Cloud Computing

India’s Bharti, Softbank form mobile Internet joint venture

The joint venture will focus on social networking, gaming, and e-commerce

Security remains a top concern for cloud app builders

Ford connecting cars to cloud-based apps

Next-gen cars will be able to avoid traffic jams or point out a restaurants recommended by Facebook friends

‘You have to be masochist to be an IT person’: FedEx CIO

"Hurricane Rob" Carter shares tales of killing complexity

IBM clouding the midmarket

IBM plans to market its cloud service most heavily to small and midsized organizations

How to Avoid Cloud Code Breakage, Part 2

Gartner: 16 long-held IT business practices you need to kill

Eliminate CEO/CIO differences; abolish tech support, eliminate mega-projects just a few practices that need to go, Gartner says

Amazon Silk offers increased security on open Wi-Fi networks

The browser doesn't use a SSL proxy, and user activity is anonymous, Amazon says

Gartner: Private clouds are a last resort

Thorough analysis required to identify cloud computing benefits

NetSuite boosts global capabilities of its SaaS business software

NetSuite wants to go upmarket in order to grow and is adding features to further that goal