PentOS "Just Add Water" Private Cloud Released
The creator of the Piston Enterprise Operating System, or PentOS, was lauded for his contributions in helping to create cloud computing itself, through the pioneering NASA...
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Strickler & Prieto, LLP Announces Cloud Based Accounting Services
Many traditional small businesses are finding that cloud based accounting services not only help them stay focused on their business, but also save them money...
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Google Vs. Facebook: Cloud Computing Dangers For Small Business
However, having written previously about the inherent dangers of fragmented online software solutions for small businesses, echoing the sentiments of Apple...
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Intelligent, Auto-Scalable Cloud Platform 'eNlight' by Eukhost
eUKhost announces the launch of eNlight Cloud ComputingPlatform, a Platform that is equipped with an innovative web based GUI enabling Instant Deployment of VM's, High Performance...
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Foreign Cloud Privacy Issues Dismissed by U.S. Officials
A pair of senior Obama administration officials on Wednesday sought to tamp down recent stirrings of controversy over the privacy protections under U.S. law...
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Survey: Global Economy Hindering IT Budget Expansion
An unstable global economy will limit IT budget growth this year, but CIOs and IT departments still have numerous technology priorities they expect to accomplish.
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Quantum computing could head to 'the cloud', study says
Quantum computing will use the inherent uncertainties in quantum physics to carry out fast, complex computations.
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Encryption that can stymie cloud computing systems
It sounds like something out of a spy novel — using the mysterious nature of quantum mechanics to create super-secret information that can’t...
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Amazon Launches Big Data Service
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Police Officer Exposes Security Information Regarding London Olympics
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January 18, 2012
UK's ElasticHosts opens cloud data centre in Toronto
A hosting company based out of the U.K. is hoping that a data centre located in Toronto will convince Canadian businesses fearful of the U.S. Patriot Act...
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Amazon to Launch Cloud Search Service, Possibly Tomorrow
The genius of Amazon reminds me of the honeypot Winnie-the-Pooh gets stuck in.
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Online Shoe Retailer Suffers Data Breach
The rising threat of identity theft makes securing customer and business data imperative for any retailer, but many companies are still struggling to defend against cyberthreats.
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Microsoft Takes on VMware With Almost-Canceled Cloud Program
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)’s computer-network- management software, a product that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer once came close to scrapping, emerges today as the cornerstone...
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Cisco, IBM, Red Hat Join Open Cloud Portability Committee
The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) has launched a new open standards initiative that aims to enhance the portability...
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Symantec acquires cloud archive firm LiveOffice
Symantec has acquired LiveOffice, a provider of cloud-based data archiving and storage, for $115 million (£75 million), the companies announced.
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Google's mobility plans cloud strong Q4
Google Inc's strong holiday-quarter results may take a backseat to growing concerns about long-term margins after it dives into a fiercely competitive smartphone...
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At last: standard for cloud Infrastructure as a Service launched
The Open Group just announced the availability of two new industry standards intended to enable businesses to more effectively integrate fundamental...
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Service-oriented cloud computing infrastructure guidelines released
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January 17, 2012
High School Students Building clouds in Computer Networking Class
Most technology experts predict enterprises will continue adopting cloud computing during the coming years, but increased cloud usage...
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Wyse Cloud Client Computing Receives Readers' Choice Awards
Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, today announced that theWyse Xenith zero client has been named a top technology product...
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CloudFlare Builds ‘Stop Censorship’ App
Whatever position you may take on SOPA, or on whether or not sites should black out against SOPA (Yes it has come to this)....
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http://Salesforce.com hires former White House CIO as executive VP
Cloud computing outfit Salesforce.com has hired former chief information officer of the US Federal government as its executive vice president of emerging markets.
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Seeking security in cloud SLAs
As organizations around the world continue to gain experience in public cloud environments, it is becoming increasingly clear that a strong relationship with the host...
