Cloud Computing

Facebook says yes, your posts can be used for ads

The company amended its privacy policies Friday, reworking some language related to advertising with children

New AWS service AppStream offloads graphics work to the cloud

AppStream could bring advanced graphics rendering to even the smallest of portable tablets

Amazon: New analytics tool can scrutinize massive amounts of data

Amazon Web Services rolls out Kenesis can handle up to terabytes of data an hour

IBM Will Beat Amazon Web Services Because Process Beats Product

Lavabit-DOJ dispute zeroes in on encryption key ownership

Enterprises should own and manage all keys, but that's easier said than done

Amazon’s new I2 instance aims for consistent high performance

SSDs offer more consistent I/O speeds than disk drives, making them the core of Amazon's new high-performance I2 instances

Amazon offers PostgreSQL from the cloud

At its re:Invent user conference, Amazon Web Services also unveils new instances types and multizone backups for its data warehouse

Salesforce.com customers making broader investments, survey says

The 'State of Salesforce' report arrives days before the cloud vendor's annual Dreamforce conference

Zoho adds enterprise features to its CRM software, eyes Salesforce.com

Zoho is doing some 30 migrations per day away from rival CRM platforms, according to a company official

Amazon hints at details on its  CIA Franken-cloud

AWS will build and manage the cloud that will sit in a CIA data center