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Cloud Computing Is Now a Serious Alternative

BY CLOUD COMPUTING NEWS DESK Alan Williamson believes 2009 will be the year that companies will look at the cloud as a serious alternative Alan Williamson believes with a passion that 2009 will be the year that companies will look at the cloud as a serious alternative as it moves out of the early adopter […]

Sun to Offer Public Cloud Computing, an IBM Strategy?

Following on Amazon’s offering, Sun Microsystems announced plans to offer free cloud computing services to the public.

SAS to Build $70 Million Cloud Computing Facility

SAS has announced that it is building a 38,000-square-foot cloud computing facility to provide the additional data-handling capacity needed to expand SAS’ OnDemand offerings and hosted solutions.

A diagram, by Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, of its cloud computing strategy

Steve Ballmer Maps Microsoft’s Cloud-y Future Look at the picture above. It’s an original Steve Ballmer created before my eyes on the wall of a conference room here at The Times. Simple, isn’t it? Well, that’s the point that Mr. Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft, was trying to make when he drew it. I […]

Impact of Cloud Computing on the Server Market

The emergence of Cloud Computing during the recession doubles the threat to server vendors. In cases where hardware investment is deemed critical and necessary, users are looking more and more to Cloud as an alternative to traditional servers, storage, and other hardware. – Saugatuck Reserach