OpenStack storage gets a boost as Basho has formally added OpenStack compatibility to its Riak CS cloud storage. Version 1.4 also includes a number of performance enhancements.

The growth is back at Rackspace Hosting. The cloud computing specialist added 4,762 physical servers in the second quarter of 2013, an average of 52 servers per day.

Amazon Web Services releases a trio of customer case studies that show the company's appeal across a range of needs. This includes Schumacher Group,a growing physician management company that deals with sensitive medical information.

How widespread is government surveillance of data stored in the cloud? What about commercial profiling? Bill Kleyman looks at what we know about surveillance of cloud computing providers, as well as what we don't know and can't know.

Cloud and mobile testing provider SOASTA closes a $30 million investment. New investors Macquarie Capital and ROTH capital join existing investors Canaan Partners, Formative Ventures and Pelion Venture Partners.

Tidemark raises $13 million to continue its product momentum and innovation, Nasuni launches Cloud Mirroring, and Caringo adds Amazon S3 support in version 2.0 of its CloudScaler software.

IBM launched major additions to its Flex System portfolio, hoping to enable businesses to build bigger clouds in smaller data centers.

Is regulatory compliance a barrier to cloud adoption? Not at NASDAQ OMX FinQloud, which is now hosting a service that monitors compliance requirements for high-frequency trading operations.