RSA President Tom Heiser is transferring from the security company to its parent company EMC to focus on cloud computing initiatives, according to an internal communication sent from the company on Monday.
Three-year-old OpenStack ready to move into enterprise data centres, says Rackspace
OpenStack has grown into a true enterprise proposition, according to Rackspace VP of Technology and Products, Nigel Beighton.
Oracle to certify its software for use on Microsoft’s Azure cloud, Hyper-V
Oracle and Microsoft have announced a partnership that will see Oracle’s database, application server, Java programming language and other products find a home inside Microsoft’s Azure cloud service.
Oracle releases Java EE 7 with eye on HTML5 development
Oracle has announced the availability of Java Platform Enterprise Edition 7, a release that brings new capabilities for HTML5-based application …
Software AG buys alfabet AG for IT portfolio management software
Software AG has signed a deal to acquire IT portfolio management software vendor alfabet AG, and plans to combine the …
Google rolls out by-the-minute cloud billing, introduces a new NoSQL database
Google, attempting to build its reputation as an enterprise and developer-focused cloud computing provider, today said its cloud platform is …
EMC storage business grows amid slight net profit shrink
EMC reported first-quarter revenue rose 6 percent to US$5.39 billion, while net income fell about 1 percent year-over-year to $580 …
Red Hat announces 13-city EMEA tour
Red Hat last week announced that it is set to host a 13-city tour of one-day events throughout Europe and …
IBM: OpenStack will be central to future cloud strategy
Already a platinum member of the cloud operating system platform OpenStack, IBM officials said open source code from the project will be …
Public cloud market to grow 18.5% this year, says Gartner
The global public cloud computing market will grow 18.5% in 2013 to $131 billion, up from $111 billion last year, research firm …
MENA cloud spending to reach $462.3m in 2013
Gartner on Sunday predicted that the MENA public cloud services market will generate $462.3 million in revenue during 2013, marking …
Big transformations for enterprise IT
Paul Cormier, President of Products and Technologies, Red Hat, explains how cloud, middleware, storage and virtualisation technologies will drive the …
Oracle Q2 profits rise 18%, but hardware sales continue to slide
Oracle on Tuesday reported that net income jumped 18 percent to US$2.6 billion while revenue rose 3 percent to $9.1 …
Clearing in the clouds: 16 useful cloud management tools
One of the biggest concerns users have with public cloud resources is not knowing how much they will cost, given the pay-as-you-go …
Official document reveals the rules of Oracle’s cloud
An official document containing policies and pledges for customers of Oracle’s cloud services reveals that many aspects fall in line …
Channel changes in 2013
George DeBono, GM- MEA at Red Hat, spells out how the solutions provider landscape will change in the coming year …
Gartner: Platform as a service market to see sharp growth
The PaaS (platform as a service) market will grow to US$1.2 billion this year, up from last year’s $900 million …
Cloud services in MENA market to surpass $378 Mn in 2012: Gartner
The Middle Eastern and Northern African public cloud services market is forecast to grow 15.3 percent in 2012 to total …
VMware expands Redis programming options
Redis, an open source in-memory data store maintained by VMware, has been upgraded to be more stabile and make more …
Larry Ellison kicks off Oracle OpenWorld 2012
The Oracle OpenWorld Conference 2012 opened today at the Moscone Exhibition Centre, San Francisco. The five day affair began today …