CloudShare in the News

Shopping around for cloud computing services We've all heard that cloud computing can be cheaper than paying for your own server. But the dirty little secret is that, because almost everything is priced à la carte, comparison shopping can be akin to prying a final number from your local car dealer.

Computerworld: Hands-on: CloudShare ProPlus makes app testing a snap A simple way to safely try out applications using your own private cloud.

IT World: 12 questions to ask your next cloud computing provider If you are interested in getting started with cloud computing – assembling a series of virtual servers for your enterprise applications that run offsite on a provider's data center – here are questions that might be useful as you proceed to evaluate different providers.

Storage Switzerland: CloudShare Provides Infrastructure on Demand CloudShare is taking a little different approach than most cloud services providers. Instead of providing storage on demand or application hosting, they’re providing infrastructure on-demand, where customers download an instant virtual environment with a range of OS or software templates, wherever or whenever needed.

Computerworld: Start-ups offer cool tools to ease IT's pain If you want to know what IT tools and technologies you'll be using in a few years, it pays to keep an eye on enterprise technology start-ups.

CRN: CloudShare Platform Includes Free VMware Server If you or your customers have been avoiding virtualization because of its cost and complexity, the CRN Test Center has discovered a hidden jewel that blasts through both of those roadblocks. CloudShare this week announced ProPlus, a version of its "IT as a service" platform that permits deployment of as many as six virtual instances of Linux, Oracle 11g, Office 2010, Active Directory, SharePoint or other Windows server apps for just $49 per month.

INFOSTOR: openBench Lab Review: CloudShare By extending VMware to include the virtualization of an entire prototype environment, including multiple VMs and the applications running on those VMs, storage and networking, CloudShare radically simplifies pre-production tasks, from provisioning to collaborative QA testing.

CIO Update: Cloud+Apps=New Enterprise Paradigm? A growing storm of enterprise apps is blowing in wind bringing with it new provisioning models.

CTOEdge: Cloud to Jumpstart Staging and Collaborative Workflow Testing For savvy CTOs, integrators and consultants serving external and internal constituencies, CloudShare provides a cloud-based, extended VMware environment to build and share sophisticated IT solutions for complex application-driven IT environments.

TTC Shelbyville Technical Blog: CloudShare gives users hands-on experience for free Dawn Babian is truly one of the best researchers in IT. On Sunday, she found CloudShare while we were considering training with cloud computing.

IT Business Edge: End-user Training Moves to the Cloud Not too long ago a company called CloudShare came to market with a cloud computing platform that was designed to help software vendors sell their wares. The basic idea behind the service was to give vendors a way to set up a working proof-of-concept implementation of their software that customers could test and evaluate over an extended period of time. Like most good ideas, this service has some interesting downstream implications.

Sys-Con Media: Using the cloud for product testing Back when I toiled in the fields of IT for Megasurance Corp. we had a simple process for testing new hardware and software: Step 1:Get the latest PC from our IBM rep. Step 2: insert 3270 mainframe terminal emulation board. Step 3: Insert floppy from software vendor and see if it ran properly.

Virtual Strategy Magazine: In the World of Cloud Computing, the Application Will Be King With over half of cloud services already spending on business applications, including collaboration platforms such as SharePoint, applications – and not reductions in capital and operational expenses– will be the great drivers of cloud adoption.

The VAR Guy: CloudShare: CloudShare Launches Paid ProPlus Infrastructure Service CloudShare, which provides the channel with unique tools for throwing existing infrastructure into the cloud for training and demonstration purposes, has been free for all users under an open beta.

Information Management: CloudShare Expands Reach To Small, Mid-Sized Business A year after coming out of stealth mode, CloudShare introduced a new offering this week that provides small and mid-sized businesses with the ability to create a mini data center in the cloud.

InformationWeek: CloudShare Adds Services For SMBs ProPlus offers small and mid-sized businesses a quickly provisioned, virtual machine environment for duplicating complex IT settings and projects.

2011 - The Year the Application Drives Cloud Adoption Lured by the promise (but only partial realization) of attractive economics, enterprises have started moving IT-intensive business functions to the cloud. However, cost-savings alone are not encouraging IT directors and business leaders to stampede, en masse, to the cloud. One must wonder, in these economic times, why not?

CloudShare presents at CloudCon 2010 Conference

CRN Tech Innovator Awards: CloudShare Named Runner Up Ed Moltzen, managing editor at the CRN Test Center, and Eddie Correia, technical editor at the CRN Test Center, Friday closed the Xchange Tech Innovators conference by presenting the Tech Innovator Awards.

IT as a Service (ITaS): Virtual Infrastructure Grows Up Is the fascination with hosted virtual machines, “Cloud Computing”, and acronyms like IaaS and PaaS justified? Or has IT actually taken a step backwards; shifting work but not improving responsiveness? What should vendors provide that would truly add value, not just reduce on-premise hardware?