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Salesforce.com outage: Top 10 cloud stories of 2010
Salesforce.com's January outage had almost all its customers experiencing an hour of downtime, ensuring that it would be one of the biggest cloud stories of 2010. Slideshow
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VMforce speculation: Top 10 cloud stories of 2010
Speculation over Salesforce.com and VMware's new venture, which would eventually become VMforce, was one of the top 10 cloud computing stories of 2010. Slideshow
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Google and VMware partner: Top 10 cloud stories of 2010
Designed to assist Java developers in building applications on Google App Engine, Google and VMware's partnership was one of the 10 biggest cloud stories of 2010. Slideshow
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Microsoft Azure concerns persist: Top 10 cloud stories of 2010
Microsoft Azure continued to mature in 2010, but questions about pricing and its fundamental underpinnings were among the 10 biggest cloud news stories of the year. Slideshow
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Top 10 cloud computing news stories of 2010
The year 2010 was packed with cloud news, including the Amazon-Eli Lilly squabble and VMware's many cloud announcements. This slideshow recaps the 10 biggest stories of the year. Slideshow
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Heroku handles Amazon outage: Top 10 cloud stories of 2010
The unexpected outage of Heroku's high-capacity Amazon EC2 instances was one of the ten biggest cloud computing stories of 2010. Slideshow
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Cloud computing outages: What can we learn?
When cloud services go down, the IT community takes notice. Find out what went wrong in the most high-profile cloud computing outages and how each company resolved its issues. Spotlight
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Heroku: 2010 top cloud computing startup
A Platform as a Service startup that runs on the Ruby programming language, Heroku is a fast-growing multi-tenant platform and hosting environment. Slideshow
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GoodData: 2010 top cloud computing startup
GoodData, led by tech entrepreneur Roman Stanek, is a business intelligence Platform as a Service startup aimed at providing data analytics in the cloud. Slideshow
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What is VMforce?
On April 27, VMware and Salesforce.com will reveal VMforce to the world. As anticipation builds, find out everything we know about VMforce in this special report. Special Report
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Azure updates may leave Windows shops wanting more
Analyst firm highlights key developments in Windows Azure and points out where the service still has holes. News | 28 Oct 2011
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Oracle Public Cloud: The good and bad
Oracle has decided cloud-based services do have some merit after all. But its latest offerings are missing key elements of true cloud computing services. Column | 07 Oct 2011
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VMware Cloud Foundry vs. vFabric: the picture grows clearer
VMware released Micro Cloud Foundry and shed light on how it ties up with vFabric. Think developer in a coffee shop vs. an enterprise development team. Column | 24 Aug 2011
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Cloud computing winners and losers: Our audience says…
Cloud computing is off to a slow start amongst enterprise IT buyers, but they are starting to pick suppliers and feel out the market. Who's in and who's out? News | 20 Jun 2011
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Microsoft sets Azure free; Appliance flutters to Fujitsu
Azure has spread beyond Redmond; Fujitsu will offer its own batch of Microsoft's cloud environment later this summer. News | 16 Jun 2011
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VMware's cloud quandary: Integration
As VMware extends the capabilities of vCloud Director and Cloud Foundry, we can only wonder how vFabric fits into the company's cloud strategy. Column | 09 Jun 2011
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What does VMware Cloud Foundry mean for the enterprise?
VMware's Cloud Foundry adds yet another option to the crowded cloud development market. Will this new Platform as a Service catch on in the enterprise? Column | 15 Apr 2011
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Is HP hiding cloud software in its labs?
Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker has outlined his outlined his vision for the company: it's all about the cloud. But the head of HP was also a bit short on detail. News | 15 Mar 2011
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IBM’s cloud computing strategy: Flying blind?
