This Week in Cloud, October 12, 2012: IBM & AT&T’s cloud offering, CIO survey reveal cloud growth, Cloud cartoon caption contest. And more…

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Cloud News

IBM and AT&T are teaming up to deliver new cloud services over private networks, according to this ComputerWorld article. As part of the new offering, customers will have access to IBM’s cloud resources over AT&T’s virtual private network, which the companies claim will result in improved security.
A recent survey reveals that companies are seeing mostly positive results from adopting cloud technology, according to this Forbes.com article. The Navint Partners report which showcased the results of a Fortune 500 roundtable survey of 20 CIOs, reveals that those companies are achieving the expected cost savings, efficiency and competitive advantage benefits.
Amazon announced this week that they’ve seen a rapid rise in cloud adoption from government agencies and educational institutions, according to this InformationWeek article. More than 1,500 educational institutions and 300 government agencies are using Amazon Web Services.
The European Commission says that cloud computing could generate 2.5 million jobs within the European Union and result in an extra 583 billion euros between 2015 and 2020, according to this CNBC article.

Featured Content

IDC Report: Cloud Systems Management 2011 Vendor Shares: Market Moves Beyond

A new report from IDC examines the growth of the worldwide cloud systems management software market and ranks the current vendors, including CA Technologies, VMWare, BMC, HP, and IBM based on their 2011 cloud systems management software revenue. You can read the full report on CA.com.

Feature article

10 Ways IT Can Own Cloud Decisions

By Andi Mann, CA Technologies

Andi Mann

And musings on the actual state of cloud computing

If anyone wasn't wondering about the cloud's readiness for enterprise computing, they are now, thanks to several stories in the news recently. Some of these reports question cloud computing's business value, adoption rates and whether the enterprise is ready for the cloud (or vice versa).

Others ask if IT professionals are even capable of delivering cloud services reliably and securely. Still others warn of a coming cloud boogie-man lurking in the shadows, waiting to spring a privacy trap on us, like some kind of cloud computing video game troll. Read the full article.

Cloud Views

This week, CA Technologies launched the cloud cartoon caption contest. Enter your best caption for a chance to win a Kindle Fire™ HD and visit the new CloudViews landing page for cloud cartoons, infographics and more.
Is the cloud leading to more lock-in? In this New York Times blog, Quentin Hardy examines the cloud strategies of Oracle and Hewlett-Packard and suggests that the cloud may be increasing the amount of vendor lock-in among large cloud providers.
What will happen at this year’s OpenStack Summit? In this GigaOM blog, Barb Darrow discusses the 8 big OpenStack questions about the future of OpenStack. On the list: Is VMware a friend, foe or frenemy? Will OpenStack prevail against Eucalyptus and CloudStack? Openstack – the Linux or Unix of cloud?

MSP Corner

CA Technologies unveiled a new version of Nimsoft Monitor and announced that Nimsoft will now be known as CA Nimsoft, bringing the product into the CA Technologies Service Assurance portfolio, according to this MSPMentor article.
A recent CDW Small Business Mobility Report reveals that only 50% of IT managers at small businesses believe that they have an effective mobile device strategy. In this MSPMentor blog, CJ Arlotta describes how MSPs can take advantage of this large gap.