According to an announcement today by Amazon Web Services, fees for inbound data trasfers are now removed and outbound data transfer costs are lowered. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 06/30/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    You can create some advanced virtual networks with this nifty tool. Have you tried it? Plus: Upcoming VMware Webinar July 12!
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM is planning to roll out a set of cloud-based backup services designed to help organizations save, archive and restore data after a system failure or disaster.
                    
			            - By Henry  Kenyon
- 06/28/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At a New York launch event on Tuesday, Microsoft announced that Office 365 is now officially available in 40 markets globally.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 06/28/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    According to a Symantec survey, not only are business and IT executives frequently not on the same page when it comes to virtualization and cloud computing, but in some case they're not even reading from the same book. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- 06/28/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Last week, Wyoming became the first state to "go Google," as all 10,000 of its employees moved to Google Apps for Government.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Enterhost recently debuted four new cloud services based around Microsoft's cloud platform. The company is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner based in Fort Worth, Texas specializing in Windows-based Web hosting. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Starting July, Microsoft will allow for free inbound Windows Azure data transfers during peak hours as well as off-hours.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citrix CTO joins two other founders at Bromium, which Crosby said is focused on security and virtualization. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 06/22/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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 Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), the company's cloud-based Exchange messaging service, went down again on Wednesday across North America.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 06/22/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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 rolled out several improvements to its Windows Live SkyDrive product, a free consumer-oriented cloud storage and file-sharing service, this week.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    My list of the best that server virtualization has to offer over physical servers.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
			            - By Rutrell  Yasin
- 06/14/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Talend, a commercial open-source middleware maker, is pushing its new Unified Integration Platform into the cloud.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- 06/14/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SolarWinds this week solidified its line of virtualization management tools, with new versions of its Hyper9 virtualizaztion management solution and SolarWinds Storage Manager. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 06/09/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Raxco adds new feature called Virtual Awareness, aimed at thwarting fragmentation in virtualized disks automatically.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 06/08/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Fujitsu plans to launch a commercial cloud service in August using Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, the two companies announced on Tuesday.