OpenStack recently strengthened their new cloud open source platform by introducing new application features to their existing cloud framework. The announcement was made last Thursday; the OpenStack upgrade will now include a new dashboard that will include a new service monitoring and user authentication security system called the Active Directory. NASA and Rackspace were the…

Cloupia announced today a new solution for its customers and partners allowing them to extend, add or enhance data center management and operations automation. Cloupia is a provider of cloud automation and management software that helps organizations to smoothly evolve from static data center or virtual environments to private and public cloud environments and achieve…

The G-Cloud project, the government’s own cloud computing project, is already “alive and kicking,” after being put on hold and despite having a skeptical future due to financial constrains, according to delivery board member for the government’s cloud computing project. According to Martin Bellamy, Ministry of Justice official, this project got delayed in 2010 but…

CloudSigma, the only international, pure-play Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider, today announced its launch into the U.S. at the Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit after repeated requests from European and North American customers and prospects. Unlike current offerings, CloudSigma’s IaaS offering is a flexible, open platform where the customer is given complete control of their software and…

Previously available under beta, Dome9’s new commercially available service introduces two new service plans and many new capabilities to deliver simple and scalable cloud computing security management for private and public clouds across all server operating systems and service providers.  Dome9 uniquely automates and centralizes cloud server security across hosting and cloud providers – leveraging the security built…

After a very successful GigaOm Structure event in June, CloudTimes is sponsoring Mobilize, the event on emerging trends for mobile web, connected devices and the mobile enterprise. A year ago, the mobile landscape was markedly different. Widespread LTE deployments weren’t in existence. The patent fight among handset makers had yet to become a war of mutually assured destruction,…

Salesforce.com has acquired help desk service provider Assistly for approximately $50 million, the two companies announced Wednesday. Salesforce.com chairman and CEO Marc Benioff praised Assistly’s service for its “instant sign up and zero-touch onboarding,” and predicted that its offering would be used by “millions of companies around the world.” Salesforce.com plans to market Assistly’s service…

I recently sat down with Loggly‘s CEO, Kord Campbell in his hip San Francisco office to discuss how the company came about and the recent developments with the product. In this interview, Kord also explains what differentiates Loggly from other companies that do log management like Splunk and Arcsight Logger. Last week the company launched a new…

Adility, the first open platform for online to offline commerce which connects retailers and merchants with online publishers, announces today at TechCrunch Disrupt a new product release, the Adility Gateway. The Adility Gateway enables any point of sale (POS) system to connect its retail terminals to the Cloud, and provide merchants controlled online distribution of…

ZeroDesktop, Inc., a leading developer of fully featured public and private cloud computing solutions, announced a new “Freemium” plan for its ZeroPC (http://www.zeropc.com) personal desktop in the cloud, providing worldwide consumers with 1GB of free cloud storage, plus integrated access to up to an additional free 14GB from popular cloud storage services, for a total…