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Salesforce.com Revenue Climbs 28%, Meets Expectations By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 24, 2013 Despite the good numbers, the company's share price fell because of guidance for future earnings. Tags: Salesforce.com, CRM, Salesforce, revenue, enterprise software, earnings, Cloud Ubuntu vs. Windows 8: Which Is Better Overall? By Matt Hartley | Article Published May 20, 2013 It's much easier to find a system with Windows 8 pre-installed, but Ubuntu offers a better interface and better apps. Tags: Windows 8, Cloud, apps, Ubuntu, Microsoft, OS, open source, operating system, app store, Office, interface Thin Clients Are Back—It's About Time By Rob Enderle | Article Published April 04, 2013 All the pieces are in place for thin clients to take off. Tags: AMD, thin client, processor, mainframe, nVidia, tablet, gaming, Cloud Optimizing Your Cloud Computing Strategy Survey Sweepstakes: Official Rules By | Article Published March 27, 2013 Complete the survey and be automatically entered in our sweepstakes for a chance to win 16 GB Apple iPad Mini. In addition, the first 100 entrants will be eligible to receive a $10 Starbucks gift card. Tags: iPad, sweepstakes, survey, Cloud, Starbucks Apple Adds 2-Step Authentication to Apple ID, iCloud By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 22, 2013 The new security feature should help protect users' data and accounts. Tags: iCloud, Apple, two-factor authentication, Cloud Another Cloud Goes Down: Google Drive Experiences Outage By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 18, 2013 Many users who try to access Google's cloud-based storage service are getting error messages. Tags: Google Drive, Storage, Cloud, Google, outage Google Explains Its Responses to Government Requests for Data By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 28, 2013 The company calls for changes to U.S. laws in order to limit government access to cloud data. Tags: government, Google, transparency, Cloud, email, U.S. SAP Reports Strong Software Sales, But Profits Disappoint By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 15, 2013 The company's stock slid following the report. Tags: earnings, SAP, Enterprise, quarterly financials, profits, HANA, software, Cloud Google Apps Challenges Microsoft Office By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 26, 2012 Google's goal is to capture 90 percent of Microsoft's Office business. Tags: Google Apps, software, Microsoft Office, Office productivity, Cloud, Enterprise Red Hat Beats Revenue Estimates, Acquires ManageIQ By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 21, 2012 Revenue rose 18 percent, but profits fell 9 percent. Tags: open source, Cloud, merger and acquistion activity, quarterly financials, software, Red Hat, Virtualization Management Adobe Earnings Beat Expectations By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 14, 2012 The transition to the subscription-based Creative Cloud has been good for the software company. Tags: Adobe, software, quarterly financials, Cloud, licensing, subscription, earnings Facebook and Gmail Go Down on the Same Day By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 11, 2012 Both services are now functioning normally. Tags: Gmail, Chrome, downtime, outage, Cloud, Google, Facebook Cisco Buys Wi-Fi Networking Firm Meraki for $1.2 Billion By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published November 19, 2012 Cisco says the purchase will help it expand its customer base with more mid-market firms. Tags: WiFi, Cisco, networking, merger and acquistion activity, Wi-Fi, Cloud Gartner Predicts Tech Spending Will Hit $3.7 Trillion Next Year By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published October 23, 2012 The company said "Every budget is becoming an IT budget." Tags: Cloud, Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, budget, big data, tech spending, Gartner, mobile, social networking Microsoft Touts Exchange 2013 at Conference By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published September 25, 2012 The company is launching new server- and cloud-based versions of its unified communications software. Tags: Cloud, Microsoft Exchange, server Bossie Awards 2012: The Best Open Source Applications By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published September 19, 2012 This year's award-winners include business applications, desktop applications, cloud and data center software, application development tools and more. Tags: Cloud, open source software, application development, applications, data center, business software, desktop Microsoft Unveils Office 365 Pricing, Packages By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published September 18, 2012 Prices for the next edition of Office will start at $99.99 per year for the cloud version and $139.99 for the traditional software version. Tags: Microsoft, Office 365, Office 2013, Cloud OpenStack Foundation Nears Launch By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 07, 2012 New Executive Director of open source cloud foundation provides insight into upcoming releases and the challenges that lay ahead. Tags: OpenStack, Cloud Microsoft Shifts Main Office Product to the Cloud By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 17, 2012 From now on, Microsoft plans to focus its development efforts on Office 365. Tags: Cloud, software, Office, Office 365, Microsoft