DotCloud has become the latest platform-as-a-service provider to add features typically associated with infrastructure-as-a-service offerings, this time by enabling vertical …
The faster new world of healthcare
The healthcare industry is on the brink of unprecedented change.
Openbravo to offer web-based ERP solutions in the Middle East
Openbravo, a web-based open source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) provider, yesterday announced that it has established relationships with eight Middle …
Quantum unveils enterprise-class cloud backup services
Quantum today announced an enterprise-class backup service that includes data deduplication aimed at protecting data in virtual server environments. The …
Talent pool too small for skyrocketing cloud job demand
The number of job postings in the cloud computing industry is growing so rapidly that there aren’t enough qualified workers …
GroupLogic aims at Dropbox with enterprise file-sharing app
GroupLogic has released a file syncing and sharing application that offers the same convenience as Dropbox but with enterprise-level management …
Cloud economics improving for users in wake of price cuts
Cloud computing price cuts by Google, Amazon and now Microsoft may indicate that businesses are discovering that moving to the …
New key technology simplifies data encryption in the cloud
Data at rest has long been protected by technology called public key infrastructure (PKI), in which data is encrypted when …
Sony division moves services from AWS to OpenStack
The division of Sony that suffered a cyber attack last year, which led to a major PlayStation network outage and …
Apple iPad: How it stacks up to the Android tablets
Scores of new tablets have appeared in the past few months, and now that we know what the third-generation Apple iPad will …
Personal clouds will be on 90% of devices by ’15: Research
Within three years the personal cloud will be ubiquitous on consumer devices, Gartner predicts in a research report released Tuesday. …
Apple App Store reaches 25 billion downloads
Apple is raking in huge profits on record smartphone and tablet sales, it’s become the world’s most valuable company based …
IBM tops Cloud provider report
Australian ICT research firm, Longhaus, has dubbed IBM as the most trusted infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) Cloud provider in its new report …
Microsoft’s Azure cloud suffers serious outage
Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure and development service experienced a serious outage yesterday, with the system’s service management component going down …
Clouding the midmarket
IBM is pushing deep into the midmarket with a rich portfolio of solutions and cloud services. In a chat with …
Apache embraces cloud with Deltacloud approval
Extending its range of open-source projects to cloud computing, the Apache Software Foundation has approved the Deltacloud as a top-level …
Startup Porticor launches with encryption technology for cloud computing
New startup Porticor launches this week with technology aimed at giving enterprises a way to encrypt data held in cloud computing services, …
Acer sees profit in Q4 after reporting losses in previous two quarters
Acer reported fourth quarter profit of $2.4 million, a financial turnaround after the company faced back-to-back losses in the previous two quarters. …
Citrix simplifies cloud service management
Citrix is shipping a new version of its cloud management software CloudStack that makes it simpler for service providers and …
Infor ‘speeding’ its way to success: Infor10 on the road
Infor is looking to speed itself into the future as it aims to become the fastest software provider in the …