LITEBI Unveils New Business Opportunity in the Cloud - Melodika.net

As a new way for companies to develop its business, LITEBI, the Cloud Computing Business Intelligence Company, offers the opportunity for companies to join a new variety of Partner Programs in order to contribute to their business success.

According to Pilar Monroy, LITEBI’s Global Alliance Manager, “We offer a wide range of programs to suit the needs of any kind of organization; for those coming from IT fields to those that come from general business areas. As an example, we have the Impulse Partner Program, for companies or freelancers that are not IT experts but are interested in commercializing Business Intelligence Analytic Solutions to their customers.”

One of the main distinctive characteristics of LITEBI is that it is 100% Cloud Computing. This makes the deployment of BI solutions fast, easy and cost-effective for customers, and partners will generate a higher rate of incomes than selling traditional licenses and traditional Business Intelligence solutions.

Javier Giménez, Business Development Manager at LITEBI, statement confirms that “due to all of these reasons, LITEBI is developing a great market expansion with a constant demand of our services, mostly because what we offer is not a software that needs to be installed, but a service that dramatically lowers the risk of acquisition for our customers. We need our clients to be satisfied in the long-term, being able to convert their data into useful information.”

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One of the main distinctive characteristics of LITEBI is that it is 100% Cloud Computing. This makes the deployment of BI solutions fast, easy and cost-effective for customers, and partners will generate a higher rate of incomes than selling traditional licenses and traditional Business Intelligence solutions.

Javier Gim?nez, Business Development Manager at LITEBI, statement confirms that ?due to all of these reasons, LITEBI is developing a great market expansion with a constant demand of our services, mostly because what we offer is not a software that needs to be installed, but a service that dramatically lowers the risk of acquisition for our customers. We need our clients to be satisfied in the long-term, being able to convert their data into useful information?.

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Cloud is a state of the business, not just IT - Gigaom.com

By Mark Thiele, Switch Jun. 10, 2012, 3:30pm PT 11 Comments

In my last blog I posited that cloud and by extension cloud management was a strategic versus tactical activity and as such should have the appropriate people involved in definition gathering and decision making for a variety of reasons. Now, I’d like to cover several examples of why cloud management is strategic in nature and clarify why the CIO, and others outside of the purely technical staff are critical to project and solution success.

For a legacy IT organization to adopt cloud solutions without significant organizational realignment and improved business participation, the benefits would largely be wasted. It’s akin to thinking you can put a modern 500-horse power engine in a 1970’s economy car and get all the same performance and protection characteristics you would enjoy in a 2012 model year luxury sedan.

In fact, the introduction of cloud without organizational improvements would likely increase enterprise risk and potentially cost. The real opportunity of a cloud operating model comes from the alignment of technical solutions, people, and process. So when a business opportunity presents itself, your processes and technology will seamlessly keep pace with the natural development of the initiative.

Keeping pace means more than just creating a new pile of IT resources quickly, it means a repeatable process that also provides the appropriate controls and governance in order to minimize risk to your business, provided at the appropriate value to the opportunity.

For those trying to figure this realignment out, here are examples of how your cloud operating model (which includes cloud management) can provide real differentiation in the way IT solutions are delivered.

Can you easily swap hardware? Hypervisors?

A real cloud-operating model enables you to plug in different cloud providers, different hypervisors, different hardware, different PaaS solutions, different provisioning systems, monitoring systems, etc. Through true contestability you have the opportunity of replacing key portions of your infrastructure for better or lower cost solutions, without risking the larger framework or architectural design of the environment.

Ask yourself these questions. Under your current model:

Can you use a mix of external providers such as Amazon EC2, TerreMark, Savvis, and CSC? Easily change from HP to Cisco hardware (or vice versa)? Switch from VMWare to HyperV 3 (or vice versa)? Can you easily adopt a new provisioning/scripting framework like chef/puppet/cfengine? Reuse the policy enforcement and auditing system you currently have while making any of the changes above? Reuse your procurement portal and provisioning workflows while achieving the above?

If your answer to these questions isn’t, “Yes, it would be easy and relatively inexpensive,” then you aren’t operating under a true cloud-operating model. Very few companies have these kinds of capabilities, because until just recently the management platforms needed didn’t exist. But they are coming online and are different from traditional enterprise software in that they were designed from scratch to be abstractions above hypervisors and cloud providers.

Plus, there is very little traction in this space from established vendors, the majority of which all want to build vertically integrated solutions that specifically do not allow this form of inter-platform competition.
It’s easy to get lost in the cool technology here and lose focus on how you would actually achieve a vendor neutral platform and what the financial impacts would be. As an example, let’s start with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). It was able to cut its IT spend by 10 percent by encouraging its vendors to compete for workloads.

CBA did it by implementing a cloud management solution and then performing expert vendor management to allow it to quickly adopt new vendors and to gain leverage over existing ones. In just two years it pulled this off using off-the-shelf software and freed up $100 million a year going forward to reinvest in new capabilities.

Don’t let business processes slow down your cloud.

Many companies implementing a cloud solution completely miss the boat on their first pass. IT often focuses so hard on basic server provisioning that they lose site of the bigger picture. While server provisioning is interesting, it’s likely one of the smallest benefits. The real advantages are obtained by moving up the stack and giving the business the ability to deploy applications and solutions much faster.

The primary examples are any company wanting to deploy Agile Development, DevOps, or PaaS solutions. A great example of using a cloud management operating model is UBS and its workplace automation solution. UBS implemented a cloud management solution to deploy virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) but not traditional VDI.

Instead the UBS version of VDI is a mixed set of services that are delivered to iPads and Android devices backed by a set of traditional desktops to do the workflow automation. The user almost never sees the desktop, and the desktops are stateless. Further, depending on the user, it automatically routes them to a freely available desktop in the correct country, running the correct software and profile for that individual.

Another major benefit of a cloud management platform is that it coalesces many different solutions and products under a single umbrella. This complexity reduction can directly translate into increased uptime and improved stability as well as cost savings. A major financial institution with 15000 servers was able to save almost $30 million a year just in complexity management.

Reduced work orders to configure solutions, fewer vendor products, fewer project managers allocated to managing change and best of all fewer meetings. It all adds up. This is why your cloud management strategy has to integrate many different things.

It’s not enough to say you are just going to focus on deployment of a virtual machine (VM). You need to focus on how you will deploy that VM’s storage, networking, compute, DNS entries, the software on the VM, and the firewalls in between. You also need to consider where to deploy or what regulations will apply depending on what you’re deploying and where it’s deployed, etc.