Microsoft Streamlines, Cloudifies Windows Server 2012 Editions By Pedro Hernandez | Article Published July 06, 2012 Forget the tangled web of Windows Server editions. Microsoft limits choices to just four, but requires a change in how IT managers calculate their licensing costs. Tags: Microsoft, Windows Server, cloud computing, Cloud Oracle Jumps Gun, Preannounces Profit Surge in Q4 2012 Earnings By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 19, 2012 Q4 net income increased 8 percent to $3.5 billion. Tags: earnings, revenue, Cloud, Oracle HP's OpenStack-Powered Cloud Enters Public Beta By Pedro Hernandez | Article Published May 11, 2012 HP opens the doors to its public cloud offering in one of the industry's highest profile OpenStack deployments. Tags: cloud computing, OpenStack Community, Cloud, HP Symantec Revenues Flat As License Sales Drop By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 03, 2012 The move to the cloud means more companies are buying subscriptions. Tags: Cloud, Symantec, security Google Drive Arrives, At Last By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published April 25, 2012 The new cloud service offers 5GB of storage for free. Tags: Google Drive, Storage, Cloud Google Drive Next Week? By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published April 17, 2012 Rumors suggest that Google will launch a new personal storage service called Google Drive next week. Tags: Cloud, Google, Storage, Drive Asigra Fuels Cloud Backup Platform for Telcos By Pedro Hernandez | Article Published February 21, 2012 The company's software powers NetApp–Asigra Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS) for cloud backup providers. Tags: telco, backup, Cloud, cloud computing Amazon Launches Home-Grown NoSQL Database By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published January 18, 2012 DynamoDB is now available through Amazon Web Services. Tags: database, NoSQL, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Microsoft, HP Team to Sell Public and Private Cloud Services By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published December 08, 2011 The two companies with offer hardware, software and services to support public, private and hybrid clouds. Tags: Cloud IBM to Buy Cloud Analytics Vendor for $440 Million By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published December 08, 2011 Big Blue will purchase DemandTec, which makes cloud-based marketing and sales software. Tags: IBM, Cloud Blazemeter Brings Apache JMeter to Cloud By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published December 06, 2011 Startup gets $1.2 million to fund an open source-based load testing solution. Tags: cloud computing, Apache, Cloud, blazemeter Cloud Computing CRM Buying Guide: Top Players By Drew Robb | Article Published November 03, 2011 The cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) sector features sharp competition from all the big names -- SAP, Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle and many others. Tags: CRM, cloud computing, customer relationship management, Cloud Cloud Security in Datacenter Terms By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published October 19, 2011 Security in the cloud isn't the same as security in your own datacenter. Tags: Security practices, Salesforce.com, cloud computing, Cloud Cisco Doubles Down on UCS By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published July 13, 2011 Cisco server platform doubles its virtual network interface capacity as it scales up for the cloud. Tags: UCS, Cisco, Cloud Microsoft Emphasizes Cloud Services to Partners - Again By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published July 12, 2011 On day two of the software giant's annual partner conclave the company honed in on making sure its resellers get the newest information on its near-term cloud computing plans. Tags: windows server 8, Microsoft, system center 2012, Cloud SaaS and ITIL By Anthony Orr | Article Published May 20, 2011 SaaS and ITIL Tags: service management, SaaS, Cloud, ITIL SAP Goes 'Social' with Cloud-Based StreamWork By Vangie Beal | Article Published May 05, 2011 The StreamWork application will facilitate collabaration among all SAP business applications. Tags: ERP, SAP, cloud management tools, Cloud, social networking "To Cloud" or "Not to Cloud?"-- That is the Question By Anthony Orr | Article Published May 02, 2011 "To Cloud" or "Not to Cloud?"-- That is the Question Tags: Cloud, ITIL, Transform CIO2CEO: Server Huggers By John D. Hughes | Article Published April 03, 2011 CIO2CEO: Server Huggers Tags: infrastructure, CIO, leadership, server, Cloud Oracle Unveils Cloud File System By David Needle | Article Published February 09, 2011 The latest Oracle release includes advanced cluster file system capabilities for storage clouds. Tags: cloud computing, data storage management, replication, Cloud, Oracle Google Tweaks Docs for Better Access to Content By David Needle | Article Published January 31, 2011 A new preview panel and Home view are designed to make it easier for users to find the content they're looking for. Tags: Google Docs, cloud computing, Cloud, document management, Google Apps Marketplace Google Touts 'Industry First' Service Level Agreement for Apps By David Needle | Article Published January 14, 2011 As part of its new SLA, Google said it is eliminating maintenance time from the agreement as it aims to give its cloud-based enterprise