Cloud computing is not the future of IT and commoditisation is, says analyst house Forrester, although the two support each …
Red Hat launches hybrid cloud management software
After a year of testing the software in beta, Red Hat yesterday launched its hybrid cloud management software, called CloudForms. Most organisations …
Ellison: Oracle will deliver world's 'most comprehensive cloud'
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison declared the company is ready to offer “the most comprehensive cloud on the planet Earth,” during …
Cloud-based mobile device management getting hot: Gartner
To place management controls on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones used in business, the enterprise has showed preference for acquiring …
Dell reaches for the cloud with new prototype ARM server
Dell yesterday announced a prototype low-power server with ARM processors, following a growing demand by Web companies for custom-built servers …
Winning in Vegas with cloud
When you stage a conference in Las Vegas, there is always the risk that the attendees succumb to the evil …
Data in the cloud
Cloud and big data are two big trends influencing the current business landscape. However, they have yet to have been …
Google shares Codie award for best cloud application/service
This evening’s annual Codie awards for business software features a three-way tie in cloud computing, with Google, Keynote Systems, and Scribe …
Avaya unveils “Collaborative Cloud” strategy and solutions
Avaya has unveiled the Collaborative Cloud, a strategic framework for delivering communications and collaboration applications and services to businesses through …
EMEA firms splash a third of IT budget on the cloud
European enterprises plan to spend almost one-third of their annual IT budget on cloud computing over the next 18 months, …
World's first cloud-based WAN optimisation solution coming to Middle East in Q3
A company that touts itself as the world’s first cloud-based WAN optimisation solution will bring its “game changing” service to …
Avaya unveils collaborative cloud
Avaya today has unveiled the Collaborative Cloud, a strategic framework for delivering communications and collaboration applications and services to businesses …
Intel-McAfee developing cloud-security strategy
Intel, which last year acquired McAfee for its security expertise, has described work it is doing to provide enterprises with a way …
VMware, Piston Cloud pledge to develop open source PaaS offering
In a pairing of unlikely partners, Piston Cloud Computing announced it will work to support integration of VMware’s open source platform-as-a-service offering …
Opening up the cloud opportunity for channel partners
George DeBono, GM, Middle East and Africa at Red Hat outlines some of the ways in which the open source …
Amazon Web Services simplifies creation of private clouds
Amazon Web Services has made it possible to create private clouds using CloudFormation, which automatically creates stacks of resources described …
Salesforce.com hypes social enterprise at cloud conference
Salesforce.com is touting social enterprise as the next major evolution in business computing and focussed on its emergence at its …
CommVault collaborates with Microsoft to offer cloud storage capability
CommVault today announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft to offer a cloud storage capability that combines Simpana software with the …
Amazon CTO: You should be able to ‘walk away’ from cloud providers
One of the core philosophies related to Amazon Web Services’ market-leading suite of infrastructure as a service products is that …
Oracle quietly plotting ambitious cloud computing plan, says analyst
During a series of analyst briefings this week, Oracle has provided additional details of how it plans to play in …