CloudCommons 2012

CA World 2013! The Smart Enterprise team spent time at CA World 2013 capturing key stories, major announcements, and interviews with thought leaders on the show floor. View the coverage on Smart Enterprise. Cloud News A survey by PMG reveals that companies are starting to crackdown on employees’ use of rogue cloud services, according to this Forbes article. Compliance and security concerns are leading the drive to tougher restrictions on services like DropBox, Skype, and social media sites. A new survey by InformationWeek reveals that 40% of companies are now using cloud services and 51% of organizations cite security defects in cloud technology as a top risk, according to this InformationWeek article. The study also revealed that adoption of SaaS was down 8% since last year. 3Tcloud, a China-based cloud service provider, has installed more than 6,000 cloud terminal ... (more)

This Week in Cloud, April 26, 2013: AWS S3 reaches 2 trillion objects, CA Technologies acquires Layer 7 & Nolio, CSA cloud guidelines for SMBs. And more…

CA World 2013! The Smart Enterprise team just returned from CA World 2013 where they were writing blogs, live tweeting, and shooting interviews and booth walkthroughs. You can view the coverage on Smart Enterprise. Cloud News Amazon announced this week that there are currently two trillion objects now stored in S3, according to this CloudTech article. Jeff Barr, AWS chief evangelist, stated that it took six years for AWS to reach one trillion objects in S3 and one year to double that number. The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced a new membership level and working groups to ... (more)

This Week in Cloud, March 21, 2013: CIA & DHS shifting to cloud, Netflix developer prize, Top 5 cloud risks. And more…

RSA Conference Interviews! Watch interviews from the RSA Conference featuring thought leaders from the Cloud Security Alliance, NIST, the CISO Executive Network, the International Association for Privacy Professionals and more on Smart Enterprise. Cloud News The CIA may have agreed to a 10-year cloud contract with Amazon worth $600 million, according to this FCW article. Amazon and the CIA have yet to confirm the contract, but sources say that Amazon will help the CIA build a private cloud and keep the agency up to date with emerging technology trends. The U.S. Department of Homela... (more)

IBM Watson Helps Fight Cancer from the Cloud

Join the Cloud Commons group on Smart Enterprise to stay up-to-date on the latest cloud news, videos, blogs, and events. Cloud News IBM announced that it is offering a cloud-based version of Watson to help oncologists develop cancer treatments, according to this GigaOM article. Watson is famous for defeating Ken Jennings in a game of Jeopardy!, but IBM has big plans for the system and is teaming up with hospitals and universities to realize Watson’s full potential. A recent survey by KPMG of over 600 business and IT executives revealed that the key cloud challenges include the co... (more)

This Week in Cloud, May 9, 2013: U.K. issues cloud-first policy, Dell acquires Enstratius, OpenStack’s growing pains. And more…

CA World 2013! The Smart Enterprise team spent time at CA World 2013 capturing key stories, major announcements, and interviews with thought leaders on the show floor. View the coverage on Smart Enterprise. Cloud News The U.K. government announced that it plans to formally adopt a cloud-first policy, according to this InformationWeek article. As part of the cloud-first policy, government agencies will be required to evaluate cloud solutions to meet their IT needs before considering other options. Dell announced that it is purchasing Enstratius, a cloud computing startup that prov... (more)