Tag: cloud

  • Nimbula Announces Public Beta for Cloud Operating System Software

    Nathan Eddy

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    At the Gartner Data Center Conference, Nimbula, a cloud operating system company, today announced the availability of the public beta of its Nimbula Director product, which delivers Amazon EC2-like services behind the firewall. The software is now available for free download via the company’s Website, according to a company release. Director is designed to transform… Read more

  • Imperva Spinoff Incapsula Unveils Cloud Data Security Strategy

    Nathan Eddy

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    Imperva, a provider of data security, unveiled a strategy designed to help cloud providers and small to medium-size businesses protect sensitive data against external and internal threats and comply with regulations such as PCI, SOX and HIPAA. Additionally, Imperva spinoff Incapsula will help Web hosters give SMBs Web application protection. For SMBs, Imperva spun off… Read more

  • Google Apps Gets SAP StreamWork App

    Jessica Davis

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    Even as cloud-based upstart CRM rival Salesforce.com holds its Dreamforce conference this week in San Francisco, ERP stalwart SAP is making its own news in the cloud with giant Google. SAP and Google have announced that SAP StreamWork is now available in the Google Apps Marketplace. SAP Streamwork will work with OpenID, letting users login… Read more

  • Cisco to Acquire Management Software Specialist LineSider

    Nathan Eddy

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    Enterprise networking specialist Cisco Systems announced its intent to acquire privately held LineSider Technologies, a provider of network management software that helps customers build the network services necessary to securely create and deploy cloud computing infrastructure. Based in Danvers, Mass., the company said the LineSider acquisition would enhance Cisco’s ability to rapidly provision network services.… Read more

  • Red Hat Expands Cloud Foundations Portfolio with Makara Acquisition

    Nathan Eddy

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    Open-source solutions provider Red Hat announced it has acquired Makara, a developer of deployment and management solutions for applications in the cloud. The acquisition of Makara’s technologies is part of Red Hat’s plan to accelerate the development of the company’s platform-as-a-service (PAAS) solution, part of its Cloud Foundations portfolio. Makara provides solutions to enable organizations… Read more

  • Enterprise Cloud Deployments to Go Mainstream by 2015

    Channel Insider Staff

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    The evidence continues to grow that enterprises are convinced that cloud computing is a viable way forward for IT in the future. IDG Research Services surveyed chief technology officers, chief information officers and IT managers on a global basis and reported that 75 percent of companies either currently employ enterprise-grade cloud computing solutions or plan… Read more