10 most powerful PaaS companies

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	10 most powerful PaaS companies Platform-as-a-service is the least mature of the major cloud services categories. There are multiple types of PaaS, and vendors are playing in more than one sub-category, so it's not easy to tell the players without a scorecard. Here are 10 companies that have emerged as leaders in the PaaS market. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Villanova University Master Project Management 100% Online Gain the critical knowledge to lead successful projects and prepare for PMP® or CAPM® certification with Villanova University's dynamic instructor-led online project management training. You'll obtain essential skills in key areas such as budgeting, risk, contingency, resource allocation, quality control and communications. Click to continue In this Issue A $500,000 bet on Internet security A world of PaaS-ibilities Study: Cloud will create 14 million jobs by 2014 Microsoft to offer government-only cloud option for Office 365 Oracle: Cloud puts CIOs at risk, as business can sub-navigate IT Industry heavies unite to float 'The Science Cloud' Microsoft wooing startups to its platforms with free software, business advice Tips for a successful PaaS rollout How cloud computing is forcing IT evolution Microsoft Azure stabilizes after leap year glitch WEBCAST: BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Demo This demo shows how simple it is to deliver the right cloud for your business — including the flexibility of configurable multi-tier cloud services, the control of policy-based management, and the usability of industry-leading administrative and user portals. Learn More! A $500,000 bet on Internet security Longtime cloud security advocate Philippe Courtot believes he has identified the Achilles' heel of cloud security, and he wants to protect it. Read More A world of PaaS-ibilities Enterprise developers looking to tap into Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings over the next 18 months will not want for choice. In fact, one could argue that the existence of so many choices is creating confusion and inhibiting the growth of PaaS. Read More Study: Cloud will create 14 million jobs by 2014 Implementation of cloud services will create 14 million jobs internationally by 2014, with the greatest increases occurring in emerging markets, which are not constrained in deploying cloud systems by legacy infrastructure, according to a new study from Microsoft and IDC. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel HP reference configuration for Premium OLTP Learn more Learn more Microsoft to offer government-only cloud option for Office 365 Microsoft will offer U.S. government agencies the option to host their Office 365 suites in a dedicated "cloud community" reserved only for government customers, the company said on Thursday. Read More Oracle: Cloud puts CIOs at risk, as business can sub-navigate IT Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) allows businesses to sub-navigate IT through self-service deployment of applications in the cloud, putting the role of the CIO and the IT department at risk. Read More Industry heavies unite to float 'The Science Cloud' More than a dozen international IT firms have partnered to create Helix Nebula - The Science Cloud, which will be used by European researchers to provide cloud-based computing support for scientific discoveries. Read More WHITE PAPER: FireEye FireEye Advanced Threat Report – 2H2011 This report is unique in that it is not an analysis of well-known malware or billions of spam messages. Instead, we provide insight into the threats that are successful and therefore dangerous -- those which got through traditional defenses and into enterprise networks in 2H 2011. Read now. Microsoft wooing startups to its platforms with free software, business advice Jun Kim, the young co-founder of a Korean software house, was recently approached by a representative from Amazon, who offered him a US$200 credit to develop on its Web Services cloud platform. Read More Tips for a successful PaaS rollout Any corporate application developer hoping to make the journey to the cloud with the help of a Platform as a Service implementation is wise to listen to those who have already ventured down that path. Read More How cloud computing is forcing IT evolution To say cloud computing is having a dramatic effect on IT is an understatement. The capability and agility of the cloud is forcing a rapid evolution. Just as in living ecosystems, IT professionals who fail to adapt will, inevitably, dwindle into extinction. Read More Microsoft Azure stabilizes after leap year glitch Microsoft's Azure cloud infrastructure and development service was apparently running nearly trouble-free on Thursday, following a series of outages on Wednesday that affected multiple aspects of the system. Read More
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