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Article | 29/09/2010 Cloud services empower startups
Companies like Melodeo, SEOmoz and startup Spiral Genetics say they wouldn't be where they are now without access to hosted computing services.
Article | 29/09/2010 The Cloud: A threat to incumbents, opportunity for startups
Legacy enterprise software, like well-known CRM and ERP applications, are moving to the cloud, but new kinds of applications will need to be developed...
Article | 21/09/2010 Oracle will support apps running on Amazon EC2
Oracle customers will now be able to deploy a range of Oracle software on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service in production form, the compani...
Article | 17/09/2010 AWS introduces Linux option
Amazon Web Services has introduced a way for its customers to use Linux applications within its cloud platform.
Article | 26/08/2010 Eucalyptus strengthens its back end
Two months after releasing version 2 of the enterprise edition of its open-source cloud software, Eucalyptus Systems has posted a new version of the s...
Article | 18/08/2010 Amazon allows companies to reserve databases in its cloud
Amazon Web Services has introduced Reserved Database Instances, a new way to pay for its cloud-based Relational Database Service (RDS), the company sa...
Article | 4/08/2010 Amazon: Enterprises should adjust expectations for cloud
The reported problems Amazon had last week in negotiating a contract with Eli Lilly point to a disconnect between what cloud providers offer and what ...
Article | 21/07/2010 Canonical bundles Linux, IBM database for the cloud
Canonical is offering enterprises a chance to try cloud computing via a virtual appliance that bundles Ubuntu Linux with the IBM DB2 Express-C databas...
Article | 20/07/2010 RackSpace's OpenStack targets cloud lock-in
Rackspace's contribution of code to a new open-source project called OpenStack could help establish a counterweight to larger and proprietary players ...
Article | 16/07/2010 Researchers: Password crack could affect millions
A well-known cryptographic attack could be used by hackers to log into Web applications used by millions of users, according to two security experts w...
Article | 14/07/2010 Amazon introduces cluster computing for HPC apps
Amazon Web Services says its latest cluster computing service, which it announced Tuesday, can provide the same results as custom-built infrastructure...
Article | 1/07/2010 Amazon's site experiences lengthy problems on Tuesday
Cloud computing poster child Amazon.com suffered a significant breakdown on Tuesday that lasted for hours and affected core e-commerce functionality o...
Article | 17/06/2010 Eucalyptus expanded for Windows use
Eucalyptus Systems has released an update to the commercial version of its private cloud software, Eucalyptus Enterprise Edition.
Article | 9/06/2010 Amazon encrypts CloudFront, but security comes at a price
Amazon Web Services' content delivery network service CloudFront can now transfer data over an encrypted HTTPS connection, but users will pay more tha...
Article | 19/05/2010 Amazon improves reliability for its cloud-based database
Amazon Web Services has added a new high-availability feature called Multi-Availability Zone (Multi-AZ) to its cloud-based Relational Database Service...