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News At the event, Elop made Microsoft's familiar case that, while the cloud is great, customers are better served by an option that allows software to run on customers' own machines as well... [18 Nov 2008]
No offline access to Microsoft's Office in a cloud
News Microsoft's forthcoming Office Web Applications will allow users to create and edit spreadsheets, presentations and Word documents through a browser - but only if there is an active internet connection. [18 Nov 2008]
'Telcos must join Google's cloud, not fight it'
News Telcos looking to offer cloud services to their customers would do well to get into bed with Google, analyst house Gartner has warned. Such is the take-up of Google's online services that telcos looking... [17 Nov 2008]
Adobe plans a bridge to the clouds
News Adobe Chief Technology Officer Kevin Lynch, who's planning to speak on the subject in a keynote speech Monday at the company's Max conference in San Francisco said: "It's a balance of... [17 Nov 2008]
Mass layoffs as Sun cuts 15 per cent of staff
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 momentum and growing... [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... [14 Nov 2008]
Satellite tech keeps tabs on Cornwall's rubbish
News C is for The Cloud Local authorities in south-west England are using satellite technology to keep track of their rubbish collection fleets. Caradon and North Cornwall District Councils have been using... [13 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... [11 Nov 2008]
Credit crunch could drive banks to SaaS security
News The credit crunch could drive banks and businesses to get their security from the cloud.silicon.com Financial Services Get the latest financial services news straight to... [10 Nov 2008]
Start-ups placing faith in the cloud
News Start-ups stand in a good position to benefit from new technology developments such as the cloud, small-business directors said at a roundtable this week. In the discussion, participants... [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]
Force.com breaks out to the web with Sites
News Now you can run your whole web in our cloud. Salesforce.com has launched an application that enables developers to build and run external websites on the software as a service company's Force.com platform. [04 Nov 2008]
Salesforce.com teams up with web 2.0 titans
News The tie-up with Amazon allows Force.com users to take advantage of Amazon's hosted computer processing capabilities, Elastic Cloud Compute and Simple Storage Services (S3) to support the... [04 Nov 2008]
Microsoft announces Live Mesh developer Framework
News While it was Windows Azure that got much of the attention, Microsoft also released another important platform at last week's Professional Developers Conference. Microsoft's Live Framework is essentially... [03 Nov 2008]
