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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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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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7 Ways Outsourcing Has Changed
December 18, 2012The old role of outsourcers -- doing repetitive stuff overseas because it is a lot cheaper -- is history. See what's coming to take its place.
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Google Counters Amazon's Storage Price Cuts
November 30, 2012Google cut storage prices by 20% at start of week, and then slashed another 10% in response to Amazon's price drops. Is there a storage price war...
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Amazon Web Services Slashes Storage Prices
November 29, 2012At its first developers conference, Re:Invent, Amazon features customers like Netflix and NASDAQ and disses its software firm rivals.
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7 Cheap Cloud Storage Options
November 15, 2012You have a multitude of cloud storage choices beyond Dropbox, for enterprise and personal use. But make sure you understand the differences.
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When IT Becomes A One Man Show
November 05, 2012Investment firm Hearthstone laid off its IT team during the economic downturn. CTO Rob Meltz turned to cloud services and virtualization to keep...
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Savvis Challenges Amazon With On-Demand IaaS
November 02, 2012Savvis offering competes directly with Amazon Web Services. Coming soon: daisy-chained data centers that allow systems in one locale to...
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Microsoft Azure Tops Cloud Developer Platform Survey
September 14, 2012Microsoft Azure bests VMware in Evans Data survey of cloud developers, but Google and Amazon aren't far behind.
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Answers To 9 Questions About Public Cloud Migration
September 10, 2012Be sure you have good answers for the business case, security, availability, and more.
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Microsoft SkyDrive Vs. Dropbox, Google: Hands-On
August 22, 2012How does Microsoft's improved cloud filesharing and storage service stack up against the biggest names on the market? Consider a Dropbox fan's...
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