Cloud Ventures

Toronto, Canada – 15th Jan, 2013 – Rackspace, EMC, Vaultive and other Cloud Computing industry experts have helped create a Cloud best practices guide to describe how the technology can be applied to E-Health. Issue 2 of a new ‘TRANSFORM‘ e-magazine from the Cloud Best Practices Network focuses on the recent Cloud adoption strategy published by Canada Health Infoway, which calls for a ‘greenfield’ suite of new SaaS applications to help accelerate adoption of E-Health. Neil McEvoy, CEO of the Cloud Best Practices Network publishing the guide, says ”TRANSFORM is intended to capture the business benefits that Cloud computing can enable.” Robert Griffin, Chief Security Architect for EMC RSA and lead for the OASIS KMIP project, “As data encryption becomes more and more critical for securing data entrusted to the cloud, interoperation across key management capabilities i... (more)

The Media Cloud – Transformation of news and media

Issue one of our e-magazine TRANSFORM focused on Government, Issue two on E-Health. The next installment will look at the media industry and the disruptive effect Cloud will have on media firms such as newspapers, magazines, the entertainment industry, PR firms and more, covering topics such as: Cloud Gaming! Case studies of media firms embracing and mastering the Cloud Disruptive business model capability – How Cloud can enable new media business models Integrated social media architecture Cloud services showcase – Presentations of the latest relevant Cloud services innovations:... (more)

Challenges in Virtualization

By Sue Poremba Virtualization has been a boon to enterprise as it makes IT operations more efficient. Some like its green qualities as virtualization saves on energy consumption, while others appreciate the storage capacity, as well as the data recovery solutions for if disaster strikes. However, the virtual environment is invisible, and with that come more challenges in making sure it runs smoothly. The cloud might be simple to setup, but it becomes more complex over time. In addition, the more machines and data involved, the more difficult it can be to monitor for space, CPU ... (more)

Gamification Meets The Cloud – Lush Use Memset Cloud To Deliver Gamification Employee Training

Guildford, Surrey – 9 January 2013 – Award-winning, British cloud provider, Memset have provided the cloud infrastructure to enable Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics to roll out their game-based, interactive, digital staff training programme across Europe. The mobile and online learning game, called Lush Quests, introduces new staff to Lush’s brand and products with challenges and rewards throughout the digital gaming interface. Memset have provided five Miniservers to host German, French, Italian, Spanish and English versions of the training programme. To date, over 2,000 employee... (more)

How Walmart Uses Site Search Technology for ‘Social Commerce’

The CCN has now started a Meet Ups group to organize a regular schedule of networking sessions for entrepreneurs and corporate users to learn more about Cloud Computing. Each session will feature one or more presentations from experts on various Cloud topics that will illustrate the value of the technology. Cloud Search Portal The first of these is Efrem Habteselassie, Founder of one of Canada’s most exciting Cloud start-ups, Cloud Search Portal. As the name suggests the venture demonstrates the fundamental value of the Cloud – A hosted version of very powerful software so that y... (more)