A survey released Monday shows that while more and more businesses are embracing cloud computing, they are having a difficult time determining what the return on investment (ROI) in a cloud project actually is. The study by a vendor-neutral organization called The...
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May 11, 2011
SOURCE: Sys-Con Media Cloud.com, a provider open source cloud computing software, on Tuesday announced that Appcore, a global business information systems provider, is using the company’s flagship product, CloudStack, for its private cloud computing platform. Appcore...
May 10, 2011
Have you relied heavily on spreadsheets or Microsoft Outlook to manage your customer accounts? If so, how has this worked over time as your business has grown? Do you find yourself spending more time managing the system than you do your customers? If this is the case,...
May 10, 2011
Much of the attention lavished on cloud storage has focused on backup; however, the massively redundant nature of cloud architecture ensures data protection inherently. Those who back up data that's already stored in the cloud are wasting their time. Cloud storage...
May 10, 2011
The U.S. Air Force is giving the University of Illinois $6 million to build a center devoted to cloud computing. The News-Gazette newspaper in Champaign reports the University Center of Excellence in Assured Cloud Computing was established last week. The center will...
May 6, 2011
The biggest change and impact to the Linux landscape and market to date has been the advent of cloud computing. True, this does build from the spread of virtualization and use of VMs on Linux, but cloud computing has meant deeper changes in the players, uses and...
May 6, 2011
Cloud computing vendors and customers may not be paying enough attention to security issues, according to a recent study by the Ponemon Institute, sponsored by CA Technologies. The study, “Security of Cloud Computing Providers,” found security to be a low priority for...
May 6, 2011
We've been hearing so much about it, "the cloud." In light of all the hacking that's going on, it's even part of the conversation in Washington. David Vladeck of the Federal Trade Commission says there's no stopping it. "Frankly, I don't think this legislation will...
May 5, 2011
SOURCE: Internet.com Every major technological shift brings with it a shakeup in the vendor hierarchy. As mainframes gave way to desktops, along came Microsoft. Google drove to the top by figuring out how to monetize search. Now, Facebook is busy clawing its way to...
May 4, 2011
SOURCE: Mu Dynamics Mu Dynamics, Inc. (www.mudynamics.com), the leader in validating and testing application-aware networks, today announced the introduction of Blitz, the first API-friendly cloud-based load and scale testing solution. Built specifically for...
