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 …
Microsoft’s Azure cloud suffers serious outage
Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure and development service experienced a serious outage yesterday, with the system’s service management component going down …
Cloud Security Alliance establishes APAC headquarters
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the establishment of the CSA Asia pacific headquarters.eva chen The announcement came in …
All enterprises will be in the public cloud: Job, Intergence
Public cloud will become universally used by all businesses, and the sooner enterprises get on board the better, says Peter …
Clouding the midmarket
IBM is pushing deep into the midmarket with a rich portfolio of solutions and cloud services. In a chat with …
G-Cloud open for business
The UK government’s Cabinet Office has announced the G-Cloud online appstore, Cloudstore, is now open, in a move anticipated to …
Casino cloud built by gaming firm
A casino-specific cloud has been built in a further sign of the trend towards industry-tailored software-as-a-service solutions. International Game Technology …
Cloud security is not a ‘real’ concern: analyst
There are more pressing concerns when it comes to cloud computing than data security, according to analyst firm Frost & …
Apache embraces cloud with Deltacloud approval
Extending its range of open-source projects to cloud computing, the Apache Software Foundation has approved the Deltacloud as a top-level …
Citrix simplifies cloud service management
Citrix is shipping a new version of its cloud management software CloudStack that makes it simpler for service providers and …
VMware opens online virtualisation and cloud solutions marketplace
VMware today unveiled the VMware Solution Exchange, an online virtualisation and cloud solutions marketplace that brings together customers, partners and …
Increasing ME organisations in cloud must get virtual security: Trend Micro
The growing number of organisations in the Middle East turning to virtualisation and cloud computing is a good thing, but …
New security product claims to solve cloud protection issues
CloudPassage is launching a new security product for virtual servers in public clouds such as Amazon Web Services that it …
Cloud is the railway of the 21st century: Logica
Logica has described cloud computing as “the railway of the 21st century”, claiming that the community clouds it is building …
FVC and Zoho to bring emerging cloud apps to MENA
FVC, a Value Added Distributor in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has signed a partnership agreement with Zoho, …
Linux benefits from rise of cloud and big data: study
Cloud computing and big data are driving business use of Linux at the expense of Windows and Unix, a Linex …
The cloud CIO
Forbes recently published an interesting article written by Ed Sperling titled “CIOs: Be Careful What You Wish For.” In it, …
Crowd computing- the future?
While firms are up on their toes in their respective bids to take their companies to the cloud–touted to be …
Microsoft expands its private cloud solution in new product
Microsoft will enable customers to build private clouds by integrating eight separate component products into one unified solution, they have …