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5 Cloud App Trends To Expect In 2013
We'll see more mobile options and embedded analytics, of course, but surprises will include growth in financial apps and big-data insights.
Oracle Q2 Results: Ellison Spins On Sun
CEO Larry Ellison talks up Oracle's Sun acquisition even as hardware sales slide 23%. Software sales rise.
Cloud Computing: Best And Worst News Of 2012
What were the key developments for enterprise cloud computing this year? Let's look at four big wins -- and three setbacks.
7 Ways Outsourcing Has Changed
The old role of outsourcers -- doing repetitive stuff overseas because it is a lot cheaper -- is history. See what's coming to take its place.
Why Amazon's Cloud Business Is Like Kindle Sales
Amazon Web Services is cheap upfront, and Amazon only gets paid if people keep using it, CEO Bezos says.
Mark Hurd Interview: Oracle Leading Or Following?
Oracle President Mark Hurd talks strategy with InformationWeek's Fritz Nelson and some CIO customers. Watch the interview and read our analysis.
Social Networks Continue Push For Control
The Internet was supposed to facilitate direct connections between individuals and disempower gatekeepers. Instead, it has become a massive...
Cloud Collaboration Tools: Big Hopes, Big Needs
Cloud-based collaboration tools give enterprises valuable advantages, but vendors must step up now to answer some key questions on security and...
Celtics, Nets Score With Unified Communications
NBA teams' IT executives explain how and why they decided among on-premises, hybrid and hosted technology services.
SAP Clings To A Dated Cloud Apps Strategy
As cloud vendors Salesforce.com, NetSuite and Workday look toward larger companies, SAP courts small and midsize firms.
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Microsoft Tries To Outflank Amazon With Azure Upgrades
January 03, 2013Azure enhancements leave Microsoft well positioned against cloud competitors in 2013, analyst says.
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5 Cloud App Trends To Expect In 2013
January 02, 2013We'll see more mobile options and embedded analytics, of course, but surprises will include growth in financial apps and big-data insights.
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Amazon Outage Scrooges Netflix, Heroku
December 27, 2012Amazon Web Services suffers a second holiday services disruption and the fourth outage of 2012.
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CloudVelocity Seeks To Champion Enterprise Hybrid Cloud
December 20, 2012Startup maps out applications, creates clones and moves them to cloud data center.
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Oracle Q2 Results: Ellison Spins On Sun
December 19, 2012CEO Larry Ellison talks up Oracle's Sun acquisition even as hardware sales slide 23%. Software sales rise.
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Corona Labs Corrals A Cloud
December 14, 2012Corona acquires Game Minion to help gaming app developers connect to backend services.
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Michael Dell, Bill Clinton Share The Stage
December 13, 2012Dell World: The new Dell is here, and CEO Dell and former President Clinton look to technology's role in the future.
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SugarSync Adds Search, Collaboration To Cloud Storage
December 12, 2012SugarSync CEO describes new features, takes questions on cloud security in the latest episode of InformationWeek Valley View.
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How The USO Makes Most Of Cloud
December 11, 2012IT strategy behind the USO's mission to support American troops worldwide includes carefully-built business cases for cloud projects.
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Amazon Redshift Leaves On-Premises Opening, Says ParAccel
December 06, 2012Amazon's new Redshift data warehousing service is billed as a game changer, but the supplier of its underlying database says lots of customers...
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