apps dial-tone reliability. Tags: Google Apps, cloud app, SLAs, Google, Cloud 12 Hottest App Categories for Cloud Computing Shift By Larry Marion | Article Published November 30, 2010 A survey reveals that firms are most likely to shift HR to the cloud, with several other other categories close behind. Tags: cloud computing, Cloud, SaaS, HR Management, data center management White House Pledges Cloud Computing Approach to Federal IT By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published November 19, 2010 Obama administration announces sweeping reforms to federal IT procurement and management, planning agency mandate for cloud computing and aggressive data center consolidation. Tags: Cloud, data center, government IT, White House, cloud computing Novell Gets the Social Cloud Vibe By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published November 09, 2010 Thought that Google Wave was dead? Novell’s rebranded Pulse effort aims to continue the wave federation protocol with new Vibe, based on earlier open source efforts. Tags: Google Wave, Novell, Cloud, cloud computing, open source Does Microsoft's Cloud Computing Help the Environment? By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published November 05, 2010 Microsoft: Cloud computing isn't just a money saver -- it's a green solution as well. Tags: green computing, Cloud, cloud computing, Microsoft, data center Cloud Computing and Privacy Concerns By Diana Kelley | Article Published November 04, 2010 To best understand the Cloud Computing privacy issue, it is effective to divide the exposure use cases into three categories. Tags: security, Cloud, Privacy policy, secure storage, cloud computing HP 'Instant-On' Bridges Cloud and Data Center By David Needle | Article Published November 03, 2010 The enterprise IT vendor's 'Instant-On' initiative offers a conduit between cloud services and on-premises data center resources. Tags: Cloud, cloud computing, datacenter, Enterprise IT, HP HP Launches "Instant-On Enterprise": Devil's in the Details By Rob Enderle | Article Published November 02, 2010 In a sign of the times, HP’s strategy addresses IT’s need to both maintain legacy hardware-software and leverage opportunities from Cloud Computing. Tags: IT, Enterprise IT, Cloud, cloud computing, HP Microsoft Touts Its Cloud, Mobile Strategy By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published October 29, 2010 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer detailed the software giant's plans for its Windows 7 and Azure initiatives. Tags: Azure, steve ballmer, Microsoft, Cloud, cloud computing Is Cloud Computing Overhyped? By Amy Newman | Article Published October 22, 2010 Leading analysts disagree about cloud computing's prospects in the years ahead. Tags: Virtual Cloud Management, IDC, Cloud, cloud computing, Gartner Cloud Wars: Microsoft Office 365 Takes the Battle to Google By Rob Enderle | Article Published October 21, 2010 One expert opines that Microsoft’s Office 365, its hosted software in the cloud initiative, is gaining momentum against the popularity of Google Apps. Tags: Cloud, cloud services, Microsoft, Google, cloud computing New York City Workers Going to Microsoft's Cloud By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published October 21, 2010 As one billionaire to another, and in another perceived loss for Google, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has convinced NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg to move some 100,000 city employees to Microsoft's cloud platform. Tags: software, New York, Microsoft, Cloud, cloud computing 5 Ways Cloud Computing Will Change Business and Careers By Jeff Vance | Article Published October 18, 2010 IT staffers need to take a hard look at their job prospects, and companies need to move faster, among other expected changes. Tags: cloud computing, Cloud, IT Jobs/Salary, Cloud network, virtualization cloud Cloud Computing: Small, Big Players Cooperate By Jeffrey Kaplan | Article Published October 06, 2010 Legacy software vendors are inking cloud computing contracts with a new generation of nimble, web-oriented service providers. Tags: SAP, Cloud, AWS, cloud computing, SaaS Cloud Computing By M. Tim Jones | Article Published September 29, 2010 Cloud computing underlies many computing systems, including Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). Plus: cloud computing resources. Tags: Cloud, Cloud Hosting, Cloud network, cloud management tools, cloud computing Should Integrators Embrace Cloud Computing? By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published September 27, 2010 Is it profitable for a vendor or service provider to offer solutions via cloud computing? Tags: cloud computing, service providers, Cloud, SaaS, IT infrastructure Private Cloud Computing Deployment at a National Lab By Drew Robb | Article Published September 27, 2010 The Los Alamos National Laboratory deployed a private cloud computing infrastructure for greater security and more rapid scale-up. Tags: cloud computing, IT infrastructure, private cloud, security, Cloud Microsoft Moves Closer to Intune Release By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published September 22, 2010 Microsoft's Intune, all-in-one service for cloud-based systems management, is exiting its second public beta. Tags: cloud management tools, cloud computing, Intune, Microsoft, Cloud 10 Disruptive Cloud Computing Trends By Jeff Vance | Article Published