Leave out any of these and instead of a single simple solution you have something that requires project management, meetings, and more. Not having these systems fully automated and managed by a policy configuration engine also means that the risk of failure due to simple things like fat fingering mistakes go up dramatically.
The lesson here is the strategic use and management of cloud can help you scale your IT (and your business), but first you have to get your IT and business ready to scale.

Mark Thiele is executive VP of Data Center Tech at Switch, the operator of the SuperNAP data center in Las Vegas. Thiele blogs at SwitchScribe and at Data Center Pulse, where is also president and founder. He can be found on Twitter at @mthiele10.

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By Mark Thiele, Switch Jun. 10, 2012, 3:30pm PT 11 Comments

In my last blog I posited that cloud and by extension cloud management was a strategic versus tactical activity and as such should have the appropriate people involved in definition gathering and decision making for a variety of reasons. Now, I’d like to cover several examples of why cloud management is strategic in nature and clarify why the CIO, and others outside of the purely technical staff are critical to project and solution success.

For a legacy IT organization to adopt cloud solutions without significant organizational realignment and improved business participation, the benefits would largely be wasted. It’s akin to thinking you can put a modern 500-horse power engine in a 1970’s economy car and get all the same performance and protection characteristics you would enjoy in a 2012 model year luxury sedan.

In fact, the introduction of cloud without organizational improvements would likely increase enterprise risk and potentially cost. The real opportunity of a cloud operating model comes from the alignment of technical solutions, people, and process. So when a business opportunity presents itself, your processes and technology will seamlessly keep pace with the natural development of the initiative.

Keeping pace means more than just creating a new pile of IT resources quickly, it means a repeatable process that also provides the appropriate controls and governance in order to minimize risk to your business, provided at the appropriate value to the opportunity.

For those trying to figure this realignment out, here are examples of how your cloud operating model (which includes cloud management) can provide real differentiation in the way IT solutions are delivered.

Can you easily swap hardware? Hypervisors?

A real cloud-operating model enables you to plug in different cloud providers, different hypervisors, different hardware, different PaaS solutions, different provisioning systems, monitoring systems, etc. Through true contestability you have the opportunity of replacing key portions of your infrastructure for better or lower cost solutions, without risking the larger framework or architectural design of the environment.

Ask yourself these questions. Under your current model:

Can you use a mix of external providers such as Amazon EC2, TerreMark, Savvis, and CSC? Easily change from HP to Cisco hardware (or vice versa)? Switch from VMWare to HyperV 3 (or vice versa)? Can you easily adopt a new provisioning/scripting framework like chef/puppet/cfengine? Reuse the policy enforcement and auditing system you currently have while making any of the changes above? Reuse your procurement portal and provisioning workflows while achieving the above?

If your answer to these questions isn’t, “Yes, it would be easy and relatively inexpensive,” then you aren’t operating under a true cloud-operating model. Very few companies have these kinds of capabilities, because until just recently the management platforms needed didn’t exist. But they are coming online and are different from traditional enterprise software in that they were designed from scratch to be abstractions above hypervisors and cloud providers.

Plus, there is very little traction in this space from established vendors, the majority of which all want to build vertically integrated solutions that specifically do not allow this form of inter-platform competition.
It’s easy to get lost in the cool technology here and lose focus on how you would actually achieve a vendor neutral platform and what the financial impacts would be. As an example, let’s start with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). It was able to cut its IT spend by 10 percent by encouraging its vendors to compete for workloads.

CBA did it by implementing a cloud management solution and then performing expert vendor management to allow it to quickly adopt new vendors and to gain leverage over existing ones. In just two years it pulled this off using off-the-shelf software and freed up $100 million a year going forward to reinvest in new capabilities.

Don’t let business processes slow down your cloud.

Many companies implementing a cloud solution completely miss the boat on their first pass. IT often focuses so hard on basic server provisioning that they lose site of the bigger picture. While server provisioning is interesting, it’s likely one of the smallest benefits. The real advantages are obtained by moving up the stack and giving the business the ability to deploy applications and solutions much faster.

The primary examples are any company wanting to deploy Agile Development, DevOps, or PaaS solutions. A great example of using a cloud management operating model is UBS and its workplace automation solution. UBS implemented a cloud management solution to deploy virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) but not traditional VDI.

Instead the UBS version of VDI is a mixed set of services that are delivered to iPads and Android devices backed by a set of traditional desktops to do the workflow automation. The user almost never sees the desktop, and the desktops are stateless. Further, depending on the user, it automatically routes them to a freely available desktop in the correct country, running the correct software and profile for that individual.

Another major benefit of a cloud management platform is that it coalesces many different solutions and products under a single umbrella. This complexity reduction can directly translate into increased uptime and improved stability as well as cost savings. A major financial institution with 15000 servers was able to save almost $30 million a year just in complexity management.

Reduced work orders to configure solutions, fewer vendor products, fewer project managers allocated to managing change and best of all fewer meetings. It all adds up. This is why your cloud management strategy has to integrate many different things.

It’s not enough to say you are just going to focus on deployment of a virtual machine (VM). You need to focus on how you will deploy that VM’s storage, networking, compute, DNS entries, the software on the VM, and the firewalls in between. You also need to consider where to deploy or what regulations will apply depending on what you’re deploying and where it’s deployed, etc.

Leave out any of these and instead of a single simple solution you have something that requires project management, meetings, and more. Not having these systems fully automated and managed by a policy configuration engine also means that the risk of failure due to simple things like fat fingering mistakes go up dramatically.
The lesson here is the strategic use and management of cloud can help you scale your IT (and your business), but first you have to get your IT and business ready to scale.

Mark Thiele is executive VP of Data Center Tech at Switch, the operator of the SuperNAP data center in Las Vegas. Thiele blogs at SwitchScribe and at Data Center Pulse, where is also president and founder. He can be found on Twitter at @mthiele10.

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Malaysian companies can profit from Big Data and the Cloud: FalconStor

FalconStor to hold awareness session in Kuala Lumpur to help Malaysian companies to uncover the opportunities presented by Big Data and cloud computing.

PHOTO - Simon Ng, South Asia regional director of FalconStor Software Inc

Malaysian companies can realise benefits and business opportunities by getting beneath Big Data and cloud computing, said data protection solutions provider FalconStor Software Inc.

Speaking on May 31 2012, FalconStor Software South Asia regional director Simon Ng said it was time to hold an awareness and education session for Malaysian companies from all industry sectors to discuss Big Data and the importance of cloud computing.

