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I got another email from Backupify, the cloud-based backup company. We have written before about them here. Usually, these emails just confirm that the backups of my Gmail, Facebook, LinkedIn,

In VMware's earning call CEO Paul Maritz said that most customers costs won't be changed by the new pricing scheme for the company's updated vSphere product, reports CRN. "We

So you want to buy a tractor? Build a house? Scrabble? So do the more than 62 million other gamers who play Farmville daily. That's why keeping its communities humming

We have covered Google's Chromebook in a series of posts previously, including our story about questions to ask here and some other considerations here. But Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has

According to data visualized in an infographic from Techvibes, Canada lags in cloud adoption with only 47% of Canadian business actively using cloud computing. By comparison, 70% of U.S.

Enterprises are getting more complex with virtualization and the advent of cloud computing - which is leading to changes that are making room for next generation networks. The Strategic

Google is famously secretive about its data centers, so a new video on its enterprise blog that gives a glimpse into the inner workings of its facilities is a

Microsoft is trying hard to become an open source friendly company, and it's made some strides since the days in which Steve Ballmer was calling Linux a cancer. But

Look at the evolution of the enterprise and a pattern emerges. On-premise systems evolved to meet business demands. Today, there is the option to move services off the enterprise

Look at the evolution of the enterprise and a pattern emerges. On-premise systems evolved to meet business demands. Today, there is the option to move services off the enterprise into

Today HP CEO Leo Apotheker announced HP's new strategy: cloud, connectivity and software. Mobility, consumerization of IT and big data will all play a role in this new strategy.

Looking for an excuse to buy an iPad 2, which hit the streets today? The iPad continues to be used as a device for business as well as pleasure,

Want a more global perspective of enterprise technology trends? Gartner's 2011 CIO Agenda survey included responses from 2,014 CIOs across 50 countries and 38 industries. In a recent announcement,

The hosting business is going through a shift that could make many providers obsolete or conversely give the smart ones the keys to the kingdom. It's very clear why this

Last month Gartner released its Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service and Web Hosting. The report positioned AT&T, Rackspace, Savvis, Terremark and Verizon as the leaders. Controversially,

BMC and Salesforce.com announced a new joint venture today: RemedyForce - a hosted IT management system based on BMC's popular Remedy product and the Force.com platform. In an announcement

Salesforce.com announced this morning that it will buy Ruby application platform provider Heroku for $212 million. Heroku will compliment Salesforce.com's VMForce, a hosted plafform for Java. Ruby is one

Sick of 2011 predictions yet? We've got just a few more. Analyst firm IDC released its 2011 predictions report this week, too late to be included in our earlier

Today EMC announced its acquisition of scale-out NAS vendor Isilon Systems for $2.25 billion. According to EMC's announcement, the company will now be able to offer its customers a

The family is talking about turkey again. That must mean it's time for reflection and to look ahead to the next 12 to 18 months. In that spirit, here is

The way we view the enterprise is changing all at once. We view technologies differently due to a number of factors. At the base of all this change is one

Netsuite has been growing the past few years despite, or perhaps because of, the recession. And on Friday the cloud-based ERP provider announced it is seeking to fill 150

In preparation for what looks like an IPO, Jive Software announced yesterday it had raised $30 million from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. It's a funding story of relative significance

The Amazon online retail service and Amazon Web Services have little or nothing to do with each other but the idea that the company's IT department would not use cloud

According to a study commissioned by datacenter solution provider Brocade, 60% of European enterprises polled plan to at least start planning migration to cloud clouding within the next two