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Oracle To Turn Focus on Cloud with Next Major WebLogic Update

Oracle this week announced the forthcoming availability of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c, a major update of the company's WebLogic app server and the cornerstone of its Cloud Application Foundation.

Microsoft's Office 365, SkyDrive Get Major Updates

Two of Microsoft's cloud-based services, Office 365 and SkyDrive, underwent significant updates on Tuesday.

Joyent Joins VMware's 'Community Leads' To Support Cloud Foundry

Joyent has signed on to VMware's Community Leads program to lend its Node.js expertise to that company's Cloud Foundry project.

Fujitsu Bundles Microsoft's Azure Services for Hybrid Cloud Offering

Fujitsu this week launched a hybrid cloud offering that lets enterprises tie apps running on-premises to those running on Microsoft's Windows Azure service.

Microsoft Defines Its Cloud Terms at Investor Event

An executive within Microsoft's Server and Tools division gave investors some perspective on Microsoft's cloud vision on Monday, at the CLSA Asia USA Forum in San Francisco.

Cloud Provider mindSHIFT To Be Acquired by Best Buy

Consumer tech retailing giant Best Buy has agreed to buy IT outsourcer and cloud provider mindSHIFT Technologies for $167 million.

Report: General Motors To Switch from Lotus Notes to Google Apps

According to a report published Friday by The Wall Street Journal, Google has inked a deal with General Motors Corp. to move the automaker's 100,000 employees to the cloud-based Google Apps suite.

Standards Group Releases Cloud 'Roadmap' for Government

To encourage U.S. government agencies to adopt cloud computing technologies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a "roadmap" draft for public comment.

Citrix Announces Slew of Cloud, Desktop Virtualization Products

Citrix Systems rolled out several new products on Wednesday during its Synergy partner conference in Barcelona.

Microsoft, Amazon Offer SQL Server 2012 Testing in the Cloud

A collaboration between Microsoft and Amazon would allow developers to test SQL Server 2012, previously code-named "Denali," in Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

Zend Announces PHP Cloud

Zend Technologies recently rolled out phpcloud.com, a platform and partner ecosystem aimed at facilitating the development and delivery of PHP-based Web apps.

Oracle To Acquire RightNow

Oracle announced today pans to purchase RightNow Technologies Inc. for $1.5 billion.

Cisco Working With Citrix on Many Virtualization Fronts

Cisco and Citrix Systems have formed an alliance that has them working together to deliver Citrix-supported Cisco hardware and devices to Cisco's customers

Citrix Gets Cloud Storage with ShareFile

The acquisition gives Citrix a foot in a crowded cloud storage segment competing with Dropbox, Apple and others.

Verizon Wireless To Virtualize Its Mobile Phones for Personal, Biz Use

Verizon said it's working with VMware to offer phones that can make the transition from home to work without hiccups or headaches for IT.

City of Los Angeles Raises Security Concerns over Google Cloud Contract

Google's contract to provide cloud-based applications to the city of Los Angeles hit a snag this week, after the city expressed concerns over the security of Google's offerings.

Microsoft Rolls Out Next Version of Windows Intune Cloud Service

"Wave 2," the name of the second generation of Microsoft's Windows Intune cloud-based PC management service, was released as scheduled on Monday.

IBM Boosts Public and Private Cloud Portfolio

IBM this week fleshed out its SmartCloud public and private cloud portfolio as it looks to capture what it is predicting will be a growing base of enterprise customers.

Microsoft Details New Features in Upcoming SQL Azure Release

Microsoft outlined some of the new features coming in the next release of SQL Azure -- which the company said will arrive in Q4 2011 -- during Day 2 of the PASS Summit, taking place this week in Seattle.

Google Cloud SQL Launches in Limited Preview

Google Cloud SQL, which adds a MySQL database Web service to Google's cloud-based App Engine development stack, is now available in a free preview version, Google announced this week.

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