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Aussie giants sign up to Oracle's cloud CRM
Technology giant Oracle announced yesterday that various top Australian public and private sector entities had implemented its CRM On Demand...
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Europe Won’t Let U.S. Dominate Cloud With Rules to Keep HP at Bay
European governments, determined not to lose another technology battle to the U.S., are giving domestic companies a leg-up in the cloud.
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Cloud database services reduce complexity
According to Steve McWhirter, senior vice president of enterprise sales for Asia-Pacific at Salesforce.com, traditional on-premise database systems have grown...
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Amazon Web Services now offers EC2 cloud customers a new freebie
But now the company has added a free version of Windows Server to the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service, too.
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January 16, 2012
2012: A Cloudy Year for Big Data
Truth be told, big data is not a big or new concept.
Fujitsu : Launches Cloud Services as a Platform for Big DataFujitsu today announced the launch of Data Utilization Platform Services, which use cloud services as a platform leveraging big data().
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Connect to private and public clouds with Cisco
In an effort to accommodate enterprise users looking to implement private and hybrid clouds, Cisco in the coming months will unveil an "integrated" WAN routing system...
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Cloud Computing Software features auto-scalable architecture
Cisco powers video in the cloud with new Videoscape products
Increasingly, service providers are looking to make video content available across mobile handsets, tablets, connected TVs, gaming consoles and streaming boxes.
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Reviewing Bitcasa, the infinite cloud storage solution
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Dallas Cowboys Add Venyu Cloud IT Disaster Recovery
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A big cloud on the horizon proves to be good news in computer industry
January 13, 2012
Cisco powers video in the cloud with new Videoscape products
Increasingly, service providers are looking to make video content available across mobile handsets, tablets, connected TVs, gaming consoles and streaming boxes.
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Amazon's Cloud: A Supercomputer Anyone Can Rent
Amazon has one of the world's fastest supercomputers. There's something unusual about it, though -- it's not real. That is, it's not real in the way other supercomputers are, in a huge room...
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Cloud Computing Software features auto-scalable architecture
Featuring web-based GUI powered by AJAX, eNlight Cloud Computing Platform helps customers with real-time deployment of new VMs...
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How to Retool Your IT Skills for the Cloud
CIO — Keith Fafel entered the world of cloud computing during the summer of 2010, while he was working as a product manager with Rackspace...
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MuleSoft Wins 2012 Cloud Award
MuleSoft, provider of the #1 integration platform for the cloud and enterprise, today announced that it has been named a winner of the 2012 Cloud Awards.
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FedRAMP cloud computing standards initiative spurs optimism, criticism
Industry experts and cloud service providers are hopeful about the prospects of a new federal program that sets cloud computing security standards...
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Netgear launches network cloud application platform
Global networking company Netgear has launched a new technology platform that enables consumers to purchase and download apps from the cloud for their home network.
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CES - Mobile phone on 1 Fav Source+25 others like WSJ
WSJ: What's News Technology — Manufacturers like GM and Ford are using the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to show off a set of services that operate online, or through the "cloud."
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Acision Cloud Services: On-demand, Secure, Scalable
Acision, the global leader in mobile messaging, today announced the launch of an international network of cloud based data centres, enabling it to offer on-demand messaging...
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How P2P and big data could save the set-top box
Netflix dominates the business of streaming Hollywood movies and television into consumers’ homes, but a new business model developed by big data...
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January 12, 2012
BBC News - Google persuades Spanish bank BBVA to use the cloud
The deal is the biggest that the search giant has signed with one company for its cloud-computing services, where software is offered as a service via the internet.
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Cloud Host Atlantic Metro Communications Joins Google Apps Reseller Program
Infrastructure as a service cloud provider and web hosting operator Atlantic Metro Communications posted a press release to its blog...
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Cloud Storage Firm Nirvanix Deploys Hybrid Cloud
Managed cloud storage provider Nirvanix (www.nirvanix.com) announced on Thursday that colocation provider American Internet Services...
