Cloud Computing


VMware CIO Tony Scott Named U.S. CIO by President Obama

Scott, who served as Microsoft's CIO before coming to VMware, starts his new job today.

AWS Market Share Hits 5-Year High

In the fourth quarter of 2014, Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) garnered 30 percent of the worldwide cloud infrastructure services provider market on the strength of 25 percent revenue growth from the third quarter, according to new data from Synergy Research Group.

A Quick Peek into the VMware Integrated OpenStack

VMware has added a lot of value to the open source, private cloud platform.

VMware Unveils vSphere 6

It's the first major upgrade in three years, since vSphere 5.5.

Capacity Planning and Management with StrataCloud

Tools for the specific challenges of SDDCs.

VMware Partners With Google on Cloud Services

Four services will be initially offered; more to come.

AWS Takes On Enterprise E-mail

Amazon Web Services Inc. today took a tilt at traditional enterprise e-mail providers by announcing a preview of Amazon WorkMail.

What Does the Great Box IPO Mean for the Cloud Industry?

Its long-delayed march to the NYSE was worth the wait -- it opened at more than $20 per share.

VMware Offers On-Demand Cloud with a Credit Card

The company provides $300 in free credits to test out the new service.

vCloud Air Gets Disaster Recovery Capabilities

Also coming in 2015: advanced networking services.

Citrix Unveils Workspace Cloud

The former Workspace Services gets a cloud makeover with a unified management UI.

New Software-Defined Networking Tool Announced

Open Virtual Network is aimed at users of Open vSwitch and the OpenStack cloud platform.

Fastest AWS EC2 Instances Hit General Availability

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. this week launched its newest EC2 instance category, C4, based on the Intel Haswell processor.

VDI: It's All About the Apps, Stupid

Dell knows about the importance of delivering applications to end users, since it's one of the biggest hardware manufacturers in the industry. Here's the company's take on the different ways it can be done.

Report: Cloud Spending Nearly a Third of All IT Infrastructure Spending

The figures come via IDC's new quarterly cloud infrastructure tracker.

Red Hat Certification Caps Big SDN Year for Big Switch Networks

Big Switch Networks Inc. capped off a big year in the software-defined networking (SDN) industry by announcing its flagship networking fabric was awarded certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5, laying the groundwork for OpenStack cloud computing implementations.

3 Industry Expectations for 2015

What are we likely to see when it comes to the "Internet of Things," cloud computing and careers?

2015 Virtualization Predictions

2015 is no longer on the way -- it's here. What do some leading virtualization and cloud industry experts expect to see this year?

'Open Source' May Not Mean What You Think It Means

Although inconceivable to some, open source may be a weakness rather than a strength.

AWS Pledges To Run Entirely on Renewable Energy

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. recently joined tech giants like Google Inc. and Apple Inc. in promising to run its datacenters solely on renewable energy.

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