IDC: Cloud computing is here to stay
Global cloud services spending will increase almost three-fold in the next three years and reach $US42 billion by 2012, according to IDC.
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News about cloud computing
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Rackspace takes on Amazon with cloud server, storage services
Amazon has a new competitor in the cloud computing arena, with Rackspace debuting pay-as-you-go server instances and an online storage service.
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AWS adds option to reserve capacity on cloud
Amazon Web Services Thursday for the first time began giving customers in the U.S. the ability to reserve capacity in advance on its Elastic Compute Cloud infrastructure.
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Cloud efforts examined by Microsoft and others
Established vendors weighed in on cloud computing at Microsoft's Silicon Valley offices on Friday afternoon, citing it as a dramatic shift but offering caution as well.
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Avanade MD makes his case for cloud computing
With Microsoft increasingly talking up cloud computing it is not unexpected that Avanade, the consultancy dedicated to using the Microsoft platform, and which was co-founded by Microsoft, is starting to talk up the benefits of running services in the cloud. To get a little more of a local insight where he thinks the market is positioned and what Avanade can offer organisations, we spoke to Craig Dower, managing director, Avanade Australia.
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Report: Microsoft to bring full SQL Server database to cloud
Microsoft, which last year announced plans to bring a limited version of its SQL Server database online, now plans to offer a fully capable cloud version.
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Ballmer: Azure ready for release by end of year
Microsoft plans to release its Windows Azure cloud-computing platform before the end of the year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Tuesday.
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Australian Google partner gets cloud computing ready
Google Enterprise partner, Devnet, has launched what it claims is the first cloud computing-ready program for Australian businesses.
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Web application platform Coghead shuts down
Coghead, maker of a cloud-based enterprise application development platform, is shutting down, according to its Web site.
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Researchers outline cloud computing obstacles, opportunities
UC Berkeley researchers have outlined their view of cloud computing, which they say has great opportunity to exploit unprecedented IT resources if vendors can overcome a litany of obstacles.
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IBM, Juniper join in cloud strategy
IBM and Juniper on Monday provided a sneak peek at technology that lets enterprise IT managers easily reallocate computing resources between a private and a public cloud.
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The cloud-SOA connection
Cloud computing may have overtaken SOA as the trendy technology term du jour, but the two concepts can be paired to bolster service deployments, industry experts say. With cloud computing, enterprises can access services hosted on third-party servers over the Internet. In SOA, enterprises use integrated application services in a more lightweight fashion than traditional application platforms.
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Sun to take to the cloud
Sun Microsystems plans to detail on March 18 its grand entrance into the cloud computing space, Sun officials said Tuesday morning.
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Cloud computing shapes up as big trend for 2009
It is still early in the year, but cloud computing already is shaping up as a key trend for 2009.
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Startup introduces cloud marketplace
Deutsche Telekom spin-off Zimory has unveiled Public Cloud, a marketplace for companies that want to buy and sell hosted server capacity online.
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