SoftLayer® Technologies, the largest privately-owned hosting company in the
world, has chosen Amsterdam in The Netherlands for its European headquarters
and first data centre. SoftLayer is investing €55 million initially in
Holland and its European operations, which also includes new network PoPs in
Amsterdam, London, and Frankfurt. In addition, the company has appointed
Jonathan Wisler as General Manager for European Operations. The company will
also be recruiting a further 25 digital professionals to staff the new data
centre and support operations.
Jonathan Wisler, an Information Technology veteran and now General Manager
for SoftLayer in Europe, comments, “Given the overall size of The
Netherlands compared to the rest of Europe, this country is one of the most
advanced in terms of Internet infrastructure and networking. We’re seeing a
thriving community of both... (more)
Larry Ellison, who once famously called cloud computing "water vapor" and
"complete gibberish," capitulated this week and announced the coming of an
Oracle Public Cloud at Oracle OpenWorld.
Untroubled by any inconsistency, Ellison basically shrugged and said,
"Everyone's got a cloud. We need a cloud."
Users are meant to run Oracle's cloud-ified Java-based Fusion Applications
and BPEL-based Fusion Middleware, as-is Oracle databases and existing
custom-built Java EE apps on a resource-intensive subscription-based
Oracle-managed, -hosted and -supported single-tenant infrastructure t... (more)
When an organization says they are "using the cloud", it can mean a number of
very different things. Using an IaaS service such as Amazon EC2 or Terremark
is different from using Google Apps for outsourced email, which is different
again from exposing an API into Facebook.
So here is a video of three Cloud Computing case studies from Vordel
's customers. They cover one each of SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS. In first two
examples, customers are connecting up to the Cloud; firstly to Google Apps
(for single-sign-on to Google Apps email) and secondly to Terremark to manage
virtual servers. In... (more)
While it makes sense to take a strategic approach towards collaboration
software, as a tool which will have far reaching effects on how a business
operates, oftentimes, businesses opt for collaboration software in response
to an immediate problem. This is a first of a series of informative articles
we will feature on the HyperOffice blog that deal with common problems that
businesses face, and how they can be solved by HyperOffice as well as other
solutions.
As iPhone becomes popular as a business tool, employees quite naturally want
to be able to access and sync Outlook and iP... (more)
What better time than now, with under four weeks to go before Cloud Expo
Silicon Valley (9th Cloud Expo), to bring you a series in which we introduce
you in greater detail to our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical
program at the conference? We have technical and strategy sessions for you
dealing with every nook and cranny of Cloud Computing, but what of those who
are presenting? Who are they, where do they work, what else have they written
and/or said about the Cloud that is transforming the world of Enterprise IT?
CLOUD EXPO SPEAKER NAME: Greg O'Connor
TWITTER: @gregoryj... (more)
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