"with the rapid rise of cloud computing, data analytics and Big Data, we are asked by customers to explain the technology and not jargon, and present the real insights into the storage world of Big Data and Cloud impact on their IT environment and daily operations," said Ng.

"In particular, safeguarding valuable company information by using a recovery process that is key based on a unified storage infrastructure to ensure any soft errors like data corruptions or OS (operating system) crash can be recovered based on any services, anywhere and anytime," he said, adding that a rest and test application was also essential to ensure availability and continuity of data, server, storage, infrastructures.

Ng said the company has gathered experts in Kuala Lumpur to uncover the basics and practical opportunities behind Big Data. "Despite all the hype created around Big Data there is no doubt that the need to cope with the aggressive growth of data, as well as to contend with the increased variety of data sources, is not only introducing a number of challenges for organisations, but also significant opportunities."

"Questions posed are whether organisations in this region ready to embrace Big Data Analytics and  What are the key challenges faced by end-users?" he said."There has to be an emphasis on heterogeneous cloud and storage consolidation and on the importance of recovery in the cloud based on the angle of fast, accurate and simple recovery on server storage virtualisation. In addition, CIOs need to test their confidence and trust on strengthened security on DR-as-a-Service (DRaaS) to help them jump on-board this cloud infrastructure."

For more information about the Falconstor Solutions Day 2012, Sime Darby Convention Centre Malaysia, 5th June 2012, please visit - http://info.falconstor.com/MY2012FalconStorSDAgenda.html

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Cloud Expo New York: Rein in the Cloud Chaos - Soa Wolrd

Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here!

CIOs today have the opportunity to become cloud champions in their organizations, building innovative new IT models that drive new business opportunities. Whether your business is purchasing a single cloud application or driving a company-wide cloud strategy, it is essential to centralize, secure and manage the flow of information in and out of your firewall and to and from the cloud.

In his session at the 10th International Cloud Expo, Rick Nucci, founder and general manager of Dell Boomi, will outline why every successful cloud strategy must start with an integration strategy and how this can help CIOs take the reins in their cloud strategies.

Explore Cloud Expo Sponsorship & Exhibit Opportunities !

Speaker Bio:
Rick Nucci is the Founder and General Manager of Dell Boomi where he is responsible for all operations and strategic direction. He has led the company's successful transformation from a traditional software product company to a leading infrastructure provider in the SaaS and cloud computing industry. In his role at Dell Boomi, he is constantly engaged with customers and partners to ensure alignment between business needs and Dell Boomi's strategy and operations.

Prior to founding Dell Boomi, Nucci worked for EXE Technologies, a market leading supply chain execution software company, in the areas of product development and implementation. It was in this role that he learned first-hand the cost and complexity of integrating disparate applications and business partners. With over 15 years of business experience in application and data integration, he applies this experience to guiding the company's strategy and operations.

He frequently speaks at industry and business events nationwide including Gartner AADI, Cloud Expo and All About the Cloud.

A Rock Star Faculty, Top Keynotes, Sessions, and Top Delegates!
Cloud Expo 2012 New York, June 11-14, 2012, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world.

The growth and success of Cloud Computing will be on display at the upcoming Cloud Expo conference and exhibition in New York City, June 11-14, 2012, and in Santa Clara, CA, November 5-8, 2012.

The recent Cloud Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, was the largest Cloud Computing conference ever produced with more sponsors, exhibitors and delegates than all other Cloud events of the year combined!

Cloud Expo New York will attract more than 8,000 delegates from 48 countries and over 200 sponsors and exhibitors!

All main layers of the Cloud ecosystem will be represented at the 10th International Cloud Expo - the infrastructure players, the platform providers, and those offering applications, and they'll all be here to speak, sponsor, exhibit and network.

"Cloud Expo was announced on February 24, 2007, the day the term ‘cloud computing' was coined," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and chairman of SYS-CON Events, Inc. "Cloud has become synonymous with ‘computing' and ‘software' in two short years, and this event has become the new PC Expo, Comdex, and InternetWorld of our decade. By 2012, more than 50,000 delegates per year will be attending Cloud Expo."

Sponsorship Opportunities
for Cloud Expo New York
Cloud Expo 2012 New York "show prospectus" has shipped. Sponsorship, exhibit, and keynote opportunities can be obtained from Carmen Gonzalez by email at events (at) sys-con.com, or by phone 201 802-3021.

Early Bird Registration Options
for Cloud Expo New York
Cloud Expo delegates can pre-register for Cloud Expo New York with $500+ savings here.

About SYS-CON Media & Events
SYS-CON Media (www.sys-con.com) has since 1994 been connecting technology companies and customers through a comprehensive content stream at www.sys-con.com - featuring over forty focused subject areas, from Cloud Computing to Web Security - interwoven with market-leading full-scale conferences produced by SYS-CON Events. The company's internationally recognized brands include among others Cloud Computing Expo (www.CloudComputingExpo.com), Virtualization Conference & Expo (www.VirtualizationConference.com), Government IT Conference & Expo (www.GovITExpo.com), Cloud Computing Bootcamp (www.CloudComputingBootcamp.com), and UlitzerLive! New Media Conference & Expo (http://events.sys-con.com).

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SME Demand Leads to Carrier Cloud Opportunities for Operators in India

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As it becomes crucial to ramp up profitable revenue base, Indian operators are targeting SMEs with a suite of services that will be easier to position and sell in the cloud mode, according to the latest report published by Heavy Reading Insider (www.heavyreading.com/insider), a subscription research service from Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com).

Carrier Cloud India: Opportunities & Challenges provides insight into the emerging carrier cloud ecosystem, the level of carrier awareness/readiness of this opportunity, current cloud service offerings and the big trends in the space. Competitive positioning of Web service providers and multi-service carriers, indicative tariffs and government initiatives in the market are highlighted. Operator strengths in the cloud business, their challenges and current strategies are detailed. It also covers the cloud infrastructure vendor view, including a suite of current and planned offerings and operator partnerships. This report focuses largely on carrier cloud services to enterprises and not utilizing cloud infrastructure for captive usage.

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"While Indian operators are emerging from a voice-era led low-ARPU regime to higher-speed data services enabled by 3G/4G infrastructure, large investments in network and spectrum are at stake," says Sridhar Pai, research analyst with Heavy Reading Insider and author of the report. "As it becomes crucial to quickly ramp up profitable revenue base, they are now targeting enterprise/small to medium enterprise customers with suite of cloud services."

