Cloud Computing


Amazon Adds Cloud Support Plans

Amazon Web Services today said it has added two new support plans to its enterprise cloud services and lowered the cost of its existing two support offerings by 50 percent.

Google Gets Second Chance on Fed E-Mail Contract Won by Microsoft

The Interior Department can't award a noncompetitive contract to Microsoft, a federal judge has ruled. 

Andres Rodriguez Plays Corporate Judo with Your Data

Nasuni CEO Andres Rodriguez believes he can handle the large data problem by leveraging the endless capacity of the cloud.

Garth Fort Talks Cloud, Virtualization

The Microsoft marketing meister describes a team effort in Redmond.

Rackspace Acquires Cloudkick

Rackspace Hosting today said it has acquired Cloudkick, a two-year old startup that offers tools to manage multiple cloud services.

OpSource Adds Managed Cloud Service

Hosting provider OpSource Tuesday added a suite of managed offerings to its cloud services.

Rackspace Launches Managed Cloud Service

Rackspace Hosting is looking to make cloud computing appealing to a broader set of customers that might not have the resources or acumen to manage systems and apps in the cloud.

F5 Extends Storage to the Cloud

F5 Networks is readying software that will let enterprises extend their storage networks to public and private clouds.

USDA Buying Microsoft Cloud Services

The Agriculture Department is moving its e-mail, document-sharing, and other collaboration tools to Microsoft's cloud infrastructure to save money and improve efficiency, USDA officials said today.

Virtualization Enables Cloud Computing: 7 Top Transition Questions Answered

How will your systems make the transition? We offer answers to seven questions about cloud migration.

Salesforce.com Announces Multi-Platform Enterprise Cloud Database

Billing it as the first database for the cloud, Salesforce.com today is announcing Database.com, targeted at next-generation enterprise apps.

Amazon Launches DNS Hosting Service

Amazon Web Services today launched the beta of a programmable and purportedly scalable hosted Domain Name System service aimed at letting users of its cloud services create, modify and delete DNS zone files.

U.S. Government Agency First To Go Google Cloud

The General Services Administration is moving e-mail and collaboration tools to the cloud, becoming the first federal agency to move e-mail to a cloud-based system agencywide, GSA officials said yesterday.

VMware Wants to Reign Supreme

VMware President and CEO Paul Maritz has bet the farm on cloud computing.

Citrix To Acquire VMLogix

In a move aimed at extending its Open Cloud infrastructure, Citrix Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire VMLogix Inc.

Microsoft Lays Out Its 'Open Cloud' Vision

Microsoft used the occasion of an open source conference last month to advance its vision of an open cloud by breaking it down into four basic principles.

Windows Intune Beta 2 Service Now Available

Microsoft rolled out a second beta of its Windows Intune service on Monday, but availability is limited.

Congress Holds Hearings on Cloud Computing

Proponents of cloud computing Thursday gave members of Congress an update on federal initiatives designed to achieve cost-savings and make the computing model more secure for wider agency adoption.

SQL Azure Pricing Options Coming This Month

Microsoft today announced plans to introduce new SQL Azure pricing options later this month, based on the platform's improved scalability

Microsoft Issues Security Guidelines for Windows Azure

New software development lifecycle outlines how to address security threats in the cloud.

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