Although the Internet has been around for a while, the boost in cloud computing has increased the utilization of WAN services. Any organization now using the Cloud or some type of Internet-based service must be aware of the security risks that...
When considering public cloud options, it’s important to understand where there is a direct fit. This means that both key business stakeholders as well as IT executives will need to see the benefits of moving towards a public cloud “Infrastructure...
Technology industry heavyweight IBM announced its move into open cloud architecture, which includes a new cloud offering based on the open-source cloud OS, OpenStack. Here’s a look at the notable analysis and commentary from around the web.
Rackspace Hosting (RAX) is acquiring ObjectRocket, a MongoDB database as a service (DBaaS) provider. The acquisition expands Rackspace’s big data play, allowing them to provide Open Cloud customers with demanding applications with a NoSQL DBaaS.
How did an expired SSL certificate crash the Windows Azure storage cloud computing platform Friday and Saturday? It's an expensive question for Microsoft, which is offering service credits to users.
While many organizations are purchasing the right gear and deploying the right technologies in the cloud, some are still forgetting the policy creation process. Thinking through a few possible issues can lead to stronger policies and will help...
Cloud computing and the growing usage of the Internet has placed even greater demands on a corporate data center. Now, organizations are relying more and more on their IT infrastructure to be the mechanism to drive growth and enable agility...
Red Hat announced it will contribute its Red Hat Storage Hadoop plug-in to the Apache Hadoop open community later this year, adding another component to the big data ecosystem.
NTT Communications has added several locations for its Enterprise Cloud, including data centers in Singapore, Virginia and California in the US, and England.