January 2010

January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10
The Daily Cloud: Cloud to solve the world's economic woes...after a hearty breakfast

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, industry heavyweights from Salesforce.com, HP and VMware met to discuss how cloud computing will solve all our economic problems. Continue Reading
January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10
The Daily Cloud: Want to build your own cloud? Surgient can help

If you've got $50,000 and 30 days, Surgient will help you build your own cloud. But is the the company's Cloud Express a sound investment? Continue Reading
January 27, 2010 27 Jan'10
The Daily Cloud: Oracle caves on cloud computing

After two years, Oracle has accepted the term cloud computing. To the surprise of no one, however, the company is redefining the oft-defined term to suit its own needs. Continue Reading

January 26, 2010 26 Jan'10
Cloudkick adds premium features for a fee

Cloud management startup Cloudkick has added monitoring, multi-user accounts, email alerts and other features it hopes users will pay for. Continue Reading
January 25, 2010 25 Jan'10
AWS experimenting with actually supporting DNS for users

Sharp eyes to Shlomo Swidler, who posted an update to an old thread and an old complaint on AWS - getting lumped into spam blacklists. EC2 staffer "Steve@AWS" announced the availability of a ... Continue Reading
January 25, 2010 25 Jan'10
Amazon hooks up with XML search startup Mark Logic

Mark Logic calls itself the cutting edge of data management, but can it catch on in the cloud? Continue Reading
January 22, 2010 22 Jan'10
Microsoft seeks to secure the cloud through legislation

This week: Microsoft asks Congress and the IT world to begin the push for increased cloud computing privacy and security. Continue Reading
January 21, 2010 21 Jan'10
Understanding cloud compliance issues

Concerns about compliance have made companies wary of storing their data in public cloud environments. Continue Reading
January 20, 2010 20 Jan'10
VMware adds open source support for vCloud

Hoping to coax enterprises to vCloud, VMware makes an overture to early adopters and releases Java and Python SDKs for vCloud. Continue Reading
January 18, 2010 18 Jan'10
Cloud computing's only for grown-ups, survey says

A new study from EMA claims that while only 11% of enterprises are moving to the cloud next year, these cloud-ready businesses are ahead of the curve. Continue Reading

January 15, 2010 15 Jan'10
Benchmarks for Cloud -- more, please

Rackspace has commissioned a set of benchmarks to highlight performance differences between Rackspace and Amazon EC2. "Benchmarks!" you explode, your exquisitely sensitive logical faculties ... Continue Reading
January 15, 2010 15 Jan'10
Cloud computing market starts off 2010 with a bang

This week: Acquisitions and partnerships among IT giants dominate the news. Continue Reading
January 14, 2010 14 Jan'10
Microsoft, HP link arms in $250 million cloud kumbaya

HP and Microsoft trotted out the big guns to trumpet a data center partnership, but analysts say the move is mostly feel-good and not feature-heavy. Continue Reading
January 14, 2010 14 Jan'10
Microsoft adds version control to Azure operating systems

A new feature for Azure provides added control over Azure Windows operating system patches and updates. Continue Reading
January 13, 2010 13 Jan'10
Securing data in the cloud

Ensure data security in the cloud by classifying and storing it under the proper protection requirements. Continue Reading
January 12, 2010 12 Jan'10
Video encoder picks Rackspace over Amazon for performance

Video cruncher Encoding.com has elected to use shifted Amazon EC2's cloud computing platform over Rackspace, citing performance benefits. Continue Reading
January 08, 2010 08 Jan'10
Cloud computing concerns slowing widespread adoption

A luxury hotel chain chose Terremark's hosted services over Amazon Web Services. But why? Concerns about losing control when moving data and services into the cloud continue to make organizations wary of cloud computing. Continue Reading
January 08, 2010 08 Jan'10
Understanding cloud computing pricing

Someday, cloud computing providers may simplify pricing models. But until that day, when determining total pricing for a cloud computing service, consider the services offered by the provider and how each pricing structure is worded. Continue Reading
January 08, 2010 08 Jan'10
Protecting IaaS from domain name system threats

Understanding and resolving IP-related threats stemming from the domain name system will help maintain the security of your Infrastructure as a Service offering. Continue Reading
January 08, 2010 08 Jan'10
Infrastructure as a Service: How to maintain control

Buying Infrastructure as a Service is a mouth-watering prospect for CIOs and IT departments eager to drive down costs and speed up provisioning. But once IT is outsourced, keeping control of it can be a major challenge. Continue Reading