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IBM (NYSE: IBM) is in the cloud news again this week. According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, IBM has chosen SugarCRM over Oracle’s (NASDAQ: ORCL) Siebel for its lucrative CRM contract. IBM also launched a new suite of business integration software to help organizations adopt social business, cloud and mobile technologies.
The WSJ blog noted that IBM has decided to end its longstanding CRM partnership with Oracle Siebel and offered it to SugarCRM, a relative startup …
Cloud computing and virtualization company EMC (NYSE: EMC) launched its VSPEX Proven Infrastructure, a cloud reference architecture using industry standard technology, designed to enable partners to implement cloud environments easily and quickly.
VSPEX consists of EMC storage systems and backup applications, as well as virtualization, server and network technology from EMC partners including Brocade, Cisco Systems, Citrix, Intel, Microsoft, and VMware.
VSPEX customers can choose a private cloud setup by running VMware vSphere 5.0…
En Pointe Technologies announced it has reached the Cisco Cloud Provider Certification in its efforts to service the ever-growing cloud network market. The Cisco certification carries a Powered Cloud Hosted Collaboration System (HCS) Service designation and with that, the company is now offering its En Pointe Collaboration Solution (ECS)-validated Cisco infrastructure and HCS applications.
ECS provides cloud-based collaboration features including telephony, mobility, fax-over-IP, call center, presence and instant messaging, and voice, and video- and web-conferencing. According to the press release, …
Cloud storage enablement firm CTERA Networks has launched its CTERA Mobile app, which allows clients to access files and backups from any device. I spoke by phone with CTERA VP of Marketing Rani Osnat, who was in London attending the 2012 Hosting & Cloud Transformation Summit Europe, about the app, which is designed for both Apple iOS and Android and free to all CTERA users.
In the release announcing the app, CTERA CEO Liran Eshel noted, “Business users have …
Hosting provider Cloud City Hosting, a division of Seattle-based FiberCloud, announced the launch of new cloud servers for its small-business customers. In addition to its online retail cloud computing products, Cloud City now offers Windows and Linux-based servers in secure data centers with “enterprise-class” storage of up to 200GB.
“We believe that small businesses should have every opportunity to gain enterprise-class hardware at an affordable price,” said Susan DeFlorio, COO of Cloud City Hosting, in a prepared statement. “That’s …
Canadian cloud services aggregator Modular DPS has launched its Modular 360° Partner Program in North America. Billed as a “comprehensive cloud data protection strategy,” the program is designed to assist MSPs in providing a turnkey solution for cloud data protection, and lower barriers to entry for channel partners into the cloud services market.
“With the rise in cloud data protection adoption has come layers of complexity and confusion as well as an increasing array of offerings and associated marketing misuse …
EVault, which offers a cloud-based backup and disaster recovery (BDR) services, has introduced a four-hour service level agreement (SLA) for channel partners and end-customers. The new SLA is EVault’s latest step to raise its visibility among VARs, MSPs and cloud-enabled services providers.
More than 1,600 companies offer cloud storage, backup and recovery services, EVault President Terry Cunningham noted during a briefing with Talkin’ Cloud earlier this month. Even Microsoft (Symbol: MSFT) is preparing an online backup service for …
OnApp, a London-based cloud platform provider, announced its new storage platform “OnApp Storage” at the WHD.global 2012 exhibition in Germany. OnApp Storage is intended for service providers and enterprises and in the company’s words, “offers the performance and resilience of high-end SAN products using off-the-shelf disks and server hardware.”
OnApp is targeting a big, fast-growing marklet. Earlier this week, EVault President Terry Cunningham estimated that roughly 1,600 companies now offer cloud storage services and online backup services. And EVault, owned …
California-based Adaptive Planning, which offers cloud-based corporate performance management (CPM) services, has raised $22 million in new venture capital. Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) of Palo Alto headed this fifth round (Series E) of financing for Adaptive Planning. Existing investors Cardinal Venture Capital, Clairmont Capital, Monitor Ventures, and ONSET Ventures also took part in the round.
In a conference call with Talkin’ Cloud this week, Adaptive Planning CEO John Herr commented on his firm’s goals for this new venture capital influx. …
SAP caught most of us by surprise at the end of 2011 by acquiring SuccessFactors, a Human Capital Management (HCM) and SaaS vendor, for $3.4 billion. Now, SAP President of Cloud On-Demand Sales and Go-To-Market Greg Tomb (pictured) is making some bold claims about SAP’s long-term cloud strategy.
“Three years from now, we will be the de facto leader in the cloud,” Tomb predicted as he outlined three ways through which SAP will accomplish that goal:
- Acquisitions that deliver immediate value
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