SAP is expected to make a slew of announcements related to in-memory computing, mobile applications and cloud-based services today during …
Rackspace to offer support for clouds in other data centres
Rackspace for the first time plans to extend its support services to OpenStack cloud implementations that reside within the walls …
HDS to release converged computing platform for SAP
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) announced a new converged platform alongside SAP that will help users manage and analyse massive amounts …
Oracle ‘catching on to cloud importance’ with £940m RightNow acquisition
Oracle is catching on to the importance of cloud computing with its $1.5 billion (£941 million) acquisition of RightNow Technologies, …
Fujitsu offers free cloud trial for ISVs and SMEs
Fujitsu has unveiled a free two-month trial program on its cloud aimed at ISVs and SMEs. Companies can access the …
Mobility surges on US campuses; cloud technology lags
Colleges and universities have been aggressive in expanding campus mobility, but slower in shifting key systems to cloud computing, according …
SMB’s more keen on the cloud: IBM
SMBs will deploy cloud services more readily than their larger counterparts, predicted an IBM senior executive at a company event. …
Computing while commuting
Guy Whitcroft tells us how a light-weight iPad can replace a notebook, making commuting and general meetings more productive Sometime …
Security remains a top concern for cloud app builders
Security, cited as an issue with cloud computing when the concept began to take hold several years ago, remains a …
IBM introduces new systems to accelerate smarter computing
In the largest update to its systems portfolio this year, IBM today announced 55 new and updated server and storage …
VMware unveils management portfolio for cloud era
VMware has unveiled three product suites designed to simplify and automate IT management. With significant enhancements to VMware vCenter Operations …
SGI to launch Cloudera Hadoop package
High performance computer system vendor SGI plans to offer pre-built clusters running the Apache Hadoop data analysis platform, the company …
Citrix accelerates cloud strategy with acquisition of ShareFile
Citrix Systems recently announced it has completed the acquisition of ShareFile, a market leading provider of secure, cloud-based data storage, …
Public cloud services market in APAC to hit US $12bn: Ovum
The Asia-Pacific (AP) public cloud services market will increase five fold over the next five years with revenues of US$12billion …
Red Hat raids cloud storage market by acquiring Gluster
Red Hat announced yesterday that it is acquiring Gluster, which makes open-source software that clusters commodity SATA drives and NAS …
HP predicts greater cloud adoption in the Middle East
At a media roundtable today, HP announced findings from a recent survey focusing on cloud adoption in the Middle East. …
Juniper unveils cloud-based lab for customer testing
Juniper is harnessing the cloud to make it easier and less expensive for customers to test its products. Juniper this …
Microstrategy targets Excel users with Cloud Personal BI
Microstrategy is hoping to get its BI (business intelligence) software in front of people looking to get more out of …
Red Hat to exhibit cloud capabilities at Cloud Confex 2011
Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions will be participating at this years GITEX Cloud Confex 2011, the company …
University of Wollongong Dubai selects Dell for inaugural computing project
The University of Wollongong Dubai (UOWD) announced today that it has selected Dell to implement end-user computing solutions for UOWD, …