Cloud Applications News

• Week of 10 Jun 2013 Red Hat Summit: Open source trends, cloud outlook, innovation and more (14 Jun 2013)

  Here's a roundup of expert comments on open source trends, cloud computing, innovation and more from the 2013 Red Hat Summit in Boston.

• Cloud collaboration software connects at networking company Enterasys (SearchContentManagement.com | 14 Jun 2013)

  Enterasys Networks ended up with more users than expected when it deployed a cloud-based collaboration system. But that turned out to be a good thing.

• Week of 27 May 2013 UK firms take disciplined approach to cloud applications selection (ComputerWeekly.com | 29 May 2013)

  Trunki and Reed.co.uk show how more disciplined procurement approaches are replacing the 'land and expand' strategies favoured by pioneering suppliers

• Focus on cloud goals and developer needs to choose the right PaaS (29 May 2013)

  Companies looking to invest in PaaS are faced with more choices than ever before. Focus on cloud goals and developer needs to choose the right one.

• AnDevCon 2013: App developers can leverage data; beware privacy laws (31 May 2013)

  At AnDevCon 2013, how mobile computing privacy legislation is set to undergo a serious overhaul was a key topic.

• Week of 13 May 2013 At Modus Create, BaaS makes cloud-based address book app a reality (16 May 2013)

  After starting with an in-house solution to manage the contact info of its employees, Modus Create used BaaS to build a cloud-based address book app.

• Week of 06 May 2013 CRM, ERP head up mobile applications offered by SaaS providers (08 May 2013)

  More providers of SaaS are serving up customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning and other enterprise-specific mobile apps.

• Week of 29 Apr 2013 Customization issues hinder enterprise cloud productivity app adoption (03 May 2013)

  Experts say that difficulty customizing cloud-based productivity apps can hinder their adoption in larger enterprises.

• Cloud outages: What to do when cloud services and apps fail (02 May 2013)

  Learn how to identify cloud outages quickly and best practices for resolutions.

• Week of 22 Apr 2013 Can Amazon deliver on AWS enterprise development promises? (26 Apr 2013)

  Experts say that Amazon Web Services falls short when it comes to enterprise application development -- a reality that Amazon is working to change.

• Week of 15 Apr 2013 What to expect from the upcoming Microsoft Dynamics cloud services (SearchManufacturingERP.com | 15 Apr 2013)

  Microsoft is set to launch a cloud version of its Dynamics ERP this summer. Industry analysts weigh in on how Dynamics cloud services could shape up.

• Making cloud computing cost models work for you (SearchCloudComputing.com | 15 Apr 2013)

  Cloud computing brings its own cost model, and IT managers can use tools and common sense to keep an eye on the numbers.

• Industry-specific requirements shape the evolution of the XaaS market (SearchCloudComputing.com | 16 Apr 2013)

  As the Anything as a Service market shifts to a more industry-focused approach, will it lure enterprise IT?

• Buyer beware: Cloud washing rampant among tech vendors (SearchCloudComputing.com | 17 Apr 2013)

  The cloud computing hype cycle has led many tech vendors to cloud wash their products. Here are the characteristics of a true cloud computing service.

• Big data technologies promise major advances in health and science (SearchBusinessAnalytics.com | 19 Apr 2013)

  Big data analytics efforts are poised to improve everything from public health to particle physics, and people like Cloudera's Jeff Hammerbacher are leading the way.

• AWS Summit: Hybrid IT a 'proving ground' for cloud-curious enterprises (19 Apr 2013)

  Many enterprises are embracing cloud by way of hybrid IT architectures. Cloud solutions architect Brian Adler explained at the 2013 AWS Summit.

• AWS Summit: Focus on time-to-market to pick the right cloud database (19 Apr 2013)

  Companies must focus on time-to-market concerns to choose the right database for a cloud project, Amazon's Rahul Pathak said at this week's AWS Summit.

• Week of 08 Apr 2013 SugarCon speaker reveals 10 reasons why social CRM projects fail (SearchCRM.com | 10 Apr 2013)

  Culture issues and lack of compliance policies are just two of the factors that work against social CRM, according to one speaker at this week's SugarCon conference.

• Cloud applications gain ground in corporate IT (ComputerWeekly.com | 10 Apr 2013)

  Cloud applications are starting to gain mass in enterprise IT, shifting from “should we?” to “how?”

• Week of 25 Mar 2013 Gartner Magic Quadrant finds rising demand for data warehouse services (SearchDataManagement.com | 27 Mar 2013)

  A look at the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems and more data management news from around the Web.

• App integration woes: Even in cloud age, pain is still acute (27 Mar 2013)

  App integration remains a pain point for software development. Learn why cloud app integration remains promising.

• Week of 18 Mar 2013 At IntrinsiQ, private PaaS bolsters software for oncology clinicians (21 Mar 2013)

  Healthcare IT company IntrinsiQ leveraged the Apprenda private PaaS to cut costs and improve deployment of software used by oncology clinicians.

• Week of 11 Mar 2013 Beat challenges of integrating SaaS apps with on-premises legacy apps (15 Mar 2013)

  As companies turn to Software as a Service, they must prepare for challenges that arise when integrating with legacy enterprise applications.

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