For everything cloud computing offers – speed, convenience, simplicity, offsite backups – its “public” nature remains a touchy subject for enterprise. This simple fact explains why many organisations ...

Cloud computing is the delivery of on-demand computing services over the internet, which can include online storage, media ...

Cloud computing has surpassed buzzword status and has become an unstoppable force as businesses look to move their applications and infrastructures to the Web and shatter the shackles of pricy, bulky ...

Cloud computing has taken the world by storm, and for good reason. It’s a meaningful, effective way to provide software and computer resources to people around the globe. Hence, enterprises and ...

In our last newsletter we pointed out how some industry purists believe that the phrase private cloud computing is an oxymoron – that cloud computing by definition implies the use of services provided ...

If you’ve been happily using iCloud or Google Drive for cloud storage, you probably haven’t been too concerned about exactly what type of cloud data management you’re using. But when you start to ...

The VMworld hangover has hit, and I found InfoWorld’s own Matt Prigge offered the best coverage of VMworld when he pointed out that the theme this year: Run — don’t walk — to the private cloud. Even ...

According to Gartner's 2010 hype cycle report, which examines 1,800 technologies and evaluates their maturity, cloud computing is on the cusp of reaching mainstream adoption within the next two to ...

I’ve heard it all about private clouds over the last few years. “Private clouds are not true clouds,” say the public cloud computing purists. “Private clouds are the best way to move toward cloud ...