Cloud computing is a buzzword not only among telcos but across all industry sectors, Pai says. "Indian businesses and enterprises have rapidly started adopting cloud computing and more so in the fledgling e-Commerce (online travel, auction, retail) segments," he continues. "Most Indian telcos are keen to understand how the market develops in the short term. Currently, the market has seen development activity in IaaS and PaaS."

Key findings of Carrier Cloud India: Opportunities & Challenges include the following:

Carrier cloud is a class of cloud infrastructure that enables telcos to transition their carrier-grade networks to cloud computing and offer cloud-based services to end-customers.Indian operators are targeting SMEs with a suite of cloud services as it becomes crucial to ramp up profitable revenue base.Many telecom operators plan to adopt cloud computing particularly for their captive use, but are cautious about migrating critical data to cloud.Indian SMEs demand a complete suite of apps that will be easier to position and sell in the cloud mode.Indian telcos must aggressively enter the cloud services market and accelerate service offerings to capitalize on this opportunity ahead of them.

Carrier Cloud India: Opportunities & Challenges is available as part of an annual single-user subscription (12 monthly issues) to Heavy Reading Insider, priced at $1,995. Individual reports are available for $900 (single-user license).

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Opportunity Manor gets more space - St. Cloud Times

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Cloud Computing Might Be the Next Big Jobs Generator

Written By Ned Smith, senior writer at BusinessNewsDaily

Published March 15, 2012

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Cloud computing has the potential to become a greater generator of jobs in the U.S. than the Internet was in its early years, a new study says. In addition to creating very large business opportunities and hundreds of thousands of new jobs, cloud services could also save U.S. businesses billions of dollars. The driving forces are the proliferation of mobile devices, swelling social media usage and the emergence of "Big Data," the study found.

The study, sponsored by enterprise software giant SAP, looked at the trends and indicators supporting the growth of cloud services and the ways cloud computing may create jobs. It found that 11 cloud computing companies added 80,000 jobs in the U.S. in 2010, and the employment growth rate at these organizations was almost five times that of the high-tech sector overall.

Companies selling those cloud services are projected to grow revenues by an average of $20 billion per year for the next five years, which has the potential to generate as many as 472,000 jobs in the U.S. and abroad in the next five years.

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Venture capital investments in cloud opportunities, projected to be $30 billion over the next five years, could add another 213,000 jobs in the U.S., the study found.

The economic impact for companies buying cloud services can be even more significant. Cloud computing could save U.S. businesses as much as $625 billion over five years, much of which could be reinvested to create new business opportunities and additional jobs.

The study says three industry megatrends are propelling the growth of cloud services and employment: the boom in mobile computing devices such as smartphones and tablets; the "social" trend in online services; and the growth of Big Data flows that require more data management services. Government policies and purchasing decisions at all levels will also have a major influence on cloud adoption and job growth.

"The study confirms that cloud computing can have a significant impact at every key growth stage of the business life cycle — from launching a startup to expanding a business to managing a multinational enterprise," said Jacqueline Vanacek, SAP VP vice president and cloud computing evangelist. "Business growth leads to jobs, and cloud computing will accelerate this in certain industries."

Reach BusinessNewsDaily senior writer Ned Smith at nsmith@techmedianetwork.com. Follow him on Twitter @nedbsmith.

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One-Click from CloudBuilder: Advantech's industrial cloud opens doors to huge business opportunities

One-Click from CloudBuilder: Advantech's industrial cloud opens doors to huge business opportunities

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The cloud computing wave stirred up by strong demand for tablet PCs and smartphones will also spread to the Internet of Things (IoT) in the future, creating new business opportunities that everyone will crave a share of. But many small- to medium-size businesses (SMBs), particularly those from the embedded industry, will find it unaffordable to build up their own private cloud architecture because of limitations in terms of operational scale, funding and human resources. Leading embedded platform developer Advantech, eyeing such business opportunities, has launched its industrial cloud services to address the market. With the services, embedded devices that are difficult to manage because of their scattered locations - such as digital signage and monitors - can be controlled, switched on and off, installed and upgraded through cloud computing. This can improve efficiency and lower maintenance cost.

Industrial cloud enhances intelligent use of embedded devices

Speaking at the recent "Embedded Forum" (part of the Digitimes Technology Forum - DTF series) Advantech Embedded Core Group project manager, CL Chiang noted that in 2010 Advantech already realized cloud computing would be the direction of future industrial development, but that no solutions specifically designed for embedded/industrial systems were readily available on the market. Therefore Advantech decided to work toward this direction by developing industrial cloud services to help its business partners construct their own industrial cloud. He identified the industrial cloud elements as follows: identification; manageability; interconnectivity; security protection; intelligent system; vertical applications; and biz model & services.

Chiang also outlined Advantech's vision for embedded cloud computing. Under the existing embedded systems, an intelligent system with Internet connectivity and intelligent computing capabilities can be formed through industrial cloud build-in. The integration of the existing IoT and industrial cloud can turn connected devices worldwide into intelligent systems. The combination of the IoT and industrial cloud will give birth to "Smart Earth."

Focusing on developing intelligent platforms industrial cloud

Chiang pointed out that the focus of Advantech since inception was on the development of intelligent platforms, such as computers on modules, embedded single board computers (SBCs), multiple I/O extension SBCs, industrial motherboards, and slot SBCs. Another direction was to provide assistance for developing industrial cloud services, and for the segment it has so far launched Industrial Cloud Center, Embedded Apps, Cloud Pro Guidebook and CloudBuilder.

Cloud Pro Guidebook mainly offers detailed step-by-step instructions and in-depth analyses that, together with industry-specific cloud applications, embedded industry players can follow to quickly and correctly set up their own private clouds. There are three steps: first, Intelligent Devices; second, Network Performance and Security Protection; and third, Design for Industry, On-Demand Software and Embedded App.

CloudBuilder was the main focus of the speech. Advantech has designed the One-Click Installation to Industrial Clouds, which can be applied to embedded systems for a wide array of purposes ranging from the medical, gaming, POS, vehicle, machine automation, factory automation, signage, military, marine to transportation.

Embedded cloud applications to construct last mile of industrial cloud

Chiang then introduced members of Advantech's Embedded App series, each of which targets different industrial environments. Remote Monitoring is for surveillance purposes; Remote Desktop offers intelligent remote control; Remote On/Off allows the switching on and off of devices remotely; System Protection protects and licenses cloud software; and System Recovery restores cloud systems.

