Cloud Computing

Microsoft buys Opalis to strengthen cloud management capabilities

Tools will bring automation features to virtual environments

Amazon’s data center outage reads like a thriller

The outage shows why performance monitoring services are gaining ground

Realigning Microsoft Azure unit may boost innovation, squabbling

Move could lead to rivalries between Microsoft groups targeting same audience, says analyst

Microblogs in Asia eye games, virtual goods for revenue

Chinese users already pay for virtual clothes, background music and video game power-ups

Plurk succeeds where Twitter stumbles in Asia

Plurk is the top microblogging site in several Asian countries due to its local languages

Tiger Woods And Accenture Now A Low Performance Relationship

Aol faces uphill road as it goes it alone

It's free from Time Warner but not from its troubles

Microsoft talks cloud computing security, plans to offer private cloud software

Project Sydney will create secure 'virtual network overlay' for cloud computing

Cognos 9 to ’embed’ SPSS, add social networking

But next Cognos release won't include a cloud-based service

China expands porn sting by shutting P2P video sites

China's latest moves against porn range from online games to mobile phones to Google