While cloud-based services can help you reduce time to market, increase availability and ease management, challenges include loss of control, …
How to test the waters when it comes to cloud computing
After a period of reluctance, organisations are beginning to trust the cloud, but the decision far from ends at acceptance. Do you go public or private? Or do you go for a combination of both — otherwise known as a hybrid. The latter is allowing to dip before diving in.
Top 5 mistakes you should avoid when embracing the cloud
This year, cloud computing is definitely poised to gain importance among enterprises. Chief information officers (CIOs) are now convinced that …
IT storage revolution in the era of cloud and Big Data
As forward-looking enterprises consider the future of their IT architectures, the key question emerging is not public versus private cloud, but rather how the enterprise will ensure consistency across an environment that includes both.
Apple looks to pick off engineers from Amazon, OpenStack to build out iCloud
Apple is on the hunt for cloud infrastructure engineers familiar with building large-scale deployments like those at Amazon Web Services and OpenStack companies, according to a job posting.
Amazon slashes prices up to 80% to lure public cloud-weary enterprises
Amazon Web Services Wednesday dropped the price of its dedicated instances, which are virtual machines allocated to individual customers and that do not run on shared hardware.
CIOs outline chief concerns of cloud computing
Over three-quarters of CIOs (79 percent) are concerned about “hidden costs” associated with cloud computing.
CERN planning OpenStack hybrid cloud strategy with Rackspace
CERN openlab is running a pilot hybrid cloud project with Rackspace as the research facility seeks to enable the expansion of its OpenStack environment.
du, Encloud partner to launch Business Cloud platform for UAE enterprises
UAE telco du has expanded its managed services portfolio by launching the Business Cloud platform, which constitutes a range of cloud-based services through Encloud.
Cisco overtakes IBM as top cloud hardware provider, research firm says
Cisco has overtaken IBM as the leading provider of infrastructure for cloud computing, analysts at Synergy Research reported on Monday. Synergy …
Open Drive turns cloud storage services into one big file sharing network
You can keep your Google Drive files private, or you can use it as one huge file sharing network. Many …
UAE cloud security market poised for growth, says Frost & Sullivan
According to the latest report from Frost & Sullivan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is showing a greater demand for …
VMware launches network-savvy cloud service
VMware has launched its long-anticipated public infrastructure as a service (IaaS), touting its virtual networking capabilities as a differentiator from …
SAP CEO shuns Forrester’s criticisms that HANA cloud is a ‘half-baked business model’
SAP’s co-CEO, Jim Hagemann Snabe, has responded to analyst Forrester’s criticisms following the launch of HANA enterprise cloud, claiming that …
SunGard brings cloud service to disaster recovery
Can the old guard in business continuity and disaster-recovery services thrive in an era when the companies are looking at …
Dell ‘refining’ plans for OpenStack-powered public cloud
Fresh off the acquisition of a company that specialises in helping customers manage resources across multiple public clouds, Dell said it is …
IDC: MENA businesses should prepare for cloud transition
Businesses in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region face significant transition and data storage challenges as the regional …
HP updates IT automation suite for cloud deployments
Further pursuing its strategy to help enterprises move workloads to hosted environments, Hewlett-Packard has updated a number of its IT management …
IDC: Cloud, mobility exposing limitations of existing networks
The combination of highly virtualised environments inside enterprise networks, along with an explosion of mobile traffic, are exposing the limitations …
Software AG buys LongJump for cloud PaaS
Software AG has picked up cloud PaaS (platform-as-a-service) vendor LongJump in a bid to give small and medium-sized companies a …