He went on to introduce a medical cloud application: a bed-side management system for hospitals. This system has an interactive LCD display installed beside the patient's bed. When making their rounds, doctors can click on buttons on the display's screen to review freshly completed diagnoses and explain them to the patient. After the doctors have left, the patient can pick up the remote control to play games, watch TV and movies, surf the Internet or make telephone calls to friends and relatives via the system. It provides professional assistance to medical personnel, as well as better and more comfortable hospital stay for patients.

Another example cited is a monitoring cloud: a police roadside monitoring system. The roadside monitoring system developed by Advantech employs a region-by-region management interface to allow personnel at the control center to operate all on the computer screen: they can switch between different regions, conduct necessary control and make sure each monitoring system is working normally. When there is perpetration or malfunction, technicians can be dispatched to conduct on-site repair. Some regional police stations have realized the benefits of industrial cloud services. They have adopted Advantech's cloud monitoring system and also employed the company for help in future maintenance work.

Demonstration of industrial cloud applications

Chiang noted that the Advantech-developed SUSIAccess retains the flexible features of the company's previous SUSI API software suites and integrates central monitoring functions. The SUSIAccess menu displays big icons for Remote Monitoring, Remote- On/Off, Remote Desktop, System Recovery and System Protection. System control personnel can also implement various API (application programming interface) functions to facilitate full remote control and access to the applications. In the future, there is also a chance that mobile devices, such as smartphones, can be employed to check for any system anomalies.

He also demonstrated the features of CloudBuilder, such as One-Click Installation, and Notification Center that can detect latest versions and download upgrades once Industrial Cloud Center is installed. Advantech can customize cloud services to meet clients' specific needs, such as Notification Center, Hardware Monitoring, Booting Manager, Smart Battery, SQflash Tools (flash burn tools) through back-end computers, tablet PCs and smartphones.

All product lines support intelligent management

Chiang mentioned that since March 2011 Advantech has equipped all its product lines with intelligent management chips. Business partners only need the Advantech-provided Embedded App of Remote Monitoring to enable a close monitoring of its devices. When Advantech releases new versions of drivers and firmware, the system will automatically tell the client. At the end of 2011, Advantech announced the ClopudBuilder solution for constructing an industrial cloud in three steps. The free CloudBuilder software is easy to install, maintain and use. Users only need to follow the instructions displayed on the screen and can complete the installation in three minutes.

The next step of Avantech's cloud service development is to extend the services to more different sectors, such as intelligent medicare, POS kiosks, on-board computers, security surveillance and the IoT. It will release relevant APIs to allow more system developers to participate in the development of cloud service projects. It will also let Taiwan's embedded industry seize business opportunities from this wave of cloud computing revolution, and achieve sustainable development.

Advantech embedded software manager Chiang Chin-ling
Photo: Digitimes

Participants show keen interest in Advantech's industrial cloud that explores the potential and huge business opportunities of the Internet of Things.
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Phorum 2012 National Cloud Conference to Showcase Emerging Cloud Technologies for the Enterprise - YAHOO!

Fifteen Leading Edge Companies to Showcase What’s Next at Phorum 2012 Demo Pit

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) March 01, 2012

The Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT), in partnership with Dell Inc. and Fairmount Partners, today announced the emerging growth companies that will be showcased in the Phorum 2012 National Cloud Conference Demo Pit. The diverse group of participating companies are all headquartered on the East Coast, near to the Philadelphia-based conference, and were selected for their innovation in the use of cloud computing technology to solve strategic business problems. They include:

AboutOne – contact management tool, aboutone.com

Adaptivity – enterprise cloud decision support provider, adaptivity.com

CloudConfidence.com – comprehensive cloud monitoring service, cloudconfidence.net

CloudMine – mobile app development platform, cloudmine.com

cWyze – interactive video platform, cwyze.com

eMaint Enterprises – facility and property management system, emaint.com

Houdini – enterprise crowdsourcing platform, houdiniapi.com

metaLayer – data management and analysis platform, metalayer.com

Profitably – small business planning and analytics tool, profitably.com

Queue in the Cloud – IT service management platform, qinthecloud.com

ReadySetWork – employee scheduling and communication tool, readysetwork.com

Ridaroo – employee ride sharing tool, ridaroo.com

Target Info – data analytics and management platform, target-info.com

Updentity – enterprise contact management automation tool, updentity.com

UXFlip – mobile app development platform, uxflip.com

“The companies selected for this year’s Phorum conference really showcase the diversity of cloud offerings available to the enterprise,” said Allen Born, Head of Internet and Cloud Computing Investment Banking at Fairmount Partners and Advisory Board Member for Phorum 2012. “While the companies all serve different enterprise functions – data management, HR, IT – all provide solutions that enable businesses to work more efficiently and cost effectively. We’re excited for the Phorum participants to have a chance to interact with them and showcase Philadelphia’s emerging cloud technology providers.”

The Demo Pit will enable these 15 early-stage companies to showcase their products to the conference attendees, who will have an opportunity to interact with Demo Pit participants and experience product demonstrations throughout the day. At the conclusion of the conference, three Demo Pit participants will be selected to join Peter Coffee, VP and Head of Platform Research at salesforce.com, on stage for the conference’s closing session.

Mr. Coffee is one of four nationally acclaimed speakers presenting on the enterprise and the cloud at Phorum 2012. Others include, James Staten, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, John Treadway, North American Practice Director for Cloud and Data Center Transformation at Unisys, and keynote speaker and Pulitzer Prize Nominee, Nick Carr, author of The Big Switch and The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. Phorum 2012 will be held March 28, 2012 at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia and will explore cloud computing technologies and their transformative impact on how companies do business, go to market, and compete.

Sponsors for Phorum 2012 include Dell, Fairmount Partners, Anexinet, BMC Software, CA Technologies, ColdLight Solutions, Fiberlink, Hollister Creative, ICG, KPMG, LiquidHub, PACT, Slice Communications, SmartCEO, Unisys, and USEED.

Tickets for Phorum 2012 are still available and cost $300 for the full conference and $75 for the reception only. Seating is limited to the first 400 registrants. Registration is currently open at http://www.phorumphilly.com and sponsorships are still available.

About Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT)

Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT)'s vision is to be a premier resource for emerging growth companies in the technology, clean technology, and life sciences industries. We connect emerging growth companies, venture investors, professional advisors, and technology-focused corporations to network, develop relationships, pursue business opportunities, and market and promote their businesses to foster growth and innovation. For more information please visit http://www.philadelphiapact.com.

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HP Boosts Partner Revenue Opportunities in Cloud and Services - msnbc.com

LAS VEGAS, NV — HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced programs and solutions that enable channel partners to grow cloud and services revenue while helping customers ease their transition to the cloud.

