IBM jumps into cloud, customers tip-toe behind

	IEEE's cloud portability project: A fool's errand | The downside of dedicated instances
	InfoWorld Cloud Computing Report				Forward this to a Friend >>>
	IBM jumps into cloud, customers tip-toe behind IBM customers brought to a company event here to showcase their cloud development efforts were either not using the public cloud at all, or still in the early stages with it. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Rackspace Rise Up to the Power of the Cloud Rise up to cloud computing. With Rackspace Cloud, your website and application hosting is scalable and secure, and you only pay for what you use. Learn more about Rackspace Cloud hosting solutions can do for your business today. Click to continue In this Issue IEEE's cloud portability project: A fool's errand The downside of dedicated instances Microsoft putting ERP in the Azure cloud VMware takes over Mozy backup service RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Red Hat The 2011 Red Hat Summit. Join us. The Red Hat Summit brings together engineers, business decision makers, and community enthusiasts to learn about the latest in cloud computing, platform, virtualization, middleware, and management technologies. Click to continue IEEE's cloud portability project: A fool's errand David Linthicum doubts that anything useful will come out of the IEEE efforts in any reasonable timeframe. What motivation do vendors have to support a standard that makes it easy for users to move off your cloud platform? Read More The downside of dedicated instances Private clouds are a valid architectural approach in many enterprises. However, I suspect many businesses are using them to punch their "I'm using cloud" tickets and not because they're the most cost-effective solution. Read More Microsoft putting ERP in the Azure cloud The belated move represents a major change for the way Microsoft sells Dynamics, which has traditionally been sold through partners in on-premises and hosted form. The next major releases of Dynamics will run on Azure, and customers "will be able to move to the cloud on their own terms," Microsoft said in a statement. Read More VMware takes over Mozy backup service Mozy is an online data backup service that serves businesses and consumers. The change will help VMware boost its cloud offerings. Read More
	A D V E R T I S E M E N T Learn Best Practices for Achieving Pervasive Performance Management This paper describes how companies can move toward pervasive performance management to drive greater competitive advantage and bottom-line results. Download now.>> DAILY NEWS, DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX FIRST THING Start your workday with Today's Headlines: First Look, and find out what the tech world will be talking about all day. Subscribe now!
	Do You Tweet? Follow everything from InfoWorld.com on Twitter @infoworld. You are currently subscribed to infoworld_cloud_computing as tuwanan.mono@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@infoworld.com To contact InfoWorld, please send an e-mail to online@infoworld.com. Copyright (C) 2011 InfoWorld Media Group, 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@infoworld.com **