People and processes are barriers to cloud adoption, not technology and security, according to VMware. “Technologically, the issues [around cloud …
HP, Toshiba to collaborate on cloud computing
Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba will collaborate to push cloud computing and related services to infrastructure organisations, the companies said over the …
Setting standards
Qatar First Investment Bank chooses the cloud to host its disaster recovery apps and data, and finds that it could …
HP announces converged storage strategy, products
Hewlett-Packard today announced a series of upgrades to its storage products, including the addition of data snapshots and a portfolio …
Cloud computing “like ordering a pizza”
IT industry professionals, analysts and vendors all have their unique ideas when it comes to describing what cloud computing means, …
Intel enables hybrid cloud for small businesses
With its new AppUp offering, Intel hopes to facilitate a new kind of cloud service for small businesses that have …
IBM to invest $100m in big-data analysis research
Sensing a greater need in big-data analysis tools, IBM will invest US$100 million to research advanced large-scale analytics, the company …
Gartner outlines contractual terms to reduce cloud risks
IT procurement or sourcing managers challenged with finding sourcing options that reduce costs at tolerable risks should examine nine contractual …
San Francisco migrates to Microsoft’s cloud services
The city and county of San Francisco have started a transition to using Microsoft’s hosted e-mail service, choosing the software …
VMware debuts sign-on service for cloud apps
In the hopes of simplifying cloud operations for organisations, VMware has launched a federated sign-on service for cloud applications. The …