Tag Archives: cloud

Clearing up the Cloud

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Jennifer Kavur

17 February 2011, ComputerWorld Canada

Defining the myriad service offerings to find the right formula for your business.

Peer 1 starts hosting cloud-based GPUs

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

29 Jul 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

One exec boasts of massive performance improvements from moving workloads off of CPUs and onto graphics processing units.

 

SIPD tailors Acumatica to the French Canadian market

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

22 Jul 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Les services SIPD has released a French version of Acumatica’s Web-based ERP solution that is specifically targeted to mid-sized businesses in Quebec.

 

Don’t use the Patriot Act as an excuse

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

05 Jul 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Canadians are quick to use the U.S.A. Patriot Act as an excuse to avoid cloud computing, but they might not know many of the same laws already exist in Canada. Privacy lawyer David Fraser highlights the similarities at an OPC-hosted event.

OPC gathers input on privacy and cloud computing

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

22 Jun 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is making its rounds across the country to gather input for an upcoming review of PIPEDA. Highlights from a panel discussion in Calgary between IBM, the EFF, CBS News and Syntenic.

 

CA buys 3Tera, expands cloud computing

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

25 Feb 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

VP of business unit strategy Jay Fry explains how the acquisition of 3Tera will fit into CA’s overall cloud strategy and recent acquisitions of Oblicore and Cassatt.

Enterprises are embracing private, not public, clouds

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

11 Feb 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Enterprises gearing up for cloud computing are starting with private clouds, according to a survey conducted at SC09. Analysts from IDC Canada and Info-Tech confirm where Canadian organizations stand in private versus public cloud space.

 

Eucalyptus, Terracotta partner for private clouds

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

09 Feb 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

The new partnership will combine Terracotta’s scalable infrastructure software with Eucalyptus Systems’ open source private cloud platform to solve issues related to scalable data management and elastic provisioning.

 

3Tera starts certifying cloud computing skills

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

15 Jan 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Two AppLogic-based certification programs now available from 3Tera may signify the beginning of the cloud computing certification trend.

— reprinted by IT World, 3Tera starts certifying cloud computing skills

Tech titans unite for private cloud push

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Jennifer Kavur

05 Nov 2009, ComputerWorld Canada

Cisco, EMC and VMware form a coalition to accelerate data centre virtualization and the transition to private clouds. The CEOs also announce a new joint venture, Acadia.

Eucalyptus CTO discusses open source clouds

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Jennifer Kavur

10 Sep 2009, ComputerWorld Canada

Rich Wolski, UCSB professor and CTO of recently-established Eucalyptus Systems, discusses the company’s first commercial product for the enterprise – an open source private cloud platform that supports Amazon AWS APIs and leverages VMware.

— reprinted by ComputerworldUK.com, Eucalyptus CTO discusses open source private clouds

EMC pushes enterprises toward private clouds

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Jennifer Kavur

02 Sep 2009, ComputerWorld Canada

Nina Hargus, vice-president of Global Services Marketing for EMC, discusses large-scale enterprise private cloud deployments and 30 new services and solutions added to EMC’s portfolio.

Canadian cloud companies to watch

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Jennifer Kavur

07 Aug 2009, ComputerWorld Canada

Government, start-ups, investors and ITC companies looking for potential partners in the cloud computing space should pay attention to these 10 Canadian-based cloud companies, suggests IDC Canada.

FRANKLY SPEAKING: Security the obstacle to cloud adoption

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Jennifer Kavur

14 May 2009, ComputerWorld Canada

At CIO Canada’s Frankly Speaking Breakfast series, panellists discuss how to deal with control, reliability, compliance and more. WITH VIDEO

3 perspectives on cloud management

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Jennifer Kavur

04 May 2009, ComputerWorld Canada

Gartner, RightScale and Enomaly weigh in on cloud management issues. But what Canada really needs is a cloud host, says Reuven Cohen.

Cloud control: Managing and monitoring service

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Jennifer Kavur

03 May 2009, ComputerWorld Canada

San Francisco startup Tap In Systems has launched a deep-level monitoring service that integrates with external clouds and internal non-cloud systems. Enterprises get more control, including the ability to audit bills from cloud vendors. First of a two-part cloud management series.

Montreal ISVs tackle mobile address book issues

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Jennifer Kavur

06 Oct 2008, ComputerWorld Canada

Mobivox is working with Unyk to upload data from multiple sources including Gmail, LinkedIn and Hotmail through a cloud-based system. Learn more about the beta release.