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cloud computing
EU security agency highlights cloud computing risks 22/11/2009 09:27:00
Areas of concern are vendor lock-in, separation of different companies, security of management interfaces and malicious insidersCloud computing users face problems including loss of control over data, difficulties proving compliance, and additional legal risks as data moves from one legal jurisdiction to another, according to a assessement of cloud computing risks from the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA).Benioff trumpets Force.com platform's success 20/11/2009 08:51:00
Salesforce.com says more than 135,000 custom applications have been built with the platformSalesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff on Thursday attempted to cement an image of the vendor as a full-blown application development platform provider, not merely a purveyor of SaaS (software-as-a-service) applications.Cloud won't do for critical applications, SAP says 19/11/2009 01:27:00
Its own cloud offering Business ByDesign is delayed until the company gets its strategy rightSAP does not expect mission-critical applications to move to the cloud in the near future, the company's chief technology officer said on Wednesday.Microsoft ups cloud computing ante with Azure, 'Dallas' 18/11/2009 10:11:00
Development of cloud computing platforms to begin next yearMicrosoft announced that its Azure cloud computing platform will be launched into production on January 1st of 2010. Chief software architect Ray Ozzie also unveiled details of a cloud computing project, codenamed 'Dallas'.Elastra offers a tool to build public-private clouds 18/11/2009 07:12:00
Cloud Server Enterprise Edition works with VCenter, Xen or Amazon Web ServicesElastra has announced the availability of its Cloud Server platform, which lets enterprises build public-private computing clouds, it said on Tuesday.Amazon Web Services to expand into Asia-Pacific 16/11/2009 08:17:00
New 'availability zones' will reduce latencyAmazon Web Services will expand its footprint to Asia-Pacific during the first half of 2010, the cloud-computing infrastructure vendor said Thursday.Microsoft developer technologies take center stage at PDC 13/11/2009 12:00:00
At the Professional Developers Conference next week, Microsoft will cover a range of efforts from cloud computing to programming languagesWith a full schedule on tap, the 2009 Microsoft PDC (Professional Developers Conference) next week will tout efforts ranging from the company's Windows Azure cloud platform to plans for programming languagesMS Office battles Google in the cloud 09/11/2009 09:10:00
Office 2010 will be released into a far different competitive landscape than Office 2007 facedWhen Microsoft releases the next version of its productivity suite, Office 2010, it will be into a very different competitive landscape than the one Office 2007 faced in late 2006.IBM announces cloud software-development betas 06/11/2009 05:56:00
Big Blue is prepping pay-as-you-go infrastructure as well as full-lifecycle services for private cloudsIBM on Thursday announced beta versions of new services aimed at developers who want to create and deploy applications on public and private clouds.Microsoft to open cloud computing center in Taiwan 05/11/2009 09:58:00
The center is aimed at boosting hardware development around cloud computingMicrosoft celebrated its 20th year in Taiwan by agreeing to open a joint cloud computing center with the island's economics ministry.HPC vendor pitches tools to build 'private cloud' 05/11/2009 09:18:00
Platform Computing says its new software tool makes HPC clusters less staticMuch of the talk about cloud computing in data centers has been about enterprise workloads, but high-performance computing (HPC) customers are getting some options as well.Unisys introducing software for private clouds 02/11/2009 18:29:00
The offering is targeted at companies that are still wary of public clouds for security reasonsUnisys announced Monday software and services that will enable organizations to deploy and run their own internal private clouds, as part of its strategy to offer customers a variety of cloud computing options.Open-source CRM and ERP: New kids on the cloud 31/10/2009 04:37:00
Users report significant ROIWhen Nikon decided to merge and consolidate customer data from more than 25 disparate sources into one system, officials didn't want the burden of maintaining it in-house, yet whatever they went with had to meet all their requirements and work picture-perfect.Google Apps scores in LA, with assist from Microsoft 29/10/2009 09:07:00
City Council unanimously approves five-year $7.25 million dealLos Angeles City Council approved a US$7.25 million five-year deal Tuesday in which the city will adopt Gmail and other Google Apps.Salesforce.com's Service Cloud sparks legal storm 23/10/2009 07:43:00
The Georgia company ServiceCloud is suing for trademark infringementA Georgia company has filed suit in federal court against Salesforce.com, saying the on-demand CRM (customer relationship management) vendor's use of the phrase "Service Cloud" violates its trademark.
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