynamic Synergy, Edwards Wildman Palmer, EMC, Equilibrium, Extreme Reach, FrontPorch Digital, Gaikai, GenosTV, Gracenote, Harmonic, Inc., HID Global Identity Assurance, Huawei Technologies Software Co., Ltd, Hurricane Electric, i3m3 Solutions, IBM Global Business Services, Integrated Media Technologies, InterWest Partners, Kaltura, Maremel Institute, MD Capital Advisors, Media Science International, MEDIAmobz, Meteor Entertainment, Moses & Singer LLP, Navigation Solutions, New Venture Partners, Novacut, Octoshape, Oracle, Peer Media, Philotek, Phoenix Marketing International, Prime Focus Technologies, PwC, Radio Mitre, Riverbed, SAP Global Marketing, Inc., Savvis, Scayl, Sceneplay, Scenios, Sequencia Technologies Inc., Slacker, Sorenson Media, Translattice, Trend Micro, Unicorn Media, Verizon FiOS TV, Virtustream, Wiredrive, WSO2, and more.

For more information, visit: http://www.cloudcomputingassn.org/CloudWest

About the Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA) The DCIA is an international trade organization, established in 2003, with more than one-hundred industry-leading member companies, including software developers, broadband network operators, and content providers. The DCIA conducts working groups, oversees political initiatives, and publishes the weekly online newsletter DCINFO. For more information, please visit: http://www.dcia.info

About The Cloud Computing Association (CCA) The Cloud Computing Association (CCA) is an independent membership organization dedicated to building a community of end-users and service providers of cloud-based solutions and products. For more information regarding the CCA, membership, and conferences, please visit: http://www.cloudcomputingassn.org

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Dell Expands Cloud Client Computing Solutions for VMware View®, Desktop as a Service and Channel Offerings to Europe

October 10, 2012 | Author: admin

BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Dell today is announcing a host of new and enhanced industry-leading cloud client computing solutions that provide organizations with the broadest choice in how to implement, manage, deploy and access virtual computing environments using VMware. Coming on the heels of recent cloud client computing developments, Dell, the market leader in thin-clients, is expanding support for VMware View and PCoIP protocol on its zero- and thin-clients, Desktop as a Service (DaaS) with PCoIP support and new channel partner solutions to Europe.

Cloud-Based Virtual Desktop Solution Now Available in Europe

Dell Desktop as a Service (DaaS) is now available in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Netherlands - from Dells data center in Slough, UK which boasts nearly continuous uptime and application availability. With DaaS, customers can focus on managing only the OS, applications and user profiles while leaving the management of the VDI infrastructure to Dell. This solution provides IT departments with the flexibility to scale from only a few users to thousands, enables access from a range of endpoint devices, simplifies desktop virtualization deployment and management and provides a predictable monthly price. Pricing for DaaS starts at 35, 29 and $36 per seat per month.

Dell DaaS now gives customers the option to choose the PCoIP protocol, a feature of VMware View, and get an exceptional remote user experience with HD multimedia including high resolution, full frame rate 3D graphics and HD audio, multiple large displays, and broad USB peripheral connectivity.

New Cloud-Clients for VMware

Dell is also announcing the new dual-display Dell Wyse P25 is now shipping worldwide and the quad-display Dell Wyse P45 will be available later this month. These PCoIP zero-clients support a wide-range of peripherals and provide outstanding application delivery, deliver uncompromised performance for graphics-intensive applications, add client-side caching to reduce bandwidth consumption on LANs and WANs, and mitigate the challenges of provisioning, managing, maintaining and securing enterprise desktops across an organization.

Dell is also adding VMware specific enhancements to its compact, cost-effective Dell Wyse T50 ARM SoC thin-client and Dell Wyse X90m7 mobile thin-client. PCoIP support has been added to the T50 expanding its ability to deliver outstanding graphics and multimedia performance for VMware deployments. The X90m7 mobile thin-client now supports the Windows Embedded Standard 7 Premium operating system with VMware View Local Mode, providing mobile users who are on-the-go with the flexibility to take their session with them.

Dell Cloud Client Computing Solutions for Channel Partners

Dell is expanding its PartnerDirect Desktop Virtualization Solutions Competency to Europe and introducing its Cloud Client Computing Partner Advisor worldwide.

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Advantages, challenges of cloud computing discussed Oct. 10 at NJIT

October 10, 2012 | Author: admin

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Contact: Sheryl Weinstein 973-596-3436 New Jersey Institute of Technology

Cloud computing is a hot topic in cyber-circles and the popular media. But what are the real advantages of computing in the clouds, and what are the challenges, including security? A panel of experts will explore these topics at NJIT's next Technology and Society Forum session on Oct. 10, 2012 in the Campus Center Atrium from 3-4:30 p.m. The public is invited to this free talk.

