Ever feel that cloud computing sounds like a pile of acronyms, hidden fees and choices you are somehow meant to understand straight away? Many readers worry about cost, security and where their data ...

Apply a few basic hardening principles to secure your cloud environment. I've written about simple server-hardening techniques in the past. Those articles were inspired in part by the Linux Hardening ...

Zend, Microsoft, and IBM lead the open source cloud portability effort, which seeks to eliminate vendor lock-in by helping developers create apps that can access all major cloud platforms Nirvana in ...

Thanks to cloud storage, files are bursting from the confines of your PC’s hard drive. Now, you can get work done on a laptop, tablet, smartphone, or even portable mini-PCs and dongles. Still, many ...

Not so long ago the phrase, "simple personal cloud storage" was an oxymoron. Setup and use wasn't always simple, and prices were more premium than personal. Personal cloud storage (often referred to ...

For almost a year, Cloudkick has been offering tools that help web startups and developers manage their applications on cloud infrastructure like Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud. Now it’s finally ready ...

Some heavy hitting cloud providers acknowledge there are differences in public and private service models, as well as what services might be, but they don't recommended recasting the existing ...

The cloud is now a business-as-normal resource. Its rise to ascendancy has been rapid. What started just over ten years ago as a theoretical way of providing IT solutions on-demand is now a practical ...

If you want better security and lower costs, it’s time to consider cloud providers that have moved their data centers to a second-generation architecture, Oracle’s chief corporate architect says. “Gen ...

Nutshell reports that cloud innovations simplify CRM implementation, enabling quick setup and user adoption for businesses of all sizes.