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Cloud solves IT innovation and maintenance imbalance
CIOs will have the opportunity to move away from the traditional scenario of spending 80% of their budget on maintenance and 20% on innovation if they harness cloud...
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Bizzers think cloud will work, eventually
The challenge of moving film distribution to the cloud hasn't darkened Hollywood's sunny disposition toward the technology, according to some of the studios' leading...
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Federal government releases new security standards for cloud
With the federal government starting to move more of its processes into cloud computing, the federal CIO Council has released new security controls for agency-wide programs...
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Indian Hackers Allegedly Breach United States-China Security Commission
The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission monitors security relations between the two nations, but the commission...
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Expert: Healthcare Providers Should Adopt Cloud Services
Last year was a substandard period for data protection at heathcare organizations, as numerous healthcare providers experienced damaging and embarrassing data loss incidents.
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SendGrid and Standing Cloud Team to Bring Improved Email Service to Cloud Customers
Standing Cloud, a leading provider of cloud-based application management solutions, has teamed with SendGrid, the leader...
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January 11, 2012
IBM's Top 5 Predictions for Smarter Buildings for 2012
As the world population hit 7 billion this fall and a growing number of people flock to cities, creating smarter, more...
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Amazon Kindle Touch Receives Unlimited Cloud Storage
Amazon has had a very efficient business model since the release of their first Kindle eReader over four years ago.
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Acer will provide cross-device multimedia backup and retrieval
The Chinese computer maker Acer has announced details of its multimedia storage and cross device collaboration platform, the AcerCloud, which will be included...
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5 factors that swayed one company to choose Office365
Hendrick Automotive Group, an early adopter of Office 365, doesn't expect to cut costs in making the move to Microsoft's new software-as-a-service...
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Intricate cloud costs require in-depth discussions
Adopting cloud technology can include expensive up-front costs. A recent Computerworld article stated that simply moving large quantities of data into cloud...
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Houston Web Host Introducing Chinese Firms to Cloud Computing
Cloud and Web hosting specialist, The Aldridge Company just entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a Chinese organization to advance cloud...
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Cloud Computing News by cloudHQ is out!
The cloud computing benefit most often cited is IT’s reduced cost of ownership, because a company can convert...
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CES 2012: OnLive Shifts To Cloud Computing via the iPad
When looking back over some of the most exciting developments of the last two years, it would be hard to ignore the groundbreaking cloud gaming solution, OnLive.
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4 ways cloud computing will change dentistry for the better
The cloud. Cloud computing. Every tech journal is talking about “the cloud” like it’s the greatest invention since the Internet.
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Cloud Expo 2012 will be the center of notable Cloud M&A activity
At a cloud computing trade show in New York industry leaders share their views on the technology and where it's heading.
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January 10, 2012
CES: Acer, Lenovo Vie For Piece Of The Cloud
Acer and Lenovo are mounting full-on cloud computing assaults, and at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegasthis week the dueling...
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Executive Profiles: Disruptive Tech Leaders In Cloud Computing
Ray, let’s call it like it is. Cloud isn’t really disruptive – it’s already disrupted – and we’ve made that transition over the past 10 years.
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Hidden in plain sight – cloud computing security offers counterintuitive upsides
One of the standard complaints that cloud computing's critics level against the widespread uptake of the technology is a perceived lack of data security.
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Infonetics Research: Operators Embracing Cloud Services in Earnest
A recent cloud services study published by market research firm Infonetics Researchdetails operator plans for cloud services, including their strategies...
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Cloud Computing Report Card: Grading Our Predictions
A year ago I laid out my predictions for cloud computing in 2011. In the spirit of honesty and willingness to display my errors in public, I thought it would be useful...
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Mobile security threats continue to increase
Smartphones give users the ability complete shopping, banking, and work tasks from any location, leading to improved productivity and flexibility.