Unveiled at HP's 2012 Global Partner Conference, the new HP PartnerONE cloud specialization and collaboration programs and expanded HP ServiceONE offerings can extend channel partners' sales reach and speed customers' time to market.

The cloud computing market is projected to reach $143 billion by 2013,(1) which offers channel partners new business opportunities. According to an independent survey commissioned by HP, partners want broad cloud solutions that incorporate software and services, offer more collaboration with each other to share cloud expertise, and are flexible enough to support a range of business models.(2)

"To capitalize on cloud and services opportunities, channel partners need programs that align with their business strategies," said Kirsten McCrabb, vice president, Worldwide Channels Marketing, Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking, HP. "Last year, HP invested more than $1 billion in programs across its portfolio to help partners pursue growth markets and win more business."

Expanded HP cloud programs
The new framework of programs creates opportunities for channel partners to deliver superior cloud solutions for customers by aligning with HP's hybrid delivery approach to cloud. The programs support a range of cloud business models, offering benefits based on partners' expertise and investments.

"Customers want to move quickly to integrate cloud into their IT strategies, and they want partners with the expertise to align cloud solutions with business objectives," said Henry Fastert, chief technologist at SHI, an HP partner based in Somerset, N.J. "HP's partner programs and portfolio have enabled us to build our business, letting us become an early leader in providing cloud services and solutions to our clients."

The new HP cloud programs for channel partners include:

HP Cloud Builder Specialist, a new HP PartnerONE specialization for partners with cloud expertise based on HP solutions such as HP CloudSystem. This specialization includes existing partner enablement and training programs for cloud infrastructure, software and services, including the HP Cloud Centers of Excellence demonstration program, which has sites at more than 100 partner facilities worldwide. HP Interchange, a social media network that enables partner collaboration in designing and deploying cloud offerings to offer complete solutions to customers. For example, a channel partner looking for software to meet a specific customer requirement can search the HP Interchange to identify another partner with software expertise.

In addition, HP is offering new financial incentives for channel partners to secure successful sales opportunities for HP CloudAgile service providers. As a result, channel partners can expand their cloud portfolios as they seek out new business opportunities. Channel partners also can participate in the HP CloudAgile program as a service provider.

HP ServiceONE Partner Support
HP extended the HP ServiceONE program with a new storage services support model that enables qualified partners to expand into high-growth storage markets and boost profitability. HP ServiceONE Partner Support for HP Storage offers qualified partners the ability to sell their own services backed by HP support.

HP ServiceONE is the industry's only partner program to offer three engagement models, enabling partners to broaden their portfolios to capture more market opportunities. Partners may sell HP services to customers, with HP delivering support; sell and deliver HP services to customers; or sell partner-branded services while accessing HP's world-class support.

HP Packaged Consulting Services
New HP Packaged Consulting Services enable channel partners to increase services revenues by offering consulting expertise to customers without needing to invest in specialized staff resources. These popular cloud, storage and networking services feature standard pricing and discounts for easy quoting, creating new opportunities to expand services business.

Pricing and availability
Partners can now participate in training and enablement programs that will be part of the HP PartnerONE Cloud Builder Specialist program worldwide rollout beginning Nov. 1.

The HP Interchange will be demonstrated at the Global Partner Conference, with enhancements planned through 2012.

HP ServiceONE Partner Support will be available to select partners in March, with worldwide availability later this year.

HP Packaged Consulting Services are available worldwide, with prices beginning at $2,000.(3)

About HP
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world's largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP is available at http://www.hp.com.

(1) Based on HP internal analysis.
(2) HP Research: "Reseller Cloud Strategies," Jan. 10, 2012.
(3) Estimated U.S. street prices. Actual prices may vary.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If such risks or uncertainties materialize or such assumptions prove incorrect, the results of HP and its consolidated subsidiaries could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations, including execution of restructuring and integration plans; any statements concerning expected development, performance or market share relating to products and services; any statements regarding anticipated operational and financial results; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include macroeconomic and geopolitical trends and events; the competitive pressures faced by HP's businesses; the development and transition of new products and services (and the enhancement of existing products and services) to meet customer needs and respond to emerging technological trends; the execution and performance of contracts by HP and its customers, suppliers and partners; the protection of HP's intellectual property assets, including intellectual property licensed from third parties; integration and other risks associated with business combination and investment transactions; the hiring and retention of key employees; expectations and assumptions relating to the execution and timing of restructuring and integration plans; the resolution of pending investigations, claims and disputes; and other risks that are described in HP's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2011 and HP's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.

© 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

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HP Boosts Partner Revenue Opportunities in Cloud and Services

LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire -02/13/12)- HP (NYSE: HPQ - News) today announced programs and solutions that enable channel partners to grow cloud and services revenue while helping customers ease their transition to the cloud.

Unveiled at HP's 2012 Global Partner Conference, the new HP PartnerONE cloud specialization and collaboration programs and expanded HP ServiceONE offerings can extend channel partners' sales reach and speed customers' time to market.

The cloud computing market is projected to reach $143 billion by 2013,(1) which offers channel partners new business opportunities. According to an independent survey commissioned by HP, partners want broad cloud solutions that incorporate software and services, offer more collaboration with each other to share cloud expertise, and are flexible enough to support a range of business models.(2)

"To capitalize on cloud and services opportunities, channel partners need programs that align with their business strategies," said Kirsten McCrabb, vice president, Worldwide Channels Marketing, Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking, HP. "Last year, HP invested more than $1 billion in programs across its portfolio to help partners pursue growth markets and win more business."

Expanded HP cloud programs
The new framework of programs creates opportunities for channel partners to deliver superior cloud solutions for customers by aligning with HP's hybrid delivery approach to cloud. The programs support a range of cloud business models, offering benefits based on partners' expertise and investments.

"Customers want to move quickly to integrate cloud into their IT strategies, and they want partners with the expertise to align cloud solutions with business objectives," said Henry Fastert, chief technologist at SHI, an HP partner based in Somerset, N.J. "HP's partner programs and portfolio have enabled us to build our business, letting us become an early leader in providing cloud services and solutions to our clients."

The new HP cloud programs for channel partners include:

HP Cloud Builder Specialist, a new HP PartnerONE specialization for partners with cloud expertise based on HP solutions such as HP CloudSystem. This specialization includes existing partner enablement and training programs for cloud infrastructure, software and services, including the HP Cloud Centers of Excellence demonstration program, which has sites at more than 100 partner facilities worldwide. HP Interchange, a social media network that enables partner collaboration in designing and deploying cloud offerings to offer complete solutions to customers. For example, a channel partner looking for software to meet a specific customer requirement can search the HP Interchange to identify another partner with software expertise.

