Oracle will announce a new IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) offering at the upcoming Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, CEO Larry Ellison …
Gartner: Cloud to grow 20% this year to $109B market
The cloud computing market will grow almost 20% this year to become a $109 billion industry, research firm Gartner predicts, with business …
Clear skies ahead or a storm brewing?
In the month that CNME conducts Cloud Congress 2012, Ben Rossi brings together thoughts and perspectives from regional end-users and …
Public Cloud spending to hit $100bn in 2016
Worldwide spending on public IT cloud services is expected to touch the $100 billion mark in 2016, as companies accelerate …
Oracle collaborates with rivals on CAMP cloud standard
Enterprise software rivals Red Hat and Oracle, along with a number of other software and online services providers, have collaborated …
Red Hat to release enterprise-ready OpenStack package
Red Hat plans to release an enterprise grade version of the OpenStack open source software for hosting IaaS (infrastructure as …
What's on the agenda at Oracle's OpenWorld conference?
With Oracle now in a self-imposed “quiet period” prior to its next quarterly earnings release, it’s not likely the company will make …
Oracle's cloud hype set for major escalation
Oracle on Thursday began its run of nearly 100 Cloud Builder Summit events scheduled for locations across the globe until …
Rackspace OpenStack will target Amazon customers
Rackspace has announced that it will launch its open source infrastructure-as-a-service platform, OpenStack, in mid-August in the UK, where it …
Playing catch-up
As infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service models gain popularity in the U.S. and Western Europe, adoption amongst Middle East enterprises remains low. …
Oracle buys Xsigo for software-defined networking
Oracle said yesterday it has inked a deal to buy software-defined networking vendor Xsigo Systems, in a move that will …
Google establishes partner programme for cloud services
Following the best marketing practices of traditional IT firms, Google has launched a partner programme to help third-party vendors use …
HP cloud plans focus on open source, management
HP reiterated its commitment to open cloud computing standards this week at the Red Hat Summit, as the company’s enterprise cloud vice …
New Oracle OpenWorld details give early look at company's plans
Oracle tends to keep a tight lid on the specific announcements it will make each year at the OpenWorld conference …
Big data in the cloud
There’s a wealth of data that companies can use to better understand customers and identify emerging business opportunities and threats. …
Microsoft opens Azure to IaaS, Linux
Microsoft unveiled new capabilities for Azure that move the cloud offering from a platform as a service into the competitive landscape …
Ellison: Oracle will deliver world's 'most comprehensive cloud'
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison declared the company is ready to offer “the most comprehensive cloud on the planet Earth,” during …
Intel launches cloud-based single sign-on service
Intel launched a cloud-based password management service yesterday that has been tightly integrated with Salesforce.com to give its customers an …
SAP lays out cloud strategy post-SuccessFactors deal
SAP announced a broad set of plans to become a player in cloud computing, spanning from a “loosely coupled suite” …
Microsoft cloud survey: Security, cost both a deterrent and an attraction
Small and midsize businesses that actually use cloud services see them as a way to boost security and save money, according to …