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Dell Expands Cloud Client Computing Solutions for VMware View®, Desktop as a Service and Channel Offerings to Europe
BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Dell today is announcing a host of new and enhanced industry-leading cloud client computing solutions that provide organizations with the broadest choice in how to implement, manage, deploy and access virtual computing environments using VMware. Coming on the heels of recent cloud client computing developments, Dell, the market leader in thin-clients, is expanding support for VMware View and PCoIP protocol on its zero- and thin-clients, Desktop as a Service (DaaS) with PCoIP support and new channel partner solutions to Europe.
Cloud-Based Virtual Desktop Solution Now Available in Europe
Dell Desktop as a Service (DaaS) is now available in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Netherlands - from Dells data center in Slough, UK which boasts nearly continuous uptime and application availability. With DaaS, customers can focus on managing only the OS, applications and user profiles while leaving the management of the VDI infrastructure to Dell. This solution provides IT departments with the flexibility to scale from only a few users to thousands, enables access from a range of endpoint devices, simplifies desktop virtualization deployment and management and provides a predictable monthly price. Pricing for DaaS starts at 35, 29 and $36 per seat per month.
Dell DaaS now gives customers the option to choose the PCoIP protocol, a feature of VMware View, and get an exceptional remote user experience with HD multimedia including high resolution, full frame rate 3D graphics and HD audio, multiple large displays, and broad USB peripheral connectivity.
New Cloud-Clients for VMware
Dell is also announcing the new dual-display Dell Wyse P25 is now shipping worldwide and the quad-display Dell Wyse P45 will be available later this month. These PCoIP zero-clients support a wide-range of peripherals and provide outstanding application delivery, deliver uncompromised performance for graphics-intensive applications, add client-side caching to reduce bandwidth consumption on LANs and WANs, and mitigate the challenges of provisioning, managing, maintaining and securing enterprise desktops across an organization.
Dell is also adding VMware specific enhancements to its compact, cost-effective Dell Wyse T50 ARM SoC thin-client and Dell Wyse X90m7 mobile thin-client. PCoIP support has been added to the T50 expanding its ability to deliver outstanding graphics and multimedia performance for VMware deployments. The X90m7 mobile thin-client now supports the Windows Embedded Standard 7 Premium operating system with VMware View Local Mode, providing mobile users who are on-the-go with the flexibility to take their session with them.
Dell Cloud Client Computing Solutions for Channel Partners
Dell is expanding its PartnerDirect Desktop Virtualization Solutions Competency to Europe and introducing its Cloud Client Computing Partner Advisor worldwide.
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Advantages, challenges of cloud computing discussed Oct. 10 at NJIT
Public release date: 8-Oct-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Sheryl Weinstein 973-596-3436 New Jersey Institute of Technology
Cloud computing is a hot topic in cyber-circles and the popular media. But what are the real advantages of computing in the clouds, and what are the challenges, including security? A panel of experts will explore these topics at NJIT's next Technology and Society Forum session on Oct. 10, 2012 in the Campus Center Atrium from 3-4:30 p.m. The public is invited to this free talk.
Four speakers from industry and academe, including two NJIT professors, will be available in a spirited panel discussion. The speakers include Telx Senior Vice President Joe Weinman. Weinman has held executive positions at AT&T, Hewlett-Packard and Bell Laboratories. Named a "Top 10 Cloud Computing Leader" by TechTarget, Weinman is the author of the just- published Cloudonomics: The Business Value of Cloud Computing (Wiley, September, 2012). The book offers ideas, insights, and inspiration for leaders of established companies and for aspiring entrepreneurs who dream of being the force behind the next Amazon, Google, Facebook, or Twitter. He has been awarded 15 U.S. and international patents. His work has been showcased in numerous print and online publications and global video broadcasts.
Another speaker will be Bank of America Senior Vice President Gilbert Gatchalian. Gatchalian's computing background spans industries that include finance, manufacturing, the law, media and entertainment. Gatchalian has designed web-hosting platforms for NYSE Euronext and e-commerce and marketing sites for Sony Music. He has developed infrastructure-as-a-service and cloud hosting platforms using technologies by Amazon Web Services, Rightscale, Rackspace and other hosting and software service providers.
From NJIT, Assistant Professor Reza Curtmola in the Computer Sciences Department, will add his viewpoint. Curtmola's research focuses on the security of cloud services, applied cryptography and the security of wireless networks. He is the recipient of an NSF Career award and is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery and the IEEE Computer Society.
