Cloud Computing

Box.net boosts Sync, security features

The cloud-based content management system will come pre-installed on the Xoom and HP PCs

10Gen Rolls Out Free MongoDB Monitoring Service

SaaS based monitoring service available to all MongoDB users

Google buys land to build three data centers in Asia

Google has acquired land in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore for the data centers, which could be ready in one to two years

Enterprises gain cloud efficiencies with Sensible Cloud

The software automatically shifts workloads, taking advantage of elasticity in the cloud

Quake-prone Japanese area runs disaster system on Force.com

Japan's central Shizuoka Prefecture put a disaster management system on Salesforce.com's platform-as-a-service offering

Journey’s end

NASA cloud architect forms company for private cloud

Piston plans to sell an OpenStack distribution aimed at enterprise users

SMBs just aren’t into the cloud

Concern over U.S. snoops drives Canadian political party to cloud-based encryption

Canada's New Democratic Party goes with strong cloud-based encryption to protect voter data

Toshiba adds cloud-based backup option to consumer drives

Upgrades Toshiba Canvio Basics and Canvio 3.0 drive lines to add support for USB 3.0 standard