Cutting Through the Cloud Hype: Talking With Micro Focus

Mark Haynie, CTO for Application Modernization and Cloud Computing for Micro Focus gives an excellent explanation on which applications are right for the cloud, along with does it make sense to test applications in the cloud. Read the transcript here or listen to the 24 minute podcast.

Hybrid Cloud Startup Gets Funds

"The cloud operating system startup Nimbula, which came out of the stealth mode in June, has raised $15 million in second round of venture capital funding, bringing the total amount to over $20 million. ... According to Nimbula, the new funding will be used to develop hybrid cloud computing technologies, as well as to drive the adoption of the company’s product offerings for the management of on- and off-premises infrastructure." Read the rest here.

IaaS Isn't Just Cloud Computing Fluff: Survey

"In its report, "Is IaaS Moving Beyond Just Cloud Fluff?," which is part of its "Anywhere Enterprise: 2010 U.S. Cloud Computing FastView Survey," Yankee Group found that 24 percent of large enterprises with cloud experience are already using IaaS, and another 37 percent expect to adopt IaaS within the next 24 months." Read the rest here and more here.

AFCOM Releases Cloud Computing Guide

"Based on AFCOM's 2009/2010 Data Center Trends Survey, only 14.9% of all large-scale data centers worldwide had implemented any form of Cloud Computing as of September, 2009; however, it is the collective opinion of the Data Center Institute, that the next five years will see the adoption of Cloud Computing grow dramatically, and that its impact on data center management will be felt throughout the industry." Buy the report here.

Comparing the Cost of Cloud vs. Colocation

"Is colocation cheaper than using a cloud computing services to run the same workload?" Read the article here.

CA Technologies Acquires Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure Consulting Firm

"As part of its continued investment in virtualization and cloud management, CA Technologies today announced the acquisition of privately-held 4Base Technology, a virtualization and cloud infrastructure consulting firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed." Press release is here. Host.Net provides all that under one roof plus the transit, too.

Startup Taps Grid Computing For High-Performance Security

"Unified threat management (UTM) has been aimed primarily at SMBs and branches offices, largely because of performance issues. UTM appliances often struggle when running multiple security applications in high-traffic environments. Newcomer Red Lambda has a novel approach to this problem: grid computing. The company believes it can scale up security performance using an enterprise's own computing resources. The software-based product, FireGrid, leverages unused computing capacity to deliver application firewall, intrusion detection/prevention, anomaly detection and application-based traffic shaping at 10Gbit/sec speed, Red Lambda claims." Read the rest of the grid computing for security article.