The Cloud Computing Newswire

SAP AG and Amazon Web Services on Wednesday announced that a variety of SAP solutions, including SAP Rapid Deployment solutions and SAP BusinessObjects solutions, are now available on demand via Amazon Web Services (AWS). This is part of a continued effort to provide customers flexibility in software deployment options and innovations in cloud computing. Customers can now deploy their solutions on SAP-certified Amazon Web Services knowing that SAP has fully tested and benchmarked the underlying AWS resources and certified them with similar standards that are applied to servers and virtual platforms. "AWS is pleased to work with SAP to offer the benefits of AWS to SAP customers who include many of the largest and most sophisticated enterprises in the world," said Andy Jassy, senior vice president, Amazon Web Services. "With AWS, SAP customers can take advantage of r... (more)

Countdown to Cloud Expo: Forrester Reports on the Private Cloud

Leading industry analyst firm Forrester is about to land a bombshell on the private cloud part of the Cloud Computing ecosystem. The explosion comes in the form of a report from Forrester Research in which fifteen top Private Cloud solution providers are weighed in the balance...and, in a few cases, found seriously wanting. Forrester has been in the vanguard of Cloud market analysis for a goodly while. Its "Private Cloud Solutions Market Overview" however is the first time that its top Cloud analysts - James Staten and Lauren E. Nelson - have really put top private cloud vendors ... (more)

Cloud Computing From "Agile Cloud Integration" to "Zero Latency"

Delegates, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors will be traveling from all over the world to New York this coming June 6-9 to attend 8th International Cloud Expo in New York City, co-located at the Jacob Javits Convention Center with 11th Virtualization Conference & Expo. Listen to Cloud Expo being promoted yesterday in New York City on CBS Radio/1010Wins [WikiUpload - MP3 file] Here is an early sneak-peek at some of the many and varied themes and topics due to be discussed in the breakout technical sessions scheduled in the course of the jam-packed four days. (Editorial Note: this i... (more)

SoftLayer Completes SSAE 16 Review

SoftLayer Technologies on Thursday announced that the control procedures and compliance for its 11 data centers have been verified in a Service Organization Control Report (SOC 1) prepared under the terms of the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 16 (SSAE 16) by independent auditing firm Weaver. "We're committed to operating our data centers and facilities at a level that meets or exceeds the highest industry and regulatory standards," said Steve Kinman, Vice President of Customer Relations for SoftLayer. "We're proud to be one of the first in the hosting ind... (more)

Buying the Cloud

Here we are on July 12, mid-summer when you think most people are wondering about going to the beach in 90 degree weather, and instead we have big cloud news. Early this morning we were greeted with the announcement that Citrix is buying Cloud.com for more than $200M.  After the initial congratulations to Sheng and the team at Cloud.com, the twitter-sphere and blogosphere went wild with thoughts and deal analysis.  At the same time, everyone was waiting to hear what VMware was going to say in their “Cloud Infrastructure Launch” webcast. I’ll start with some thoughts on the Cloud... (more)