If you are looking for a place to store your files and documents, check out SmugVault, a storage service provided by SmugMug. SmugVault actually operates under Amazon S3.
Files of all type can be virtually stored in SmugVault. Your raw, original and uncompressed files can be placed here. you can store JPEG, GIF, PNG and even document files. This service is available to SmugMug subscribers. It is a monthly subscription.
SmugMug has a straightforward uploader that you can utilize for uploading your files. You can easily retrieve, save or delete a file. Each gigabyte of uploaded files has a monthly fee of $0.22. Regular fee is $1.00 per month. If you want to relocate files, the price per gigabyte is $0.30 internally, and $0.51 externally.
Good news for Salesforce.com users, a reasonably priced storage for your cloud computing needs is now available. Introducing the Bluewolf Arcade, a service incorporated in Salesforce that give you the ability to have next to limitless storage for your needs. Not only that, the Arcade has indexing features that allows you to immediately access the data that you need, including linked files.
With the aim of providing clients the solutions that they need, Bluewolf has indeed become a leader in the cloud computing industry. Their means of creating new services are based on what clients and customers have been thinking of and suggesting. Also, observing the processes and thinking of new innovations to further enhance support is how they are able to conceptualize and make improved services.
And yet, Arcade is not the only solution Bluewolf has created for Salesforce.com users. Here is a list of other cloud computing services from Bluewolf:
· Bluewolf Integrator and Replicator
· Bluewolf Sprintpack
· BluewolfConnect
· MediaTrak
· PolicyTrak
· Bluewolf Open Support
Whenever you hire IT specialists, the sum of your expenses not only count the salary of the specialist, but other necessities as well. These matters include the computer equipment for the exclusive use of your specialist, office space, additional electric bills and the like, not to mention the upgrades that you have to gain. Indeed, hiring an in-house specialist is expensive. However, having an IT is a requirement for any business who is expanding its reach. But with the current status of the economy, businesses are forced to budget their expenses while doing more.
Cloudworks
But Cloudworks is offering a way to reduce your expenses while having the IT that you need. Cloudworks offers remote management and maintenance of your website or intranet applications of your business. Instead of having an in-house IT, you will be able to get an IT that handles all your applications through the cloud. They will handle most of what is required by the business. Their program includes employees of the company being able to access files and applications they need through a “webtop”, a cloud based desktop.
Cloudworks claim that availing of their services will reduce your IT expenses to just a half of the usual expenses. This is indeed wonderful news for small enterprises struggling to maintain a good business. Plus, you can be sure that your programs and applications are always up to date. Having a Cloud-based IT is actually more practical.
Adobe recently declared the Adobe LiveCycle ES Developer Express as ready for use for members of the Adobe Enterprise Developer Program. Web developers can test and develop their Adobe LiveCycle ES applications in a cloud-based environment. The Adobe LiveCycle ES has been pre-configured, so subscribers of the AEDP have no need to do that themselves. It uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (AEC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). Developers can utilize enterprise-scale environments.
LivCycle ES Diagram
As a server solution, Adobe LiveCycle ES provides data storage, security and application management. This is very helpful for various individuals and companies alike. The time needed to download, install and use instances are reduced significantly. It also makes use of Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format), Adobe Reader and even Flash. Documents and files can be viewed quickly and easily.
Some of the LiveCycle ES server applications included in the installation are LiveCycle Reader Extension ES, LiveCycle Rights Management ES, LiveCycle Forms ES and LiveCyclePDF Generator ES. These are just some of the server applications pre-installed.
Using Adobe Web Services enhances LiveCycle ES applications. This is good news for the subscribers of AEDP: having a faster, easier and more reliable platform for their web applications.
If you are looking for an open structure that can give you or your web developers the option to construct web applications or applications that are on your own computer or mobile devices, then Microsoft Azure is for you.
Windows® Azure is an operating system for cloud services. It is a platform where languages, both Microsoft and non-Microsoft, are supported. It allows the use of Eclipse, Ruby, PHP and Python. It is integrated with Visual Studio, that is why .NET administered applications will be supported.
The Azure™ Services Platform (Azure) is cloud services platform created by Microsoft. Windows® Azure serves as the environment for the Azure Services Platform. It allows web developers and designers to promptly build applications running in the cloud with the use of their knowledge of the environment of Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft.NET Framework. In a little while, more programming languages will be supported by Azure.
Azure makes maintenance and management of your operations by supplying compute and storage for your files and applications. Even cloud applications geared up for use are also made available for online services by Microsoft. Some of these are Windows Live™ and Microsoft Dynamics ™.
Just this Wednesday, Microsoft released new tools that will fix bugs in the current system. Furthermore, these tools have been enhanced to better performance at an increased speed.
There is no need to worry about security, personal information is protected in the platform. Only data that which the customers have provided are the only ones that will be used. Anything that is beyond the contractual agreement will not be tread upon.
The Azure Services Platform lets independent software developers present their own products or services to their clients by providing mechanisms for building, compute and storage.
Improvements in cloud computing and cloud services are continually increasing. With many companies providing their services, choosing one that assures businesses of its reliability and safety is essential.
To be able to provide optimum service in cloud computing, 3Tera opened not only one but seven datacenters around the world. Having multiple datacenters assures users of high accessibility and security. A high level of disaster recovery for user’s applications is also provided.
The datacenters are located in seven countries in four continents of Europe, Asia and North and South America. These countries are US, Singapore, Japan, UK, Argentina, Serbia and the Netherlands. Not for long, more resources will opened in Australia and South America.
