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• Tim O’Reilly Sizes Up the Cloud

  October 27th, 2008 : Rich Miller

  Is cloud computing likely to be dominated by a single major player? Tim O'Reilly, Nick Carr, James Urquhart and Reuven Cohen discuss the prospects. Read More

• Tim O'Reilly Sizes Up the Cloud

  October 27th, 2008 : Rich Miller

  Is cloud computing likely to be dominated by a single major player? Tim O'Reilly, Nick Carr, James Urquhart and Reuven Cohen discuss the prospects. Read More

• Rackspace Acquires JungleDisk, Slicehost

  October 22nd, 2008 : Rich Miller

  Rackspace (RAX) has acquired online backup company JungleDisk and developer-focused virtual server company Slicehost to hasten its expansion into the cloud. Read More

• Roundup: Cloud Computing Links

  October 20th, 2008 : Rich Miller

  A roundup of cloud computing links: Tim Bray prompts a discussion of cloud lock-in, Salesforce sees price cuts in SaaS, and user data on cloud computing from IDC. Read More

• Cloudera: Bringing Hadoop to the Masses

  October 14th, 2008 : Rich Miller

  A group of Facebook and Google alums have formed Cloudera to will help other companies adopt Hadoop, the open source platform for processing large data. Read More

• Will A Slowing Economy Boost Cloud Computing?

  October 10th, 2008 : Rich Miller

  This week’s belt-tightening among venture-backed startups is likely to kick off an important phase in the evolution of utility computing and cloud hosting. It’s too early to know all the answers, but here are some of the key questions: Will startups’ enthusiasm for next-generation hosting services create challenges for cloud computing and utility hosting providers, as their startup customers fail or [...] Read More

• Microsoft’s ‘Cloud Operating System’

  October 2nd, 2008 : Rich Miller

  Microsoft's "cloud operating system" is suddenly making headlines, although the company has been talking about its rollout for weeks. Is it all about the name? Read More

• Microsoft's 'Cloud Operating System'

  October 2nd, 2008 : Rich Miller

  Microsoft's "cloud operating system" is suddenly making headlines, although the company has been talking about its rollout for weeks. Is it all about the name? Read More

• Gartner: Cloud Computing Causing Confusion

  September 29th, 2008 : Rich Miller

  A tough week for the cloud: Gartner says cloud computing is causing confusion. Larry Ellison calls it "complete gibberish," while Richard Stallman says its "worse than stupidity." Read More

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