NJIT Assistant Professor Xiaoning Ding also in the College of Computing Sciences, will also be available. Ding previously worked at the Intel Science and Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University. The results of his multi-core system research have been used by Intel and Red Hat. In addition to cloud computing and distributed systems, his current research interests include computer architecture, operating systems and database systems.
NJIT is easily available by either automobile or public transportation. Street parking is usually available. For public transportation, use the NJIT/Warren Street stop on the NJ Transit Newark City Light Rail, available from Newark Penn Station. For directions and more information, please visit http://www.njit.edu/about/visit/gettingtonjit.php.
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NJIT, New Jersey's science and technology university, enrolls more than 9,558 students pursuing bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in 120 programs. The university consists of six colleges: Newark College of Engineering, College of Architecture and Design, College of Science and Liberal Arts, School of Management, College of Computing Sciences and Albert Dorman Honors College. U.S. News & World Report's 2011 Annual Guide to America's Best Colleges ranked NJIT in the top tier of national research universities. NJIT is internationally recognized for being at the edge in knowledge in architecture, applied mathematics, wireless communications and networking, solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, neural engineering and e-learning. Many courses and certificate programs, as well as graduate degrees, are available online through the Division of Continuing Professional Education.
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Advantages, challenges of cloud computing discussed Oct. 10 at NJIT
Euro Zone Eyes Cloud Computing to Kick Start Economy
With a four-year debt crisis and recession affecting many of its member countries, the European Union (EU) is turning to cloud computing to create 2.5 million new jobs and boost the regions economy.
Cloud computing is where files are stored in massive data centers rather than on office servers and computer programs and functions run via the Internet. Oracle
Consumers dont have to get bogged down with the complexity of computing and they dont have to make a huge capital investment, they just plug in and run their applications, the founder of the worlds largest database software company told CNBC Tuesday.
It may not be a new concept but it certainly caught the eye of the European Commission which says the industry could increase the regions gross domestic product (GDP) by 583 billion euros ($760 billion) between 2015 and 2020 and create millions of new jobs.
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Anything that governments and the EU can do to clarify and simplify is always a good thing, he said. Any time you have a framework, that can only foster more investment.
The EU wants to focus on four key aims to help cloud computing realize its full potential. They want users to be able to easily move providers, a certification for trustworthy companies, contracts that would simplify regulations, and clear communication between providers and the public sector, so work doesnt drift overseas to the U.S.
Katherine Thompson, analyst at Edison Investment Research, is not entirely convinced, however.
Im not sure I strictly agree that it will give such a boost to the economy, as the move to the cloud is often a shift from one form of expenditure to another, as opposed to incremental spend, and in many cases will be deflationary, she told CNBC. The EUs thinking behind this is that it would help create new types of companies and new business models start I do agree with this myself, but this is already happening without EU involvement.
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ZapThink Announces Expansion of Cloud Computing for Architects Course
Includes brand new, original content on Cloud Standards, Orchestration Platforms, and Cloud Assurance.
McLean, VA (PRWEB) October 08, 2012
The two-day Cloud Computing for Architects course is the only architect-focused course on Cloud Computing available on the market today. ZapThink aggressively updates the curriculum to address the rapidly emerging Cloud Computing marketplace.
ZapThink has successfully run earlier versions of this course in McLean VA, London, Singapore, Australia, and India. Cloud Computing for Architects will be offered October 18 19, 2012 in London (in partnership with IRM UK), December 3 - 4, 2012 in McLean, VA, and December 10 - 11, 2012 in San Diego, CA.
The instructor for the course is Jason Bloomberg, President of ZapThink. Mr. Bloomberg is a globally recognized SOA and Cloud thought leader, and creator of the popular Licensed ZapThink Architect SOA course and certification.
The Cloud Computing for Architects course covers virtualization, workloads, Cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS), enterprise architecture and the Cloud, Cloud configuration, RESTful Clouds, Cloud Standards, Cloud security and governance, and big data and the Cloud. The course has no prerequisites. It is designed for architects, but is appropriate for people with different roles and levels of expertise. This course is valuable for anyone who wants in-depth knowledge about how to succeed with Cloud Computing.
Cloud computing is far more than simply outsourcing your data center, said Jason Bloomberg, President of ZapThink. In many organizations, architecture is the missing piece of their Cloud strategy. To take advantage of the promise of the Cloud, getting the architecture right is critically important.
The Cloud Computing for Architects course an intensive, two day fire hose of information that prepares you to leverage the Cloud to achieve real business value. We cut through the hype and separate what really works from the noise. For more information and to register for an upcoming course, visit http://www.zapthink.com/cca.
