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• New Name, Cloud Vision From CA Technologies

  May 18th, 2010 : John Rath

  At the CA World event, CA unveiled a new name (CA Technologies), a "'Cloud-Connected" strategy, new products from its Nimsoft unit, and a collaboration and integration with Cisco Systems. Read More

• Cloud Computing as an Energy Saving Tool

  May 17th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Cloud computing presents a compelling opportunity to reduce data center power bills, according to Jonathan Koomey, a leading expert on IT power issues. Koomey discussed cloud computing and energy issues at the Uptime Institute Symposium 2010 today in New York. Read More

• Secure Multi-Tenancy in Virtualized Data Centers

  May 17th, 2010 : Kevin Normandeau

  The biggest obstacle to adoption of ITaaS has been lack of confidence that data and applications are securely isolated in a cloud-based infrastructure where servers, networks, and storage are all shared resources. Cisco, NetApp, and VMWare present their solution in a live webcast May 25. Read More

• Netcraft Finds 365,000 Web Sites on EC2

  May 14th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  More than 365,000 web sites hosted on the Amazon EC2 cloud computing platform, and that number is growing fast, according to Netcraft. The data highlights EC2's emergence as a competitive threat to hosting companies. Read More

• Amazon Addresses EC2 Power Outages

  May 10th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Amazon Web Services says it is making changes in its data centers to address aseries of power outages last week that affected some users of its EC2 cloud computing service. Read More

• VMforce: Cloud Platform for Java Developers

  May 5th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Last week Salesforce.com and VMware introduced VMforce, a new cloud computing platform that allows Java developers to write applications for the cloud. Here's a brief video providing an overview of VMforce. Read More

• Rackspace Hits 100,000 Customers

  May 4th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Rackspace Hosting (RAX) ended the first quarter with 99,446 customers, meaning the company has by now easily cleared the 100,000 customer mark. Read More

• IBM Buys Cloud Broker Cast Iron Systems

  May 3rd, 2010 : Rich Miller

  IBM has acquired Cast Iron Systems in a deal that highlights the growing niche for companies that serve as "cloud brokers" that serve as guides for companies seeking to make the most of the emerging cloud delivery model. Read More

• Amazon AWS Adds Singapore Data Center

  April 29th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers can now run their cloud computing infrastructure in a data center in the Asia Pacific Region, as Amazon is now hosting services in a data center in Singapore. Read More

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