Data Center Cloud Computing Category
Dell, Ubuntu Partner on Linux Cloud Platform
Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS (long-term support) is being built with the latest Linux kernel and OpenStack IT and is currently undergoing integration and quality assurance testing with Dell's version of OpenStack. Read More >
Dell's Windows 8 Tablets Take Aim at iPad
Dell's Windows 8 tablets will apparently leverage the company's experience in security and interoperability to challenge the iPad, according to an executive. Read More >
Cloud Security, Bandwidth Demands Create IT Challenges
Seventy-four percent of respondents indicated their chief concern about cloud migration was ensuring corporate data security. Read More >
What's Behind Dell's Acquisition Madness?
The acquisition of SonicWall gives Dell a powerful set of products and services to compete with Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks and HP in the enterprise switching and services business. Read More >
Dell to Launch Windows 8 Tablet for Business Users
Dell is apparently very interested in Windows 8 tablets for business users, according to comments by CEO Michael Dell. Read More >
Cloud Adoption Rises Among Small Businesses: Dell
SMBs said key benefits of adopting cloud applications include a low total cost of ownership and fast deployment time. Read More >
Cloud Computing Use Will Double by 2015, IBM Predicts
A new IBM study indicates that enterprise leaders expect the use of cloud computing for transforming business models to double by 2015. Read More >
IBM Takes Watson Supercomputer to the Bank
IBM and Citigroup agree on a partnership that will bring IBM's deep analytic technology in its Watson system to Citigroup's banking operations. Read More >
Why Dell Wants You to Think Differently About Its Mission
At an impressive-looking spring 2012 data center event, Dell was more concerned with getting the message out that it's now an end-to-end solution provider than actually introducing new and/or improved products. Read More >
Dell Acquires AppAsure, an Application-Recovery Provider
AppAssure specializes in providing what it claims to be "near-instant and 100 percent reliable" bare-metal data center application recovery. The deal mark's Dell's 12th acquisition in the past two years Read More >
What Your CEO Needs to Know About the Cloud
The cloud services agreement is a complex issue in today's environment. Many such agreements are effectively nonnegotiable, and you should use caution trusting vendors with mission-critical functions or sensitive company data. Read More >
Medical Image Storage: Dell, Siemens Collaborate on Cloud Solution
As the volume of medical data explodes, Dell and Siemens look to provide the health care industry with extra storage space in the cloud. Read More >
Government Cloud Adoption: TechAmerica Releases Best-Practices Report
"We've got to wake up. The problem is all these legacy systems. If we could start over, we'd be fine. But we're stuck with all these old contracts." -- California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. Read More >
UnitedHealth Group Launches Cloud Platform for Health App Development
UnitedHealth Group's Optum unit has launched a cloud platform to host applications in an open environment. Read More >
Is This the Year PaaS Goes Mainstream?
For years, the industry has readied itself for widespread adoption of PaaS. Is 2012 the year when this latest cloud technology gets the recognition it deserves? Read More >
Multiple Cloud Formations Require New Security Approaches
New-generation service providers are filling gaps in private-public cloud security. Read More >
Verizon, Health Evolution Partners Collaborate on Health Care IT
Verizon and Health Evolution Partners are looking to enable development in real-time care coordination and mobile data services. Read More >
Platform as a Service Entering Pivotal Year: Gartner
By 2016, competition among PaaS vendors will produce new programming models, new standards and new software market leaders. Read More >
Move to the Private Cloud Continues to Accelerate
Record growth seems to be the norm for companies offering private cloud services as more and more businesses sign on. Read More >
Big Data, Cloud, Virtualization Driving Linux Adoption
A new Linux Foundation survey on enterprise adoption of Linux indicates that growth in Linux usage is being driven by factors such as big data, cloud computing and virtualization, among others. Read More >
Microsoft Takes a New Approach to the Cloud
Microsoft is leveraging existing products and revamping others to bring multiple flavors of the cloud to businesses seeking an IT paradigm shift. Read More >
Dell Prepares to Try Again in Tablet Market
A Dell executive says the company is planning a consumer-focused tablet for release at the end of 2012, though he would not say whether it would run Android or Windows 8. Read More >
Dell Updates Line of Storage Products
New backup array for SMBs, upgraded storage network software and improved integrations with other products top the company's list of announcements at London event. Read More >
Cloud-Savvy IT Job Seekers See Expansive Opportunities
Research firm Wanted Analytics reports that more than 2,400 companies posted ads seeking candidates with cloud computing skills during a 90-day period. Hiring demand grew 61 percent year-over-year for cloud IT professionals. Read More >
NOAA's Messaging Platform Moves to the Cloud
This agency-wide transition has wide-ranging goals, including modernizing e-mail and calendar infrastructure; integrating collaborative tools; and facilitating synchronization with mobile devices to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's mission nationwide. Read More >
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The Role of Standards in Cloud Security
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Improving Security in the Public Cloud
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