Amazon Web Services has announced a limited beta version of its Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) service, which aims to connect …
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The cloud could be a boon for flash storage
Cloud computing and flash-based storage, two fast-emerging IT technologies, are driving each other forward as users of Internet-based services like …
Enterprise cloud use on agenda for new Open Group committee
The Open Group is forming a new cloud computing committee that brings vendors and end-user organizations together to develop a …
The cloud, brought to you by flash storage
Cloud computing and flash-based storage, two of the fastest-growing technologies in IT, may drive each other forward as Internet-based service …
Twitter breach revives cloud security fears
Last month's breach of a hosted Google Apps implementation used by Twitter Inc. has heightened fears in some quarters that …
Novell, CA Push to Secure Identity, Security in Cloud
Two major identity management companies are forging ahead with products designed to satisfy what a cloud-computing consortium calls one of …
Go virtual or go cloud?
For the past three years, HotSchedules.com Inc., an Austin-based provider of online labor-scheduling services, has experienced annual revenue growth of …
MS & Google moves show how Cloud is transforming IT
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 …