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The chief executive of Rackspace says the company has closed the gap with Amazon, gaining significant market share in its cloud computing compared to a year ago. In an interview

While they might not be the worst terms in cloud computing, phrases ending with "as-a-service" are certainly becoming more widespread. One of the latest: IT-as-a-service. For those who fear that

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

After writing last year about cloud computing can help SMBs move out of the recession, the folks at Glowhost put together a nice infographic that summarizes some of our key

Yesterday, we looked at the results from Zenoss's 2010 Virtualization and Cloud Computing Survey, which noted in part, the growing popularity of virtualization solutions and cloud computing services. The results

While cloud computing gains steadily in the U.S., U.K. and Germany (and rather slowly in Canada), it's taking off in emerging markets like Brazil, China and India. According to

We've written several stories in the past week about government initiatives at both the state and federal level to promote cloud computing and virtualization in the public sphere. But is

It's a Friday morning and goodness knows we will be up to our eyeballs in discussions next week as the RSA Conference shovels out enough cloud security news for us

At London's Royal Opera House yesterday Oracle presented their perspective and strategy on cloud computing along with two industry experts, Amazon's CTO, Werner Vogels and Gartner's VP of research,

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the privacy and security implications of cloud computing. That could be quite an inquiry as the debate is still open about how to