Cloud Computing


Survey: Data Backup Still Lagging

Respondents expect the cloud to hold most of the industry's data within five years.

Alert Logic Cloud Defender

An intriguing product in a crowded field; but it doesn't replace a company doing its own due diligence.

VMware Dangles $1,000 Carrot for vCloud Air

The company rolls out a "grand" strategy to draw customers to its hybrid cloud platform.

Disaster Recovery With OneCloud

Backup to Amazon Web Services is good; but what if you use another cloud provider?

Amazon Launches Docker Container Service and 'AWS Lambda'

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. unveiled the Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) with Docker support on Thursday.

The 'Internet of Things' Set to Explode

Several analyst firms are predicting industry disruption, starting as early as 2015.

AWS Unveils 'Aurora' Database Engine, Other New Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. on Wednesday announced a number of new services during the opening keynote of its third-annual re:Invent conference, taking place this week in Las Vegas.

CompTIA: More than 90 Percent of Businesses Using Cloud

As companies go deeper into the cloud, the more difficult integration becomes, the study also finds.

AWS Launches New Cert for DevOps Engineers

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. on Thursday introduced a new DevOps certification for IT pros.

Midokura Open Sources Software-Defined Networking Product

MidoNet is used chiefly for SDN on the OpenStack cloud platform.

Big Data Infrastructure Decisions: Data in Motion vs. Data at Rest

The best solution depends on what your data is doing.

IDC: Public Cloud Spending to Hit $127 Billion by 2018

That represents a six-fold increase over 2014 sales.

Linux Distributors Are All Over the Cloud

Red Hat and SUSE fight to be King of the Hill for cloud services.

The Increasing Importance of Container Security

"Perimeter security is kind of done for," says one expert.

Internet2 Achieves SDN-Enabled Milestone

Enabled by emergent software-defined networking (SDN) technology, the nonprofit Internet2 organization announced "the first nationwide, multi-tenant SDN-powered virtualized network capability."

Virtual Machine Security Ramped up for Microsoft Azure

"Real-time protection" against malware is promised for the cloud platform.

Red Hat Offers Startups a Free Cloud Platform

The OpenShift Startup Program provides free hosting and technical support.

Gartner Explodes 10 Cloud Myths

One popular myth is that the cloud should be used for everything.

Eclipse Moves Into the Cloud

Well known among developers for its Java-based integrated development environment, supporting vendors for the latest venture include IBM, Red Hat and SAP.

AWS Posts Strong Growth in Q3, Opens Datacenter in Germany

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. maintained strong growth over the latest fiscal quarter for Amazon.com, despite a poor showing for the company as a whole.

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