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Skytap Claims Customers Create More Than 1M Virtual Machines in Cloud
In what may be a definitive sign that cloud services are here to stay, Cloud Services provider Skytap has announced that its...
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AT&T Signs On With OpenStack Open-Source Cloud
AT&T (NYSE:T) on Monday officially signed on with the OpenStack cloud, the Rackspace- and NASA-created open-source cloudcomputing project.
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European enterprises discuss cloud computing at seminar
European companies are adopting cloud computing rapidly to store data, manage software applications and reduce IT costs.
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OnLive Set to Launch FREE Virtual Windows Desktop App
This week is the start of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the event today, OnLive announced some new features that their users have been...
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January 9, 2012
Making the News Education Resource at My Resource Cloud
We are currently developing a large number of resources based upon world wide events in history.
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Four Screens Are Better than One with Lenovo's New “Personal Cloud”
Lenovo (HKSE: 0992) (PINK SHEETS: LNVGY), the world’s number two PC company, is flexing its innovation muscle at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show and beyond, to create a seamless digital experience...
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Acer to bridge Windows and Android with the cloud
Acer is making a long-term strategic bet on a new cloud service that aims to bridge the gap between Windows and Android devices...
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TechMan: Supercomputers in the cloud
You've probably heard a lot of talk about the cloud -- software and services that live on computers somewhere else but can be used by you over the Internet.
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Acer's cloud strategy too late, too copycat - CNET
Acer hopes to set its products apart through its proprietary AcerCloud service, which is designed to let customers sync files across multiple...
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SAP on the Cloud » Design Thinking and Co-Innovation
To fully appreciate the irony of illustrating user friendliness via SAP Travel OnDemand, you have to go back to Hasso’s keynote...
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Cloud is complex—deal with it
If you are looking to cloud computing to simplify your IT environment, I’m afraid I have bad news for you.
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6 Ways Cloud Computing Will Evolve In 2012
Cloud computing has become so broadly accepted that it won't rank as an exciting development for 2012.
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January 6, 2012
Survey shows lack of cloud computing understanding
Adopting virtual server and virtual desktoptechnologies carries many benefits, such as extra security for data being used by members of...
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5 Benefits Of Cloud Computing
The explosive growth of cloud computing is generally seen as a welcome extension to existing accounting processes.
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More cloud news - big cloud Internap eats little cloud Voxel
The appetite for cloudy infrastructure expertise continues apace in 2012. Managed-hosting and colocation services provider Internap...
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Microsoft Pushes Lync Voice Services Into Cloud with BT Pilot
In what may be a sign of the times, Microsoft is expanding the footprint of its Lync platform further into the cloud.
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Top 5 cloud storage trends of 2011
The top 5 cloud storage trends of 2011 reflect a young market searching for acceptance while the number of options...
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How Facebook built its Timeline feature
Facebook’s Timeline feature is beautiful, although some revile it. But love it or hate...
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Rockchip sticks Android on the cloud
Chinese semiconductor manufacturer Rockchip has announced that it will be showing off a cloud based system which will use Android for home users...
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View @CloudExpo New York on CNN Breaking News!
At a cloud computing trade show in New York industry leaders share their views on the technology and where it's heading.
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January 5, 2012
Check Point Supports Cloud Security for Amazon Web
Check Point and Amazon Web Services are teaming up to enable Check Point Security Gateway functionality to boost cloud security for business assets.
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Eaton Mounts Cloud Computing Power Management Offensive
Herve Tardy, the vice president and general manager of the Distributed Power Quality Business Unit for $14 billion diversified power management...
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What is the Current Cloud Computing Policy at Your Facility?
The term “cloud computing” is increasingly becoming part of the American vocabulary and the concept is seen as the next big thing in Internet computing.
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Ray Ozzie starts to emerge from stealth mode
Ray Ozzie’s new software effort is starting to emerge.
A Fluffy New Year: 6 Predictions For The Cloud For 2012It’s that time of year again. With 2012 already upon us, many industry leaders, writers and analysts have already...
