Cloud
IBM snaps Up Cloud CRM Company Optevia (ZDNet)
IBM has bought Optevia, a UK-based systems integrator specializing in Microsoft Dynamics CRM for the public sector. Optevia will join IBM Global Business Services, where IBM says i... More
AWS at 10: How the Cloud Giant Shook Up Enterprise IT (ComputerWeekly)
The executives at Amazon Web Services are fond of relating stories about startups using its technologies to quickly and successfully break into markets historically dominated by ol... More
Microsoft Is Testing Azure IoT Platform From The Stratosphere (Forbes)
Microsoft is attempting to pull off a rare feat that may be hard for its competitors to emulate. The team at Microsoft Research is deploying a balloon in the stratosphere loaded wi... More
Tech Companies, New and Old, Clamor to Entice Cloud Computing Experts (NY Times)
The hunt for the hard-to-find talent that can build and run the massive data centers behind cloud computing is pitting three generations of companies against one another. Tech’s ... More
Vistex Launches New Cloud-Based Rights Management Solution for the Indie Film, TV Markets (B&C)
Vistex Inc., the global leader in rights management and royalties solutions for the media and entertainment industries, has announced the launch of a cloud-based solution dedicated... More
IBM Steadily Building Bluemix as Critical Part of Its Cloud Strategy (eWeek)
IBM celebrated the second anniversary of its Bluemix Platform as a Service by releasing a long list of new features at the company’s IBM InterConnect 2016 conference in Las Vegas... More
Data Security Is Both The Appeal And Angst Of Cloud Computing (Forbes)
It’s almost a paradox. The number-one reason to stay away from the cloud — security — has also become the number-one reason to go into the cloud. Private clouds are seen as t... More
Signiant Media Shuttle Customers Increasingly Turn to Cloud Object Storage (HITS)
Signiant, the market leader in intelligent file movement software, today announced escalating demand for the cloud storage deployment option of Media Shuttle, the de facto standard... More
Big Island Filmmaker Connects the Hawai‘i Film Industry With Studios Worldwide (honolulumagazine.com)
The most recent advancement? A new, private fiber-optic cable that connects Hawai‘i to more than 450 studios worldwide, so filmmakers can collaborate with colleagues remotely in ... More
PwC Becomes Latest Consulting Firm to Buy into Cloud for EMEA Digital Transformation (CBR)
PwC is expanding its cloud-based solutions business with the acquisition of Outbox Group. Outbox, which is based in Poland, specialises in customer, digital and technology services... More
Signiant Joins Microsoft Enterprise Cloud Alliance (BW)
Signiant, a market leader in intelligent file movement software, today announced that the company has joined the Microsoft Enterprise Cloud Alliance. This collaboration highlights ... More
Signiant Extends SaaS Leadership Position With Cloud Deployment Option for Media Shuttle (Yahoo)
Signiant, the market leader in intelligent file movement software, today announced a new cloud deployment option for Media ShuttleTM, the industry’s first SaaS solution for accel... More
Signiant: Software-Defined File Transfer Driven by Cloud Adoption (FierceEnterprise)
Everything is getting software-defined. And according to Ian Hamilton, CTO of Signiant, the next shift in the software-defined everything movement is software-defined file transfer... More
Signiant Webinar to Tackle Speedy Cloud Delivery (MESA)
Cloud-based storage is fast-becoming a must-have for media and entertainment companies, but barriers — namely getting data and large into the cloud quickly — are keeping some c... More
Signiant Launches Cloud Storage File Transfer (Rapid TV News)
Signiant has extended its cloud portfolio with the introduction of Signiant SkyDrop, a hybrid software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for moving big data and professional media files... More
IT Leaders Concerned about Cloud Computing and Big Data (GigaOm Research)
Top executives at firms that include Dell, IBM and Xerox, gathered in Washington, D.C. this week under the auspices of the Technology CEO Council. The core message was that the d... More
Cloud Culture and the IT Shift: From Control to Collaboration (Forbes)
Adopting a cloud culture catalyzes companies to enhance their agility, revolutionize their industries, adopt a data-driven approach and elevate customer and employee experiences. C... More
