From the Business Wire. “HP to move Centrica to cloud- and utility-based computing environment improving flexibility, costs and environmental stewardship HP Enterprise Services UK Limited today announced that Centrica plc has signed a seven-year outsourcing services agreement worth more than $400 million. With the new agreement, HP will enable Centrica to move to a...
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By Maureen O’Gara (from Sys-Con Media.) “Box.net, the cloud-based content management company that’s seen $29.5 million in VC funding since it was started in a dorm room in 2005 by a couple of soon-to-be college dropouts – well, $14.5 million if you don’t count Mark Cuban’s angel capital – has gotten another $38 million...
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By Allan Flowers (from B2B.) “Commercial development specialists should consider how cloud computing could alter operations in the property investment market, says an expert. Cloud computing enables businesses to save data remotely and discard larger servers that often prove to be unreliable. Also, the technology could help to reinforce flexible working measures at companies, according...
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By Raju Shanbhag (from TMCnet.) “IBM has entered into a partnership with The Government National Business Funding Agency (Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento de la Actividad Empresarial del Estado / FONAFE) to develop and manage a private cloud-computing technology infrastructure. This five year agreement centralizes IT operations for 10 government-owned companies, IBM has announced. The agreement was...
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From the Vancouver Sun. “Portland-based Viewpoint Construction Software® today announced a new affordable software package for smaller mid-sized General Contractors in the U.S. looking for an integrated construction-specific software solution with subscription-based, monthly payments. The Viewpoint V6 Fast Track™ program features innovative cloud computing technology; eliminating heavy up front licensing fees, the need to purchase...
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From TradingMarkets.com. “VMware, the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that major Japan-based telecommunications operator, SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp., has joined the VMware vCloud(R) Datacenter Services Program, which delivers globally consistent enterprise-class hybrid cloud computing infrastructure services. Through the partnership, SOFTBANK TELECOM’s private and public sector customers will be able to move...
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By John Kennedy (from Silicon Republic.) “Novosco has been chosen to implement a new private cloud computing infrastructure for the SISK Group in Dublin. The implementation will involve technologies from VMware, Cisco and EMC. The project value is €200,000. The Virtual Computing Environment coalition (VCE) represents an unprecedented level of collaboration in development, services...
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By Renai LeMay (from Delimiter.) “Fujitsu has notched up another win for its growing cloud computing platform, signing a deal with Toyota which will see the company move its TUNE Dealership Management System used by dealerships across Australia onto the Japanese IT services giant’s systems. According to a statement issued by Fujitsu this morning,...
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By Erica Naone (from the Christian Science Monitor.) “Last week, HP released several mobile devices running WebOS, an operating system that it acquired last summer when it bought Palm. HP’s two new smart phones and tablet computershowed that the company is anxious to get a larger slice of the portable device market. But at the launch...
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From One Stop Click. “Both primary and secondary schools in the UK should champion cloud computing in the classroom. According to Sarah Underwood, magazine and brand editor at ICT for Education, it is imperative that schools adopt cloud computing as a means of freeing up spending used for routine IT maintenance. Ms Underwood said:...
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