Two announcements last week, one from Microsoft and one from Google, demonstrate how cloud computing is transforming IT. Actually, transforming …
Enter the cloud
The economic and social motivation for the cloud is high, the business need for speed and agility is like never …
McAfee updates managed cloud security service
McAfee's latest version of its managed security service includes new features that let companies scan their Web sites for vulnerabilities …
Chrome OS may fail even as It changes computing forever
Google says it is working on an operating system designed for netbooks that boots in seconds, is impervious to viruses, …
Twitter/Google Apps hack raises questions about cloud security
Questions about cloud security and the feasibility of storing critical information in Web-based services are being raised in the wake …
BMC brings management to the cloud
BMC announced it had partnered to integrate its management software with Amazon's cloud environment, a move the company says would …
Cash in the Cloud
Next time your local hot spot advertises live music, or your favorite DJ spins a new tune on the radio, …
Cloud interoperability remains wispy, but progress being made
Cloud computing is supposed to make IT more flexible, efficient and easier to manage. But the cloud model threatens to …
Cisco won’t take on Amazon in cloud
Cisco Systems won't try to compete with pay-as-you-go cloud computing providers such as Amazon, and instead will sell its infrastructure …
Cloud is Internet's next generation: HP's Russ Daniels
“Cloud” has proliferated as the term for Internet-based computing resources because “everyone can draw one,” according to Russ Daniels, the …
Survey casts doubt on cloud adoption
New survey results cast doubt on whether cloud computing adoption will ramp up in the next 12 months, with only …
IBM unveils new cloud offerings
The new product line, dubbed IBM Smart Business, focuses on delivering hosted tools and services for two tasks: virtual desktop …
BT unveils data centre cloud service
BT has announced its cloud computing service called Virtual Data Centre (VDC) at the Handelsblatt Telecommunications Market Europe conference in …
IBM rolls out new corporate cloud services plan
IBM rolled out a plan for providing cloud computing services to enterprises. The strategy aims to tie cloud services to …
Identity gets lost in the cloud
With everyone seemingly caught up in cloud computing, I was struck by this quote from a CNN story: Microsoft's “newest …
Tibco pushing new cloud application delivery system
Tibco is set to unveil Silver, a platform aimed at large enterprises that want to develop and deploy applications in …
Is the cloud reliable enough for your business?
In April of last year, Satoshi Nakajima, founder of Washington-based Big Canvas Inc., was eagerly inviting new customers to subscribe …
Send in the clouds
The focus of EMC World 2009 might have been the inevitability of cloud computing as “the next big thing” – …
E-mail, collaboration will drive move to cloud
Moving e-mail and collaboration applications to the cloud will drive the first wave of adoption of cloud computing in the …
Cloud-management wares multiply
When IT services are delivered via the cloud, compute and storage resources may be off-network or shared across multiple components, …