Being Smart about Cloud Security
An authority on Web security believes your data might be safer in the cloud.For many companies, cloud computing sounds like risky business. They worry that storing customer details or running critical...
View ArticleThe Battle for the Government
As governments all over the world move their IT to the cloud, they are becoming some of Google and Microsoft’s most coveted customers.Microsoft has San Francisco, Minnesota, the United States...
View ArticleFacebook Shares Its Cloud Designs
Cloud hardware could get cheaper because of the social network’s self-interested altruism.If you invented something cheaper, more efficient, and more powerful than what came before, you might want to...
View ArticleBusiness Gets Remote
Cloud computing is redefining the way companies send e-mail, store data, and allocate IT budgets.The amount of IT spending on cloud computing services, such as data storage, is growing.
View ArticleHollywood's Cloud
Remote rendering lets big-budget animators add more effects and opens doors to smaller studios.For years, the dominant animation studios like Pixar and DreamWorks Animation made their cinematic magic...
View ArticleWhy Simple File Sharing Is Serious Business
Two startups that make it possible to share files at home and work have ambitions to rule the cloud.It could be among the most obvious business plans ever: offer to store people’s files online so they...
View ArticleHow to Bid on Computing Power
New online exchanges aim to turn computer time into a globally traded commodity.Imagine buying time on a computer in Ireland or Indiana the same way you’d bid for an antique on eBay. That’s how a new...
View ArticleThe Social-Network Chip
The growth of social media, search, and shopping could help chip startups get a foot in the data-center door.Looking at friends’ pictures on Facebook or searching résumés on LinkedIn are relatively...
View ArticleService Blackouts Threaten Cloud Users
When Amazon’s computers went dark last April, companies realized that there are no guarantees in the cloud.For all the unprecedented scalability and convenience of cloud computing, there’s one way it...
View ArticleWhy a High-End Software Maker Pursues App Companies
Autodesk got big selling design and engineering software, but to stay on top of trends, it’s now scooping up application makers.Socialcam was a hot startup with a simple app that lets people quickly...
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