IBM has bought Datacap Inc, a document capture software vendor it’s partnered with for years. Terms were not disclosed. Companies use Datacap’s widgetry to extract unstructured data from stuff like invoices, claim forms and tax returns, reducing paper costs, eliminating manual errors a...

According to a recent survey, respondents said cloud computing was their No. 1 tech concern. Part of that concern is the belief that ISVs will have to decide between SaaS or on-premise – but not with agile 'SaaS-and-Back' hybrid applications. These hybrid applications can be deployed a...

LogLogic, a provider of SIEM and log management, on Monday announced the release of LogLogic 5, its cornerstone product suite for centralizing and structuring IT data. With technology innovations in IT data collection, storage and processing, LogLogic 5 offers IT professionals 360 Insi...

Not only did Cisco fail to manage expectations but CEO John Chambers, who has become something of a Wall Street early warning system, made seemingly contradictory statements Wednesday and Thursday about seeing “unusual uncertainty” surrounding spending and jobs, with his customers fore...

Hybrid clouds provide us with the ability to leverage the best of public and private clouds to meet highly scalable business requirements. Indeed, most of the core business processing occurs locally, on private clouds, and the use of the hybrid cloud architectures allows you to transpa...

Cloud computing promises the delivery of IT as a service with an optimal investment in resources – servers, storage, etc. – to support and manage applications at guaranteed service levels and reduced operational costs. New software approaches focused on intelligent workflow management ...

Almost every survey about cloud puts "security concerns" at the top of the list. Real or perceived, security concerns in the cloud are causing serious grief for IT and security professionals. In his session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Scott C. Sanchez, CISSP is Security and ...

Cloud computing is changing the expectations on IT and the opportunities for IT to create value. End users feel they can circumvent IT to get what they want and so are asking IT to deliver more cost transparency and agility. At the same time, the cloud provides unique opportunities for...

SYS-CON Events announced today that LogLogic, a provider of Log Management and Security Event Management solutions, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 7th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–4, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. LogLogic of...

Currently SOA is used as a technology at one customer that is using ESB, Repository, etc. Cloud computing is used in such a way that all the components are put on the cloud, requiring a complete switch for the customer to a cloud infrastructure. However, the integration of the systems ...

SYS-CON Events announced today that Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in hosting and cloud computing, has been named “Gold Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 7th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–4, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Rack...

SYS-CON Events announced today that Servoy, a provider of open source hybrid (SaaS and on premises) software, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 7th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–4, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Servoy BV is an i...

SYS-CON Events announced today that Equinix, a provider of global data center services, has been named “Silver Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 7th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–4, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Equinix, Inc., opera...

Security is mandated, but you can't have security without transparency, and so transparency in the cloud has become essential for cloud adopters. To realize its utility value, a cloud will have to provide detailed information on its own behavior as well as provide services for users to...

By employing the most effective and powerful marketing tools in tech media for more than 15 years, SYS-CON Events, Inc. and Cloud Expo, Inc. intensively pre-publicize Cloud Expo 2010 West - Santa Clara via an unmatched number of channels. Cloud Expo, Inc. publicity platforms include...

SYS-CON Events announced on Friday that Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, the 7th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, has been extended to four days from November 1-4, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. Cloud Expo Silicon Valley total show f...

Managed Methods Inc., a provider of SOA (service-oriented architecture) & Cloud governance, has announced the availability of their JaxView 6.0. While providing full support for SOA & Cloud management for the IT operations, JaxView 6.0 expanded runtime policy enforcement features such ...

Different from computing applications, collaboration applications require thick bandwidth pipes connecting clients and servers; therefore, moving collaboration servers into the Cloud requires a lot of bandwidth to and from the Cloud. Unfortunately, current Cloud services put a fairly l...

Intel and the Federal Trade Commission this morning published the terms of the 20-page consent agreement that will end the agency’s litigation against the semiconductor giant, which alleges the company waged a decade-long campaign to illegally stifle the competition to expand its own m...

There are a growing number of “as a Service” cloud solutions on the market – from PaaS and IaaS to SaaS and more – but most companies still don’t know how to get started or how to identify which “aaS” will address their company’s needs. In their session at the 7th International Cloud...

