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Cloud Computing Gains Steam With New I.B.M. Gear I.B.M. is entering the market for Internet-focused data centers with computer systems designed to reduce power consumption sharply and take up less floor space. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > NY Time |
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The dangers of cloud computing The idea of cloud computing -- designed around an architecture whose natural state is a shared pool outside the enterprise -- has gained momentum in recent months as a way to reduce cost and improve IT flexibility. But the use of cloud computing also carries with it s Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Will the downturn accelerate cloud computing? Facing uncertain economic times, enterprises may be more likely to turn to cloud computing services -- such as SaaS (software as a service), Amazon-style utility computing, and managed service providers -- for the lower up-front costs, the faster time to market, and t Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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IBM launches four new cloud computing centers IBM opened up cloud computing centers in four countries on Wednesday to let enterprises, universities, and governments test Web-based services and applications.The new cloud computing centers are in Bangalore, I Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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In the cloud: What startups need to succeed With Google's recent launch of its App Engine, and with the likes of IBM and Amazon having staked claims, cloud computing is clearly a major development in the IT landscape. The benefits are obvious, enabling enterprises to scale rapidly with a level of performance pr Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Yahoo, Intel, and HP form cloud computing labs Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Yahoo are partnering for cloud computing research and education in order to advance the development and adoption of large-scale, data-intensive Internet-hosted applications and related IT infrastructure. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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IBM invests big in two new cloud-computing centers IBM is building a $360 million cloud-computing data center in North Carolina that the company calls its most sophisticated datacenter ever, and is opening a new facility in Tokyo designed to help customers pilot their own cloud infrastructures and applications, IBM an Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: AT&T dives into cloud computing Following the lead of IBM, Amazon, and Google, AT&T on Tuesday said it is entering the cloud computing market with the worldwide launch of a new service called AT&T Synaptic Hosting.AT&T is putting together the Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Cloud computing may draw government action Cloud computing will soon become an area of hot debate in Washington, D.C., with policy makers debating issues such as the privacy and security of data in the cloud, a panel of tech experts said Friday.There are Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Ballmer's cloud computing memo timed for election's winner With next week's presidential election, the nation's capitol is about to experience the mother-of-all platform changes, and that's why Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's cloud computing memo, titled "A Platform for the Next Technology Revolution," seems especially well tim Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Should enterprises reconsider the cloud? With support for three of the major pillars of application development and deployment -- Oracle 11g, Microsoft SQL, and open source MySQL -- under its belt, Amazon.com appears to be anticipating a major move by the enterprise into the cloud. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Salesforce.com promotes development in the cloud Now that Salesforce.com has proved that SaaS (software-as-a-service) is a successful business model, the company hopes to lead the way in cloud computing.Many in the software industry consider cloud computing -- Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Dell defends its 'cloud computing' trademark bid Dell's trademark of the ubiquitous, commonly used term "cloud computing" is one of those eyebrow-raising events that immediately begs the question: How is that possible?The simple answer is that Dell is proving Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Does Yahoo reorg signal cloud computing move? Under fire from angry shareholders and rocked by a stream of high-profile executive departures, embattled Yahoo on Thursday announced another reorganization, one which includes the formation of a cloud computing and data infrastructure group. The move has some analyst Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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IBM's cloud initiative repackages its familiar offerings Mixing together a m?lange of services, software, and marketing, IBM's announcement this week of its Cloud Services Initiative is about putting an organizing construct around all of its cloud offerings, according to one IBM executive. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Amazon adds Windows, SQL Server to cloud computing service Amazon Thursday announced that after two years in beta mode, its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) cloud computing service is now generally available. At the same time, the company said the hosted service is adding beta-level support for Microsoft Windows and SQL Server. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Cloudy picture for cloud computing You can call it cloud computing. You can call it grid computing. You can call it on-demand computing. Just don't call it the next big thing -- at least not yet.Efforts by such Web heavyweights as Amazon and Goog Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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BI steps into the cloud Business intelligence functionality has made its way into cloud computing as Panorama Software on Thursday unwrapped PowerApps.Calling it "analytics as a cloud-computing service," the company said PowerApps goes Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Live Mesh may emerge as Microsoft 'cloud' platform Originally positioned as a Web-based service for synchronizing files and data folders across different devices, Microsoft's Live Mesh is poised to emerge as a cloud-based development environment at the company's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in October. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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IBM bundles up cloud computing initiatives IBM has joined the companies jostling for position in the cloud computing space. The company has announced a variety of offerings that it claimed would allow users to better manager data and make collaboration easier. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |