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.
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.
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.
Last December 11, 2008, IBM launched the latest cloud service web conferencing: the new version of Lotus Sametime Unyte. Together with InterCall, IBM commenced the service that aims to meet the demands for online collaboration. Lotus Sametime Unyte is a reliable and reasonably priced service that is user friendly. Businesses from around the world can utilize this service that will help them not only minimize costs due to travel expenses but also be environment friendly.
WebDialogs now available for Lotus Sametime Unyte
IBM is proud to deliver that this service can easily be accessed at an affordable price. Furthermore, Lotus Sametime Unyte now supports nine different languages which include French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese and English.
Lotus Sametime Unyte Sharing
Anyone can easily join and participate in Web conferencing with just a click of a button since Lotus Notes and Lotus Sametime are already integrated. Uploading of files, presentations and visual demonstrations are handy. Key persons and clients can be included and invited in your online conference without so much hassle.
IBM initiated “Bluehouse”, an online cooperation that aims to help businesses of all types to work with each other through a secure network connection. This will be a venue for entities to host and paricipate in various activities by means of the cloud using a Web browser. Anyone can access and use”Bluehouse”. Small and medium businesses can use this to their advantage, being easily accessible and secure. They can contact and collaborate with other entities such as experts, customers and other businesses. Furthermore, the cost and maintenance of this Software-as-a-Service platform is minimal.
Features of Bluehouse:
- Share documents and files
- Launch and collaborate in joint project activities
- Initiate online meetings
- Create social networking communities
- Connect with customers and other contacts outside the firewall
- secure
Plus, online meetings have several benefits including availability of online files and presentations, several browsers can be opened, web conferencing is safe and secure. Most of all anyone can join!
Not only will individuals and businesses be able to collaborate with other entities outside their company, they can also have interdepartmental cooperation. Bluehouse Beta is available at http://bluehouse.lotus.com/.
A new version of Cloud Studio was released last November this year. The focus of this release was to launch the new feature included – the Profiles. The profiles feature was created to manage the cluster of parameters needed to launch an instance by simplifying the flow of beginning instances by merging all necessary information into a one. This added feature will be very useful when utilizing images.
There are currently two profiles supported by Cloud Studio:
1. The OSGi profiles
OSGi profiles
2. The Generic EC2 profiles
Generic EC2 profiles
IBM (International Business Machines Corporation), realizing the need to optimize their network by supporting Independent Software Vendors, launched its new cloud computing applications with innovative and fresh services, software and resources. This was apparently a response to the call for the growing need to maximize data, services and applications. The new cloud service resources for Independent Software Vendors or ISVs will help them create new applications quickly and easily.
IBM- expanding their services.
The following are included in IBM’s expanded services:
*On-line demos and downloadable codes that will help for the designing and building of clouds-enabled services. These consist of technical outline and design plus technical support through IBM’s Innovative Centers.
*New Saas Enablement infrastructure providers. These help ISVs produce interoperable Saas solutions.
*New Marketing Resources, which includes free web conferencing service.
IBM aims to enhance and answer the needs of the growing web-based community. The company even offers consulting and implementation skills to encourage ISVs and private companies to utilize cloud services.
Web service is a very vital aspect in the daily lives of people nowadays, whether for business or for leisure. A lot of people actually rely on the web for storing important documents and files. But how sure are we of the safety of our documents? How can we be sure that these files won’t be infected by the viruses that commonly infect our personal computers? That is why Cloud Services and Digital Zone have collaborated to satisfy this aspect of our concerns.
The danger of an online storage virus is imminent.
The virus scanner that the two entities will work on shall be released as a web service. It will be a scanner specially made for protecting cloud storage so we can relax and stop worrying about the safety of our files. The virus scanner could also be integrated with almost any language such as Java, PHP, Ruby, Python and the likes.