Four speakers from industry and academe, including two NJIT professors, will be available in a spirited panel discussion. The speakers include Telx Senior Vice President Joe Weinman. Weinman has held executive positions at AT&T, Hewlett-Packard and Bell Laboratories. Named a "Top 10 Cloud Computing Leader" by TechTarget, Weinman is the author of the just- published Cloudonomics: The Business Value of Cloud Computing (Wiley, September, 2012). The book offers ideas, insights, and inspiration for leaders of established companies and for aspiring entrepreneurs who dream of being the force behind the next Amazon, Google, Facebook, or Twitter. He has been awarded 15 U.S. and international patents. His work has been showcased in numerous print and online publications and global video broadcasts.

Another speaker will be Bank of America Senior Vice President Gilbert Gatchalian. Gatchalian's computing background spans industries that include finance, manufacturing, the law, media and entertainment. Gatchalian has designed web-hosting platforms for NYSE Euronext and e-commerce and marketing sites for Sony Music. He has developed infrastructure-as-a-service and cloud hosting platforms using technologies by Amazon Web Services, Rightscale, Rackspace and other hosting and software service providers.

From NJIT, Assistant Professor Reza Curtmola in the Computer Sciences Department, will add his viewpoint. Curtmola's research focuses on the security of cloud services, applied cryptography and the security of wireless networks. He is the recipient of an NSF Career award and is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery and the IEEE Computer Society.

NJIT Assistant Professor Xiaoning Ding also in the College of Computing Sciences, will also be available. Ding previously worked at the Intel Science and Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University. The results of his multi-core system research have been used by Intel and Red Hat. In addition to cloud computing and distributed systems, his current research interests include computer architecture, operating systems and database systems.

NJIT is easily available by either automobile or public transportation. Street parking is usually available. For public transportation, use the NJIT/Warren Street stop on the NJ Transit Newark City Light Rail, available from Newark Penn Station. For directions and more information, please visit http://www.njit.edu/about/visit/gettingtonjit.php.

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NJIT, New Jersey's science and technology university, enrolls more than 9,558 students pursuing bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in 120 programs. The university consists of six colleges: Newark College of Engineering, College of Architecture and Design, College of Science and Liberal Arts, School of Management, College of Computing Sciences and Albert Dorman Honors College. U.S. News & World Report's 2011 Annual Guide to America's Best Colleges ranked NJIT in the top tier of national research universities. NJIT is internationally recognized for being at the edge in knowledge in architecture, applied mathematics, wireless communications and networking, solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, neural engineering and e-learning. Many courses and certificate programs, as well as graduate degrees, are available online through the Division of Continuing Professional Education.

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Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Cloud? [INFOGRAPHIC]

October 10, 2012 | Author: admin

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Few words in tech have had more buzz over the past couple years than the omnipresent cloud. Cloud computing has ushered in a new era of technology, changed the way many companies do business and facilitated the age of mobile devices and social networking.

But not every organization has been so quick to flock to the cloud. A major outage to cloud computing servers used by Instagram this summer showed the potential pitfalls for businesses and brands.

The following infographic from CA Technologies CloudViews is based on a recent survey of IT leaders; it shows just how and why some companies have been slow to adapt.

Among its more interesting findings: While 80% of respondents say cloud computing drives innovation, more than 50% say they had no immediate plans to implement it. Why the disconnect? Job anxiety could be one reason. A shade under half of respondents say they believe companies will have to create entirely new IT jobs to accommodate a transition to the cloud, while 56% say cloud computing will require current employees to learn new skills.

For more, check out the full infographic below. Then, tell us in the comments: Do you think cloud computing is critical for all organizations today, or can some afford to sit out?

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Stage7 Systems Unveils Full Suite of HIPAA-Compliant Cloud IT Hosting Solutions for Hospitals and Medical Practices

October 10, 2012 | Author: admin

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Stage7 Systems, a healthcare information technology consulting firm, has partnered with a premier data center service provider to offer a full suite of HIPAA-compliant IT infrastructure hosting solutions to community & rural hospitals (<250 beds) and private medical practices.

As part of a fully hosted healthcare IT infrastructure, Stage7 Systems can deliver any combination of:

To learn more about this offering from Stage7 Systems, visit http://www.stage7systems.com/hosting

These hosted solutions offer healthcare providers a way to significantly reduce their internal IT hardware & support overhead commonly associated with EMR / EHR system implementations, desktop & server refreshes, data storage, and disaster recovery.

By working with Stage7 Systems to move internal resources & applications to the cloud, hospitals & medical practices can easily:

According to a recent MarketsandMarkets report, the market for cloud computing is expected to grow more than 20% annually between 2012 and 2017 with the healthcare segment accounting for no less than 5% of that growth.

