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Cloudbook: The Cloud Computing Resource Community

Vol 3 Issue 1

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Cloud Computing and the Patriot Act

by Jonathan Gershater
A careful reading of the Patriot Act does not give the Federal government, unfettered carte-blanche access to data stored in organizations’ databases. Users can protect their information stored by cloud computing providers, usin....

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Supply Chain Management Migrates to the Cloud Via the Channel

Joseph King, SVP JDA Managed Services, discussed how JDA selected Layered Tech as its cloud provider and Burstorm's role in this selection process.

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Cloud Computing and Mobility
by Christopher Clark
Is There Auditible Security in the Cloud?
by Preston Williams III
Cloud Computing Technology with BPOS and Windows Azure
by Nidhi Bansal
Cloud Computing and Chargeback Models
by Mitesh Soni
Cloud Wars, Part I: Framing the Standardization in Cloud Computing
by Tuomas MT Nurmela &
Alex Krikos
The Eucalyptus Open-Source Private Cloud
by Yohan Wadia
Cloud Computing and the Patriot Act
by Jonathan Gershater
Big Data Explosion--Deriving Insights
by Amit Manghani

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Cloud Computing Key to Fighting Data Loss

May 16 2012 - eWeek

By: Nathan Eddy

The amount of data created and held by companies is increasing exponentially, and keeping it safe continues to be a major cause for concern. At the same time, cloud computing, rather than remaining a theoretical concept, is now a reality for many organizations. Data loss continues to be a huge problem for companies across North America that are looking to cloud-based platforms for a solution, according to a survey commissioned by CA Technologies, “Insights: Data Protection and the Cloud.”

Oracle and Cloud Computing: Database Helps, But Challenges Remain

May 16 2012 - Network Computing

By: Staff

In part three of a series on Oracle's position in the cloud computing market, we take a look at how the vendor's database will affect its efforts. Part one, "Oracle Embraces Cloud Computing, the New Consumption Model," examined the evolution of the company's stance on the cloud. Part two, "Oracle Positioned to Succeed in the Cloud Computing Market," explored how the vendor's hardware and software offerings influence its cloud computing push.

Refund Checks to Be Issued for Cloud Computing Tax

May 16 2012 - VPR News

By: Bob Kinzel

The Vermont Tax Department is getting ready to issue refund checks to businesses that have paid the "cloud computing" tax over the past few years. One of the big tax issues of the 2012 session involved the imposition of the state sales tax on services that businesses receive online from remote servers.

Government and Cloud Computing

May 16 2012 - Cisco

By: Steve Wildstrom

The federal government, like the private sector, sees great opportunities in moving its IT infrastructure in the cloud. A 2011 white paper by then-Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra estimated that $20 billion of the government's $80 billion in annual IT spending could move to the cloud. A study by the MeriTalk Cloud Computing Exchange estimates that the government could save $12 billion a year through greater use of cloud services, which promote efficiency through elimination of duplication and higher utilization of equipment. But the reality is that because of complex regulations, especially those covering security and procurement, that move will be slow and painful.

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Article: The Hard Part About Rolling Up Clouds

November 11 2012

By:	Jeff Kaplan - Founder & Managing Director at THINKstrategies, Inc

Oracle's (Nasdaq: ORCL) recent acquisition of RightNow (Nasdaq: RNOW) raises a question: Can multiple cloud companies be merged together to form a tightly coupled suite of solutions like those which were promised but never delivered during the client-server era? On the face of things, it would appear that merging cloud companies together should be relatively easy and straightforward since many of them already interconnect with the advent of application program interfaces (APIs). Alas, not every cloud company is built the same. Like snowflakes, cloud company architectures, programming languages and a myriad of other operational pieces and parts can differ dramatically.

Article: @IAmOnDemand View on CloudConnect 2012

July 03 2012

By:	Ofir Nachmani - Founder and Author at I Am OnDemand blog

Last week I attended one of the most popular cloud technology conferences in the world – CloudConnect. The CloudConnect conference started about four years ago. Attending the event gave me a clear understanding of the market maturity and evolution rhythm. Check out the following sections for the main points on what I learned: 1 - Cloud Performance is important 2 - That DevOps doesn’t exist 3 - The Openness of Cloud - You must be open in order to be in the cloud 4 - That“Amazon is Princess White” 5 - The the best presentations are like movies; they should be based on real cases I invite you to read more. Ofir. @iamondemand

Article: InstaCompute – a pay-per-use IaaS solution from Tata Communications

May 08 2012

By:	Mitesh Soni - Technical Lead at iGATE

InstaCompute – a pay-per-use IaaS solution from Tata Communications Gain on-demand, self-service provisioning and scaling over the internet,within minutes.

Article: NIST and Cloud Computing

May 08 2012

By:	Mitesh Soni - Technical Lead at iGATE

NIST’s Role is to provide guidance to industry and government for the creation and management of relevant cloud computing standards allowing all parties to gain the maximum value from cloud computing