Having great application software and fast hardware are only half the battle. A scalable deployment architecture is equally necessary to achieve the economic and operational advantages of mainstream cloud services. In his session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Vincent DiMemmo, ...

BPS enables developers to easily compose and orchestrate business processes using WS-BPEL. Version 2.0 adds support for two emerging open source human-centric process specifications, which are currently under OASIS standardization review. Additional new features include Scheduled insta...

Monitoring requirements have fundamentally changed as a result of cloud-based services and offerings. Essentially, cloud-based solutions have become an extension of your business-critical environment, and to keep business services running smoothly requires a new approach to monitoring....

SYS-CON Events announced today that VMware, the global leader in cloud infrastructure, has been named “Gold Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 7th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–4, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. VMware, the global lead...

The Planet, the global hosting provider, on Monday announced that Terrapin Solutions, a Cloud Services Master Agency, is the company’s newest Charter Referral Partner, and joins its select portfolio of top-tier referral agents within the Partner Plus program. Through the partnership, T...

Mezeo Software, a provider of a deployable cloud storage platform for service providers and enterprises, and DataDirect Networks, Inc. (DDN), a data infrastructure provider for the most demanding, content-intensive environments, on Monday announced a strategic alliance to jointly offer...

If it was up to AMD, the SEC’s complaint against Dell would be required reading especially pages 10–28 where the agency explains in gory detail how Intel paid Dell $4.3 billion between 2001 and 2006 so it wouldn’t sell any AMD-based machines and how Dell needed the money to meet Wall S...

Nvidia says it’s going to appeal a decision by the International Trade Commission (ITC) Monday finding that it infringes three Rambus patents and banning the import of certain products containing Nvidia’s graphics chips and the sale of product already in the country starting in 60 days...

We at SmartBear understand the daily pressures of test teams and engineers, and challenges that new users face with unfamiliar tools. With this in mind, the TestComplete 8.0 interface has been enhanced specifically for first-time testers to get up and running more quickly. At the same ...

SYS-CON Events announced today that Objectivity, a leading provider of highly scalable data management and large-scale graph computing solutions for mission-critical, real-time and distributed applications, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 7th International Cloud Expo, whic...

IBM is buying Storwize, an Israeli start-up that does real-time data compression software that can reportedly cut physical storage requirements by up to 80%. That facility in turn is supposed to lower the cost of making data available for analytics and other applications. It can scan...

Companies today are looking to do more with less, while finding new ways to meet growing business demand. Cloud computing is being touted as the cure-all but means many things to many people. In his general session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Neela Jacques, Group Manager, Pr...

Traditionally, the cost of deployment has not been considered an important parameter of architectural tradeoffs. Since the main driver of cloud computing is its promise of cost savings through "pay for what you use," there is a strong incentive to build applications that consume fewer ...

SYS-CON Events announced today that Stoneware, a leader in private cloud computing, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 7th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–4, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Headquartered in Indiana...

SYS-CON Events announced today that NComputing, the global leader in desktop virtualization will exhibit at SYS-CON's 7th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–4, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. NComputing, Inc. is the fastest gro...

SYS-CON Events announced today that Impetus, leaders in Technology R&D and Software Product Engineering, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 7th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–4, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Imp...

Symplified, the Cloud security company, on Wednesday announced a new provisioning fabric for its SinglePoint identity and access management (IAM) solution. These new capabilities – Symplified Sync, Symplified Identity Vault and the SinglePoint Virtual Directory – provide centralized, o...

SYS-CON Events announced today that Zetta, a provider of enterprise storage on demand, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 7th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–4, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Award-winning Zetta Enterprise Storage S...

The European Commission said Monday morning that it has opened not one but two formal investigations of IBM and its mainframe business on the suspicion that Big Blue has abused its dominant position. IBM is already under investigation by the Justice Department for the same thing and ...

InfiniteGraph, a new, distributed graph database product that enables large-scale graph processing, data analytics and discovery, is being made available through GoGrid, a Cloud Infrastructure Hosting provider. The InfiniteGraph business unit of Objectivity, Inc. is working with GoGrid...