By now offering a full suite of hosted IT solutions along with an extensive line-up of healthcare IT professional services, Stage7 Systems is positioned to deliver significant value to regional health systems, community & rural hospitals, and large ambulatory medical groups.

ABOUT STAGE7 SYSTEMS

Stage7 Systems provides consulting services to healthcare providers throughout North America. Solutions we provide include healthcare IT strategy planning, EMR / EHR project consulting & staff augmentation, infrastructure modernization including desktop virtualization & Infrastructure-as-a-Service, and EMR / EHR system optimization. Vendor applications we often work with include Epic, Cerner, Meditech, Sunquest, NextGen, eClinicalWorks, McKesson, and Allscripts with Citrix as the primary underlying infrastructure platform. Learn more at http://www.stage7systems.com

Contact: Shawn Torkelson, 800.934.4110

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Brinkster Selects Radware's Attack Mitigation System to Protect its Cloud and Hosting Customers Against Cyber Attacks

October 10, 2012 | Author: admin

MAHWAH, New Jersey, October 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Radware(RDWR), a leading provider of application delivery and application security solutions for virtual and cloud data centers, today announced that global hosting and cloud service provider Brinkster has deployed Radware's Attack Mitigation System (AMS) to help protect Brinkster's customers worldwide against the new generation of sophisticated, multi-vectored cyber attacks.

Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, Brinkster offers dedicated and managed hosting and cloud computing services to over 50,000 customers ranging from small start-ups to large corporations with the majority of its small and midsize customers using its shared hosting services. As Brinkster's business in this segment grew, it looked to Radware for a security solution to protect its infrastructure against not only incoming hacking attempts on its servers, but also attempts from hackers to use its shared servers to launch outbound attacks. What's more, the solution also had to meet Brinkster's rigorous demands for uninterrupted network uptime so it could deliver on its service level agreements (SLAs).

Radware's AMS gave Brinkster an advantage over the security offerings of its incumbent network security provider because of Radware's unique and evolved approach to providing converged perimeter security. Radware's use of behavioral analysis technology in detecting multi-vector cyber attacks set its technology apart from the standard signature-based techniques used by other intrusion prevention system vendors.

Also, because of the growing portion of Brinkster's data traffic that is secured and encrypted by the SSL protocol, Radware's AMS delivered a security solution that can detect and mitigate denial of service (DoS) and distributed DoS (DDoS) attacks that are SSL encrypted. Today's anti-DoS security solutions do not effectively mitigate HTTP-encrypted DoS and DDoS attacks. Through patent-pending technology, Radware's AMS is the first security solution of its kind that can protect against high-rate, SSL-based, Web-encrypted DoS and DDoS attacks.

"Radware is pleased to have been chosen to partner with Brinkster. Our technology is ideally suited to securing cloud and multi-tenant hosting environments, and we believe that with AMS protection, Brinkster can fulfill its network uptime guarantee to its customers, even if its data centers fall prey to attacks," said Amir Peles, Vice President, Technology, Radware. "Small businesses and enterprise customers that depend on Brinkster can rest assured that they are protected by the leading attack mitigation solution available."

With AMS now fully deployed, Brinkster is working with Radware on new business opportunities such as offering premium managed security services.

"Radware's Attack Mitigation System is the leading perimeter protection solution for safeguarding businesses against an increasingly complex landscape of multi-vector availability-based threats, - including zero-day attacks that would defeat traditional intrusion prevention technologies," said Nathaniel Kemberling, Brinkster's CTO. "The Radware system mitigates both known and new forms of attack while allowing legitimate business traffic to be handled as normal, so the business continuity of our hosted cloud customers is preserved even while under attack. Brinkster customers can be assured that their cloud-hosted data and their businesses that depend on it are secure and available."

About Radware AMS

Radware's AMS is a real-time network and application attack mitigation solution that protects the application infrastructure against network and application downtime, application vulnerability exploitation, malware spread, information theft, Web service attacks and Web defacement. It contains a protection layer with security modules including DoS protection, Network Behavioral Analysis (NBA), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Reputation Engine and Web Application Firewall (WAF) to fully safeguard networks, servers and applications against known and emerging network security threats.

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Cloud Solutions Increase Customer Engagement and Retention

October 9, 2012 | Author: admin

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --CX, a premier application and platform provider of cloud-based secure content sharing and collaboration to businesses and individuals, is leading the industry as one of the first cloud storage providers to offer a full suite of devices and web applications for cloud-based content in a white label (private) product.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121008/NY88237LOGO )

CX CloudWhite is a complete solution that businesses can use to extend their brand, increase their customer engagement, and cultivate customer loyalty by bringing customers to the cloud, where they can store and share pictures and movies, as well as any other type of content from anywhere with any device at any time.

