Symantec Corp. formally unveiled its cloud-based storage service, Norton Online Backup, marketing it as a consumer product for managing up …
Sun challenges Amazon for cloud dominance
Move over, Amazon. The leading provider of cloud services is about to get some serious competition from Sun Microsystems, which …
Major shift to cloud IT services inevitable, IDC says
IT infrastructure and services delivered over the cloud will be ubiquitous within five years, and vendors that ignore the shift …
Amazon, Microsoft improve their cloud computing game
Amazon has introduced EC2 Reserved Instances, which allow you to obtain a reduced hourly fee for an upfront payment that …
Cloud computing wins converts
Most IT leaders see cloud computing as viable technology that can help the bottom line, but concerns about security and …
Cloud computing not ready for critical apps
Educational Testing Service (ETS), developer of the SAT and other tests, runs applications on software-as-a-service platforms such as Salesforce.com. And …
SAP, IBM to showcase tech for cloud mobility
IBM and SAP will showcase technology that automatically balances the workload from an SAP application across multiple remote servers, during …
Cloud computing not fully enterprise-ready, IT execs say
Educational Testing Service, the developer of the SAT and other standardized tests, runs applications on software-as-a-service platforms such as Salesforce.com. …
Storm clouds ahead
Cloud computing, which refers primarily to an on-demand service delivery model that may span both outsourced and premises-based platforms, is …
New cloud-based storage service aimed at inactive data
Iron Mountain announced a cloud-based storage service for data backup uses as part of its digital archiving and storage-as-a-service offerings. …
Intel eyes cloud computing with new hardware, software
Intel is making a push into cloud computing with forthcoming changes in its Nehalem server line aimed at large data-center …
Cloud security fears are overblown: experts
It may sound like heresy to say it, but it's possible to worry a little too much about security in …
Cloud security fears are overblown, some say
It may sound like heresy to say it, but it's possible to worry a little too much about security in …
Loving the cloud
Back in 1991, before the Internet was a big deal, Ohio State University technologist Jerry Martin signalled the nascent Internet's …
Symantec to deliver cloud-based backup service
The product is based on technology the company acquired with SwapDrive Inc. in June for US$124 million. A Symantec spokeswoman …
Cloud computing obstacles, opportunities
UC Berkeley researchers have outlined their view of cloud computing, which they say has great opportunity to exploit unprecedented IT …
IBM floats software in Amazon’s cloud
IBM is delivering some of its infrastructure software as an on-demand service through Amazon Web Services, the companies said, helping …
IBM, Juniper join in cloud strategy
Using cloud management software from IBM's Tivoli division and a Juniper network, the companies demonstrated a drag-and-drop interface for managing …
The cloud-SOA connection
Cloud computing may have overtaken SOA as the trendy technology term du jour, but the two concepts can be paired …
Symantec to deliver cloud-based backup service
Symantec will begin offering an online storage service targeted at consumers by the end of next month. The product is …