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  • IBM aims at Google, Microsoft with new Webmail

    IBM has launched LotusLive iNotes, an on-demand e-mail, calendaring and contact management system meant to compete with the likes of Gmail and Microsoft Exchange, the company said Friday.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus03 Oct. 09 05:25
  • Former Microsoft open-source chief joins cloud startup

    Former Microsoft open-source chief Sam Ramji has joined cloud-computing startup Sonoa Systems, taking over product strategy and business development at the Santa Clara, California-based company.

    Written by Elizabeth Montalbano02 Oct. 09 07:19
  • Unisys service uses the cloud to manage mobile devices

    Unisys is introducing a new service on Wednesday that will allow its customers to better manage, secure and support mobile devices carried around by employees, company executives said on Tuesday.

    Written by John Ribeiro01 Oct. 09 10:21
  • VMware completes purchase of Java vendor SpringSource

    VMware has completed its acquisition of enterprise Java vendor SpringSource, a $US362 million deal designed to help customers build, run and manage applications to be run on cloud-based platforms.

    Written by Jon Brodkin17 Sept. 09 04:04
  • 'Government cloud' coming from Google next year

    Google will offer cloud-computing services designed specifically for U.S. government agencies starting next year, the company announced Tuesday at NASA Aims Research Center.

    Written by Robert McMillan16 Sept. 09 04:52
  • Google helps users jump ship to rival Web services

    In a move that flouts common business logic, Google is making it as easy as possible for people to migrate away from its services -- including Google Docs, Gmail and Blogger -- and by doing so is positioning itself to be users' first port of call within the so-called cloud that many software companies see as the future for computing.

    Written by Paul Meller14 Sept. 09 07:01
  • Cloud backlash: you can't call the whole thing off

    I am privileged to co-chair the SDForum Cloud Services SIG. This SIG, which Tibco graciously hosts in its Silicon Valley facility (directly across the street from VMware's HQ, I might add), is fortunate with its location-it attracts a fascinating range of speakers from innovative startups to large established technology powerhouses, all presenting on their cloud computing products, services, and plans. So I was a bit taken aback at the last meeting, when, during the pre-presentation networking, one attendee told me "I'm starting an anti-cloud company."

    Written by Bernard Golden09 Sept. 09 00:44
  • Researchers find a new way to attack the cloud

    Amazon and Microsoft have been pushing cloud-computing services as a low-cost way to outsource raw computing power, but the products may introduce new security problems that have yet to be fully explored, according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    Written by Robert McMillan04 Sept. 09 05:43
  • MetaCDN takes content delivery networks into the cloud

    It’s an increasing headache for IT and web managers alike — how to combine an organisation’s strategic need for interactive content, such as video, with the availability of core web content without breaking the budget.
    But an Australian cloud computing project aims to change all that, by enabling low cost, high performance, content delivery network via the cloud.

    Written by Georgina Swan03 Sept. 09 11:31
  • CloudCamp: Google is on Cloud 9

    Cloud Computing will drive the dematerialisation of anything that can be digitised, says Google Australia's head of engineering, Alan Noble.

    Written by Georgina Swan02 Sept. 09 12:56
  • First Australian CloudCamp held in Sydney

    Australia's first ever CloudCamp, an 'unconference' aimed at exploring the possibilities of cloud technologies and exchanging ideas, was recently held in Sydney. The format - a series of open discussions by end users, IT professionals and vendors - was developed by Dave Nielsen and is based loosely on the Open Spaces Technology concept and Tim O'Reilly's friends of O'Reilly (FOO) Camp events.

    Written by Georgina Swan02 Sept. 09 11:46
  • Unisys tames virtualisation for more innovation

    Embracing virtualisation through an eight-year transformation journey at Unisys is paying off with 700 fewer servers and innovation up from 8 to 30 per cent of IT spending, according to one of the chief architects of the change, vice president of global services for systems and technology, Brian Ott.

    Written by Rodney Gedda31 Aug. 09 10:10
  • CommVault CEO eyes cloud storage future

    Building a storage software company a decade ago was a high-risk venture, but according to CommVault CEO Robert Hammer, the company knew it would succeed if it stuck to its original vision – which now includes data management in the cloud.

    Written by Rodney Gedda24 Aug. 09 11:42
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