In addition, HP is offering new financial incentives for channel partners to secure successful sales opportunities for HP CloudAgile service providers. As a result, channel partners can expand their cloud portfolios as they seek out new business opportunities. Channel partners also can participate in the HP CloudAgile program as a service provider.

HP ServiceONE Partner Support
HP extended the HP ServiceONE program with a new storage services support model that enables qualified partners to expand into high-growth storage markets and boost profitability. HP ServiceONE Partner Support for HP Storage offers qualified partners the ability to sell their own services backed by HP support.

HP ServiceONE is the industry's only partner program to offer three engagement models, enabling partners to broaden their portfolios to capture more market opportunities. Partners may sell HP services to customers, with HP delivering support; sell and deliver HP services to customers; or sell partner-branded services while accessing HP's world-class support.

HP Packaged Consulting Services
New HP Packaged Consulting Services enable channel partners to increase services revenues by offering consulting expertise to customers without needing to invest in specialized staff resources. These popular cloud, storage and networking services feature standard pricing and discounts for easy quoting, creating new opportunities to expand services business.

Pricing and availability
Partners can now participate in training and enablement programs that will be part of the HP PartnerONE Cloud Builder Specialist program worldwide rollout beginning Nov. 1.

The HP Interchange will be demonstrated at the Global Partner Conference, with enhancements planned through 2012.

HP ServiceONE Partner Support will be available to select partners in March, with worldwide availability later this year.

HP Packaged Consulting Services are available worldwide, with prices beginning at $2,000.(3)

About HP
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world's largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP is available at http://www.hp.com.

(1) Based on HP internal analysis.
(2) HP Research: "Reseller Cloud Strategies," Jan. 10, 2012.
(3) Estimated U.S. street prices. Actual prices may vary.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If such risks or uncertainties materialize or such assumptions prove incorrect, the results of HP and its consolidated subsidiaries could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations, including execution of restructuring and integration plans; any statements concerning expected development, performance or market share relating to products and services; any statements regarding anticipated operational and financial results; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include macroeconomic and geopolitical trends and events; the competitive pressures faced by HP's businesses; the development and transition of new products and services (and the enhancement of existing products and services) to meet customer needs and respond to emerging technological trends; the execution and performance of contracts by HP and its customers, suppliers and partners; the protection of HP's intellectual property assets, including intellectual property licensed from third parties; integration and other risks associated with business combination and investment transactions; the hiring and retention of key employees; expectations and assumptions relating to the execution and timing of restructuring and integration plans; the resolution of pending investigations, claims and disputes; and other risks that are described in HP's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2011 and HP's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.

© 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

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Cloud computing fueling global economic growth: London School of Economics study - Forbes

The development of cloud computing will promote economic growth, increase productivity and shift the type of jobs and skills required by businesses, according to a new study by the London School of Economics and Political Science.

The LSE study selected two industries, aerospace and smartphone services, and examined the impact of cloud computing on these  industries across the UK, USA, Germany and Italy between the years 2010 and 2014. The LSE study was underwritten by Microsoft.

Investing in cloud computing is contributing to growth and job creation in both the fast-growing, high-tech smartphone services industry as well as the longstanding and slow-growth aerospace sector, the study claims. In addition, cloud is directly creating employment through the construction, staffing and supply of data centers, which will host the cloud. Using cloud computing enables businesses of all sizes to be more productive by freeing managerial staff and skilled employees to concentrate on more profitable areas of work.

There will be a new range of employment opportunities opening up as a result of the shift to cloud as well. As the study points out, “as firms shift from proprietary application servers towards virtualization and cloud computing, related skills will be in demand among employers. New direct hires and upskilling for public cloud enablement result in higher-than-average salaries.”

Of the countries analyzed in the study, the US is leading the way in terms of cloud job creation. US cloud-related jobs in the smartphone sector are set to grow to 54,500 in 2014. This is compared to a projected 4,040 equivalent jobs in the UK. The authors of the study say that this can be attributed, in part, to lower electricity costs and less restrictive labor regulation compared to Europe.

Small to medium-size businesses will benefit as well. In the smartphone sector alone, “cloud computing will form the basis for a rapid expansion and high-start-up rate among SMEs 2010-2014 in all four markets in services,” the study says.

The study also shows that there is in fact little risk of unemployment from investing in the cloud, as companies are more likely to move and re-train current staff. This would be alongside the hiring of new staff, likely to be in a higher salary bracket, who have the necessary skills for using virtual data-handling systems.

But researchers found that the level of impact the cloud has on a business or department’s growth and productivity depends on a number of factors, primarily the type of sector in which the business is involved and the regulatory environment in which it operates.

Unsurprisingly, the cloud has a much greater effect on the web-centred smartphone services industry than traditional high tech manufacturing, with expansion and a high-start-up rate among small and medium size businesses in 2010-2014 forecast.  For example, in the UK from 2010 through 2014, the rate of growth in cloud-related jobs in the smartphone services sector is set to be 349%, compared to 52% growth in aerospace. German, Italian and US equivalent growth rates will be 280% vs 33%, 268% vs 36% and 168% vs 57% respectively.

The study’s authors, Jonathan Liebenau, Patrik Karrberg, Alexander Grous and Daniel Castro, also talk about the direct and indirect employment and business opportunities that will stem from cloud, which may not be apparent at first. “Our analysis shows jobs shifting from distributed data processing facilities to consolidated data centers, resulting in a drop in data processing jobs overall as efficiency gains occur especially through public cloud services,” they write. “We see a reduction in IT administrators within large firms in smartphone businesses (and most likely in many other similar sectors) compared to their level of employment otherwise expected by taking into account overall IT spending.”

They add that direct and indirect employment gains will be seen in the construction of new data centers needed to accommodate the public cloud businesses, and an “unanticipated effect is in job creation of site maintenance, janitorial staff and security guards in newly built data centers. Overall, more than 30% of short-term new employment in cloud services originates from the construction of data centers and outfitting them accounts for around another third.” Almost 25% of new jobs accrue from direct employment in public cloud services firms, they add.

Then there’s the “cloud dividend” that enterprises will see as the cloud infrastructure develops. These gains will be “in the form of shifting
the work of existing IT staff towards general administrative responsibilities and strategic management rather than exploiting short-term payroll reduction opportunities. Herein lies one of the main new skills challenges to the existing labor force.”

