http://www.eweek.com Cloud Computing - RSS Feeds en-us Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:19:20 -0400 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:19:20 -0400 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:59:53 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Can-You-Bet-on-the-Cloud/?kc=rss - The future of computing may be a lot harder to predict than the weather. So, can you bet your company on the cloud? This question is pressing on enterprise IT executives who are trying to weigh the allure of low-cost, flexible computing in the cloud against the risks inherent in the platform...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Can-You-Bet-on-the-Cloud/?kc=rss Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:19:27 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Venture-Investing-Clouds-Reign/?kc=rss - Cloud computing lightning is beginning to strike investors. quot;It's an incredibly hot area for venture capital funding right now. Because this is such a significant shift in IT infrastructure, there's a desire to get into it early, quot; said an entrepreneur who asked not to be named and w...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Venture-Investing-Clouds-Reign/?kc=rss Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:07:08 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Cloud-Computing-Been-There-Done-That/?kc=rss - Cloud computing may be the next big thing, but it didn't happen overnight. Its genealogy goes all the way back to time-sharing, a practice dating to the 1960s in which a mainframe computer was accessed simultaneously by multiple terminal users in different locations via telephone lines. Cloud...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Cloud-Computing-Been-There-Done-That/?kc=rss Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:20:58 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/How-Many-Clouds-Will-There-Be/?kc=rss - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Experts on the issue of cloud computing discussed some of the promises and problems cloud computing brings to the IT industry, including the possibility that cloud computing could result in there being just a handful or fewer major IT solution providers when all is said and done. A...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/How-Many-Clouds-Will-There-Be/?kc=rss Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:50:16 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/IBM-Expands-Overseas-Cloud-Computing-Centers/?kc=rss - IBM is preparing to open four new cloud computing centers in India, Brazil, South Korea and Vietnam, which will give the IT giant a significant and fresh opportunity to sell its products and services in emerging-market countries. The four new cloud computing centers are in Sao Paulo, Brazil; ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/IBM-Expands-Overseas-Cloud-Computing-Centers/?kc=rss Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:03:13 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Oracle-and-Intel-Join-Hands-for-Cloud-Computing-at-OpenWorld/?kc=rss - Oracle is teaming with Intel to accelerate enterprise adoption of cloud computing. News of the partnership came at the Oracle OpenWorld 2008 conference in San Francisco. The idea is to make enterprise cloud computing more secure and efficient and to drive the development of standards that enable fl...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Oracle-and-Intel-Join-Hands-for-Cloud-Computing-at-OpenWorld/?kc=rss Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:11:14 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Oracle-Pursues-Cloud-Strategy-for-Database-and-Middleware-Products/?kc=rss - Oracle is embracing cloud computing with its support for Amazon Web Services' Elastic Compute Cloud environment. The move, announced Sept. 22 at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, will benefit both companies as enterprises look to the cloud for more services. Right now, Oracle plans to allo...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Oracle-Pursues-Cloud-Strategy-for-Database-and-Middleware-Products/?kc=rss Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:13:27 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Database-Options-for-the-Cloud/?kc=rss - NEW YORK -- Although a relational database management system is what most developers are used to working with, you're not likely to use one in the cloud, a cloud computing expert said as he listed the strengths and weaknesses of various cloud computing options. Speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo here, Ge...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Database-Options-for-the-Cloud/?kc=rss Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:26:34 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Building-Applications-in-the-Cloud/?kc=rss - Audio Podcast Content....]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Building-Applications-in-the-Cloud/?kc=rss Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:05:07 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/3Tera-Citrix-Partner-to-Make-Cloud-Computing-Mainstream/?kc=rss - Cloud/utility computing provider 3Tera, which serves up computing power, data storage or applications over a grid to thousands or millions of users for a monthly fee, Sept. 15 revealed a partnership with Citrix Systems designed to make these services available to a wider market. The agreement, a...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/3Tera-Citrix-Partner-to-Make-Cloud-Computing-Mainstream/?kc=rss Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:46:18 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Hey-Hey-You-YouGet-on-My-Cloud/?kc=rss - WASHINGTON Whether they know it or not, American Internet users' heads are in the clouds. According to a new Pew Internet amp; American Life survey, almost 70 percent of Americans with Internet access use Webmail services, store data, photos and videos online, or use software programs such as w...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Hey-Hey-You-YouGet-on-My-Cloud/?kc=rss Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:50:01 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Google-Blasted-Over-Gmail-Google-Apps-Outages/?kc=rss - by Clint Boulton Google Blasted over Gmail, Google Apps Outages By Clint Boulton Google Blasted Over Gmail, Google Apps Outages 1. Has Google Set the Bar Too High? Google's Gmail and Apps outage caused some awkward moments. quot;It's extremely annoying. I was just rec...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Google-Blasted-Over-Gmail-Google-Apps-Outages/?kc=rss Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:56:26 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/10-Things-You-Should-Know-About-Virtualization/?kc=rss - With Citrixs recent XenSource acquisition, a new hypervisor on the way from Microsoft and Oracle now extending its sincere Red Hat flattery to the virtual world, the buzz around server virtualization is louder than ever. Here are 10 things to keep in min Lately, it seems that every vendor is o...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/10-Things-You-Should-Know-About-Virtualization/?kc=rss Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:04:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Two-Leading-Virtualization-Companies-Are-One/?kc=rss - In a memo to their employees, the CEOs of two leading virtualization companies recently revealed that their companies have merged. Specifically, Serguei Beloussov, of SWsoft and Nick Dobrovolskiy of Parallels acknowledged that SWsoft now owns Parallels. According to a source close to the compani...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Two-Leading-Virtualization-Companies-Are-One/?kc=rss Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Salesforce-Targets-Integration/?kc=rss - A battle brewing in the business applications market is boiling down to two sides: on-premises versus on-demand software. Salesforce.com, an on-demand vendor in San Francisco that racked up $500 million in revenue in the third quarter of fiscal 2007, is looking to better delineate its integration s...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Salesforce-Targets-Integration/?kc=rss