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Where is Oracle Heading?
08 Jul 2012

Experts are currently puzzled, and some of them even shocked, at Oracle's latest public cloud vision, in which the software company continues their lock-in approach, which is not a good idea considering the direction taken by the cloud industry these days. Oracle Corp. CEO Larry[etc]view more ››

Google Compute Engine: 5 Reasons Why This Will Change the Industry
08 Jul 2012

Google's new IaaS offering, called Compute Engine, is one of the biggest things that has happened to the cloud computing industry in such a long time and here are five reasons why: PaaS is still to ambitious to work on a large scale Microsoft's failure to create a successful busi[etc]view more ››

Cloud Companies to Watch: Enterprise OpenStack Pioneer – Piston
06 Jul 2012

If you are not familiar with the company called Piston Cloud Computing, chances are you're going to be within a few years, since the startup is currently developing technology that will give way to the next generation of Internet cloud services. Basically, Piston Cloud Computing[etc]view more ››

SAP Report Highlights Big Gains for SMBs with Big Data
06 Jul 2012

Another report predicts the growing benefit of Big Data among Small and Midsize enterprises (SMBs). This time, online poll was conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of enterprise application software provider SAP AG. The survey is the result of the poll conducted among 154 C-[etc]view more ››

How Europe is Embracing Cloud Computing
06 Jul 2012

The European Commission's panel on privacy is planning to promote the concept of cloud computing and aims to endorse it as legal under the continent's privacy law. In line with this, the commission also encourages organizations and companies to learn how to police themselves bett[etc]view more ››

Samsung is Joining the Cloud
06 Jul 2012

In a recent announcement, Samsung has confirmed that they are considering the idea of hosting their own cloud service, in order to extend the appeal of their Android-based devices to enterprises. Samsung is looking into the idea of building cloud based services that will help con[etc]view more ››

Google's Cloud Security Reaches New High
05 Jul 2012

As of May 28, Google's cloud security reached a new high when Google Apps for Business earned ISO 27001 security certification.  Although the news of the certification caused a lot of hype in both the business and the technology worlds, not many people are aware of just how impor[etc]view more ››

Google Compute Engine and Google Drive to Overtake the Competition?
05 Jul 2012

The highlight of the second day of Google I/O 2012 has focused on the cloud services of Google. First, Google has introduced the new features of Chrome, launching the browser application for iOS devices. Then it was the turn to Google Drive with two important innovations. Google[etc]view more ››

Ensuring Cloud Security – Challenges Ahead
05 Jul 2012

With the present attention the cloud is getting, it is but normal to be concerned about security. The cloud is popular because it is able to all music and personal emails which can be accessed through mobile devices or computers. Government agencies also use the cloud for its dat[etc]view more ››

Why Microsoft Paid $1.2 Billion to Acquire Yammer
04 Jul 2012

Microsoft has officially announced it has purchased Yammer for an amount of $1.2 billion in cash. Launched in 2008, Yammer is a social network for business – an intranet modern sort – allowing employees to exchange information and collaborate within their company. Yammer is often[etc]view more ››

Amazon EC2 Outage Reveals Challenges of Cloud Computing
04 Jul 2012

Data center and cloud hosting services, Amazon cloud infrastructure suffered a power outage last week, creating problems for their clients which lasted more than 24 hours. The blackout was lasted several hours affecting tens of notable sites including Foursquare, Quran, Moby and[etc]view more ››

The Fight Over Platform-As-A-Service
03 Jul 2012

Even though Platform-as-a-Service is relatively new, there are IT experts who believe that it can be the most significant cloud structure. Recently, the world's largest cloud computing service providers sat down to discuss PaaS. At the Cloud Leadership Forum, Salesforce.com, Micr[etc]view more ››

Cloud Computing API Standard: Will It Ever Happen?
03 Jul 2012

Experts do not believe that an API standard will be implemented in the near future. This is primarily because each of the cloud computing service providers has its own API definition. Although there is a real need to standardize APIs, these providers are really not bent on moving[etc]view more ››

IBM Offers Big Data Analysis Tool
02 Jul 2012

IBM recently launched an analytics application program which can analyze and correlate big data. The software also includes sentiment analysis culled from social networks. In one single platform the application is able to provide optimization techniques, predictive analytics, and[etc]view more ››

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