Cloud Computing

State of Maryland opts for gradual Google Apps rollout

The state's migration of 54,000 employees to Google Apps started in early 2012 and will be finished in mid-2015

Amazon moves to next-generation compute instances

AWS has also cut prices of storing data in its cloud with its EC2 and EBS services

The New Cloud Application Design Paradigm

In China, Microsoft steps up efforts with Bing, Windows Azure

Microsoft plans to tailor more consumer products to the Chinese market

Some tech firms say Obama’s surveillance plan is thin on details

Companies like Mozilla, Google and Facebook wanted more answers in the president's speech

10 IT Outsourcing Trends to Watch in 2014

Obama’s surveillance reform speech invokes history for context

The president sought to provide context for why spying is needed, as he called for changes in government practices

The hottest Chinese Internet firms you’ve never heard of

These sites have at least 100 million users but are largely unknown outside of China

Oracle builds a bridge to Salesforce.com with new adapter

The adapter allows organizations to synchronize Salesforce.com and on-premises applications

Watch out Amazon: What IBM’s $1.2B cloud investment really means

IBM insists it will be a major public cloud player