cloud computing
RSS cloud computing'Cloud computing to fuel open source explosion'
News Cloud computing will fuel growth in open source software as companies try to manage costs, according to database heavyweight Ingres. Berquist said the cloud computing... [05 Dec 2008]
Open source and the cloud to go mainstream
News Within the next 12 years, 40 per cent of IT jobs will be related to open source, and open-source-based cloud computing will be solving many problems in the real world, open source advocates have predicted. [04 Dec 2008]
The City fund manager with no IT department
Comment It employs a relatively new business model using cloud computing to create a highly streamlined company not hamstrung by established thinking on IT provision.silicon.com recently spoke to the company's... [02 Dec 2008]
Amazon's cloud database floats into public beta
News SimpleDB is just one of many components that make up the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud-computing initiative - the others being the Simple Storage Service (S3) hosted storage facility, the CloudFront... [02 Dec 2008]
Thanks for holding: Customer service gets automated
Comment More on outsourcing… Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract Cloud computing - the data centre of the future? Tired of being put on hold? [27 Nov 2008]
IBM offers clouds stamp of approval
News IBM has announced a validation programme aimed at increasing the company's influence in the cloud-computing arena, by allowing businesses to evaluate the reliability of cloud-based... [26 Nov 2008]
'Telcos must join Google's cloud, not fight it'
News Such is the take-up of Google's online services that telcos looking to expand into cloud computing services could be wasting money and time by developing their own cloud apps that could... [17 Nov 2008]
Adobe plans a bridge to the clouds
News Google is trying to dominate what it believes is the new frontier, cloud computing, where applications run on the Web. Google's cloud computing is limited by the... [17 Nov 2008]
Up to 6,000 to go as Sun restructures
News Sun will realign its software organisation into new business groups: Application Platform Software, Systems Platforms, and Cloud Computing & Developer Platforms, with a focus on "boosting open source... [14 Nov 2008]
High fashion gets high tech with SaaS embrace
News The silicon.com CIO Jury recently delivered a mixed verdict on whether the cloud was the future of enterprise computing, with six of the 12 IT heads saying they believe SaaS will be the future of... [14 Nov 2008]
Is Salesforce.com sitting pretty for cloud wars?
Comment Although Salesforce.com has yet to beat the traditional software makers, Tim Ferguson says the software-as-a-service pioneer is one step closer to realising its CEO's cloud computing vision. That said,... [12 Nov 2008]
There's no escape from the cloud, say CIOs
News CIOs and other tech bosses appear are welcoming the advent of cloud computing, but not everyone's convinced it will become the dominant method of delivering IT to the business. However, even those firmly... [11 Nov 2008]
Start-ups placing faith in the cloud
News The question of open source and the cloud in Microsoft's world was put by Ricky Doyle, director and co-founder of Practice-IT: "As cloud computing becomes more prevalent, you... [07 Nov 2008]
Cops enlist HAL in fight against crime
News Nigel Jones, director of the KTN, said: "In today's age of distributed networks and with moves towards cloud computing there is a lot more information out there that might be useful in terms of evidence. [05 Nov 2008]
'Microsoft, SAP just don't get cloud computing'
News Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff has accused SAP of failing to understand cloud computing and slammed Microsoft's internet-based operating system, Azure. According to Benioff, SAP is harming the... [04 Nov 2008]
