Lockheed Martin is one of the largest defence contractors in the
world, employing some 136,000 people, and also delivers IT solutions
for government, healthcare and energy markets. The company uses
Windows Azure to move parts of its clients infrastructure into the
cloud whilst addressing security, privacy and confidentiality
concerns. Microsoft interviewed Melvin Greer, Chief Strategist of
Cloud Computing, Information Systems, and [...]
Google and Microsoft are ahead in the race to have the biggest number of customers for cloud email business. Coming out of nowhere in 2007, Google is now a major threat to all the other key players in the enterprise email market.
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RackSpace, one of the largest suppliers of cloud servers, has
announced the general availability of its Cloud Servers for Windows.
The headline pricing for Rackspace Cloud Servers for Windows appears to be competitive with
the Windows-based rival offerings from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and GoGrid.
RightScale, producers of cloud computing management Software-as-a-Service for managing cloud infrastructure from multiple providers, have announced that they’ve seen their customers’ cloud computing usage grow by over 1,000% for the year to June 2010.
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SaaS provider Mimecast reveal the results of a new survey into cloud computing in the US and UK.
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US tech giants, such as Google and Microsoft, are asking various European governments to streamline strict privacy rules regarding storing data in the cloud.
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A survey finds that many companies aren’t ready for cloud computing.
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Google Apps for Government is a version of Google Apps that has been approved by the U.S. government for use by its agencies cut IT costs & empower employees. Google claims that this is the first cloud computing suite with FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act) certification, allowing sensitive but unclassified data to be stored.
According to a new report by Gartner, Software As A Service (SaaS) is proving popular in big enterprises, not just small and medium-sized ones.
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The enterprise cloud computing company Salesforce has announced that it’s been chosen by Facebook to manage its fast-growing sales operations.
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