Cloud Computing

Airbnb calls hosts ‘micro-entrepreneurs’ in need of new laws

Airbnb's CEO said a lack of laws covering the site's hosts is a fundamental problem

$68 million, 200-year, 150,000-core analytics job run on Amazon’s cloud in 18 hours for $33,000

That's a lot of computing in the cloud

Verizon cozies up with Cloud Foundry as PaaS market heats up

With IDC predicting PaaS to be a $14B market, vendors are jumping in

Airbnb caters to its hosts with new app, community tools

The site's mobile app got a major redesign geared toward hosts who use Airbnb to book their rooms and apartments

What to expect at Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce, in pictures

SugarCRM goes after Salesforce.com with new interface, emphasis on lower cost

The venture capital-backed CRM vendor turned a profit in its third quarter, according to CEO Larry Augustin

IT budgets, headcount set to grow in 2014: study

Companies are increasing IT spending, yet economic uncertainty remains a concern, SIM reports.

Start-up Adallom takes on SaaS security monitoring/auditing

Adallom service watches for anomalies in cloud usage, attacks on users across enterprise nets

Music industry seeks a refrain from unlicensed lyrics sites

The group targets 50 allegedly unlicensed lyrics websites over copyright concerns

Many IT leaders’ top concerns don’t jibe with organizations’ priorities

Annual SIM IT Trends survey points to good news on jobs, pay fronts