Research firm, Gartner, forecasts the public cloud services market to reach $US131 billion this year, an 18.5 per cent year-on-year (YoY) …
ARM server maker offers cloud service to port x86 code
ARM processors are used mostly in smartphones, but Boston Limited is offering a service through which developers can port existing …
IBM: OpenStack will be central to future cloud strategy
Already a platinum member of the cloud operating system platform OpenStack, IBM officials said open source code from the project will be …
Public cloud market to grow 18.5% this year, says Gartner
The global public cloud computing market will grow 18.5% in 2013 to $131 billion, up from $111 billion last year, research firm …
Many private clouds ‘not clouds at all’
The line between virtualisation and a private cloud can be a fuzzy one, and according to a new report by Forrester Research, …
Ericsson and SAP collaborate on cloud-based M2M solutions
Ericsson and SAP have signed an agreement to jointly market and sell cloud-based M2M solutions and services to enterprises via …
EU issues cloud warning
The growth in cloud computing is a double-edged sword, Europe’s top cyber security agency warned on Thursday. The European Network …
MENA cloud spending to reach $462.3m in 2013
Gartner on Sunday predicted that the MENA public cloud services market will generate $462.3 million in revenue during 2013, marking …
Cloud World Forum quickly attracts delegates
Over 200 delegates have already signed up to join global cloud experts at the third annual Cloud World Forum MENA, …
Cloud World Forum attracts 40-plus keynote speakers
The third annual Cloud World Forum MENA will attract over 40 keynote speakers from the region’s top organsations, such as …
SAP revenue boosted by cloud and HANA
According to the international financial reporting standards (IFRS), SAP’s revenue in Q4 2012 grew by 12%, which was helped by …
Firewalls in the cloud era
Wieland Alge, Vice-President and General Manager EMEA, Barracuda Networks, explains how firewalls improve the cloud while the cloud improves them. …
HP launches new cloud unit
HP has created a new unit to oversee the company’s cloud services and software products, in apparent recognition of the …
Cloud, mobile and BI skills to lead technology hiring in 2013
IT hiring in 2013 will focus on jobs involving cloud computing, mobile technology and business intelligence, said staffing professionals. But …
Cloud service partnerships to boom in 2013
Cloud service providers will seek out partnerships to offer a wider breadth of services that customers are increasingly demanding, a new report …
Amazon experiences cloud trouble, yet again
Less than a month after a 12-hour-plus outage on Christmas Eve, Amazon Web Service’s Elastic Block Storage (EBS) service in its …
Clearing in the clouds: 16 useful cloud management tools
One of the biggest concerns users have with public cloud resources is not knowing how much they will cost, given the pay-as-you-go …
Official document reveals the rules of Oracle’s cloud
An official document containing policies and pledges for customers of Oracle’s cloud services reveals that many aspects fall in line …
Amazon makes it easier to track costs, usage in its cloud
Somewhat undercutting a budding ecosystem of vendors that provide similar services, Amazon Web Services today announced increased features for customers to track …
Enterprises to ‘get real’ about cloud in 2013: Forrester
IT leaders will need to “get real” and stop saying that everything is moving into the cloud during 2013, according …