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Cloud Computing is spawning a new generation of providers that have been born out of the Cloud. Meanwhile the existing generation of mainstream IT and consulting suppliers are adapting their own products and offerings to meet the new demands of a Cloud-enabled customer base. Suppliers are now on demand, on premises or a hybrid mixture of the two.

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.

Cloud floats up agenda for US CFOs

2010-03-02 11:33

US CFOs are setting an example to their European counterparts by embracing a move towards Cloud Computing.

Industry View: Making the Move - getting the right business model, advice and support

2010-02-25 11:29

From creating the right pricing model to gaining support in the sales process and ensuring ongoing innovation, what questions should be asked of a managed services provider?

Gartner: Private Clouds could help IT clarification

2010-02-24 17:24

CIOs should view Cloud Computing as more of a catalyst for sorting out their own in-house IT by moving from a silo- to a service-based approach, warns Gartner.

Doh! Homer Simpson, some MPs and Cloud Computing.

2010-02-11 09:29

Cloud Computing is here to stay in the public sector, but it isn't over till the fat (yellow) man says 'doh!'.

SuccessFactors beefs up BizX with purchase down under

2010-02-05 10:20

Cloud-based predictive analytics are the key to SuccessFactors decision to make a purchase from a land down under.

Enterprise Cloud collaboration to live long and prosper with Vulcan?

2010-02-03 13:53

Cloud technologies are reshaping the enterprise collaboration market with IBM/Lotus the latest vendor to up its game to compete in a new commercial reality.

Obama looks to the Cloud to cut US national IT budget

2010-02-02 15:03

President Obama plans to get rid of double digit increases in the US national IT budget and Cloud Computing is a key weapon in his arsenal.

Sun's public Cloud canned by new owner Oracle

2010-01-29 10:14

One of the first actions of the new Oracle regime at Sun Microsystems is the canning of the latter's public Cloud initiative but Cloud-y components can still be found in the product roadmap.

Industry View: Cruising the Cloud

2010-01-26 10:10

Bandwagons like Cloud Computing can be dangerous because some of them may not go where you need to and some of them may not go anywhere at all, warns Patni's Satish Joshi.

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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.