March 18, 2010
By Jason Falls, Chief Evangelist for Backupify
Social media policies are being created at a mind-boggling pace. The more people flock to Facebook and Twitter, the more tempted they are to do so at work. With businesses also seeing the value of company pages on Facebook, corporate blogs and the like, the more realize the need for [...]

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By Michael P. Bennett
The Corporate Counselor
March 11, 2010
Cloud computing has been characterized as a paradigm-shifting phenomenon that will change how we purchase IT resources. Though given different names, cloud computing has been around for some time, and the legal lessons learned from experience with traditional software licensing and outsourcing agreements can and should be applied [...]

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New Cloud Computing Whitepaper: Consonus’ Latest Edition to Their Resource Library
Consous Technologies, a leading provider of data protection solutions, announces it has added a new whitepaper to its extensive list of resources. The company aims to show how data center colocation can help businesses in any industry.
March 08, 2010, CARY, NC - (Online PR News) [...]

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Preliminary survey results from BridgeHead Software reveal the vast majority of healthcare leaders are hesitant to include the cloud as part of IT strategy
Atlanta, GA – March 2, 2010 - BridgeHead Software, a leading developer of healthcare data management software, today unveiled partial preliminary results of its Data Management Healthcheck 2010 survey, reporting that only [...]

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NetApp Provides Service Providers with Asigra-Powered BRaaS Solution to Rapidly Deploy Business-Class Backup with Unified Storage Efficiencies
TORONTO – March 2, 2010 – Asigra Inc., a leading Cloud Backup™ and recovery software provider since 1986, today announced a strategic relationship with NetApp that will enable service providers to deploy a tightly integrated hardware-software solution for the [...]

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LONDON, UK. 24 February 2010: A survey conducted by data management and storage vendor NetApp has revealed that overwhelmingly virtualisation (70%) is the top priority for IT investment in 2010, and that awareness of cloud computing is on the rise. The majority of IT professionals (74%) now claim to have partial understanding of cloud [...]

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eFolder recognized as a leader in cloud storage by being named to the top 20 list by Solution Providers and Everything Channel editors.
Atlanta, GA - February 19, 2010 (PRWEB) — eFolder today announced that Everything Channel’s CRN has named its data protection and email archiving products one of the “100 Coolest Cloud Computing Products.” The [...]

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3GBox provides virtually unlimited online storage, accessed automatically through Sierra Wireless AirCard(R) 310U USB modem
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 15, 2010 - /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR; TSX: SW) today announced a successful collaboration with Telefónica to demonstrate an innovative cloud computing application at Mobile World Congress this week in Barcelona, Spain.
Using the Sierra Wireless AirCard(R) [...]

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Provider of cloud platform tells what the cloud is . . . and what it isn’t
Morgantown, WV — February 11, 2010 — (PRWEB) — Virtual Global, a leading provider of cloud-enabled enterprise solutions and the TeamHost™ online platform for creating SaaS applications, is clearing up some of the confusion about cloud computing. Their “Top ten [...]

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Storage, Security Add Layers of Complexity
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 11, 2010 — /PRNewswire/ — After years of uncertainty, the North American hosted enterprise email markets have finally taken off. As businesses perceive email as mission-critical, they were skeptical about email applications residing outside the enterprise in a third-party data center in the past.
However, the entry [...]

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Cloud backup and recovery specialist announces move to new UK offices
February 11, 2010 — SecurStore, the online data backup and recovery specialist has today opened the doors to its brand new premises at West London’s high profile Stockley Business Park. The new prestigious offices are ideally located for direct access to the centre of London, [...]

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Cloud Backup Ranked Among Top Cloud Applications as Enterprises Take Early Advantage of Economic Recovery To Control Capital Expenses
TORONTO - February 9, 2010 - Asigra Inc., a leading Cloud BackupTM and recovery software provider since 1986, today highlighted what analysts and industry experts say are the top five cloud applications that companies are expected to [...]

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U.S. Air Force Selects IBM to Design and Demonstrate Mission-Oriented Cloud Architecture for Cyber Security
Cloud model will introduce advanced cyber security and analytics technologies capable of protecting sensitive national data
ARMONK, N.Y. 04 Feb 2010: The U.S. Air Force has awarded IBM (NYSE:IBM) a contract to design and demonstrate a secure cloud computing infrastructure capable of [...]

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“My Hub” now available in all U.K. stores
PALM DESERT, Calif., Feb. 3, 2010 — Spare Backup (OTC Bulletin Board: SPBU) today announced that the Company and The Carphone Warehouse, the U.K.’s leading independent mobile phone retailer, have begun the in-store launch of “My Hub” cloud computing digital platform and mobile apps store data backup platform to [...]

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The Top 100 Cloud Computing Vendors include 20 storage vendors, 20 security vendors, 20 productivity vendors, 20 infrastructure vendors and 20 platform vendors.
Boston, MA – January 28, 2010 (PRWEB)– Intronis, an SAS 70-certified online data backup and recovery solution, today announced that Everything Channel’s CRN has named it as one of the “The Top 100 Cloud [...]