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60 per cent of UK businesses still do not leverage any type of Cloud Computing
Fasthosts' 'Cloud Attitudes' study, conducted by IDC, has found that 60 per cent of UK businesses still do not leverage any type of cloud-computing service and so miss out...
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Cloud computing believed to boom in 2012
Vo Tan Long, General Director of IBM Vietnam, said that he can see obvious changes in the thought of Vietnamese people about the importance of cloud computing in their lives.
For more...Polkast - The Innovative New PC-to-PC Access Feature Removes the Need for an External Cloud Service
Polkast, a revolutionary new service that lets users securely connect to their PC directly from their mobile devices, announced today it is transforming...
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January 4, 2012
SaaS, PaaS Driving Cloud Adoption More Than Infrastructure Solutions
Cloud computing adoption ascended to record levels during the previous 12 months, and several recent studies indicate sophisticated services like...
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Expert: Data loss could cost U.S. economy $290 billion by 2018
Government agencies and businesses of all sizes are increasingly aware of widespread data protection concerns, but some experts believe United States...
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.NET News: CloudOn Brings Free Cloud-Hosted Microsoft Office Functionality to iPad
Silicon Valley startup CloudOn now expelled a free iPad app [App Store] that aims to move a functionality of Microsoft Office to a iPad. The iPad
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Economy Causing Some Businesses to Reduce Data Security Spending
Most companies attempted to improve data security policies in 2011, as threats became more sophisticated and potential damages increased, but...
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Microsoft to enable OpenSource Linux on its Windows Azure cloud
Customers who want to run Windows or Linux “durably” (i.e., without losing state) in VMs on Microsoft’s Azure platform-as-a-service platform will be able to do so.
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Data Overload, Cloud Computing Benefit Backup Vendors
Companies expect a continuing data deluge, yet no rainmaking for their IT budgets. So to cope and save, some are...
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January 3, 2012
Microsoft to Enable Linux on its Windows Azure Cloud in 2012
The cloud computing platform will soon get persistent virtual machine capabilities.
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Maker to unveil world's largest OLED TV
Korean electronics company LG caused a worldwide stir when it announced its 55-inch OLED panel last week, and now the company has rolled out two more pictures...
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Congress Calls for Defense Department Plan for Cloud Computing
Congress ordered the Defense Department to develop a plan to use more cloud-computing services, a move that may lead to U.S. contracts...
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More Cloud, Web Companies Join SOPA Opposition
Additionally, DreamHost said that rights-holders could demand the immediate shutdown of entire domain names based on claims of...
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New national defense bill may help cloud computing thrive
With the passing of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, Jerry Bishop writes on Internet Evolution that he believes cloud computing may get a big boost.
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Cloud Computing & Healthcare Industry
As most of my regular readers know, I work as a technology strategy advisor for several different government agencies; in that role I get to spend...
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Amazon's Cloud: A Supercomputer Anyone Can Rent
Amazon has one of the world's fastest supercomputers. There's something unusual about it, though -- it's not real.
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CloudHosting: Amazon Expands Cloud Footprint with Brazil Operations
Decreased The Price of Web Web host By Using The Cloud Web host: By employing the web web hosting we can decrease the cost via...
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January 2, 2012
Cloud activity to explode in 2012
In testing cloud computing services and observing the growth of cloud activities, we've noticed that there are distinct phases that organizations go through in adopting cloud.
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The Scalable, Available Cloud
With the evolution and proliferation of cloud computing, as more and more applications are being migrated to the cloud, many organizations are considering moving their database to the cloud as well.
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Cloud Computing Company Centuric Offers Reduced $3.99 Transfer Fees on Domain Registration
Centuric, a full service Cloud computingcompany offering business solutions for a wide range of companies—from small businesses to large enterprises—is now offering reduced transfer fees of $3.99 on domain registration...
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Service-Oriented Architectures - yesterday's news or best practice?
