The channel and reseller community will need to enhance existing skillsets and service offerings to master the cloud
Amazon CTO: You should be able to ‘walk away’ from cloud providers
One of the core philosophies related to Amazon Web Services’ market-leading suite of infrastructure as a service products is that …
Oracle quietly plotting ambitious cloud computing plan, says analyst
During a series of analyst briefings this week, Oracle has provided additional details of how it plans to play in …
SpiderOak launches secure storage cloud for businesses
Cloud storage service provider SpiderOak is taking on Dropbox, Box and other more established services with what it calls the …
Do you have a cloud career plan?
The explosive growth of cloud technologies is shaking up IT departments everywhere. This technology shift is creating a new professional …
Secure future
The year 2012 is dominated by three key trends – cloud, virtualisation and big data. These may be revolutionising the …
Asavie launches pay-as-you-go VPN for iPad users
Asavie Technologies yesterday launched a SaaS-based VPN for iOS devices that provides remote access to corporate data. Asavie’s iSimplyConnect VPN service is …
We’re no longer just WAN optimisation: Riverbed
Riverbed Technology wants the enterprise IT market to know that it is no longer just a networking company providing WAN …
4 critical trends in IT business continuity
In IT, failure is not an option. Not surprisingly, organisations have made it a high priority to develop and implement …
Amazon may provide Indian cloud services over Tata infrastructure
Amazon could be preparing to launch cloud services in India, after it emerged that the company has been buying up …
The second coming
For the uninitiated, unified communications or UC means a combination of multiple communication and collaboration tools such as instant messaging, …
Microsoft plans Q4 debut for Dynamics ERP on the Azure cloud
Microsoft is planning to roll out its first “cloud-enabled” Dynamics ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications by the end of this …
Microsoft cuts the prices of some Office 365 plans
Microsoft has lowered the prices of some editions of the Office 365 cloud collaboration and communication suite, which was launched …
IBM user group: 75% of companies aren’t collecting social media information
A recent survey of the IBM SHARE user group found just 25% of respondents were collecting data from social media …
IETF explores new working group on identity management in the cloud
Proponents of a common scheme for managing user identity in cloud-based applications will pitch their idea to the Internet’s premier standards-setting body …
SAP rolling out cloud-savvy version of Business One
SAP has created a multitenant version of its Business One ERP (enterprise resource planning) suite, which will be sold exclusively …
Businesses’ private clouds must rival public providers: Gartner
IT departments must build private clouds for critical applications to provide employees with the benefits of rapid provisioning and pay-as-you-go …
Qtel launches cloud service
Qtel today announced the launch of enhanced Qtel Cloud services, a cloud computing service that will provide IT software and …
Coviello declares battle against hacktivists: RSA Conference 2012
RSA chairman Art Coviello gave an impassioned speech to kick off the RSA Conference 2012, sending out a stark action …
Cloud app integration: the best path
Cloud-based or SaaS applications need to live in an ecosystem, integrated with the rest of your infrastructure and enterprise applications. …