By Joab Jackson, IDG News Service | August 26th, 2014 Google plans to give Zync users better pricing and more scalability. To beef up its cloud platform with more specialized packages, Google is acquiring Zync for its large scale rendering
Shadow cloud services pose a growing risk to enterprises
By Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld | August 25th, 2014 Non-approved SaaS apps are growing rapidly, says PwC. A growing tendency by business units and workgroups to sign up for cloud services without any involvement from their IT organization creates serious risks
Azure cloud services have a rough week
By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service | August 15th, 2014 Outages and service disruptions hit several Azure products in various regions of the world in the past seven days. Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform suffered a series of outages
3 Cool Google cloud features
By Brandon Butler, Network World | August 12th, 2014 With competition being as intense as ever, Google is attempting to distinguish its cloud offering by appealing directly to developers. In the increasingly competitive cloud IaaS market Google is attempting to
Amazon’s four tips to make sure your cloud is secure
By Brandon Butler, Network World | August 01st, 2014 AWS makes four Trusted Advisor features free. Amazon Web Services has a program named Trusted Advisor that provides customers with advice on the best way to use the company’s IaaS cloud
Architectural Firm Puts Giant Data Files in the Cloud
By Bob Violino, CIO | July 30th, 2014 A global architectural firm sees big advantages in putting building design data in a cloud storage service. Perkins and Will, like many other global architectural firms, is struggling to manage ever-growing volumes
Microsoft, IBM make cloud gains against Amazon
By Sharon Gaudin, Computerworld | July 29th, 2014 Rivals also outpace Google though analysts expect it to gain momentum. Microsoft and IBM are gaining momentum in the cloud infrastructure services market, putting pressure on Amazon and outpacing rival Google, according
Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud Outsourcing Creates New Legal Risks
By Stephanie Overby, CIO | July 25th, 2014 IT leaders need to learn how to manage the evolving legal, privacy and compliance issues of SMAC contracts. The convergence of social, mobile, analytics, and cloud technologies (SMAC) are complicating an already
California sees IT shifting to IBM-built cloud
By Patrick Thibodeau, Computerworld | July 24th, 2014 State creates a cloud service that it believes can serve most of its IT needs. California is moving its IT services to a cloud, on-demand, subscription-based service that state officials believe may
Sprint Boosts Enterprise Cloud Offering With Google Apps for Business
By Matt Kapko, CIO | July 23rd, 2014 Sprint business customers will soon be able to purchase and bundle Google Apps for Business on their wireless bill. The nations third-largest carrier will also provide technical support and enterprise mobility advice
IBM aims to disrupt supercomputing market with cloud enticements
By Joab Jackson, IDG News Service | July 23rd, 2014 IBM’s SoftLayer cloud will offer supercomputer-friendly InfiniBand as an interconnect option. IBM is offering a potentially powerful incentive in its attempts to entice organizations to move supercomputing jobs to the
Cisco, Microsoft chasing clouds
By Jim Duffy, Network World | July 18th, 2014 Companies extend data center integration work with 3 year GTM agreement. Cisco this week expanded its data center arrangement with Microsoft with a multiyear sales and go-to-market effort for integrated products.
Business Agility Drives Cloud Adoption
By Thor Olavsrud, CIO | July 18th, 2014 Companies adopting cloud computing most aggressively say that business agility — not cost — is the primary driver of adoption. Companies moving aggressively to adopt cloud computing are winning competitive advantage by
Enterprises increasingly look to the private cloud
By Sharon Gaudin, Computerworld | July 17th, 2014 Companies interested in moving to cloud computing are increasingly choosing a private cloud for the increased security and, often, compliance features instead of the public cloud, according to a recent survey. “Companies
Microsoft seeks help in pushing cloud tech
By Sharon Gaudin, Computerworld | July 16th, 2014 Looks to partners to help convince enterprises to switch from Microsoft software to its cloud services. Microsoft’s renewed push into the cloud computing market, announced this week, doesn’t change the fact that