The principals behind Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) were established long before the Internet became a force, and certainly before the appearance...
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10 cloud startups to watch in 2012
The past few years have been nothing if not a boon for entrepreneurs looking to cash in on venture capitalists’ lust for all things cloud.
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Samsung Chairman Lee Urges Innovation as Global Economy Slows
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Kun Hee said his business should embrace more openness and innovation to continue expanding amid slow growth in the...
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New national defense bill may help cloud computing thrive
With the passing of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, Jerry Bishop writes on Internet Evolution that he believes cloud computing may get a big boost.
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December 30th, 2011
ING Bets Big on the Cloud
For Tony Kerrison, the day has long passed when it made sense to question whether cloud computing had a place in financial services companies' IT plans.
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IT pros will take a harder look at cloud computing in 2012
Despite slow adoption by enterprise IT in the years since cloud computing emerged, 2012 may turn out to be the year when cloud technologies finally begin...
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CEO Of Cloud Firm Red Hat Expects To Boost Staff 24%
For many companies, life in the cloud starts with Red Hat.
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Cloud computing offers several disaster recovery models for all businesses
One of the key benefits of cloud computing solutions are their disaster recovery capabilities.
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Healthcare Providers Adopting Mobile Technology
Many healthcare organizations struggled to secure customer data in 2011, but that isn't stopping the industry from forwarding its adoption...
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EE Times' top ten cloud stories in 2011
The most popular cloud computing stories of 2011 were about big vendors jumping into or kicking the tires on this emerging space...
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December 29th, 2011
Cisco: By 2014, cloud traffic will surpass traditional data center traffic
The Cisco Global Cloud Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2010-2015 is chock full of data, projections and trends from the networking giant. Cisco describes the document as...
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Amazon takes supercomputing to the cloud
As reported by Wired, Amazon Web Services latest salvo into the computing on demand landscape is a platform known as the Elastic Cloud Computer, which at $1279 per hour, or $11 million...
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Green Data Centers Help Enterprises Reduce IT, Energy Costs
Organizations of all sizes are constantly attempting to cut IT expenses and improve efficiency, and recent research shows that green data centers and...
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5 Big Cloud Trends For 2012
Cloud computing is no longer the curiosity it was a few years ago. Today companies are increasingly looking to cloud computing as an integral component of their computing strategy.
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Congress Orders Defense Department to Adopt cloud Computing
The Obama administration has repeatedly voiced its desire to increase cloud computing adoption among government agencies...
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Korean Leader's Death Ignites Spam Attack
Deaths of extremely famous and globally important people often have long-lasting effects on society, but cybercriminals often...
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Top 10 Enterprise Cloud Apps and Services of 2011
It seems like just like summer, Bill Murray used to sing, and that's because it was. This year, for the first time, ReadWriteWeb...
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Cloud stocks jump on SAP bid for SuccessFactors
Stocks of several cloud-computing companies rose on Monday, after German software giant SAP offered to buy Web-based software maker SuccessFactors...
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Microsoft eyeing cloud backup service for its phones
What is cloud computing and is it right for me?
The term “cloud computing” is everywhere these days. It’s not a new phenomenon, but rather it is continuing to evolve.
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December 28th, 2011
Panda Releases New Beta Of Award-Winning Panda Cloud
Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, today announced the beta release of Panda Cloud Office Protection 6.0, its cloud-based security service for protecting PCs, servers...
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Microsoft Kicks Off Cloud Fundamentals Video Series
Among them, there are those coming from Microsoft, which is focused on ensuring that its cloud products offer the features and capabilities that people are looking for.
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"Cloud may have $1B impact on Ethernet" EE Times
The Ethernet switch market is undergoing a technological transformation in the data center as virtualization changes where and how applications are connected to end users.
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Sabre inks deal with Glowpoint
Glowpoint, a leading global provider of cloud managed video services, and Sabre Travel Network, a global technology leader serving travel...
