Cloud Computing

Fewer outsourcing contracts going around, says research firm

The number of new outsourcing contracts in the second quarter dropped to 411 from 516, according to Everest Group

Recent cloud critics, including Wozniak, intensify debate

As cloud computing comes under the gun, vendors defend their industry

Linux distributors duke it out in cloud OS market

Suse, Red Hat and Canonical are each attempting to transition from enterprise OS distribution to making their Linux distribution the default option in cloud computing

Cisco driven start-up heads for SDNs

PLUMgrid emerges from stealth with $10.7 million, eyes on a $40 billion market

Web applications are attacked one out of three days, report says

A typical Web application gets attacked 137 times in 59 separate days during a six-month period, Imperva says

Survey: About half of organizations use cloud-based services for sensitive data

‘Calculating Cloud ROI’ gives IT managers the math to argue for cloud budget

ISACA's calculator helps you get buy-in on cloud services by arguing return-on-investment

Exclusive: eBay puts OpenStack to work

Microsoft blames last week’s Azure outage on a configuration error

The outage last Thursday was caused by a 'safety valve' mechanism meant to prevent cascading network failures

Sprint to offer Microsoft Office 365 SaaS