Is "cloud computing" enabling the next generation of information accessibility or simply a marketing campaign devised by technology companies to peddle more of what they are already selling? The answer lies somewhere between those extremes. Much of what makes cloud...
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May 4, 2011
When CenturyLink announced an agreed $2.5bn cash and stock bid for Savvis last week it signalled an accelerating push by US telecommunications groups into the rapidly emerging market for ‘cloud-based’ business computing services. These services, which range from...
May 3, 2011
There's no question that cloud computing will be the trend to alter organizations' infrastructure the most over the next few years, especially as firms transition from basic server virtualization to the private cloud. But today these environments are still relatively...
May 3, 2011
Red Hat is again expanding its set of cloud capabilities, this time by announcing the JBoss Enterprise Data Grid (EDG). Data grids extend the type of scalability often associated with cloud computing resources to the data layer, and also speed access to data by...
Apr 29, 2011
SOURCE: The New York Times In the battle for enterprise customers, the country’s giant telecommunications and cable companies are going to the cloud. On Wednesday, CenturyLink, the nation’s third-largest telecommunications company, announced plans to buy Savvis, a...
Apr 28, 2011
HP Enterprise Services today announced it is among the first partners to become an SAP-certified global provider of cloud services in support of SAP solutions. HP provides standardized IT solutions and services based on shared resources via the internet enabling the...
Apr 27, 2011
Despite the demise of several public cloud storage service offerings in the past year, solution providers say cloud-based backup and storage solutions are finding a following among their smaller business clientele. There are two reasons. First, virtualization advances...
Apr 27, 2011
SOURCE: CloudTweaks Independent research firm Forrester Research expects the global cloud computing market to reach $241 billion in 2020 compared to $40.7 in 2010, according to a new Forrester report called “Sizing the Cloud”. The report aims to provide insights into...
Apr 26, 2011
A survey conducted by Really Simple Systems has revealed that many small and medium-sized businesses are embracing social media as a means of conducting business. From a sample of 862 respondents —the majority from small and medium-sized organizations with less than...
Apr 25, 2011
Achieving the full potential of the cloud paradigm shift requires vision, courage and expert execution. By embracing cloud computing, companies benefit from an application architecture that harnesses the potential of new capabilities like a Frank Gehry while...
