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In Pictures: 10 Cloud storage and backup services for your small business

The Cloud is an increasingly viable (and inexpensive) storage and backup option for small businesses. Here are 10 services worth a look - and, possibility, your data.

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In Pictures: Top 10 Cloud tools

New tools help IT execs cut Cloud costs, optimise resources, integrate and manage Cloud instances

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In Pictures: 10 Cloud development tools to set you free

These cool Web-based development tools bring coding to the browser

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In Pictures: The best office apps for your iPad, round 5

In the heated competition for native and cloud-based iOS productivity apps, InfoWorld chooses the winners you should own

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News about cloud computing

Article | 23/05/2013 IBM preps SmartCloud for real-time analytics
Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for use in data reporting and analysis.
Article | 23/05/2013 Box buys iOS app to improve its own
Box has acquired an unreleased application called Folders, designed to give iPhone and iPad users a mobile front-end interface for the cloud storage a...
Article | 23/05/2013 As Ethernet turns 40, some seek to take it to the Cloud
As Ethernet marks its 40th birthday this week, some of those celebrating will also be looking ahead to yet another use for the nearly ubiquitous techn...
Article | 23/05/2013 Cloudian connects with Citrix for easier cloud rollouts
Cloudian is integrating its platform with Citrix's CloudPortal Business Manager as it aims to make it easier to roll out and manage storage as a servi...
Article | 23/05/2013 Microsoft boosts Japan Azure offering, adds data centers in two regions
Microsoft will boost its Azure cloud offering in Japan, adding two domestic data centers to speed response times and improve reliability in the face o...

Tutorials about cloud computing

Article | 25/11/2010 Top 5 free Google Apps add-ons for business
Google launched its Apps Marketplace back in March, effectively inviting companies to create business software for the cloud that would sit alongside ...
Article | 11/11/2010 Get 5GB of free cloud-sync storage from SugarSync
Wouldn't it be cool if you had a "magic" folder on your PC, one that automatically synced its contents with the Web, your other PCs, your cell phone, ...
Article | 28/04/2010 How to: move your business to cloud computing
The Internet has changed the way people do nearly everything--from consuming media to performing research to maintaining relationships to communicatin...

Features about cloud computing

Article | 9/05/2013 What to expect at SAP's Sapphire
SAP's Sapphire conference kicks off next week in Orlando, setting the stage for the company to sell customers on its visions for cloud-based applicati...
Article | 18/04/2013 SAP's first quarter: The key questions
SAP will announce its first-quarter 2013 earnings on Friday, a report that will get heavy scrutiny from company watchers. Here's a look at some of the...
Article | 4/04/2013 Oracle's strategies to get real-world verdict at Collaborate user event
Oracle's sprawling annual OpenWorld conference doesn't kick off until September, but next week the Oracle user group-backed Collaborate event will be ...
Article | 3/04/2013 Marketo IPO may spark suitors, including Salesforce.com
Cloud-based marketing automation vendor Marketo's plans to raise up to $75 million in an initial public offering, which were revealed this week, could...
Article | 2/04/2013 Health-IT early adopters well-poised for big-data advances in clinical medicine
Nearly a decade after research firms predicted major cost savings and clinical benefits from the use of health-IT, adoption rates among U.S. medical p...