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Cloud Banks: RightNow it looks like a start...

Last week’s announcement by Right Now of new contract terms – and the implicit gauntlet the announcement threw down at the feet of the rest of the service provider community – arguably marks an important transition point for the business. It can be seen as a point where it starts to accept that it is a real business. On that basis it now has to bear up to some deeper scrutiny. Part of that process is the question of whether it is just a good `PR Stunt’.

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Making the world safe for public sector Cloud Computing

2010-03-16 10:33

As the public sector moves towards the Cloud, Salesforce.com's head of global public policy Dan Burton urges the powers that be to move away from the theory and look at the practical examples.

Signs show Cloud becoming big

2010-03-12 11:18

A survey by Digital Realty Trust and a prediction from Gartner combine to point cloud services becoming a major source of business IT resources over the next two years.

APS can save users from failing service providers

2010-03-10 17:42 - 1 comment

Last week, Parallel’s CFO addressed the business issues of saving users’ businesses should their service provider goes belly up. Now CTO Matt Domo outlines how APS can provide the mechanism.

Google opens online doors to apps marketplace

2010-03-10 10:40

Google's online applications marketplace is open for business and attracting attention from some Cloud big-hitters, including NetSuite and SuccessFactors.

Local council rejects Google in Web map deal

2010-03-10 10:26

Search and Cloud giant is rejected by Southwark over Google Maps’ lack of clarity over appropriate use of Ordnance Survey Crown Copyright data.

Pushing `service’ up the SLA agenda

2010-03-09 15:50

SLAs are vital for judging performance, but performance of what? For Cloud service customers, measuring the 'service’ is far more important.

Cloudy future for SAP's 'two heads better than one' CEOs

2010-03-08 12:11

SAP's new twin CEOs have more agile software development on their mind and an eye to Cloudy growth prospects for Business ByDesign.

Peace, love, Woodstock and the Cloud

2010-03-05 16:59

Peace, love, Woodstock, moon walks, Cloud Computing. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer traces the Cloudy future of his firm back to the events of 1969.

RightNow demands rivals come out and proud to deliver on Cloud promise

2010-03-05 15:38

Users of Cloud applications might think they have more freedom and flexibility than users of on premise software, but they're wrong, reckons RightNow's Greg Gianforte.

Microsoft pitches secure Cloud at US government

2010-03-02 16:20

Google has been queering Microsoft's public sector pitch, so the Redmond giant is fighting back with a secure Cloud offering.

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Business Cloud Summit 2009

In the latest of our series of videos from the Business Cloud Summit 09, we talk to customers on the frontline of the Cloud.

View from the Cloud: is email dead for business?

Leading Cloud Computing industry figures offers their unique viewpoint on topical and strategic issues.

In this article Cameron Nouri, Email & Apps Evangelist at Rackspace suggests that Cloud Computing alters the role of email in business.

"Email is clearly an important tool for communication, but it is just part of the infrastructure and not part of the company’s IP, which drives market share and delivers competitive edge. This means email needs to adapt to businesses’ requirements, not the other way around. As Cloud Computing become more widespread, we are already seeing a shift in how email is managed." Read more.