Cloud Computing

Fri, September 03, 2010 - Hewlett-Packard swooped in with the better bid to overtake Dell and win 3Par, so now we can all sit back and wait for the next acquisition battle to roll around. Meanwhile, Apple debuted updated iPods and Apple TV to entertain us, among other IT news stories of the week.

Fri, September 03, 2010 - Dell has thrown in the towel and conceded the 3PAR bidding war to HP. With that epic struggle behind it, Dell has to determine its next steps--sans 3PAR and now competing against the cloud storage service it had hoped to be offering.

Wed, September 01, 2010 - Ten highlights from VMworld, the massive virtualization conference.

Wed, September 01, 2010 - Virtualization and cloud capabilities are touted in the joint Novell-VMware announcement.

Wed, September 01, 2010 - What storage can you move to the cloud now? Forrester explains and shares advice on how to get the benefits without jeopardizing operational effectiveness.

Wed, September 01, 2010 - Salesforce.com rolled out a new service on Wednesday that integrates business-contact information with its own CRM (customer relationship management) application and Chatter collaboration software.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - A new tool from Precise will improve aspects of cloud monitoring said the company.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - Novell has made its cloud security service available following successful beta trials.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - VMware is developing a new hosted service that will allow delivery of cloud-based desktop applications to any sort of user device.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - As the VMworld show kicks off, Microsoft runs a full-page ad warning VMware customers about the dangers of vendor lock-in and three-year license agreements. Cue the Alanis Morrisette: Isn't it ironic?

Tue, August 31, 2010 - Trend Micro is blazing a new trail with a service called SecureCloud intended to give enterprises a way to encrypt data in cloud-computing environments.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - Spring Framework linked with app server, other technologies as Java cloud platform.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - When you ask IT professionals if they use cloud computing or software-as-a-service, most start by saying "no". But if you ask some follow up questions, you will quickly find out about "that one application" that is a SaaS application.

Mon, August 30, 2010 - If you embrace employees who mine new technology to serve their customers, you’ll benefit the business.