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Will Google be ahead of Microsoft in cloud race?
With Google Inc. set to bring Google Apps to government agencies next year, analysts say it's a move that could …
Cloud security through control vs.ownership
Cloud computing makes auditors cringe. It's something we hear consistently from enterprise customers: it was hard enough to make virtualization …
Google to deliver 'government cloud' to feds in 2010
Google will offer cloud-computing services designed specifically for U.S. government agencies starting next year, the company announced Tuesday at the …
Mobile cloud subscribers to number 1 billion by 2014
The number of mobile cloud computing subscribers worldwide will grow rapidly over the next five years, rising from 42.8 million …
Researchers find a new way to attack the cloud
Amazon and Microsoft have been pushing cloud-computing services as a low-cost way to outsource raw computing power, but the products …
VMware cloud initiative raises vendor lock-in concerns
VMware talks a good game about interoperability, but its cloud initiative threatens to introduce a type of vendor lock-in that …
Savvis unveils cloud-based service
Savvis will announce a next-generation cloud computing platform that it claims is the first fully virtualized private data center offering …
EMC acquires cloud support vendor FastScale
EMC has acquired FastScale Technology, a vendor of software for data centers, in an effort to focus on supporting private …
Cloud Hype Peaks, But IT Concerns Increase
Apparently the everpresent cloud computing marketing messages aren't working quite well enough: Tech buyers still have major concerns regarding cloud-based …
Amazon integrates with data center using private clouds
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 …