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Business publication reports cloud computing will generate millions of jobs. [Forbes.com]

Forbes.com reports that cloud computing will add over 14 million jobs in the next three. Many of those jobs will be familiar IT positions, including integration specialists. The jobs will emerge as cloud start-ups grow, as major corporations develop cloud businesses, and as cloud infrastructure helps non-IT industries grow. But the article also claims under twenty percent will be in America.

A former enterprise architect at the EPA points out that renaming a strategy doesn’t require you to start over[ZDNet]

Blogger JoeMcKendrick examines how a new “shared services” initiative within the federal government closely resembles the SOA initiative begun six years ago. According to one source, the similarity suggests that much of the groundwork has already been laid–including the implementation of Enterprise Services Buses (ESBs) to help integrate services. Read the full article for more analysis.

Market giant may triple its revenue as the cloud data integration grows

Informatica, one of the most established players in data integration, has expanded and innovated as the cloud computing industry grew. Ovum analyst Tony Baer believes that Informatica can grow from $1 billion revenue to $3 billion (though he does not say by when). The key, according to Baer will be the expansion of social media and Big Data integration tools, as well as continued development of Master Data Management (MDM) offerings.

Why Google, Amazon, and the like may shirk the push for standardization (CloudTweaks)

Cloud integration standards have long been clamored for, but apart from occasional rallying cries around certain APIs, standardization has not gotten very far. Sourya at CloudTweaks.com has a hypothesis why: A decrease in their ability to lock-in customers, and diminished power at the negotiating table. Read the full write-up for more.

Elias Terman, SnapLogic

In today’s cloud era, we can’t seem to get enough of the acronyms flying around, including everyone’s favorites – SaaS, IaaS and PaaS. And while we all know the obvious -ility benefits of these cloud computing services (flexibility, scalability, affordability), it’s now time to look deeper into how we can leverage them more intelligently.

It’s amazing what infrastructure as a service (IaaS) offerings for hosting, storage, and networking can deliver in terms of unprecedented flexibility and scalability for all kinds of applications. But as with any disruptive new technology, there’s much below the tip of the iceberg that’s not obvious at first glance. Read more… »

We talk with the CEO of cloud integration provider Scribe Software about trends and user needs

As cloud application integration demand increases and users look for more efficient ways to bring systems together, integration providers must continuously refine their offerings. We spoke with Lou Guercia, CEO and President of Scribe Software, about how his company responded to the ever-changing market.

Read the full interview below: Read more… »

Recent releases target companies that look simplify cloud application integration

Blogger Michael Vizard has recently taken a look at how several companies, including Mulesoft, Aria Systems, have used subscription-based services to build their business.

Hollis Tibbets at ebizQ has picked up on the trend as well. He explains how the cloud application integration market is growing rapidly—just as cloud data integration did over the last few years. The key to growth, says Tibbets, is that providers are moving away from the integration-platform-as-a-service (iPaas) and offering the integration itself as a service with the help of common APIs and plugins.

Todd Bursey, general manager, PSA at FinancialForce.com

In today’s professional services organizations (PSOs), customer acquisition and customer satisfaction are more important than ever. Yet, the disconnect between sales and services teams remains a major roadblock to delivering on this imperative. And as recent research has shown, it is a fundamental limitation to an organization’s growth and success.

In our experience, sales and services alignment can only be achieved through full transparency into the business by both parties. Each side needs to support everything from the goals of a single client engagement all the way up to the strategic initiatives of the firm. Read more… »

A service-oriented architecture is only a few steps from the cloud. Read this for advice on how to transition from SOA to SaaS.

by Pierre Fricke, Red Hat

Ask anyone who works in a corporate environment about the challenges of sharing and accessing information. From moderate-size businesses to larger corporations, they’ll tell you those challenges are very real.

Thankfully, they can be circumvented by a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and cloud services, both of which help make logic and information more widely available for use across the enterprise.

That’s because a business that implements and relies on a SOA has already laid the groundwork for successful cloud integration. Read more… »