Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage - News, Trends and Analysis

Enterprises Seek Direction on Utility Computing Front

Matthew Hicks | February 02, 2005

Enterprises need help managing the commodity hardware and software that underpin utility computing before the model can reach its potential, panelists say at a Linux conference.

Clustering Eases Talk Americas Replication Woes

Lisa Vaas | February 02, 2005

Case study: Talk America, the phone and Internet access provider, has moved from 50 Informix databases down to two Oracle databases. Early returns on the clustering blitz show that Talk America has jazzed up its querying capabilities and wiped its

Sun Opening a Global Grid

Jeff Burt | February 01, 2005

Sun is opening a massive grid with six grid centers around the world that customers can access for a fee of $1 per hour of CPU usage.

Tivoli Gains Steam With Candle Acquisition

Paula Musich | January 31, 2005

Candle acquisition kindles revenue growth for IBM unit.

EMC Program Aims to Lure Veritas Backup Customers

Brian Fonseca | January 27, 2005

The first phase of its "Safe Switch" program is targeted at Veritas NetBackup and Veritas Backup Exec users who are moving toward implementation of Oracle 10g database.

Analysts: EMC Migration Program Wont Reshape Market

Karen Schwartz | January 27, 2005

They say that while EMC's "Safe Switch" program will influence some customers to abandon Veritas storage products, it's mostly "a reason ... to have a conversation with a customer."