Google announced a new version of its App Engine application-hosting service that adds multiple capabilities, including an early look at …
Unified communications applications coming to the cloud
Expect more communications services from cloud-computing providers such as IBM's LotusLive Engage that becomes available tomorrow, according to makers of …
IT pros: Private clouds a good first step to cloud computing
Deploying a private cloud network is a good way for enterprises to ease into cloud computing before deploying applications on …
Microsoft exec blasts ‘Open Cloud Manifesto’
A set of principles promoting cloud computing interoperability was sharply criticized by a Microsoft Corp. executive just days before its …
Start-up offers cloud storage for the enterprise
Start-up Zetta Inc. unveiled an enterprise-class, software-as-a-service storage business with an architecture built on proprietary systems and offering an all-inclusive …
HP unwraps Cloud Assure
Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday detailed new services and software that it claims can help businesses turn to the cloud, namely by …
Siemens launches cloud experiment at VoiceCon
Siemens is announcing at VoiceCon Orlando a unified-communications-in-the-cloud experiment with Amazon.com, which could result in services that avoid capital costs …
Cloud Security Alliance formed to promote best practices
A group calling itself the Cloud Security Alliance announced its formation Tuesday, with eBay and ING as founding members. The …
Cloud computing vendors converge on standard definition, goals
When “cloud computing” became the buzz-phrase du jour in IT sometime in the past year or two, you could probably …
Author of ‘cloud manifesto’ surprised by Microsoft protest
Microsoft Corp.'s sharp criticism of an “open cloud manifesto” surprised drafters of the document, who plan to release it to …
Latest cloud storage hiccups prompts data security questions
The pitch from providers of hosted storage services sounds enticing. Instead of what these providers call the inherent risks in …
Sun challenges Amazon for cloud dominance
Moveover, Amazon. The leading provider of cloud services is about to get some serious competition from Sun Microsystems, which made …
Salesforce integrates Service Cloud with Twitter
Salesforce.com is working to integrate its Service Cloud customer-service platform with the popular messaging service Twitter, the company announced Monday. …
Symantec launches cloud-based storage service for the masses
Symantec Corp. formally unveiled its cloud-based storage service, Norton Online Backup, marketing it as a consumer product for managing up …
Sun challenges Amazon for cloud dominance
Move over, Amazon. The leading provider of cloud services is about to get some serious competition from Sun Microsystems, which …
Major shift to cloud IT services inevitable, IDC says
IT infrastructure and services delivered over the cloud will be ubiquitous within five years, and vendors that ignore the shift …
Amazon, Microsoft improve their cloud computing game
Amazon has introduced EC2 Reserved Instances, which allow you to obtain a reduced hourly fee for an upfront payment that …
Cloud computing wins converts
Most IT leaders see cloud computing as viable technology that can help the bottom line, but concerns about security and …
Cloud computing not ready for critical apps
Educational Testing Service (ETS), developer of the SAT and other tests, runs applications on software-as-a-service platforms such as Salesforce.com. And …
SAP, IBM to showcase tech for cloud mobility
IBM and SAP will showcase technology that automatically balances the workload from an SAP application across multiple remote servers, during …