HP reiterated its commitment to open cloud computing standards this week at the Red Hat Summit, as the company’s enterprise cloud vice …
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. …
Samsung mulls enterprise cloud services for mobile devices
Samsung is looking into the idea of hosting its own cloud services to extend the appeal of its Android-based consumer …
Red Hat launches Cloud Forms
Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the next step in its delivery of open …
Forrester: Cloud is not the future of IT
Cloud computing is not the future of IT and commoditisation is, says analyst house Forrester, although the two support each …
Amazon moves to make it easier to cut cost of cloud-based batch jobs
Amazon Web Services has integrated configuration templates and auto-scaling features with its Spot Instances offering in an effort to make …
Fabric-based computing could cost IT operations jobs, Gartner warns
Enterprise adoption of new technologies such as fabric-based computing, smartphones and tablets could put IT operations managers out of a …
Red Hat launches hybrid cloud management software
After a year of testing the software in beta, Red Hat yesterday launched its hybrid cloud management software, called CloudForms. Most organisations …
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 …
SAP to pay $4.3B for cloud B2B vendor Ariba
SAP has agreed to purchase cloud-based e-commerce vendor Ariba for $4.3 billion. The deal has been unanimously approved by Ariba’s …
Dell reaches for the cloud with new prototype ARM server
Dell yesterday announced a prototype low-power server with ARM processors, following a growing demand by Web companies for custom-built servers …
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 …
EMC announces programmes to expand partner cloud opportunities
EMC Corporation has announced new initiatives and products to enable the company’s worldwide network of channel partners to accelerate their …
EMC announces programmes to expand partner cloud opportunities at EMC World 2012
EMC Corporation has announced new initiatives and products to enable the company’s worldwide network of channel partners to accelerate their …
NYSE launches capital markets cloud platform in Europe
NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext, has launched its cloud-based Capital Markets Community Platform into Europe. The …
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 …
Google shares Codie award for best cloud application/service
This evening’s annual Codie awards for business software features a three-way tie in cloud computing, with Google, Keynote Systems, and Scribe …
A Look behind the Cloud – uncovering hidden costs
Analysts forecast that over the next three to five years the market for cloud-based contact centre solutions will grow at …
EMEA firms splash a third of IT budget on the cloud
European enterprises plan to spend almost one-third of their annual IT budget on cloud computing over the next 18 months, …