Virtualization

Mon, June 01, 2009 - Snafus haven't stopped an increasing number companies from turning to cloud computing services for pay-as-you-go processing power and storage space that don't require an investment in IT infrastructure.

Mon, June 01, 2009 - Trimming network redundancy at the University of Connecticut's School of Business was certainly not COO Michael Vertefeuille's first choice to save money. However, as the college faces a 10% budget shortfall this year, falling on the heels of last year's 5% cutback, he's had to dig deep.

Sun, May 31, 2009 - Software-as-a-Service helps a small town during emergencies. With 1.9 million workers on the federal payroll, many U.S. government departments have more employees than there are citizens in the town of Vernon, Conn. Yet the 30,000 people who call Vernon home get the same benefits from SaaS that big government does.

Thu, May 28, 2009 - Policy would require customers to buy a license for every processor an Oracle-equipped virtual server might touch.

Wed, May 27, 2009 - A sample of cloud service providers, their price structure and major features

Mon, May 25, 2009 - Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has gone from a curiosity to the mainstream in just a few years as businesses turn to the technology to take advantage of the inherent economies of scale. Yet that's only the beginning.

Mon, May 18, 2009 - If you need more computing or storage capacity in your data center but capital expense is an issue, then a public cloud computing service makes a nice option. You get on-demand IT resources that are infinitely scalable and you pay for what you use.

Mon, May 18, 2009 - Five reasons to embrace an external cloud; five reasons to stay away.

Mon, May 18, 2009 - Got unpredictable demand for your company's Web-based service? Perhaps Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud is the answer. Here's how one start-up cashed in on Amazon EC2.

Thu, May 14, 2009 - Cloud computing is a reality, and it's a force that IT professionals need to quickly come to terms with. The economic and social motivation for the cloud is high, the business need for speed and agility is greater than ever before, and the technology has reached a level in which prudent investments in cloud services are fast and easy. The number of cloud success stories is growing every week.