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  • Windows Azure competes with AWS, pushes more frequent, granular updates

    Microsoft released a steady stream of Azure updates, keeping pace with AWS. Could this mean Azure IaaS is finally ready for the enterprise ring?

  • What do the PCI DSS guideline updates mean to my enterprise?

    While cloud-based transactions are certainly nothing new, updates to PCI DSS guidelines reflect growth in this market and address innate security concerns.

  • Building a cloud ecosystem with open source software

    Mention the words "open source" to IT pros interested in adopting cloud computing, and their ears likely will perk up. Open source software offers a solution to the vendor lock-in concerns many enterprises have with committing to a cloud...

  • Limiting the effects of cloud computing outages

    Contrary to popular belief, cloud services actually fail more often than internal data center facilities do. The cloud isn't inherently unreliable, but like all forms of IT, cloud services have to be selected carefully and managed to achieve...

  • Amazon Redshift an appealing alternative to on-premises data warehouse

    Amazon Redshift, a data warehouse service by Amazon Web Services (AWS), might appeal to some, but keep in mind how it differs from an on-premises version. There is much in Redshift's favor as an alternative to on-premises data warehouses,...

  • Self-service portals give IT control in the cloud

    Maintaining control over IT processes in the cloud means giving end users access to self-service portals, but only a minority of companies heed that message.

    A 2012 poll of 1,000 IT pros in North America and Europe conducted by Forrester...

  • Buyer strategies for cloud price cuts

    Since cloud computing entered the mainstream, the market has seen dozens of price reductions, often from a single cloud service provider. Competition in pricing and improved economies of scale are expected to lower overall cloud service pricing,...

  • Looking to the future of legacy applications in the cloud

    Cloud computing is the talk of the industry, but not all applications are a good fit for the new paradigm just yet.

    Experts see this picture changing, and most predict that within about five years, apps that are currently difficult to...

  • OpenStack Summit review: What's hot and what's missing

    Cloud expert David Linthicum talks to Beth Cohen, a senior cloud architect for Cloud Technology Partners.

    This Cloud Computing Weekly podcast dives into the

  • Manual OpenStack upgrades remain labor-intensive

    PORTLAND, Ore. -- With new versions of the OpenStack cloud management platform released every six months, discussions at OpenStack Summit here this week focused on ways to improve the upgrade process.

    Without a way to automate...

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