A new report says there's little stopping Europe catching up to the US in
cloud computing. The study, carried out by the London School of Economics and
Political Science and commissioned by Microsoft, looked at the projected
economic impact of cloud computing on the aerospace and smartphone services
industries in the UK, USA, Germany and Italy from 2010-2014.
The full report [PDF] is titled ‘Modelling the Cloud’, by Jonathan
Liebenau, Patrik Karrberg, Alexander Grous and Daniel Castro.
Investing in cloud computing, says the study, contributes to growth and job
creation in both the fast-growing, high-tech smartphone services industry as
well as the longstanding and slow-growth aerospace sector. In addition, it is
directly creating employment through the construction, staffing and supply of
data centers, which will host the cloud. Using cloud computing enables
business... (more)
"Hadoop is an enormous opportunity in big data and cloud computing as
companies today need to store and analyze massive amounts of structured and
unstructured data," stated Shawn Price (pictured left), President of Zuora,
as it was announced that he has joined Datameer's Board of Directors.
Founded by Hadoop veterans in 2009, Datameer is a provider of end-user
analytics solutions built on Apache Hadoop. It offers a data analytics
solution built on Hadoop that helps business users access, analyze and use
massive amounts of data.
Price brings to the company a wealth of successful ... (more)
With 9th Cloud Expo - Cloud Expo Silicon Valley - still in full swing at the
Santa Clara Convention Center in California, what is being said about the
future landscape of cloud computing? In this round-up we asked a variety of
members of the cloud computing ecosystem, from CIOs to independent
consultants to marketeers.
We asked in each case for their top five predictions. Here are their views on
what's in store in 2012:
Santa Clara Convention Center is getting ready for Cloud Expo Silicon Valley
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With Cloud Expo Silicon Valley (9th Cloud Expo) beginning its final two days
at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, let's remind you in greater detail
about all the the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty
for the technical program at the conference...
We have technical and strategy sessions for you dealing with every nook and
cranny of Cloud Computing, but what of those who are presenting? Who are
they, where do they work, what else have they written and/or said about the
Cloud that is transforming the world of Enterprise IT?
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With 9th Cloud Expo at Silicon Valley's Santa Clara Convention Center now
finished, Cloud Computing Journal asked a variety of industry stakeholders
what their Top Three takeaways were from the event, now that the many
thousands of delegates are back at their desks and their companies,
leveraging the knowledge and the insights that they gained through the
extensive technical/strategic program and the huge number of booths on the
Expo floor.
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