RentTheCloud.com Debuts to Help CIOs Adopt Cloud Computing
Real Estate-Inspired Methodology Matches Buyers with Cloud Properties
RentTheCloud.com Debuts to Help CIOs Adopt Cloud
A-Frame Technology Services on Thursday announced the availability of
RentTheCloud.com, a brokerage service that matches companies seeking cloud
services (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) with cloud vendors. Unlike the uncertainties and
risks of conventional approaches to evaluating, selecting, and implementing a
cloud service, RentTheCloud.com is 100% success-based, like a realtor. Fees
are based on a "cloud brokerage agreement" modeled after a standard realtor
agreement and equal to one or two months of the cloud rental fee.
The RentTheCloud.com website currently lists the profiles of more than 100
cloud vendors, like a realty website lists properties. IT executives can
quickly search the market of quality... (more)
"The goal of cost optimization and increased business agility through the
cloud will only be realized with processes and tools that are designed
specifically to address the new operational issues that cloud-based services
present," said Cameron Haight, Research Vice President, Gartner, Inc. "IT
organizations seeking to remain relevant in a new world of choices will seek
to optimize their client's satisfaction by making their transition to the
cloud as transparent as possible while they (IT operations) do the heavy
lifting."
BMC Software on Tuesday announced additional capabiliti... (more)
SoftLayer Technologies on Tuesday announced that the company experienced
continued operational and financial growth in the second quarter of 2011,
hitting all new records. Along with other achievements, the company earned
$83 million in revenue for the period.
"This has been the greatest quarter of growth in our history," said Lance
Crosby, Chief Executive Officer for SoftLayer. "From the innovations we bring
to market to our corporate performance and beyond, SoftLayer believes in
setting challenging goals and then working harder than belief to attain them.
I'm exceptionally pro... (more)
According to a recent study from The NPD Group, a market research company,
just 22 percent of U.S. consumers were familiar with the term "cloud
computing," which denotes software applications or processes that are
accessed from the Internet, rather than on personal computer hard drives.
While the term "cloud computing" is still confusing to many consumers, the
activities that constitute cloud computing are being performed by the vast
majority of consumers.
More than three quarters (76 percent) of U.S. respondents in NPD's "Digital
Software and the Cloud Report" reported using so... (more)
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August 2011 sees the launch of a new VMware based cloud platform designed to
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