(Full PDF of the study, Modelling the Cloud: Employment Effects in Two Exemplary Sectors in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy, available from the LSE Website.)

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Libraries turn to cloud for e-book lending - Marketplace.publicradio.org

This kiosk allows library patrons to browse books using the 3M Cloud Library system. Next month, the St. Paul Public Library and ten other major libraries around the country will start testing the system to build and manage e-book collections. (Courtesy of 3M)by Martin Moylan, Minnesota Public Radio
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St. Paul, Minn. — Millions of Americans now own Kindles, Nooks and other e-readers. And libraries are taking notice, expanding their collections of e-books they can loan to patrons.

That trend has 3M's attention. The company has a long history of serving libraries. And 3M sees a big business opportunity in helping libraries build, manage and lend their collections of electronic books.

The St. Paul Public Library next month will begin a formal trial of 3M's "Cloud Library" system, along with ten other major public libraries around the country.

For the past month, Stephanie Harr of St. Paul has been a volunteer tester of the 3M system. She reads a lot of books while getting her caffeine kick at the Swede Hollow Cafe on St. Paul's East Side. All she needs to get a book from the St. Paul library is her iPad and an Internet connection.

"So, this one is available. I just hit the check-out button. That little blue bar shows it's downloading into my device," Harr said. "So, when that's done, I can read it."

Harr has had an e-reader for about two years and is glad to see the library expand its e-book collection.

"As a dedicated library user, I wasn't used to paying for books. So, as soon as the library started having e-books, I was on board right away."

Harr says she prefers the sign-up process and book browsing features of the 3M system to a competing service the library had used last spring. But she says otherwise the two services are pretty much the same.

CATCHING UP TO THE COMPETITION

From a business standpoint, 3M is behind. The company has been serving libraries for over 40 years, providing them with devices and software to check out physical books and protect them from theft. But an Ohio company called Overdrive already provides e-book services to 18,000 libraries in 21 countries.

Still, 3M sees an opening.

"Being a company with a strong technology history, we have an opportunity to really come in and innovate and create the best platform for libraries to lend e-books to a community," said Tom Mercer, who is leading the marketing efforts for 3M's Cloud Library service. At this time, e-books are just a small part of library collections. But Mercer says those collections will grow and libraries will need help managing them.

"We see a very large opportunity as libraries shift their spend from physical material to digital material," he said. "By about 2015, a third of all books sold will be digital in the United States."

With the 3M Cloud Library service, library patrons can read e-books on many portable devices including 3M-branded e-readers that libraries can loan to patrons.

But OverDrive has a head start and company spokesman David Burleigh says it's growing fast. "We had about 35 million checkouts through the system thorough all our libraries in the network last year, which was up from about 15 million the year before," Burleigh said.

Overdrive won't comment on 3M's intentions, but Burleigh says there's good reason to be bullish about the business opportunities to help libraries with e-book collections.

LIBRARIES BUILD DIGITAL COLLECTION

In Minnesota, most public libraries will stock e-books by mid-June, according to state librarian Nancy Walton.

The St. Paul Public Library started its e-book collection last April and now has about 4,500 e-books to lend.

Digital library manager John Larson expects e-books will eventually account for 10 to 20 percent of the St. Paul's book lending. There are advantages for both patrons and libraries, he said. E-books can't be damaged or lost. And patrons don't have to worry about returning them. "You don't have to worry about any overdue fines. It just automatically disappears at the end of the loan period," Larson said. "And you don't have to come to the library to pick them up. It just comes straight to you. If you've been waiting for it on hold. If it's available, you can check it out on the spot."

But that convenience may be offset by the refusal of some publishers to license their e-books to libraries. Still, there seems little doubt there will strong demand from libraries for e-reader technology. Market analysts at Forrester Research estimate that about 70 million Americans will be using some kind of e-reader by 2016.

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Strategic Cloud Finance Planning and Sophisticated Business Intelligence Applications Take Center Stage in 2012 - Market Wire

SOURCE: Host Analytics

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 4, 2012) - A new year brings new opportunities for businesses to excel, as long as they have the right tools to do so. One of the longstanding barriers to business success, however, is dealing with increasingly unpredictable economic conditions. Some companies have begun to turn to financial planning to combat the uncertainty and enable better business success.

In fact, a recent survey by Dimensional Research explored the correlation between strategic financial planning and business success, with 72 percent of businesses surveyed reporting better business results through financial planning. However, the survey also found that sophisticated financial planning capabilities that can drive business results are still lacking in many organizations.

Financial planning will play an important role for businesses in the new year, as well as many other factors. The following is a list of the top predictions for businesses around financial initiatives in 2012, compiled by Host Analytics, the leading provider of SaaS corporate performance management (CPM) solutions.

Top Predictions and Themes for Finance in 2012

1. The Cloud CFO: A modern breed of CFO to bring finance to the cloud for larger and mid-size enterprises.

The role of CFO will become more strategic than ever before through the adoption of cloud computing. Finance departments from the world's largest global organizations will reap the benefits as they catch up with mid-market businesses and enterprises already integrating the cloud into their strategic financial processes.

Next year's business climate will push corporate finance and CFOs to take on more important responsibilities in planning and decision support for potential risks and opportunities. This trend has already begun. Sixty-four percent of businesses revealed that the CFO is more likely to be involved in strategy discussions now versus five years ago, according to Dimensional Research.

Organizations, large and small, will struggle to deliver business advantage if they are not enabled with the tools and processes to conduct strategic financial planning and analysis.

2. Financial Landmines: Financial missteps to have greater consequences.

Economic uncertainty and the clock speed of business will continue to accelerate in 2012. The penalties associated with the risks of missteps will increase greatly, leading to a constant struggle for companies to keep up with their accelerated pace.

Planning for the future and anticipating alternate decisions depending on the potential business drivers in the economy will not only be a necessary evil, it will be a main driver for all companies. The most successful companies will blend self-reflection of internal operations with external benchmarks and economic indicators to better anticipate the volatile swings in the economy and use advanced planning techniques to monetize those risks and rewards.

3. Business Introspection: More business self-reflection with business intelligence applications.

As businesses begin to realize the necessity to plan for future/alternate decisions based on business drivers, the need for business applications that shed light on their inner workings will greatly increase. Interest in and innovation around finance and business intelligence technologies will surge, especially as more vendors offer their solutions via the cloud.

Business users will be more comfortable consuming applications as services, if one of the main drivers is business agility -- because the cloud means data and applications are always available and up to date. Cloud finance and business intelligence applications will significantly increase the performance of organizations.

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