http://blog.monitis.com End-to-end systems monitoring for applications, servers, networks, traffic and more Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:20:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en San Jose, CA – March 11, 2010 – Monitis, the leading provider of affordable, easy-to-use, 100% Cloud-based, network and systems monitoring solutions, today announced that it has launched a totally new and completely revamped website. This addition caps a 12 month period in which Monitis has doubled its user base, won ... http://blog.monitis.com/index.php/2010/03/12/a-world-class-website-for-a-revolutionary-service/ OK; I'm not skipping or anything, but I am happy. CA Inc., obviously on the path to acquire more and more cloud technology providers in order to build up its own capabilities for cloud computing, is joining the ever-louder chorus of those in our industry recognizing that enterprises want, no, ... http://blog.monitis.com/index.php/2010/03/11/ca%e2%80%99s-latest-cloud-acquisition-focuses-on-monitoring/ CA, the IT management software maker, is becoming an aggressive player in the cloud computing arena. Observers are noting that the company's third cloud-related acquisition, of a firm called 3Tera, which developed cloud computing technology AppLogic, will help CA make it easier for customers to move to cloud environments. (CA ... http://blog.monitis.com/index.php/2010/03/08/ca-on-the-cloud-hunt-again/ Hewlett-Packard on February 24th opened an advanced collaborative research lab in Singapore to support its growing cloud business – what it calls its "Everything as a Service" vision. "Our new lab in Singapore is a key component of the transformation strategy put in motion less than three years ago to accelerate ... http://blog.monitis.com/index.php/2010/03/07/hp-opens-cloud-lab-in-singapore/ If you're familiar with Citrix Online, you know they've got a suite of SaaS and cloud-based applications that enable companies to do things like arrange on-the-spot meetings online (GoToMeeting). Another example: Consumers and business travelers can use Citrix Online to access their home or office computers (GoToMyPC). Now, it looks ... http://blog.monitis.com/index.php/2010/03/04/citrix-online-adds-it-management/ Good news for the cloud. Profits were way up in Q4 2009 for Salesforce.com. And that positive news would seem to answer the lingering question that many in the business world have about the cloud: Can I trust a third party to store my proprietary business data on the web? According ... http://blog.monitis.com/index.php/2010/03/02/profits-up-salesforcecom/ Some good news on the issue of security in the cloud. First, CA, Inc., has just joined the Cloud Security Alliance as a corporate member to help establish and promote best practices for security in cloud computing. The CSA is a non-profit organization formed to promote the use of best ... http://blog.monitis.com/index.php/2010/03/01/good-news-for-cloud-security/ I can tell you this from talking day to day with companies looking to give their web businesses an edge: they are not happy with the technology that's supporting their sites during all-important peak traffic periods, for instance during the holiday season or a special promotion. How unhappy? I read about ... http://blog.monitis.com/index.php/2010/02/26/keep-customers-happy-and-load-test-to-keep-sites-running-smoothly/ San Jose, CA – February 25, 2010 – Monitis, the leading provider of affordable, easy-to-use, 100% Cloud-based, network and systems monitoring solutions, today announced that it has opened yet another front in its battle to save IT managers' time - it has integrated its Universal Cloud Monitoring Framework with GoGrid's ... http://blog.monitis.com/index.php/2010/02/25/saving-it-managers-time-monitis-now-partners-gogrid-in-sla-3rd-party-monitoring/ I read in BusinessWeek that Microsoft business software president Stephen Elop expects the giant's launch of Office 2010 in June, which will include a cloud-based version, to pump up revenue and profit. I quote: "In that cloud environment, we are not only selling them [cutomers] software but we are also saying, ... http://blog.monitis.com/index.php/2010/02/24/will-cloud-computing-make-microsoft-richer/