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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.

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.

Business Rules Management Service designed to bring order to chaotic processes [Press release]

JBoss, the open source division of Red Hat, updated its ESB, BSRM, and SOA platforms. The updates include significant changes to the Complex Event Processing (CEP) engine, which JBoss says will improve the way connected technologies interpret and respond to events in real time. A blog post from the JBoss team explains how the technologies may have a specific impact in the mortgages industry.

Tools from CastIron, WebSphere, and Tivoli integrated into SmartCloud offering [Idevnews]

IBM recently released a new version of SmartCloud, which combines security, application integration, and provisioning technologies. SmartCloud is designed to facilitate the creation and management of business rules, application logic, and policies within a hybrid cloud environment. According to the article, IBM is counting on more and more enterprises moving to a hybrid cloud environment. Independent research suggests that trend will continue.

Some systems upgraded from mechanical to SaaS in one swoop [Environmental Leader]

Taking an on-premise system to the cloud requires careful restructuring of the theoretical pipes and wires that pass data between applications. The challenge is far different when SaaS integration requires the restructuring of pipes and wires that pass water and electricity. The growing sector of energy monitoring software is responding to that need. This article from Environmental Leader looks at trends and challenges in energy monitoring software.

Improvement of integration capability helps SaaS pull companies forward [Idevnews]

Software as a Service started to take off just as the global economy was coming in for a hard landing. While many industries have stagnated, SaaS has matured both technologically and economically. Companies once reliant on venture capital have become profitable, and applications once less reliable and robust than their on-premise counterparts have become the tools of choice for many organizations. In this article the author highlights specific reasons why SaaS will be a leader of economic recovery.

Oxford Bookstores of India uses cloud platform to keep retail and web stores on same page [Information Week]

Oxford bookstores of India was looking to better support the growth of its online business channels, including web stores and e-books, but without overspending or operating separately from its retail storefronts. The company chose to use an “IT as a Service” option from consultancy Tata. While Oxford officials agree that the savings will not be immediate, they project that over the long term their investment will result in significant cost savings.