CERN openlab is running a pilot hybrid cloud project with Rackspace as the research facility seeks to enable the expansion of its OpenStack environment.
Google and Red Hat collaborate on App Engine in private clouds
Google is hoping to appease developers that want better portability for their hosted apps by working with Red Hat on running App Engine in private clouds.
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 …
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 …
Intel’s McAfee brings biometric authentication to cloud storage
Intel is introducing new ideas to secure the public cloud, offering a service in which online files can be accessed …
Hackathon shows how public sector data can be used for community apps
Google in east London hosted a two day “hackathon” last month to help demonstrate how open public sector data can …
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 …
Saudi Health Ministry implements IBM cloud solution to fight disease
IBM and the Saudi Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that they had implemented IBM’s Public Health Solution for Disease …
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 …
Cloud boosts SAP revenue, despite demand drop in Asia
By John Ribeiro and Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service. SAP reported strong growth in cloud subscription and support revenue in …
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 …
A cloud over telecoms
The last thing anybody needs is another story highlighting the benefits and challenges of implementing a cloud-based solution for their …
Blue-sky thinking with a chance of cloud
Condo Protego CEO Andrew Calthorpe urges VARs not to get spooked by the cloud as it moves from buzzword to …