Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Cloud Development Survey 2010 v.1" report to their offering. The Cloud Development Survey Report examines the concerns, intentions and current adoption of developers regarding deploying to and developing for public or private clouds. The report covers the full range of Cloud Computing issues, including: Private Cloud vs. Public Cloud, Private cloud management and data centers, standards and organizations, security, wireless Cloud Services, tool use, licensing, languages for use in the Cloud, and applications that will move first to the Cloud. Conducted annually, 500+ developers Executive Summary: Google is the perceived leader for setup, infrastructure and application management in a Public Cloud and IBM is the top choice of developers for Private Clouds according to Evans Data's recently released Cloud Developm... (more)

The Top 250 Players in the Cloud Computing Ecosystem

In the run-up to the next Cloud Expo, 7th Cloud Expo (November 1–4, 2010) being held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley, it's time to give my earlier list a complete overhaul. Here, accordingly, is an expanded list of the most active players in the Cloud Ecosystem. I have increased it from the 'mere' 150 I identified back in January of this year, to 250, testimony – as if any were needed! – to the fierce and continuing growth of the "Elastic IT" paradigm throughout the world of enterprise computing. Editorial note: The words in quotation marks used to describe ... (more)

Nuxeo Introduces Correspondence Management for Nuxeo Case Management Framework

BOSTON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/22/10 -- Nuxeo, the Open Source Enterprise Content Management (ECM) company, today announced Nuxeo Correspondence Management, a new application that simplifies the time and resource-intensive management of correspondence. Government agencies and regulated industries are under time-sensitive mandates to respond to public inquiries and must comply with legislation and regulations regarding disclosure, freedom of information and incident reporting. Built with the recently announced Nuxeo Case Management Framework, Nuxeo Correspondence Management auto... (more)

Cloud Expo, Inc. Registers Worldwide Cloud Expo (TM) Trademark

As the Fifth International Cloud Expo (TM) approaches, word has come that its producer, Cloud Expo, Inc., based in Woodcliff Lake, NJ, has received serial number 85009040 from the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). Cloud Expo was announced on February 24, 2007, the day the term "cloud computing" was coined, according to its producers. "That same year, the first Cloud Expo took place in New York City with 450 delegates," the company reports. Now, coming soon, April 19-21 at the Javits Center in New York, Cloud Expo, Inc. expects more than 5,000 delegates to accompany... (more)

Google Fires First Shot in Brewing Codec War

Google fired a shot across Apple's bow Wednesday and considering the way things have been going Apple will probably seek to return fire in the not-too-distant future with an armor-piercing lawsuit. The latest fray started when Google got up at the Google I/O developers conference - like it was widely expected to do - and open sourced VP8, the video codec it got when it acquired On2 Technologies, the video compression house, in February for about $125 million. VP8 will try to displace H.264, the proprietary codec that Apple and Microsoft are invested in. VP8 is now part of a thin... (more)