September 21, 2010 Cloud computing and confusion are nearly synonymous. Cost, timelines, strategy? A look at the many cross currents riling cloud computing. Tags: Cloud network, cloud computing, Virtual Cloud Management, virtualization, Cloud Google Wants to Own the Future...by Predicting It! By Mike Elgan | Article Published September 09, 2010 A number of new initiatives give Google –- and perhaps users -- a glimpse into the future. Tags: Web apps, cloud computing, Cloud, Google, Google Apps IBM Outlines an Aggressive Cloud Computing Strategy By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published September 01, 2010 Look for a series of smaller acquisitions as IBM's cloud computing division aims for the skies. Tags: cloud computing, Cloud Storage, IBM, cloud management tools, Cloud VMware Rounds Out Cloud Offerings With Security, Analytics Acquisitions By Thor Olavsrud | Article Published August 31, 2010 The virtualization giant announced today that it will acquire real-time IT analytics firm Integrien and online access management and security firm TriCipher. Tags: vSphere, vCenter, VMware, virtualization, Cloud Microsoft Execs Detail Business Software Opportunities By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published August 13, 2010 Cloud computing and business upgrades to Windows 7 were among the growth opportunities cited by Microsoft executives, but demand for the relatively ancient Windows XP continues as well. Tags: Windows 7, cloud app, Microsoft, Cloud, cloud computing VeriSign Launches Cloud-Based DNS Management Service By Larry Barrett | Article Published August 11, 2010 VeriSign Managed DNS service will ensure the availability of enterprise websites, email and Web systems. Tags: VeriSign, DNS, cloud computing, Cloud, Cloud network Cloud Storage Poised to Save Enterprises Money: Report By David Needle | Article Published July 30, 2010 While public cloud storage services have been around for years, they haven't won over the enterprise. That could soon change. Tags: data storage management, Cloud Storage, Cloud, cloud computing, data storage SaaS Market Growing by Leaps and Bounds: Gartner By Larry Barrett | Article Published July 27, 2010 Gartner's latest report confirms what the market and top enterprise software vendors have been saying for the past three years: SaaS and cloud computing are the future and the future is now. Tags: SaaS, SaaS Contract, Cloud, cloud computing, cloud services Google Launches Cloud Apps for Government By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published July 26, 2010 With new government version of cloud apps, complete with principal federal security certification, Google hopes to signal "green light" for adoption in federal agencies. Tags: Cloud, cloud app, government market, cloud computing, government IT Top 10 Reasons Cloud Computing Deployments Fail By Jeff Vance | Article Published July 26, 2010 Lack of cloud computing vendor management and poor understanding of the risks are among the challenges that doom cloud deployments. Tags: cloud computing, Cloud, Cloud Providers, cloud management, cloud deployment Agency Officials Draw Roadmap for Federal Cloud By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published July 21, 2010 Senior federal officials spearheading the transition to the cloud outline promises, challenges of remaking government IT in the service-oriented model sweeping the private sector. Tags: government IT, Cloud, government market, Cloud Providers, cloud computing Cloud Computing's Reach is Further Than Most Think By David Needle | Article Published July 15, 2010 Gomez analysis shows that 19 percent of website transactions include a cloud service at some point in the chain, and businesses have no visibility into this service. Tags: cloud computing, Amazon EC2, ecommerce, cloud services, Cloud Google Boosts Cloud Computing Apps -- Should Microsoft Worry? By Jeff Vance | Article Published June 29, 2010 Some cloud computing trends seem to favor Google – or not. And what about smartphones? And the browser factor? Tags: Microsoft, Cloud, cloud services, Google, cloud computing Cloud Computing Leaders: Ten to Watch By Jeff Vance | Article Published June 15, 2010 Cloud computing visionaries, start-ups and established giants, all vying to win a larger share of the emerging cloud market. Tags: Cloud, Cloud network, SaaS, cloud computing, cloud content management Cloud Computing 2.0 and the Changing IT Manager By Jeffrey Kaplan | Article Published June 07, 2010 Despite all the hype, tech executives are still grappling with the emerging cloud computing trend. Here’s a brief guide to what it means to today’s IT leaders. Tags: IT manager, SaaS, Cloud, cloud computing, cloud management Tech Execs Tout Government Cloud, Open Data By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published May 27, 2010 At O'Reilly Gov 2.0 Expo, technology experts and advocates from the public and private sectors talk up the next generation of government IT operations. Tags: cloud computing, government IT, tech exec, Microsoft, Cloud IBM, Ariba Get Social in the Cloud By Larry Barrett | Article Published May 26, 2010 Ariba will integrate its Commerce Cloud offering with Big Blue's LotusLive to make it possible for buyers and sellers to talk to either other directly using social networking tools. Tags: Social Networking Tools, IBM, Cloud network, Cloud, cloud computing |
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