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IaaS: Renting on-demand technology

Infrastructure-as-a-service finds its niche in specific use cases

Cloudant expands data services reach to Europe

Deal with hosting partner SoftLayer expands Cloudant's network

How to make PHP apps scale

The most popular language for Web apps, PHP tends to buckle under heavy loads -- unless you opt for cloud scaling and a NoSQL back end

10 predictions for what the CIO role will look like in 2020

CIOs can expect their jobs to change dramatically by the decade's end, with increased roles in business planning, cyber security, robot management and, of course, the cloud

Don't make cloud management an afterthought

Enterprises that use cloud computing resources must often retrofit management after the fact. Don't be those guys

Update: SAP buying e-commerce vendor Ariba for $4.3 billion

The move expands SAP's presence in cloud software

Upcoming Salesforce.com release adds real-time chat capabilities

Salesforce.com also has plans to launch a new system-performance site called Known Issues

3 easy steps to creating your cloud strategy

If you have no cloud computing plan, you've essentially decided to fail. Here's how to succeed

Is cloud-based security really cheaper?

Vendors hope subscription models -- and removing need to manage and update software, hardware -- will be attractive, but the jury's not in on cost

Yahoo's Genome joins hosted big data analytics trend

As more companies move toward instant analysis of real-time big data sets there is a growing list of analytics-as-a service offerings

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Enterprises that use cloud computing resources must often retrofit management after the fact. Don't be those guys
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