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Beware business cloud dangers, says EU agency

Businesses should use caution when procuring cloud services, according to the European agency charged with promoting IT security good practice. Businesses should use caution when procuring cloud services, according to the European agency charged with promoting IT security good practice. The European Network and Information Security...

Tags: Agency, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Strategy, Networking, Marketing, Management, cloud, business, Tom Espiner ZDNet UK

News items 2009-11-23

Ray Ozzie's view from the clouds

In a lengthy interview, Microsoft's Ray Ozzie talked about clouds, lessons Microsoft learned from the recent Sidekick outage as well as why people are wrong to count Microsoft out of the smartphone race. When Ray Ozzie penned his Internet Services Disruption memo back in 2005, he had a...

Tags: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Microsoft, cloud, Ina Fried CNET News

News items 2009-11-18

Next year is THE year for cloud computing

Here is what Indu Kodukula, CTO of SunGard Availability Services thinks how cloud computing is likely to transform the computing industry landscape in 2010. Commentary - Yogi Berra had it right - it?s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. It?s especially difficult...

Tags: CIO, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, cloud, Indu Kodukula

News items 2009-11-17

Cloud, consumers give Skype enterprise boost

Skype's Dan Neary says in the past online consumer apps would never be considered business grade But with the cloud, those apps have become secure enough that you trust. SINGAPORE--The cloud computing revolution and momentum consumers have driven toward technology adoption are helping consumer- or Web-based businesses such as...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, cloud, Skype, Vivian Yeo CNET Asia

News items 2009-11-12

3D Living Clouds Lite Screen Saver 1.0 (Windows)

3D Living Clouds screen saver display slowly floating clouds on your desktop. You can adjust clouds speed and direction, select of three themes (day, sunset and night).

Tags: 3D, Microsoft Windows, Cloud, AgileScreenSavers

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Breakout Clouds 1.0 (Windows)

Breakout Clouds is an interesting puzzle game for free. Cute clouds and a little star make this version of the classic breakout game the cutest breakout game ever! Since you are a cloud in training, you must destroy the enemy clouds but you must avoid the lightning bolts and collect...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cloud, NowStat, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Is the cloud a better place for our data?

As consumers, we have two options of storing our digital data: locally or elsewhere in the cloud. IntraLinks' Mushegh Hakhinian says it's like storing your savings in a mattress or a bank. Commentary- Data loss is an all too common a theme in the news these days. The recent...

Tags: Bank, Password, Data Loss, cloud, storage, Mushegh Hakhinian IntraLinks, Special to ZDNet, Mushegh Hakhinian IntraLinks, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-10-26

Beware the allure of Fool's Cloud

Private cloud, like fool's gold, isn't the real thing. It omits some of the most crucial elements of cloud computing and will disappoint and deceive most enteprises that fall for its allure. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Allure, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Moore's Law of Software is the key to the cloud

Shared endeavor is what connects cloud computing to open source. The same force that drives open source forward, developers sharing and improving tools, also drives the cloud, Urquhart writes. It's a brilliant insight. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Software, Cloud, Moore, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-10-08

SaaS for your business in the cloud

Is it just lower upfront cost and faster time-to-live that's driving businesses to adopt SaaS? Or is it simply that the cloud is where business gets done today, and that's where business systems should operate too. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Cloud, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2009-09-23

AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the money' [interview]

Cloud computing can't possibly handle streaming a first-person shooter or a feature-length film, can it? Ask AMD's Charlie Boswell, and he'll not only tell you it's possible, but he'll nearly leap with excitement about it. Boswell, AMD's director of digital...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Cloud, GPU, OTOY, Fusion Render Cloud, Jules, Games, Cloud Computing, Internet, Virtualization, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-11

Harnessing enterprise clouds: Many technical underpinnings already reside in today's data centers

We expect that the way the clouds are built will be refined for more and more enterprises over time. The early goal is gaining the efficiency, control and business benefits of an everything-as-a-service approach, without the downside and risks. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Data Center, Cloud, Data Centers, Storage, Benefits, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Human Resources, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Am I a big whiner about Gmail's downtime?

I received a lot of feedback on my post from Tuesday, "Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes down." Comments ranged from commiseration, to ridicule for buying into a cloud-based solution, to thoughtful musings on the nature of the cloud in education. by Christopher Dawson

Tags: Google Gmail, Downtime, Cloud, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Cast Iron, Amazon partner to push migration to EC2 cloud

You've no doubt heard all the buzz about virtual data centers and doing business in the cloud, as well as all the money that can be saved. But when it comes time to do make the move, there are a lot of things to think about. Will...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Migration, Cloud, Registration Information, Data Center Virtualization, Software As A Service (SaaS), Storage, Hardware, Data Centers, Data Management, Virtualization, Emerging Technologies, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Cloud Storage for Cloud Computing

The Cloud has become a new vehicle for delivering resources such as computing and storage to customers on demand. Rather than being a new technology in itself, the cloud is a new business model wrapped around new technologies such as server virtualization that take advantage of economies of scale and...

Tags: Information Technology, Business Model, Cloud, Open Grid Forum, Server Virtualization, Strategy, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Management

White papers 2009-09-01

When is a cloud not a cloud?

Instead of falling into the trap of building privately hosted, captive clouds, the emerging concept of virtual private cloud lets enterprises put a slice of public cloud infrastructure under their own delegated control and management. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Cloud, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2009-08-28

A Practical Guide to Cloud Computing Security: What You Need to Know Now About Your Business and Cloud Security

More so than other types of hosted environments, when it comes to the cloud, companies worry about the "S" word: Security. There are three important things one needs to know about cloud security. First, cloud security is almost exactly like the internal security. The security tools one uses every day...

Tags: Cloud Computing, Avanade, Cloud, Security

White papers 2009-08-27

Amazon Web Services rolls out Virtual Private Cloud: Enterprise customer tipping point on deck?

Amazon Web Services launched Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, a secure bridge designed to connect enterprise data centers with its cloud. The move fills in a big missing enterprise-friendly piece---the need for hybrid cloud approaches---and may ease the migration to the cloud. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Amazon Web Services, Web Service, Amazon.com Inc., Cloud, Cloud Computing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-26

Future cloud apps won't need humans

Lew Tucker, vice president and chief technology officer of cloud computing at Sun Microsystems, foresees applications that are entirely self-sufficient. Humans will be able to set boundaries, of course, but will no longer be needed to turn servers, or anything else for that matter, physically on or off. It is...

Tags: Cloud, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-14

Private cloud formations rising, but remember SOA lessons

We've been tracking developments in the private cloud space for the past couple of years. As noted in my last post, there's plenty of concern about the security and reliability of cloud computing. Perhaps one way to address these concerns is through private clouds that remain in...

Tags: SOA, Cloud, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-08-13