The National Institute of Standards and Technology Wednesday issued two drafts on cloud computing, including the first set of guidelines for managing security and privacy in the cloud and another on cloud computing definitions. NIST issued new virtualization guidance,...
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Feb 2, 2011
Corporate IT professionals typically use a checklist to rate vendors' potential for meeting their most critical needs. "Vendor viability" is the term often placed on these checklists to grade the potential that the application or service the company is considering...
Feb 1, 2011
Mozy's ultra-creative users have hoarded too much room in the cloud, and now the storage provider is forced to eliminate its unlimited plans. Published by: DigitalTrends Apparently, the cloud is running out of room. Online backup service Mozy will no longer be...
Feb 1, 2011
CRM cloud computing is a promising field, but it has yet to be efficiently explored by enterprise-level players. Companies still have apprehension over issues such as integration, availability, security and costs. How these concerns are addressed by IT vendors will...
Jan 31, 2011
SOURCE: Tradingmarkets.com Quest Software, Inc. today announced that SearchServerVirtualization.com has presented the gold award to the Quest Software Cloud Automation Platform as the Product of the Year in the virtualization platforms category. For 'The...
Jan 31, 2011
Enterprises that have employees using several different SaaS and cloud applications every day face a number of access security risks. A startup called "Okta," formed by former Salesforce.com execs, offers a single sign-on across cloud apps for end users, as well as...
Jan 31, 2011
SOURCE:Â CBR New York City has hired IBM for cloud computing for the technology departments of more than 50 of its city agencies, the US technology and consulting firm said. The city, which faces a deficit of $4.4bn, is expected to save $100m in five years by...
Jan 28, 2011
Hewlett-Packard Co. this week stepped up its cloud computing effort by launching a portfolio of private cloud services, hardware and software and indicated plans to jump into public cloud hosting. The company has lacked a strong cloud computing focus but now intends...
Jan 28, 2011
SOURCE:Â LA Times Verizon is set to buy Terremark, an information technology services company, for $1.4 billion, part of an effort from the wireless carrier to boost its cloud-computing abilities. The purchase offer of $19 a share in cash is a 35% premium over...
Jan 27, 2011
Google's new mobile cloud printing service is just a modest first step toward a driver-free, cord-free future. "HTML5 is key to operating Cloud Print on mobile devices running Android 2.1+ and iOS 3+, noted Compuware CTO Imad Mouline. "HTML5 causes mobile apps to...
