Infrastructure services
A lack of flexibility will doom Google's latest ego trip to the dustbin of history... more
Azure follows in Amazon's footsteps -- and other large IT vendors can't be far behind... more
The WSO2 Cloud Platform rollout features secure services multi-tenancy ... more
New 'availability zones' will reduce latency... more
Providers make a big deal how the cloud can scale up and down as you need it, but most enterprises already have that capacity in-house -- and are looking for something else instead... more
The industry's chieftans express disenchantment with 'the cloud,' but the services keep coming... more
Platform Computing says its new software tool makes HPC clusters less static... more
Users get a unified service offering, but don't think of it as a private cloud... more
Maintenance slipup caused a 5-minute power outage, but effects on users continued for hours... more
VMware and Intel also have supporting roles in the partnership geared toward building private cloud infrastructure... more
Amazon.com's attempt to spin away a potential vulnerability detected by researchers hurts the cloud -- and ultimately Amazon.com... more
One way for open source vendors to respond is through proprietary features... more
Web-accessible, key-value database joins list of essential technologies that includes Adobe AIR, Google Gears... more
Concentrates on hardware management and continuity... more
The company is pumping in that cold Irish air to chill servers, saving on electricity costs... more
The following is the first in a series of upcoming posts on establishing and working with enterprise-class clouds... more
Why new and emerging cloud computing startups rely on other clouds -- and why that's good for IT... more
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