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Xen.org to build open-standards cloud platform
News The Xen.org community has announced plans to build a new cloud platform for service providers, as the basis of an initiative designed to help private and public cloud services co-operate using open standards.
[September 1, 2009, 13:27]
The Role of Security in Trustworthy Cloud Computing
White Papers Cloud computing promises to change the economics of the data center, but before sensitive and regulated data move into the public cloud, issues of security standards and compatibility must be addressed including strong authentication, delegated...
[October 6, 2009, 0:00]
IBM launches cloud virtual desktop service
News IBM launched on Monday its Smart Business Desktop service, a combination of thin client computing, virtualisation and the cloud, which is claimed to be the "industry's first public desktop cloud service".
[September 2, 2009, 10:49]
IBM and Juniper collude on the cloud
News Companies using a "private cloud", or internal network services modelled on the internet, will now be able to assign applications to the "public cloud", or public internet services, from a centrally managed console, called the IBM Cloud Management...
[February 10, 2009, 14:32]
Teradata unveils cloud strategy
News Data-warehousing giant Teradata is outlining its cloud-computing strategy including an internal cloud service and a public offering via Amazon Web Services. Teradata has a multi-pronged strategy that includes an internal cloud offering for...
[October 20, 2009, 17:23]
Canary Wharf gets the Wi-Fi treatment
News The Cloud, which is rolling out public-access wireless networks across the UK, announced on Monday that it is deploying a Wi-Fi network across the estate which is home to companies such as HSBC, Citigroup and the Telegraph Group.
[August 22, 2005, 13:15]
Government CIOs urged to tap into the cloud
News Technology heads in the public sector should look towards cloud computing for insights on designing next-generation government IT infrastructures that are flexible and can support a utility model, according to a report released on Thursday.
[March 9, 2009, 12:37]
Sun CTO to form cloud security forum
News Sun's UK chief technology officer is working with major British public and private organisations to set up a cross-sector forum to resolve cloud-computing security issues. Horkan is also concerned about cloud-computing compliance issues facing the...
[May 26, 2009, 16:50]
Socitm: Cloud's more revolutionary than the PC
News The advent of cloud computing could have a greater impact on public-sector IT than the PC revolution did in the 1980s, according to the Society of Information Technology Management. Socitm said public-sector organisations should, therefore, prepare...
[February 24, 2009, 9:46]
Gov't CIO weighs up public-sector app store
News One of the report's proposals is the creation of a 'G Cloud' of government applications to run alongside the Public Services Network. Sutton made the comment on Friday in an online debate on cloud computing, following last week's publication of the...
[June 22, 2009, 15:49]
Digital Britain recommends 'G Cloud' for gov't IT
News In its chapter eight section on procurement, the report says that cloud computing — in which a third party takes responsibility for the technical management of IT functions — can work as a shared service for public bodies.
[June 17, 2009, 8:37]
US gov't shown silver lining of cloud computing
News In 2008, we saw cloud computing move from a curiosity to a concrete option [for government]", said Dan Burton, senior vice president of global public policy for Salesforce.com. Acumen Solutions, the business and technology firm, announced on...
[February 26, 2009, 8:23]
IBM moves into cloud storage
News The best-known cloud providers are public clouds — such as those offered by Amazon or Google — but to date, IBM has focused on private clouds, intended to bring the benefits of cloud computing to a company's own infrastructure.
[October 7, 2009, 17:54]
Ubuntu cloud-computing components released
News Although Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud is compatible with Amazon's EC2, deployments onto a private cloud will not yet move seamlessly onto Amazon's own public cloud. Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, on Thursday announced two...
[April 24, 2009, 16:23]
Government five-year IT plan points to cloud, Web 2.0
News Web 2.0 will provide the basis to improve public sector interaction with citizens and businesses; cloud technology will enable the development of different business models for the procurement, use and reuse of applications; and service-oriented...
[December 1, 2009, 7:41]
ParaScale builds storage clouds from Linux clusters
News According to ParaScale, apart from private cloud storage solutions, where companies can build clouds inside their firewall, the PCS can also be beneficial for those who want to offer public cloud storage services.
[March 30, 2009, 14:24]
'G Cloud' offers new approach to security, gov't told
News They were speaking to journalists at the RSA Conference in London against the backdrop of government plans to develop the G Cloud, a framework of virtualised applications and data storage facilities for the public sector.
[October 21, 2009, 10:12]
Wi-Fi firms put onus on users for hotspot security
News In a demonstration aired on Watchdog on Thursday, security vendor Garlik sniffed wireless traffic at hotspots run by BT Openzone, The Cloud, and T-Mobile. The Cloud also recommended that customers use VPNs.
[November 2, 2009, 14:06]
IBM to offer stamp of approval for cloud services
News In a related announcement, IBM Global Business Services, seeking to capitalise on the rising popularity of internet-based storage and computing, will oversee the company's cloud-consulting services, aiming to provide customers with assessments as...
[November 25, 2008, 16:33]
Pub 'fined £8k' for Wi-Fi copyright infringement
News According to legal advice sent to The Cloud by the law firm Faegre & Benson on 17 August, "Wi-Fi hotspots in public and enterprise environments providing access to the internet to members of the public, free or paid, are public communications...
[November 27, 2009, 17:03]
