Alcatel-Lucent is developing a cloud computing platform for carriers that aims to take full advantage of their networks to deliver …
Private cloud is only secure future: IDC
Businesses looking for a secure virtual environment will only consider the private cloud in the near future, according to analyst …
Asia Pacific enterprises standardise on Ethernet fabrics
Enterprises across the Asia Pacific are standardising on Ethernet fabric technology, according to a new research report from Frost & …
Salesforce.com to buy cloud computing services company
Salesforce.com has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Model Metrics, a cloud computing consulting and services company, with practices in …
SAP pumps up its in-memory, mobile and cloud strategies
SAP is expected to make a slew of announcements related to in-memory computing, mobile applications and cloud-based services today during …
Rackspace to offer support for clouds in other data centres
Rackspace for the first time plans to extend its support services to OpenStack cloud implementations that reside within the walls …
Small businesses stuck in IT ‘dark age’: Intel
A shortage of money, combined with a lack of technical expertise, is keeping half of small businesses in a technology …
Financial sector facing shift in attitude towards the cloud: Gartner
A rapid shift in attitude towards cloud banking is happening within the financial services (FS) industry, according to Gartner. A …
Citrix expands on BYOD message at Citrix Synergy 2011
The start of Citrix’s Synergy Summit 2011 yesterday in Barcelona, Spain, saw Mark Templeton, CEO of the company, introduce the …
Oracle buys RightNow for $1.5bn
Oracle is buying RightNow Technologies for about US$1.5 billion in order to boost its recently announced Public Cloud with customer-service …