VMware has launched its long-anticipated public infrastructure as a service (IaaS), touting its virtual networking capabilities as a differentiator from …
HP to create enterprise-friendly cloud, takes aim at AWS
HP can stake a bigger claim in the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market by creating an enterprise-friendly rival to …
Cloud pricing war heats up
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has lowered the cost of running Windows on its cloud, while Google announced a reduction on …
Gartner: Cloud services market will hit $US131bn
Research firm, Gartner, forecasts the public cloud services market to reach $US131 billion this year, an 18.5 per cent year-on-year (YoY) …
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 …
Oracle launches line of on-premise IaaS systems
Oracle has launched a set of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) systems that companies can run in-house and pay for on a monthly …
Rackspace OpenStack will target Amazon customers
Rackspace has announced that it will launch its open source infrastructure-as-a-service platform, OpenStack, in mid-August in the UK, where it …
Playing catch-up
As infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service models gain popularity in the U.S. and Western Europe, adoption amongst Middle East enterprises remains low. …
Amazon opens up about its cloud security practices, joins CSA registry
Amazon Web Services has submitted an entry to the Cloud Security Alliance’s Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR), a move that sheds some light …
Big data in the cloud
There’s a wealth of data that companies can use to better understand customers and identify emerging business opportunities and threats. …