Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage - News, Trends and Analysis

Tiny Aircraft Use Linux, Bluetooth for Computing

Dennis Fisher | June 03, 2005

British researchers have built tiny aircraft that use Linux to perform parallel processing operations and can communicate with one another via Bluetooth.

Sun Purchases StorageTek

Brian Fonseca | June 03, 2005

Sun Microsystems is bulking up its storage portfolio to help customers brace for looming compliance.

HP Brings Utility Computing to SAP Apps

Jeff Burt | May 31, 2005

HP's Virtualized Infrastructure Solutions for mySAP Business Suite enables users to dynamically allocate compute resources to respond to business demands.

SaaS Emerges as Long-Term Rival to Packaged Software

John Pallatto | May 25, 2005

The software-as-a-service model is appearing as a growing competitor to packaged software. But the likes of Microsoft, Oracle and SAP stand in the way of SaaS becoming a dominant software-distribution model.

Future of Grids May Be Outside the Enterprise

eWEEK Editorial Board | May 23, 2005

Opinion: The maturity of grid technologies will lead to wider adoption of grids, but grids within the enterprise may never be mainstream.

IT Managers See No End to Technology Complexity

John Pallatto | May 19, 2005

Reporter's Notebook: Reducing IT complexity was the theme of Gartner Symposium/ITxpo. But IT managers say all of the evidence they have seen points to more complexity, not less.

Opsware Automates Server Configuration

Paula Musich | May 13, 2005

Moving closer to the promise of on-demand computing, Opsware's SAS 5.1 offers affordable, streamlined server management and helps with SarbOx compliance.

IBM Scores SOA Deals with Lawson, Firemans Fund

John Pallatto | May 11, 2005

IBM reports major wins for its service-oriented architecture program, including an application-modernization deal with Fireman's Fund and an ERP development project with Lawson Software.

Liquid Server Architecture Scales to Workload Demand

Jeff Burt | May 09, 2005

Liquid Computing's new server architecture leverages industry-standard components and proprietary technology to create a pool of computing resources that can scale up and down depending on workload demands.