On the heels of the controversial Amazon EC2 cloud outage last week, research firm Forrester published a timely report on …
Half way to the cloud
A CNME-Citrix CIO roundtable in Kuwait reveals that the local market fears that virtualisation and cloud computing may have to …
Etisalat promotes mobility and cloud for better government
The Etisalat ICT Forum- Government 2011, focused on mobility and cloud computing as key developments in information technology that could …
Red Hat becomes cloud service provider
Red Hat officials never seem to stop talking about cloud computing, but until recently all the company’s efforts were targeted at …
Stepping out of the shadow into the cloud
Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker took a step out of Mark Hurd’s shadow yesterday, unveiling a new cloud computing platform that …
Intel courts the cloud builders
In an office building near Portland, Oregon, in a room next to a massive bank of cubicles, hums one of …
Amazon wants to make it easier to build complex clouds
With the launch of CloudFormation, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hoping to make it easier for enterprises to put together …
Intel plots ‘client-aware’ cloud services
Intel wants the cloud to be a bit smarter. The company is developing technologies that would allow applications and services …
Cloud adoption ‘will create 90,000 public sector jobs’
The adoption of cloud computing services in the public sector will lead to the creation of 90,000 jobs in the …
Amazon to offer Oracle DB in the cloud
Oracle’s database will be available in the second quarter as part of Amazon Web Services’ Relational Database Service, the companies …
EU to lay down cloud guidelines
The European Union is set to introduce a set of guidelines for cloud computing covering such areas as data protection, …
Amazon adds CloudWatch to management tool
Amazon has added CloudWatch to the list of services that are integrated with its AWS (Amazon Web Services) Management Console, …
HP to launch enterprise cloud service
Rounding out its portfolio of cloud-related offerings, Hewlett-Packard will launch a cloud compute service next month aimed at enterprises. The …
Cisco invests in cloud chip maker
Founded in 2004, Tilera makes general purpose multicore processors for networking, wireless, and multimedia infrastructure applications. Tilera's processors are based …
Gartner’s Magic Quadrant disses Amazon cloud
Gartner's Magic Quadrant report has placed Amazon's cloud computing service in one of its lower tiers, saying that for all …
Juniper targets cloud, mobile Internet in 2011
In cloud computing, Juniper this year will unleash products to support its Project Stratus plan to deliver a flat, unified …
Cisco to acquire LineSider for cloud tech
Muscling up on cloud technologies, Cisco Systems is in the process of acquiring network management software vendor LineSider Technologies, the …
Softec unveils its Cloud Partnership Programme
The programme is designed for distributors and resellers of cloud solutions to create accounts for their customers and track their …
Cloud Concept partners for Google Apps
Cloud Concept has announced that it has become an authorised reseller of the Google Apps suite of communication and collaboration …
Clearing the clouds
Middle East enterprises are slowly warming to the promise of cloud computing and are beginning to implement services in specific …