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Cloud, Mobility, Social Media To Remain 'Big Deals' In 2012
If Vivek Ranadive doesn't have an extra spring in his step these days, he probably ought to.
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Google Apps Express: The Fast Way To Start Working in the Cloud
Google Apps brings the power of the Google platform to your company, school or organization. Throw out costly software licenses...
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2011: When cloud computing shook the data center
If I had to sum up in one word the most exciting thing that happened to cloud computing in 2011, I'd have to say it'sOpenStack.
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US-Thai linkages on cloud computing
The US and Taiwanese governments have agreed to stimulate adoption of rental cloud-based services among small and medium-sized enterprises for the Asia Pacific Economic...
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OpenLogic Brings Open-Source PaaS to Rackspace
Open-source cloud services provider OpenLogic announced Dec. 27 it has joined the Cloud Tools program with Rackspace...
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6 Ways Cloud Computing Will Evolve In 2012
Cloud computing has become so broadly accepted that it won't rank as an exciting development for 2012.
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December 27th, 2011
Cloud activity to explode in 2012
In testing cloud computing services and observing the growth of cloud activities, we've noticed that there are distinct phases that organizations go through in adopting cloud.
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European Firm Refuses To Go On the Microsoft Cloud Due to Patriot Act Concerns
Sometime back I had written about how Australian cloud computing company Ninefold was trying to drum up fear that data residing on Amazon’s servers in Australia were under the jurisdiction...
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Enhanced Security Technique developed for sensitive data in Cloud
A major Cloud Information security breakthrough is ready to protect sensitive data without significantly affecting the system’s overall performance.
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Internet Technology and business in 2012
Just as there are 12 days of Christmas, 12 people from across the technology spectrum give their insights to what the next year will hold.
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5 Ways Google Could Dominate the Cloud Storage Market in 2012
For more than five years now, people have speculated about a not-so-secret Google product called Google Drive, or GDrive for short.
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Ramco Systems addresses on Cloud for Government at 3rd International Conference
Ramco Systems, an enterprise software company focused on consulting, products and managed services, participated in the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Computing organized jointly by Anna University...
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Gartner says, in 2012 IT will have to excel at relationships
IT budgets and responsibilities are moving out of the control of IT departments and into the hands of others, thanks to trends such as consumerization and...
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Cloud computing is gaining more and more ground each and every day
Among them, there are those coming from Microsoft, which is focused on ensuring that its cloud products offer the features and capabilities that people are looking for.
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Cloud computing changes everything
The sheer number of cloud players - or companies that claim to be cloud players -- is staggering. By some estimates there are more than 2,000 software-as-a-service (SaaS)...
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December 26th, 2011
Cloud Computing: The Lowdown
With the rise in popularity of laptops, smartphones and other mobile communication technology, the question of where do you store you data comes into mind?
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Realities of open source cloud computing, Part 1: Not all clouds are equal
Your CTO wants to know your cloud computing strategy — and wants to know it tomorrow. There are a lot of choices, with many differences and similarities.
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Stormy Weather Ahead For Cloud Computing?
Cloud computing is like something out of a sci-fi movie. Like God, cloud computing is everywhere 24/7.
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2011: The year the cloud went mainstream
Thoran Rodrigues looks back over the year in cloud technology and makes a case for 2011 bringing the cloud out of the mists and into the IT mainstream.
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The History and Future of Cloud Computing
Though many people tout cloud computing as the next big thing, the idea is almost as old as the computer itself.
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10 Ways Cloud Computing Will Disrupt our Businesses in 2012
If anything, 2011 should be remembered as the “Year of the Cloud.”
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Host Server Quiet Time Highlights Risks For Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is often a method of applying scalable resources and services which can be found via the online world.
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Public clouds call IT's bluff
IT demands that cloud providers offer security, performance, and reliability features -- but the price may be costlier clouds
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Intel IT and Dell: Cloud Computing Basics
Where cloud computing began, where it is now, and what results it can bring
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aioTV OTT Cloud Video Platform Powers Yuzu TV in Mexico
aioTV announced today that Mexico Citys Maxcom has launched Yuzu, their next generation multi-channel OTT video service, using the aioTV platform.