About ZapThink
As a recognized authority and master of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Architecture, and architectural approaches to Cloud Computing, ZapThink (http://www.zapthink.com) provides its global audience of public and private sector enterprises with practical advice, guidance, and education, to assist in creating an architecture that meets business needs. ZapThink offers a clear roadmap for standards-based, loosely coupled distributed computing a vision of IT meeting the needs of the agile business.
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44 Percent Of US Execs To Tackle IT Challenges Through Cloud
DETROIT - Forty-four percent of U.S. executives aim to tackle current IT challenges through leveraging cloud solutions, and they are planning to invest more in cloud computing in the future. That is the finding of an IDC survey commissioned by T-Systems.
Corporations expect cloud computing to deliver lower IT costs (26 percent) and to enable them to replace legacy systems (21 percent) and adopt new applications more flexibly (14 percent).
As the U.S. cloud services market continues to mature, enterprises find that overall business impact and productivity gains from the cloud are as significant as achieving cost reductions, said David Tapper, IDC VP Outsourcing and Offshore Services Market Research. Cloud computing is seen as most likely to deliver solutions for Customer Relationship Management (31 percent), productivity tools like email, collaboration or Office packages (28 percent), online stores, and Enterprise Relationship Management (26 percent each).
Corporations continue to have reservations about security, but they are no longer the decisive criterion against cloud. The concept of security now extends to issues such as how cloud computing will impact compliance requirements or data availability. That is prompting corporations to consider the right cloud type and cloud service needed. Enterprises see an opportunity in the private cloud for providers to fulfill their security requirements and agree on service level agreements. 40 percent of U.S. respondents have implemented a private cloud strategy while only 13 percent are relying on public cloud and 16 percent on hybrid cloud solutions.
In the course of adopting cloud computing, enterprises are increasingly considering new service providers, and they are also considering providers whose services they have not previously used. In ERP more than half are considering providers with whom they have had no previous experience. CEOs, Tapper said, are ranked as most significant in the decision-making process on using clouds. The result is that buyers are viewing cloud as strategic in achieving critical business objectives for which CIOs and IT vendors must ensure that their cloud solutions help achieve these objectives and associated business benefits.
The survey results validate that one of the greatest needs in deploying cloud-based solutions is to find the right partner who can assist with the question of cloud readiness and bring forward a clear plan on how to migrate to the cloud, said T-Systems North America Managing Director Heike Auerbach. T-Systems has been migrating and managing complex applications to the cloud for more than seven years longer than any other IT service provider. It was gratifying for us to see that customers profoundly value an experienced partner as they make the journey to the cloud.
For the cloud survey commissioned by T-Systems, IDC asked CIOs and other top IT managers of 104 U.S. corporations in the summer of 2012 how they now rated cloud computing. IDC conducted the same interviews in the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and Brazil.
IDC analysts and T-Systems cloud experts are presenting the survey findings and the latest cloud solutions in free webcasts. The live webcast for the U.S. market will take place at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on October 18.
To register, click on T-Systems.Com
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Enterprise computing IS the cloud
Summary: Cloud strategy is now indivisible from enterprise computing - can Oracle retain its vast customer base in this new era?
The Oracle occupation of downtown San Francisco buildings is over, but the sea and air invasion continues. After painting the town red with Open World conference events, the city's busiest events weekend (thanks to the fog free Indian summer we San Franciscans enjoy this time of year) includes lots of America's Cup yacht racing action on the bay.
The video clip above of the defending cup holder Oracle team capsizing but subsequently going on to win Saturday's event is a good analogy for how many enterprise software customers see all the big incumbent tech vendors in the race for future relevance. They're heavily invested in past technologies and watching the race for any errors and where the future high ground is.
The 'cloud' air war now effectively IS enterprise computing: any differentiation from the old networked on-premise data center world of vast extranets was rendered moot by Oracle's wholesale adoption of cloud rhetoric and perceived future client needs last week.
Like the yachting America's Cup which Team USA/ Oracle currently hold, the vast installed Oracle client base is Oracle's to lose. SAP may be the largest provider of discrete business applications but Oracle's customers are used to a soup to nuts relationship from bare metal up to business process, and based on my conversations with various random Oracle users last week they appear confident about their future with the Oracle juggernaut.
Where Oracle are vulnerable in a down economy is the relative lack of huge global companies left to supply: small and medium business have headroom to grow, typically at the expense of incumbents. Many of the success stories in the SMB sector have the rapidity of cloud strategy along with SaaS lower costs and agility to change at their heart. Larger companies are fostering small business units and encouraging start up style innovation outside of the mothership infrastructure as they look for growth opportunities.
The cultural identity problems for the large IT players - Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle (MISO) - are massive: their DNA is rooted in the last century and try as they might to reinvent themselves, their rank and file integrators and users are set in their ways.
