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Google ITA Scrutiny Gives DOJ More Antitrust Fodder

Google's $700 million acquisition bid for travel search software maker ITA Software passed muster with the Justice Department April 8, which is a big...

Microsoft’s ERP Offerings Drifting to Windows Azure

Microsoft is unveiling yet another front in its intensive battle for the cloud, with the announcement at its Convergence 2011 conference that the next...

Iron Mountain Digital Phasing Out Basic Cloud Storage

Here's unusual news in this era of exploding data stores: A major player is shutting down, not expanding, some of its cloud storage services.Iron...

Google Chrome OS Tablet Evolving in Open Source

A tablet computer based on Google's Chrome operating system is wending its way through the search engine's open-source pipeline, the company confirmed.Chrome OS is...

Google CEO Page Promotes Android, Chrome, YouTube Managers

Google CEO Larry Page reorganized his senior management team April 7, promoting high-level executives to head business lines and report directly to him.The move...

YouTube Live Streaming Underscores Google Broadcasting Plan

YouTube officially turned on YouTube Live, the Google video-sharing unit's bid to stream concerts, sporting events and interviews with local celebrities and the like.Consumers...

Google Expands Check-in Deals, Hotpot to Rival Facebook, Foursquare

Google April 8 said it is launching its Latitude check-in deals across thousands of businesses across the United States, less than one month after...

DOJ Clears Google ITA Bid, with Conditions

The Department of Justice April 8 blessed Google's $700 million acquisition bid as long as the search engine agreed to conditions geared to foster...

IBM Launches Workload Deployer Private-Cloud Appliance

At an IBM Cloud Forum event in San Francisco, Big Blue announced several new cloud-computing initiatives, including new workload-deployment technology.The new IBM Workload Deployer,...

IBM Takes Leading Role in Cloud Standards Group

The Object Management Group has launched a new Cloud Standards Customer Council with IBM as a founding member.Indeed, the OMG announced that IBM, CA,...