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Congress Calls for Defense Department Plan for Cloud Computing
A move that may lead to U.S. contracts for suppliers including Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.
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Tata Communications bets big on cloud technology
Tata Communications is betting big on cloud technology to help clients increase productivity and cut costs on the back of solutions such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and e-mail.
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December 23rd, 2011
Akamai buys rival cloud service Cotendo for $268M
The enterprise cloud platform company Akamai Technologies announced Wednesday that it would buy Cotendo for $268 million in cash.
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Google expects cloud, social and mobility to dominate 2012
Google is closing out 2011 with a hefty focus on cloud, mobile and social technologies and how enterprises can leverage them to...
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With WeVideo, you can edit video in the cloud, then share it
That is the vision of WeVideo, a new online video editing startup, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., that says it is the first company to offer a video editing...
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Is there a cloud bubble?
People like to talk about bubbles. And the cloud. And, more recently, a potential cloud bubble. But are we really heading in that direction?
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Tablets hurt, but cloud helps Intel
Intel in the third quarter accounted for 83.7 percent of global microprocessor revenue, up about 3 percentage points from the same quarter last year and widening...
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Nimbula Launches Cloud Migration Service
Nimbula, a private cloud software company, sees an opportunity. It thinks some companies are relying too much on the public cloud, and it's offering to help them move out of the public cloud...
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Latest Ubuntu 10.10 Server Edition Makes Cloud Deployment Easier Than Ever
Canonical today announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 10.10 Server Edition for download on Sunday, October 10 -- making it easier to configure...
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WatchGuard Enhances Security for Virtualized and Cloud Infrastructures
WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in business security solutions, today announced the beta version of its leading next-generation security UTM product...
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Fund set up to tap local cloud computing
THE Shanghai government and China Broadband Capital (CBC) will establish a 300 million-yuan (US$46.8 million) fund to tap specifically the local cloud computing industry which the city...
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December 22nd, 2011
Businesses 'see positive results from cloud computing'
Cloud computing has surpassed all other technologies currently on the market and has had by far the biggest impact on business practices in 2011, according to a new survey.
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How Green is Your Cloud?
Cloud computing, it is often claimed, is a good way for companies to reduce their carbon footprint.
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Congress Calls for Defense Department Plan for Cloud Computing
Congress ordered the Defense Department to develop a plan to use more cloud-computing services, a move that may lead to U.S. contracts...
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Year of the Talking Phone And a Cloud That Got Hot
While other industries struggled, consumer technology seemed to march ahead as always in 2011, with important new products and services continuing to roll out.
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Could Apple Be Launching a Cloud-Based Music Service Called iCloud?
Another day, another hazy rumor. Apparently Apple may have purchased the domain name iCloud.
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Cloud Computing in Healthcare
Cloud computing has drawn a great deal of attention as a way to reduce IT costs in healthcare.
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IDC Predicts 2012 Will Be the Year of Mobile and Cloud Platform Wars
One year ago, International Data Corporation (IDC) predicted that the IT industry's next dominant platform, built on mobile computing, cloud services, social networking, and big data analytics technologies...
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Why cloud storage is passé and collaboration is king
Ask Box.net CEO Aaron Levie about his company’s cloud storage business, and you’ll hear a long, excited answer that probably won’t include the word “storage” at all.
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Businesses turning to security in 'cloud'
Business owners, beware. Security breaches in your technology systems are more likely to come from inside your organization than from outside attacks, even as cloud computing grows at a rapid pace.
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December 21st, 2011
CloudComm news: Cloud Host Atlantic Metro Communications Joins Google Apps Reseller Program
Infrastructure as a service cloud provider and web hosting operator Atlantic Metro Communications posted a press release to its
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