Another advantage of having worldwide datacenters is that regulatory issues in different locations is no longer a problem. There is minimal or no need for users to go through many legal processes. Changing codes is no longer necessary to deploy your applications. Businesses can easily manage and monitor their operations through a browser.
The world is constantly evolving, innovators are constantly making new developments yet costs are sky-rocketing for these innovations. The internet, however, is offering a less expensive but reliable virtual infrastructure for businesses. 2009 is a tough year for small and medium enterprises, owing to the world-wide economic fluctuations and threat of recession. That is why maximizing resources is the best way to still be on top of your business while spending less. One of the resources that would most likely be utilized is the cloud computing resource.
To be able to SMEs and ISVs, here is a list of the top 100 cloud computing companies offering various platforms and services included in SYS-CON’s list of active companies (listed alphabetically).
1. 3PAR
2. 3Tera
3. 10Gen
4. Agathon Group
5. Akamai
6. Amazon
7. Apache Hadoop
8. Appirio
9. Appistry
10. Appnexus
11. Apprenda
12. Aptana
13. AT&T
14. Bluewolf
15. Boomi
16. Box-Net
17. Cassatt
18. Cisco
19. Citrix
20. Cloud9 Analytics
21. Cloudera
22. Cloudscale
23. Cloudworks
24. Coghead
25. CohesiveFT
26. Cordys
27. Dataline
28. Dell
29. Desktoptwo
30. ElasticHosts
31. Elastra
32. EMC
33. Engine Yard
34. ENKI
35. Enomalism
36. EucalyptusSLA@SOI
37. FlexiScale
38. Fortress ITX
39. G.ho.st
40. GigaSpaces
41. Google
42. Heroku
43. Hosting.com
44. HP
45. Hyperic
46. IBM
47. iCloud
48. IMOD
49. Interoute
50. iTricity
51. Joyent
52. Kaavo
53. Keynote Systems
54. Layered Technologies
55. LongJump
56. Meeza
57. Microsoft
58. MorphExchange
59. Ning
60. Nirvanix
61. OpenNebula
62. OpSource
63. OTOY
64. Parallels
65. Parascale
66. Platform Computing
67. Q-layer
68. Qrimp
69. Quantivo
70. Quickbase
71. SalesForce.com
72. Rackspace
73. Reservoir
74. RightScale
75. Rollbase
76. rPath
77. ServePath/GoGrid
78. SIMtone
79. Skytap
80. SmugMug
81. SOASTA
82. StrikeIron Iron Cloud
83. Sun
84. Terremark
85. Virtual Workspaces
86. VMware
87. Yahoo!
With this list, businesses and entities will not have a difficulty searching for the company that would best fit their needs and budget. Cloud Computing is an industry that will continue to grow throughout year 2009.
VMware VCloud Initiative aspires to SMEs to safely access compute capacity, whether within or outside their firewall. VMware extends its services by developing a virtual infrastructure into Virtual Datacenter Operating System. Paul Maritz, president and chief executive officer of VMware mentioned that the company wants to assemble innovators to bring forth enterprise-class cloud computing for entities and their application where flexibility is guaranteed and necessary IT resources can be adjusted.
VMware vCloud Initiative offers a tiered set of service offerings:
1. VMware Ready Cloud services
2. VMware Ready Optimized Cloud Services
3. VMware Ready Integrated Cloud services
Apart from supporting existing applications, vCloud Initiative will also be able to support new applications. Customers do not need to complete build all their applications in a single platform since existing ones in VMware Infrastructure can run in VMware Cloud even without changes made on them.
Individual Software Vendors are utilizing VMware Ready Appliances to be able to patch, manage and transfer applications in and out of the cloud without difficulty. VCloud Initiative is supported by more than a hundred partners, including Verizon Business, Sungard and T-Systems.
Bringing cloud computing closer to business people and entities, Soonr creates a cloud computing application specifically for IPhones! Now, the IPhone will not be limited to making calls, sending and receiving text messages and emails all for the sake of communication. Soonr extends this horizon by letting people have access on their cloud anytime, anywhere!
The company realized the need of business people on-the-go to always be updated about their websites and to always be able to access documents stored in their cloud. Furthermore, programs and applications that will enable you to access, view and read your files need not be downloaded on your IPhone. Soonr has a very useful and efficient rendering software that enables you to view your documents, whether they are in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and other file types.
Apple IPhone
In addition, back up files are created in your personal cloud just in case power failure occurs. One can also easily share files by sending the specific documents to a fellow IPhone user. Truly, having a mobile cloud computing just within reach is the best innovation for business entities. Visit Apple App Store to check for an available free version.
Realizing the need of enterprises to run their systems in public clouds, Intel and Oracle joined ofrces to improve cloud computing. The two companies are focusing on three fields to enhance: the efficiency, the standards, and most importantly, the security of the cloud service and computing.
With the goal of increasing efficiency, these companies will try to improve virtualization technology further with new server platforms for enterprises. It has been noted that the recent collaboration between Intel and Oracle produced a 17% improved performance, a notable acheivement.
Of course, security is a very important issue when running your systems under a public cloud. Yet, with the collaboration, businesses can be assured that files are safe and data are secured since authorization is required when accessing these private documents. Data encryption technology are also being enhanced to prevent breach of privacy even while using a shared cloud environment.
Not only will the two companies join hands, but they will communicate with industry leaders to highlight the standards. Maintenance and management are issues that need not be forgotten for enterprises.
Flexibility is what most businesses and enterprises look for in cloud services. Having a flexible platform with increased efficiency, high sercurity and notable standards is the best combination for a reliable enterprise-ready cloud computing.