IBM cloud enables Windows Developer

Windows now supports IBM's cloud service. IBM said its multitenant platform includes support for Microsoft Windows 2003 and 2008 Data Center Edition. Through the IBM cloud IBM said companies can configure environments and share via development teams to support a coherent application deployment, Together with the cloud service, IBM has introduced an integrated development and test environment and new software and services that claims will allow developers to improve the quality and speed of an application life cycle.

IBM offers integrated development and test environment tools, processes and cloud infrastructure to support application development and testing, IBM said. It allows users to multiple virtual test environments, tailored offers service performance tests for each development and testing team to erstellen.Der IBM Rational stress tests on the IBM cloud, and planning the deployment and automation, waiting the basis of rational and IBM Tivoli software tools.

Only 5% of companies have a cloud computing strategy, study claims

Only 5% of companies have a cloud computing strategy, and only 20% of the resources internally, one to develop survey outsourcing advisory company TPI. Develop a plan to take advantage of cloud computing should be top priority for companies to next year, said Kevin smilie, partner at TPI. However, Mette Ahorlu, Research Director at analyst firm IDC, the number of companies said that with the cloud is much higher than 5%. "The key here is that a strategy is the TPI survey."While many companies have not worked can going forward a plan to use the cloud may still cloud-based services use, ", she said."

Carried out according to a survey by IDC said almost 40% of 700 European businesses use cloud in one or more areas in March 2010. "Ahorlu said that next year more companies will provide a cloud strategy, be.""Already when companies outsource, three out of four for cloud issues as part of the package." "Perceived vulnerabilities remain an obstacle to company provide the cloud Ahorlu said.""When companies get more experience with it you will develop a strategy."

Ahorlu said it takes about 15 years before the vast majority of companies move into the public cloud, from the time, 75% of companies IT functions will be provided on this platform. According to IDC market for SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS reached 3 billion $ in the last year in the public cloud and is expected to almost $catastrophe losses grow in 2010.

Google and VMware start common Java developer tools for the cloud

VMware and Google have a number of collaborative Java development tools aimed at making cloud portability for developer easier presented. When the SpringOne 2GX-Entwickler-Konferenz in Chicago launched the two companies integrated software enterprise software developers create, deploy and manage applications in cloud environments to help. "Together, Google and VMware allow companies developing and deploying rich spring Java applications across multiple clouds and devices", said Rod Johnson, senior Vice President at VMware.

Vic Gundotra, Google Vice President of developer platforms, said, "from deployments of spring make generally available Java applications on Google app engine with Google Web Toolkit Developer Java applications in production environments of your choice provide multiple devices can boundaries during the use of rich Web front end on." Google's plans, mobile influenced to introduce any features in the longer term such as styled UI, HTML5 features such as app cache, local database storage and geolocation, according to a blog post by Brad Abrams from the Google developers team.