Cloud Computing


Microsoft's Server and Tools Chief Talks Up Cloud, SaaS Products

The president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business Division, Satya Nadella, answered questions about cloud computing on Wednesday in a 15-minute Q&A at the GigaOM Structure event, taking place in San Francisco.

Microsoft's Cloud-Based Exchange Service Goes Down Again

Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), the company's cloud-based Exchange messaging service, went down again on Wednesday across North America.

IDC Predicts Higher Worldwide Cloud Services Spending Trend

A newly released forecast by IDC projects that IT spending in the public cloud sector will have a compounded annual growth rate of 27.6 percent over the next four years, raising the total global spending in the market to $72.9 Billion by 2015.

Microsoft Announces Upgrades to SkyDrive Cloud Storage Service

Microsoft rolled out several improvements to its Windows Live SkyDrive product, a free consumer-oriented cloud storage and file-sharing service, this week.

Top 10 Benefits of Server Virtualization

My list of the best that server virtualization has to offer over physical servers.

Study: Public Cloud-Based UC Still Has Many Doubters

Midsized and large businesses are largely reluctant to adopt unified communications (UC) services over a public cloud, according to a study commissioned by Seattle-based Azaleos Corp., a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

CIO Panel Discusses Cloud Data Ownership in Washington

According to a panel of CIOs representing defense and civilian agencies, moving applications to a cloud computing provider does not mean giving up control of the data -- as long as agencies get a guarantee in writing.

Talend Adds Hybrid Cloud Support to Integration Platform

Talend, a commercial open-source middleware maker, is pushing its new Unified Integration Platform into the cloud.

SolarWinds Updates, Rebrands Hyper9

SolarWinds this week solidified its line of virtualization management tools, with new versions of its Hyper9 virtualizaztion management solution and SolarWinds Storage Manager.

PerfectDisk 12 Optimizes Disk Performance, Whether Physical or Virtual

Raxco adds new feature called Virtual Awareness, aimed at thwarting fragmentation in virtualized disks automatically.

Windows Azure-Powered Cloud Coming August from Fujitsu

Fujitsu plans to launch a commercial cloud service in August using Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, the two companies announced on Tuesday.

Microsoft To Release Office 365 on June 28

Microsoft is expected to release Office 365, the cloud-based successor to its Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) with added desktop productivity functionality, on June 28.

Private Equity Firm Acquires Hosted E-Mail Giant Intermedia

Exchange hoster Intermedia has been acquired by private equity firm Oak Hill Partners for an undisclosed amount.

VMware High Availability and the CLI, or What Is AAM?

VMHA via vSphere works most of the time, but sometimes you'll need to get at those scripts to fix something.

JNBridge's Interop Tools Now Supporting On-Premises, Cloud Interop

Developer of Java/.NET interoperability solutions now supporting interop in the cloud.

San Francisco Picks Microsoft for Hosted E-Mail Solution

Adding to Microsoft's string of public-sector cloud deals, the city of San Francisco announced plans to migrate 60 departments and agencies to Exchange Online over the next 12 months.

WANTED: ESXi in the Public Cloud

I haven't found a public cloud provider yet that allows me to run a nested ESXi server as a virtual machine.

Microsoft Showcases Windows Azure Cloud and Devices at Tech-Ed

Microsoft officially kicked off its Tech-Ed North America conference on Monday with a keynote that focused, in part, on moving to the cloud and managing services and applications in hybrid environments and across multiple devices.

From Tech-Ed: Hyper-V Expands Interoperability with CentOS Support

Hosting solutions providers able to manage various cloud infrastructures from Hyper-V.

Source: PlayStation Network Hacked Using Amazon's Cloud Service

A report this morning from Bloomberg News points to hackers using Amazon's Elastic Computer Cloud as a staging area for the attack on Sony's PlayStation Network -- which led the service to be shut down for almost a month.

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