CX CloudWhite enables businesses to deliver all of the most popular cloud-based content sharing and storage features on all devices with their own brand. Research powerhouse Gartner predicts 36 percent of consumer content will be stored in the cloud by 2016, and now is the time for businesses to extend the cloud's capabilities to their customers. The CX platform offers a complex cloud-based content storing and sharing solution with a focus on collaboration, enabling individuals and teams to work together fluidly and efficiently. And with bank grade security and complex encryption methods, customers can rest assured their data is safe in the cloud.

"The CX CloudWhite solution allows a business to focus on their core business and, more importantly, the needs of their customers while providing highly valuable services to their customers all within their brand," says Brad Robertson, CEO. "Extending a company's brand through solutions like this helps prevent fragmenting of the customer experience."

From the end-user customer perspective, the CX CloudWhite feature set is built to benefit anyone, from individuals who simply need secure backup for their data, to business teams looking for secure online storage and a way to collaborate on documents in real time. CX CloudWhite is a flexible product offering with virtually limitless flexibility and customizable options to provide the best suite of features and applications to meet the individual needs of each business' customer requirements. CX CloudWhite is ideal for businesses or organizations that want to expand their product offering, such as hosting providers, mobile telecommunications companies, cable operators, high-speed Internet providers and data center operators.CX CloudWhite has applications for Windows, Mac, web, iPad, iPhone, Android and Kindle Fire, and a mobile web client.

About CX

CX is an application and platform provider of cloud-based secure content sharing and collaboration to businesses and individuals. CX provides cloud storage solutions to businesses and individuals looking for safe and secure cloud storage and the ability to collaborate on files. CX recently launched CX for business (bizcloud.cx.com) which provides solutions tailored for the small emerging business to the small enterprise. For more information, go to http://bizcloud.cx.com.

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Get a free 15GB cloud-storage account from 4Sync

October 9, 2012 | Author: admin

What's the catch? There isn't one, save for a few small bugs here and there. Sync any file or folder to the cloud and all your devices.

Cloud-storage vendors are falling all over themselves to attract new customers.

Dropbox, by far the most popular, offers newcomers freebie accounts with 2GB of space. SugarSync raises the bar to 5GB, while Microsoft ponies up 7GB for its SkyDrive service.

If you're looking for even more cloud storage and want to keep your wallet closed, check out 4Sync. The company, just out of beta, currently offers 15GB of cloud storage free of charge.

True to its name, 4Sync promises to keep all your files in sync across all your devices: laptop, desktop, tablet, and smartphone. But unlike, say, Dropbox and SkyDrive, 4Sync lets you sync any file or folder, not just those deposited in designated buckets. SugarSync is one of the few competitors to match that enviable feature.

I took the service for a quick test-drive, and will admit to running into a few bumps. For starters, when you install the desktop client for Windows (it's also available for Mac and Linux), it attempts to slip in McAfee Security Scan -- harmless, but I really dislike this kind of sneakware. Fortunately, one click opts you out, so long as you don't blindly blow past it.

Next, after syncing a smattering of photos from my desktop to my new cloud account, I went to view them in my browser -- and discovered that a few thumbnails didn't display properly.

Meanwhile, although the Android version of 4Sync worked well enough (offering to automatically upload all existing photos and videos from my device), the iOS version fared poorly. The photos I selected (one at a time, the only option) from my Camera Roll refused to upload, and overall syncing seemed buggy. There's also a Files view I couldn't explain.

Those wrinkles aside, 4Sync offers a pretty pleasant cloud-storage experience. It uploaded very quickly from my desktop, and afforded all the usual browser-based options you could want: different views, easy file/folder sharing, photo slideshows, and so on.

If you decide you want more than 15GB of space, 4Sync offers a 100GB Premium account for $9.95 per month -- a competitive rate. But it gets even better if you prepay for a year: $75, which works out to $6.50 per month.

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Interush Introduces Convenient Cloud-Based Storage Service with Release of PHYTTER DOCK Application

October 9, 2012 | Author: admin

HONG KONG, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Interush, Inc., an international IT company with strong presence in Hong Kong, today announced the launch of its PHYTTER(R) DOCK application. The cloud-based storage service is now available through the popular internet-based communications suite, IRIS Applications(TM), offered by Interush. All IRIS Applications users can enjoy 200GB of PHYTTER DOCK storage, without any additional charges. PHYTTER DOCK is also scheduled to offer its storage service, for a monthly fee, to Chinese consumers worldwide in the upcoming months.

PHYTTER DOCK offers a practical and convenient solution to individuals to store, share and retrieve important personal and professional information regardless of where they may be, at any specific moment, as long as they have internet access.

Primary benefits include...

1. Convenient access to all stored files including text files,

financial files, presentation files, photo files and video

files from any computer and/or Smartphone.

2. Saving valuable documents in a secure cloud-based location

safe from being stolen, damaged by unforeseen circumstances,

and lost when computers suddenly freeze or crash.

3. A simple solution to share specific files with friends, family

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