CloudCommons 2012

Watch CloudViews Unplugged! Watch the CloudViews special edition interview with Marvin Waschke, author of Cloud Standards: Agreements That Hold Together Clouds Cloud News Netflix announced that it has released the code for its Edda tool which allows for rapid querying and reporting on Amazon Web Services resources, according to this GigaOM article. The open source code is now available on Github. Australian scientists are using Google’s cloud to deliver maps, tools, and data about the Australian landscape to land managers, according to this Farm Weekly article. Users will have access to a vegetation monitoring tool which will allow them to look at the health of the landscape and monitor risks such as pests, diseases, and fire. Microsoft announced that they have signed a licensing pact with 21 Vianet, an Internet data center services provider in China, which will now ... (more)

This Week in Cloud, January 3, 2013: RIM sells NewBay, Amazon’s Christmas Eve outage, Can a cloud provider pull the plug on your service? And more…

Watch CloudViews Unplugged! Watch the latest episode of CloudViews Unplugged – Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies take a look at the best cloud predictions for 2013. Cloud News Research In Motion (RIM) has sold NewBay, its cloud services company, to Synchronoss Technologies for $55.5 million, according to this Talkin’ Cloud article. The acquisition will expand the global presence of Synchronoss and add the major mobile operators in Europe to its customer list. Amazon Web Services experienced an outage which left Netflix customers without service on Christmas Eve, accordin... (more)

This Week in Cloud, November 15, 2012: Amazon’s new data center, Cloud market forecasts, Where is the cloud headed in 2013? And more…

Watch CloudViews Unplugged! Watch the November episode of CloudViews Unplugged – a monthly video blog analyzing the top cloud news stories. Cloud News Oracle is acquiring Instantis, a cloud-based and on-premise project portfolio management (PPM) solution, according to this GigaOM blog. Oracle plans to use Instantis capabilities with its Fusion and Primavera applications. Recent forecasts on enterprise software and cloud computing reveal that analytics, mobility, security, and integrating legacy systems are influencing IT buyer’s decisions, according to this Forbes article. The arti... (more)

This Week in Cloud, October 12, 2012: IBM & AT&T’s cloud offering, CIO survey reveal cloud growth, Cloud cartoon caption contest. And more…

Watch CloudViews Unplugged! Watch the October episode of CloudViews Unplugged – a monthly video blog analyzing the top cloud news stories. Cloud News IBM and AT&T; are teaming up to deliver new cloud services over private networks, according to this ComputerWorld article. As part of the new offering, customers will have access to IBM’s cloud resources over AT&T;’s virtual private network, which the companies claim will result in improved security. A recent survey reveals that companies are seeing mostly positive results from adopting cloud technology, according to this Forbes.com a... (more)

This Week in Cloud, December 13, 2012: Competing standards could harm market, The Weather Channel scales with storms, Big data, DevOps & cloud. And more…

The Innovative CIO! The Innovative CIO: How IT Leaders Can Drive Business Transformation – the new book from Andi Mann and George Watt Cloud News The APM group recently warned that competing cloud computing standards could harm the market, according to this ComputerWeekly article. There are currently around 20 competing cloud standards and APM argues that without an industry-wide standard, organizations may be hesitant to move to cloud. The Weather Channel recently experienced its highest traffic ever during Hurricane Sandy and a recent switch to the cloud allowed their real-time ... (more)