Cloud Computing


Dell To Invest $1 Billion in Cloud

Dell today said it is investing $1 billion in cloud computing under a two-year plan to build out datacenters that will let customers subscribe to virtualized compute infrastructure and storage.

IBM Extends Cloud Portfolio with SmartCloud, Workload Deployer

IBM raised its cloud presence on Thursday with the launch of two new services: SmartCloud, which is designed to enhance IBM's public cloud infrastructure services, and Workload Deployer, the company's new solution for building private clouds.

Microsoft Partners with Toyota on Cloud Telematics Initiative

Microsoft has entered into a partnership with Toyota Motor Co. that would link Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform with car telematics technologies.

10 Steps to Private Cloud

For private clouds to become viable, organizations must embrace several steps to advance their private cloud strategies.

Survey: Cloud-Based Unified Communications Gaining Traction

Unified communications adoption in the United States has doubled over the past year, and many organizations are moving their UC implementations to the cloud.

Microsoft Reveals Plans To Boost Cloud Licensing Benefits

During the Microsoft Hosting Summit being held in Bellevue, Wash. this week, Microsoft outlined some planned licensing changes that will help its service provider partners and Software Assurance (SA) customers.

Dell, Equinix and Rackspace Launch OpenStack Demos

Vendors build proof-of-concept environment on top of OpenStack's cloud OS to show customers what's possible in the cloud.

Cisco Acquires 'Self-Service' Hybrid Cloud Vendor newScale

Cisco Systems today said it has agreed to acquire newScale Inc., a supplier of software that provides self-service provisioning of cloud-based services.

GUI for Free Hyper-V, For Free

Microsoft's Free Hyper-V needs a GUI. In the meantime, a third-party provider has filled in the gap.

vSphere Support Added to Next OpenStack Compute Release

VMware customers looking for openness in cloud solutions might see vSphere support in the forthcoming OpenStack Compute "Cactus" release as a opportunity.

Amazon Adds Dedicated Cloud Instances

Acknowledging that some enterprise customers don't want to share computing resources, Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched what it calls EC2 Dedicated Instances.

Server App-V for Windows Azure Beta Added to SCVMM 2012 Test Release

Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 will include new feature that will allow Windows apps not designed for Windows Azure to be deployed on Microsoft's cloud platform.

Windows Intune Hits Release-to-Web Milestone

Microsoft rolled out the final release-to-Web (RTW) version of its Windows Intune PC management and security service on Thursday, during the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas.

Microsoft, Research In Motion Sign Cloud E-Mail Pact

According to a Bloomberg article, Microsoft plans to eliminate the e-mail hosting cost for some BlackBerry customers, and may also be on the brink of a cloud storage deal with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM)

Microsoft Releases LightSwitch Beta 2 with Azure Links

The second beta of Microsoft's rapid business application development tool, Visual Studio LightSwitch, was made available for download this week.

Browse the Web in the vSphere Client

There's browsing the Web, and then there's kinda browsing the Web with vSphere. Here's a tool that removes the "kinda" part.

HP Announces Big Plans for the Cloud

At Monday's annual analyst meeting, HP CEO Leo Apotheker announced that Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to launch a public cloud service.

Visual Cloud Development Platform Acquired by VMware

San Francisco-based Wavemaker, provider of a graphical development platform for Java-based Web and cloud applications, based on the Spring development enviornment, will be acquired by VMware, the company announced recently.

Desktop Virtualization: What are You Waiting for?

In this new column, Taneja Group lead virtualization analyst Dave Bartoletti will offer his personal insights and findings on all trends virtual and cloud.

Salesforce Rolls Out Facebook-Integrated Service Cloud 3

Salesforce.com has added support for native Facebook integration to Service Cloud, beefing up the app's social networking capabilities.

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