iCloud great for information syncing but isn’t full cloud services solution
With the launch of Apple’s iCloud this week, IT professionals and tech geeks have been speculating about the pros and cons of the new cloud storage service. Dayvia Nelson, marketing manager at Cloudworks, which provides a virtual desktop solution for businesses, is an iCloud fan. “I started out as a Mobile.Me customer, and it had [...]
‘Virtual desktops’ on mobile devices? Cloudworks CEO explains to Larry Magid
Mike Eaton, CEO of Thousand Oaks-based Cloudworks, spoke with Larry Magid this week for pieces on CBS Radio News (see audio player above) and KCBS in San Francisco about technology that enables full Windows applications to run on mobile devices such iPhones and iPads. The end result is a “virtual desktop” that mirrors the normal [...]
Cloud computing gaining traction in skeptical financial services industry
Cloud computing isn’t quite mainstream yet, but businesses are becoming more comfortable having their data and applications stored somewhere on a remote, managed server, Mike Eaton, CEO of Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Cloudworks tells the Ventura County Star in an article published in Saturday’s issue. Adoption is growing among banks, credit unions, brokers and others in the [...]
Mike Eaton quoted in PC Today's feature on cloud computing
In PC Today’s March issue, Christian Perry breaks down the transition into cloud computing for businesses. While organizations of all sizes are making the move into the cloud, Perry sites a recent Virtacore Systems study that showed 64 percent of IT and business professionals surveyed still don’t understand what it is. Mike Eaton, founder and [...]
Cloudworks, a SMB Cloud Services Provider, and Ongoing Operations, a Business Continuity Specialist, Open New Data Centers for Financial Industry
On Wednesday, ITChannelPlanet reported on the recent announcement that cloud computing provider Cloudworks and Ongoing Operations opened two data centers in Maryland and Arizona. Click here to read the full article. Cloudworks, a Thousand Oaks, CA-based provider of cloud services to small- and medium-sized businesses, and Ongoing Operations LLC, a Hagerstown, MD-headquartered specialist in business continuity solutions [...]
Cloudworks and Ongoing Operations Launch Data Centers in Arizona and Maryland to Meet Cloud Computing Needs of Financial Services Industry
Cloudworks, one of the first companies to provide services in the cloud, has announced the launch of two new data centers in Arizona and Maryland, through its recent partnership with Ongoing Operations, that provide cloud-based IT solutions aimed at the financial services industry. The data centers also provide expanded redundancy and disaster recovery for the [...]
Operating in the Clouds: The Benefits of Cloud Computing
Cloud computing promises to change the way companies and consumers view information technology, and some bullish industry experts have even likened it to the Industrial Revolution. Most of us are familiar with the term and have likely used a “cloud” service is the past. But what exactly is cloud computing? In simple terms, cloud computing describes [...]
Cloudworks’ Mike Eaton speaks to KFWB on Data Privacy Day
Last Friday, Mike Eaton, CEO of Cloudworks, spoke with KFWB‘s Phil Hulett and Penny Griego about Data Privacy Day. The day is officially sponsored by major corporations including Intel, Visa and Microsoft, and serves as a reminder that protecting consumers’ personal information is now top-of-mind for government, businesses and individuals alike. Cloudworks, based in Thousand Oaks, [...]
Cloudworks Lifts Credit Unions into the Cloud through Partnership with Ongoing Operations for New Hosted IT Solutions
Cloudworks, one of the pioneers in the cloud computing industry, has partnered with Maryland-based Ongoing Operations to offer cloud-based hosted IT solutions for credit unions, including virtual desktops, application hosting and hosted Microsoft Exchange servers. “Integrating our services with Ongoing Operations – whose data centers are developed specifically to meet credit union security and compliance [...]