IBM seems like a natural to lead in the cloud computing market, but instead the industry pioneer struggles to redefine itself in a fast-changing services world. Feature | 17 Jan 2011
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How Microsoft Azure actually works
Mark Russinovich — Microsoft technical fellow, a lead on the Azure platform and a renowned Windows expert — took pains at PDC ‘10 News | 16 Dec 2010
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Three questions to ask when considering Microsoft Azure
Is Microsoft Azure a no-brainer cloud choice or impossible to adopt? Ask these three questions to determine if the cloud platform is right for you. Tip
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Choosing from the major Platform as a Service providers
Many organizations prefer Platform as a Service offerings for their cloud needs. Our expert compares options from Google, Microsoft and Amazon. Tip
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Top threats in a PaaS cloud service and how to avoid them
Platform as a Service offerings suffer from vulnerabilities, such as lax default application configurations and holes in Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols, which should be monitored and mitigated. Tip
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Running a Web service on Google App Engine
Google's App Engine for building Web applications in the cloud is beginning to support Java servlet-based Web services. It's still under development, but you can experiment using Eclipse support or command-line utilities in the SDK. Tip
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Introducing the key cloud computing platforms
Discover the current leaders in cloud computing, including Amazon's EC2 and IBM Computing on Demand, and find out whether a public or private cloud is appropriate for your enterprise. Tip
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The IT clouds: IBM, Microsoft and Sun
Find out how cloud computing solutions from major IT vendors, such as IBM Computing on Demand, can offer increased compatibility to enterprises already working closely with the vendor's products. Tip
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Platform as a Service: Google and Force.com
Discover how the Force.com cloud, Google's App Engine and other structured cloud computing solutions use cloud middleware and database tools to integrate applications into their platforms. Tip
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Code sample illustrates how to write Azure applications for the cloud
In a series of blog entries on MSDN, Microsoft's Maor David-Pur has given developers a concrete, step-by-step Azure tutorial geared to experienced .NET developers. Tip
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Introduction to Windows Azure for developers
What is Windows Azure? This introduction to Azure will explain what Microsoft's cloud OS really is, how it's put together and what that means for you as a developer. Learn how to build, test and maintain software as a service (SaaS) using the Azure f... Tip
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XaaS (anything as a service)
XaaS is a collective term that stands for a number of things including X as a service, anything as a service or everything as a service. The acronym refers to any of an increasing number of services provided over the Internet that have been tradition... Word
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Infrastructure as a Service is a provision model in which an organization outsources the equipment used to support operations, including storage, hardware, servers and networking components. The service provider owns the equipment and is responsible ... Word
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Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Platform as a Service (PaaS) is a way to rent hardware, operating systems, storage and network capacity over the Internet. The service delivery model allows the customer to rent virtualized servers and associated services for running existing applica... Word
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Engine Yard CEO discusses future of PaaS
Enterprises are making the leap to Platform as a Service for application development, and some are confident that all applications will eventually be developed on PaaS. Video
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Service providers dominate cloud business
Service providers are ruling the cloud market, taking the attention away from big vendors like Amazon. But what does this shift mean for other players in the cloud market? Video
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VMware vs. Red Hat: Whose PaaS will rule?
Issac Roth, PaaS Master at Red Hat, claims the software company's operational expertise supporting Linux servers around the world give it a leg up on VMware when it comes to running a cloud service. Video
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Joyent CEO pokes holes in Amazon's cloud
Joyent CEO and co-founder David Young stops by to discuss battling Amazon in the public cloud and why he thinks Amazon's cloud architecture is flawed. Video
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Will Database.com appeal to cloud developers?
Ariel Kelman, VP of product marketing for Salesforce.com's cloud platform Force.com, touts the capabilities of Database.com. But will developers care? Video
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Cloud computing 101
Get a basic overview of the pressures and influences shaping cloud computing in this podcast with Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director at THINKstrategies Inc. Podcast
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A complete guide to Windows Azure and the cloud
Looking to move to Windows Azure or just wondering what it's all about? This guide has something for cloud architects, developers and IT pros. Guide
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Azure updates may leave Windows shops wanting more
Analyst firm highlights key developments in Windows Azure and points out where the service still has holes. News
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Oracle Public Cloud: The good and bad
Oracle has decided cloud-based services do have some merit after all. But its latest offerings are missing key elements of true cloud computing services. Column
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Engine Yard CEO discusses future of PaaS
Enterprises are making the leap to Platform as a Service for application development, and some are confident that all applications will eventually be developed on PaaS. Video
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VMware Cloud Foundry vs. vFabric: the picture grows clearer
VMware released Micro Cloud Foundry and shed light on how it ties up with vFabric. Think developer in a coffee shop vs. an enterprise development team. Column
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Service providers dominate cloud business
Service providers are ruling the cloud market, taking the attention away from big vendors like Amazon. But what does this shift mean for other players in the cloud market? Video
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Why the cloud of today isn't the cloud of tomorrow
Because cloud has so much room to grow, it can be foolish to predict its future based on the proliferation and success of today's cloud projects. Feature
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Cloud computing winners and losers: Our audience says…
Cloud computing is off to a slow start amongst enterprise IT buyers, but they are starting to pick suppliers and feel out the market. Who's in and who's out? News
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Microsoft sets Azure free; Appliance flutters to Fujitsu
Azure has spread beyond Redmond; Fujitsu will offer its own batch of Microsoft's cloud environment later this summer. News
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VMware's cloud quandary: Integration
As VMware extends the capabilities of vCloud Director and Cloud Foundry, we can only wonder how vFabric fits into the company's cloud strategy. Column
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Find out about the major cloud computing development platforms including Microsoft Azure, Google App Engine, Amazon EC2, Sun Cloud and others. Understand what's involved in programming cloud APIs, pay per use billing, and writing applications using platform as a service offerings. This topic covers Microsoft Windows Azure, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon EC2, Platform as a Service, PaaS, Google App Engine, Salesforce.com, Force.com, Azure Services Platform, .NET, Mosso, Force.com, multi-tenancy, service-oriented architecture, SOA and Web services.