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HANA to Fully Underpin SAP Cloud Products Within ‘One or Two Years'

By Derek du Preez, 16-May-2013

Enterprise software giant SAP has unveiled a 'unified' cloud strategy this week, which will see its cloud products supported by its in-memory database technology, HANA, within one or two years.

HANA to Fully Underpin SAP Cloud Products Within ‘One or Two Years'

Enterprise software giant SAP has unveiled a 'unified' cloud strategy this week, which will see its cloud products supported by its in-memory database technology, HANA, within one or two years.

The move indicates SAP's dedication to the HANA platform and complements its announcement last week that HANA will now be offered as a third-party managed cloud service. In recent years SAP's focus on HANA has been the ability to run analytics in real-time, but has since revealed capabilities to run full ERP, CRM and SCM apps in-memory.

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SunGard Brings Cloud Service to Disaster Recovery

By Ellen Messmer, 16-May-2013

SunGard says it's pushing forward with innovations that are making it a public cloud provider as well with the kind of application availability it says will be hard to match elsewhere.

SunGard Brings Cloud Service to Disaster Recovery

Can the old guard in business continuity and disaster-recovery services thrive in an era when the companies are looking at new ways to process business data? SunGard Data Systems, with decades of experience in availability services, is feeling the pinch as some business clientele move data to the cloud. But SunGard says it's pushing forward with innovations that are making it a public cloud provider as well with the kind of application availability it says will be hard to match elsewhere.

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Intel's McAfee Brings Biometric Authentication to Cloud Storage

By Agam Shah, 15-May-2013

Intel is introducing new ideas to secure the public cloud, offering a service in which online files can be accessed after users are verified by an authentication scheme including face and voice recognition.

Intel's McAfee Brings Biometric Authentication to Cloud Storage

Intel is introducing new ideas to secure the public cloud, offering a service in which online files can be accessed after users are verified by an authentication scheme including face and voice recognition.

McAfee, a unit of Intel, is adding a product called LiveSafe that will offer 1GB of online storage that can be accessed through biometric authentication. LiveSafe has a Web-based management dashboard, and users can be authenticated through face recognition, voice or by punching in a PIN. LiveSafe also includes antivirus and other security features.

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SAP Says HANA Will Power All Cloud Applications

By Chris Kanaracus , 15-May-2013

SAP's HANA Cloud Platform, consisting of the core in-memory database plus application development tools, analytics and integration services, will eventually underpin all of its cloud-based applications, the company said at its Sapphire conference.

SAP Says HANA Will Power All Cloud Applications

SAP's HANA Cloud Platform, consisting of the core in-memory database plus application development tools, analytics and integration services, will eventually underpin all of its cloud-based applications, the company said at its Sapphire conference.

Source: IDG News Service (Boston Bureau)

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SAP Offers Mobile Device Management for 1 Euro Per Month on Amazon's Cloud

By Mikael Ricknäs , 15-May-2013

Enterprises can take control of mobile devices without the cost related to installing an on-premise platform

SAP Offers Mobile Device Management for 1 Euro Per Month on Amazon's Cloud

A new cloud version of SAP's Afaria mobile device management software offers IT departments a more convenient way of controlling mobile devices.

As with its other cloud-based offerings, SAP hopes to attract enterprises to the cloud-based version of Afaria with improved installation speed and cost, compared to traditional software. Enterprises gain all the benefits and features of on-premise mobile device management without the capital expenses, the company said Tuesday at its Sapphire conference in Orlando.

Source: IDG News Service (London Bureau)

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HP Updates IT Automation Suite for Cloud Deployments

By Joab Jackson , 14-May-2013

HP's tools for managing servers, databases, middleware, and workflows have been updated

HP Updates IT Automation Suite for Cloud Deployments

Further pursuing its strategy to help enterprises move workloads to hosted environments, Hewlett-Packard has updated a number of its IT management tools with more capabilities to work with public and private clouds. 

Source: IDG News Service (New York Bureau)

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Survey: Risk to Organisational Data an Ongoing Cloud Security Concern

By T.C. Seow , 13-May-2013

According to the findings, 51 percent of IT executives surveyed believe that the cloud increases data security overall.

Survey: Risk to Organisational Data an Ongoing Cloud Security Concern
While companies have become more comfortable with the security of third-party cloud service providers, data security--particularly at the end user level--as well as concerns over meeting compliance requirements, remain top-of-mind among cloud adopters. This is the conclusion of a cloud security survey commissioned by NetIQ.

Source: MIS Asia

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India has Potential to Lead The World of Social, Mobile, Cloud : Gartner

By Computer World India Team, 10-May-2013

India has the potential to lead the world in the adoption of the Nexus of Forces, which is the convergence and mutual reinforcement of social interaction, mobility, cloud and information, however for this to happen a number technological and socioeconomic shifts must happen, according to Gartner, Inc.

India has Potential to Lead The World of Social, Mobile, Cloud : Gartner

India has the potential to lead the world in the adoption of the Nexus of Forces, which is the convergence and mutual reinforcement of social interaction, mobility, cloud and information, however for this to happen a number technological and socioeconomic shifts must happen, according to Gartner, Inc.

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IDC: Cloud, Mobility Exposing Limitations of Existing Networks

By Brandon Butler, 10-May-2013

According to IDC researchers the combination of highly virtualized environments inside enterprise networks, along with an explosion of mobile traffic, are exposing the limitations of existing networks.

IDC: Cloud, Mobility Exposing Limitations of Existing Networks

The combination of highly virtualized environments inside enterprise networks, along with an explosion of mobile traffic, are exposing the limitations of existing networks, and driving the need for a new era of dynamic and scalable networks of the future, IDC researchers said in a panel discussion at Interop this week.

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In the Year of the Cloud

By Balwant C. Surti, 09-May-2013

Over the past few years, cloud computing has matured from being an ‘emerging’ trend to a necessary technology. Be it increasing efficiency or saving costs or improving productivity, the cloud can help different organizations in different ways. Here are some best practices organizations need to follow in order to get the best out of the technology.

In the Year of the Cloud, Industry Principal and Lead-Enterprise Architecture and Solutions, Finacle, Balwant C. Surti,Infosys
Going forward, the ability to configure, rather than the need to customize cloud applications, will be the new norm. Balwant C. Surti,InfosysIndustry Principal and Lead-Enterprise Architecture and Solutions, Finacle

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by ComputerWorld India to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

Source: Computerworld India Team

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