Cloud Computing

Mon, May 20, 2013 - In 2011 Gartner's Jim Sinur predicted that business process management and the cloud would be the "real thunder." He stated that moving operations to the cloud would free up money and efforts for businesses, and those organizations would be remiss to ignore BPM.

Mon, May 20, 2013 - There have been rumors and speculation. There have been whispers and rumblings. But this week VMware is expected to release details about its plans to launch a public cloud offering, the central part of its new hybrid cloud strategy.

Mon, May 20, 2013 - Yahoo will now have to figure out how to grow Tumblr revenue without alienating its user base

Mon, May 20, 2013 - Center stage at this year's Google I/O was a company honing its vision for a future beyond search.

Mon, May 20, 2013 - As personal and professional clouds converge, IT's mission to improve productivity while protecting corporate apps and data is getting tougher.

Fri, May 17, 2013 - Google announced a complete overhaul of its social network, Google+, at this week's I/O conference in San Francisco. Here's an in-depth look at all the changes and why they make Google+ better.

Fri, May 17, 2013 - Usually Amazon Web Services, which many consider to be the leader in the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud computing market, is pretty hush-hush about the internal workings of its massive cloud.

Fri, May 17, 2013 - Newvem, which sells a tool that allows users to track and optimize their use of cloud computing resources, has expanded its software's functionality to monitor not just Amazon Web Services, but now Microsoft Azure now as well.

Fri, May 17, 2013 - In the IDG Enterprise Interview Series, you'll hear from technology CIOs and CEOs on today's burgeoning trends, ongoing headaches and upcoming product plans. Check out this informative series from IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant and his team of editors.

Thu, May 16, 2013 - Many enterprise IT shops may be reluctant to jump head first into cloud computing. After all, there are a variety of concerns that come with using the cloud, from security to integrations with existing systems, and perhaps most scary: What the cloud will mean for your IT job.

Thu, May 16, 2013 - SAP is shipping a raft of new features for the in-memory platform and letting partners in on its HANA Enterprise Cloud

Thu, May 16, 2013 - SAP's co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe has responded to analyst Forrester's criticisms following the launch of HANA enterprise cloud, claiming that it is a logical business model because customers want to control their core systems.

Thu, May 16, 2013 - Virtual padlocks can keep storage providers -- and the government -- from accessing data in the cloud

Wed, May 15, 2013 - Can the old guard in business continuity and disaster-recovery services thrive in an era when the companies are looking at new ways to process business data? SunGard Data Systems, with decades of experience in availability services, is feeling the pinch as some business clientele move data to the cloud. But SunGard says it's pushing forward with innovations that are making it a public cloud provider as well with the kind of application availability it says will be hard to match elsewhere.