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By Michael S. Rosenwald
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, January 25, 2010
Heather Pierce lives in Glover Park, but much of her life floats in the cloud.
Her e-mail is stored in that vast digital space, bouncing between Yahoo server farms. Her bank statements reside there, too, along with her mortgage payments, credit card files, movie rental account, library book [...]

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LAKE WORTH, Fla.  Jan 4, 2010 — /PRNewswire/ — Gladinet (http://www.gladinet.com), the first ubiquitous cloud storage client, announces the release of Cloud Desktop v1.4.2. This version adds the soon-to-be-released Microsoft Windows Azure platform to the list of cloud storage providers that the service platform supports. Cloud Desktop, which provides an Internet-based virtual disk drive for [...]

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By Davis D. Janowski
December 6, 2009
Online technologies increase efficiency and reduce costs drastically, say satisfied users
Adviser Curtis Smith doesn’t have to worry about getting to the office; it comes to him.
He has created a virtual office by using online technologies for the day-to-day tasks that he formerly did on a desktop computer attached to servers. “I’ve [...]

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By Jerome M. Wendt on November 30, 2009
One of the barometers that can be used to gauge the popularity of a specific topic among readers on the Internet is the frequency for which they search for it on Google. In that sense, it is noteworthy that Google searches for “cloud storage” started to take off in [...]

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BY STEVE HANNA
Cloud Security Journal on Ulitzer
November 30, 2009
Don’t worry about cloud security, ensure it
With its ability to provide users dynamically scalable, shared resources over the Internet and avoid large upfront fixed costs, cloud computing promises to change the future of computing. However, storing a lot of data creates a situation similar to storing a lot [...]

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Ed.: We reported this legal suit and similar other suit back in August here and here
The Lanier Law Firm Announces Settlement, Judgment in Cloud Computing Patent Lawsuit
MARSHALL, Texas, Nov. 20, 2009 /PRNewswire/ – The Lanier Law Firm is announcing a settlement and federal judgment issued in favor of inventor Mitchell Prust in a patent infringement lawsuit over [...]

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icloud, the Online Service That Gives You the Freedom of Your Friends, Files and
Digital Life on Any Computer

Six Months After Launch, icloud is Available Worldwide in 26 Languages and Used
in 170 Countries by Over 200,000 Users
LINKOPING, Sweden , Nov. 2, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — icloud today announces the launch of its improved desktop with Super [...]

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PEER 1 calls on industry to highlight efficiency and flexibility of cloud
VANCOUVER, BC - October 23, 2009 - A study commissioned by PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX: PIX), the global online business hosting provider has found that 88% of IT decision makers do not use cloud technologies, with 39% of respondents claiming that lack [...]

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Cloud Storage service provider Zetta, Inc announces the commercial availability of its enterprise-class on-demand NAS, opening up a new solution for enterprise IT storage buyers.
On-Demand NAS for Tier-2 Unstructured Data Reduces Burdened Storage Costs by as Much as Five Times
SUNNYVALE, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE - October 20, 2009 - Cloud Storage service provider Zetta, Inc [...]

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Companies begin Sales Efforts in Progressive Launch Plan to 250 Stores
PALM DESERT, Calif. - October 13, 2009 - Spare Backup today announced that has reached a definitive agreement to its memorandum of understanding filed on June 2, 2009 to launch a co-branded cloud computing platform with Comet Group, PLC. (“Comet”), throughout their 250 store locations in [...]

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Selected Developers Integrate Cloud Technology Into Existing Software With Nomadesk API; Hardware Manufacturers Transform Small Footprint Appliances Into Storage Devices With Embedded OS Synchronizer
San Diego, CA–(Marketwire - October 7, 2009) - Nomadesk, developer of the easiest and most secure on-demand file sharing software, today announced two powerful enabling technologies to aid developers and hardware [...]

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September 29, 2009
PALM DESERT, Calif., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spare Backup, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SPBU - News) today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (”MOU”) to have its data backup and cloud computing services bundled in a popular anti-virus software package offered by a major U.K electronics retailer throughout its chain of [...]

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September 23, 2009
The cost of providing storage in the data center cloud isn’t as cheap as you might think. That’s why it can cost a small business $500 a month to backup its computers.
Why is that cost so high for storing a terabyte of data, when a terabyte hard drive costs no more than $100?
Symform, [...]

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Mezolink(TM) Joins the Mezeo(TM) Premier Hosting Partner Program
HOUSTON, TX — (Marketwire) — 09/21/09 — Mezeo Software, the leading provider of deployable cloud storage solutions, announces that Mezolink (formerly Integrated Data Security) has selected the Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform to power its enterprise and personal cloud storage, backup/recovery and archive offerings.
As a Mezeo Premier Hosting [...]

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September 22, 2009
eYun Service based on Mozy Brings Cloud-based Online Backup to China
SHANGHAI - (Business Wire) China Telecom Co., Ltd Shanghai Branch and Decho Corporation, an EMC Company, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver cloud-based services in China. The partnership’s first offering is the eYun service (http://www.51eyun.com). Based on Decho’s Mozy online backup service, [...]

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