Fusion is a very sophisticated and solid - although complex- set of offerings and Oracle continue to do a terrific job rolling out their 21st century solutions...the 'but' is that the client user base is small and the vast majority of Oracle customers didn't appear particularly interested. The fact that the Fusion apps were all showcased in the smaller Moscone Conference West venue while the huge hall in the main conference center had two sets of showcase areas for everything else spoke volumes about where the business is today.
For fiscal Q1 ending Aug. 31, Oracle claims $222 million in cloud-based revenue. That's a fraction of$8.2 billiontotal sales but the first time Oracle has disclosed cloud revenue.Company President Mark Hurd stated Oracle's cloud business this quarter is at a $1 billion run rate.
Servicing yesteryears portals and existing plumbing is understandably why most attendees were in San Francisco, and tech conferences are just as much about existing users as showcasing what's next for them and impressing Wall Street analysts. The reality however is that no one knows what the future holds for big tech in a world of month by month Software as a Service subscriptions an business disruption at all levels. The big financial companies are experimenting with Google, Amazon and Facebook style massive datacenter design models - Goldman Sachs are experimenting with Facebook'sOpen Compute project for example, as alternatives to the proprietary world of Oracle.
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Synnex CEO Kevin Murai: Tablets, Mobile, Cloud Computing (p3) – Video
05-10-2012 23:20 Synnex CEO Kevin Murai describes challenges and opportunities for VARs, managed services providers (MSPs) and cloud integrators during Synnex National Conference 2012. He mentions the tablet, cloud computing and managed IT services and managed print services waves. Plus, Windows 8 and Ultrabooks. Recorded by The VAR Guy (www.thevarguy.com). NOTE Part 1 of 3.
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Cloud Computing Saves Health Care Industry Time And Money
The cloud's vast computing power is making it easier and less expensive for companies and clinicians to discover new drugs and medical treatments. Analyzing data that used to take years and tens of millions of dollars can now be done for a fraction of that amount.
Most of us know Amazon as the world's largest online retailer. But its cloud computing business is booming too.
Companies can rent massive computer resources by the hour, and the cost is relatively little. The ability to analyze vast amounts of data in this way is changing lots of industries including health care.
Dr. Michael Cunningham is doing rounds at Seattle Children's Hospital. As medical director of the hospital's Craniofacial Center, he sees young patients whose skulls have fused prematurely.
"The biggest obvious consequence of having craniosynostosis is that your head shape gets very abnormal and it increases the pressure inside the skull, having potential to damage the brain," Cunningham says.
The disease seems to be caused by an abnormality in the way bone cells communicate, but Cunningham wanted much more information. And researchers, working with a huge amount of data stored in the cloud, were able to identify patients whose cells looked similar.
"It's the first thing that's ever been found that really gives us a clue as to where to look in terms of underlying cause," Cunningham says.
That should help in coming up with better treatments.
Aided by cloud computing, researchers crunched, analyzed and sequenced massive amounts of information something Cunningham could not have done on his own. It would have been far too expensive and taken too long.
Work like this is going on at Google, Microsoft and other places too, but Amazon is the leader.
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Trust – The Key to Cloud Computing Growth in Europe
The European Commission is optimistic about the future of cloud computing in the region and predicts it will not only save on data storage costs, but create new jobs and boost GDP.
The European Union's cloud computing strategy was finally unveiled last week and is expected to boost GDP by around AUD$200 million (about 1 per cent) and create almost four million jobs in just under a decade.
This is the first concerted effort by the EU to increase the popularity of cloud computing among businesses. Digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes said if the EU doesn't take united action, they will continue to miss out on the major profits to be made by using cloud computing. At present, only about a quarter of European computer users access cloud applications and are lagging behind worldwide levels by about 10 per cent. The value of the cloud computing market is expected to more than double and be worth just over AUD$70 billion by 2015.
Kroes estimates the cloud will save most businesses particularly small ones up to 20 per cent in operating costs. So why is cloud computing still less popular in Europe than the rest of the world?
Trust is a major factor. Cloud services in Europe are mostly localised rather than regional and even though EU legislation protects cloud users, most are unaware of their rights. Cloud computing growth in Europe has been stunted as users are unclear on which jurisdiction they fall under, where their data is located and how safe it is. To help clear up confusion, the EC plans to introduce standards and a certification scheme for a single digital market by 2013. This will increase transparency and hopefully build users confidence in storing data across, and beyond, European borders.
Do you operate a business in Europe and use cloud services? If not, will these changes encourage you to move some of your business to the cloud, or do they not go far enough? I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below.
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