Google Slashes Cloud Pricing, Adds Slew of Features

Mar 25, 2014

Google introduced on-demand pricing for it's cloud, which slashes current prices and ensures that cloud pricing is more consistent with price drops in hardware. The company also introduced and demoed a slew of new features, including a seamless...

Titanfall Taps Windows Azure Cloud for Low-Latency Gaming

Mar 25, 2014

Cloud infrastructure has been well tested for enterprise workloads. But can it handle the demands of gamers, who are ultra-sensitive to network lag? Behold Titanfall, running on the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud.

Guide to Cloud Monitoring Tools and Best Practices

Mar 21, 2014

Your cloud is expanding. You have more users on your platform and have a lot more apps and workloads. Let’s take a look at a few cloud monitoring tools and management solutions which are designed to help create a more proactive cloud.

Phunware Raises $30 Million To Grow 'Software of Things'

Mar 19, 2014

Multiscreen as a Service (MaaS) pioneer Phunware announced that it has raised $26.25 million of Series E funding led by Firsthand Technology Value Fund.

Pivotal Launches HD 2.0 and GemFire XD In-Memory Processing

Mar 18, 2014

Pivotal builds on its Business Data Lakes architecture with the release of Pivotal HD 2.0 and GemFire XD in-memory database, and in-memory database company VoltDB raises $8 million for accelerating sales and marketing as well as global expansion.

Open Source Technologies Provide Cloud-Ready Big Data Control

Mar 18, 2014

If you're working with big data, it's time to look at some powerful, cloud-ready, open-source technologies. Bill Kleyman looks at eight technology projects that can help make sense of the explosion of data.

ClustrixDB, Joyent Partner For Real-Time Cloud Analytics

Mar 17, 2014

Clustrix partners with Joyent to make its scale-out SQL and real-time analytics avaiablle to Joyent customers, PernixData has been added to the VMware Partner Verified and Supported Product Program, and Exablox launches a new channel partner...

FedRAMP OnRamp Seeks to Ease Path to Secure Government Clouds

Mar 14, 2014

MeriTalk has launched a new tool to help federal agencies find cloud providers that have received security certifications under The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP).

VMware Launches Horizon Desktop as a Service

Mar 11, 2014

VMware (VMW) launched Horizon DaaS (desktop as a service), a new cloud-based desktop service that delivers cost-effective enterprise-class virtual desktops running on VMware vCloud Hybrid Service.

How to Create an Agnostic Cloud

Mar 11, 2014

The future cloud model will be truly abstracted. Numerous new types of connections help shape your cloud. Bill Kleyman looks at how to create a truly agnostic cloud.