Earlier this week, Google announced a significant increase in its infrastructure as a service (IaaS) offer with an increase in the number of virtual machine sizes available to the US and Europe customers from 4 to 40. In addition to the new types of instances, the company reduced the price of its Google Compute Engine…

By Scott Hebner, Vice President, IBM Cloud & Business Infrastructure Management Social, mobile and cloud are more than just three of the most hyped buzz words in technology, they are three facets of the same movement and an everyday reality for consumers and businesses alike. Whether you’re a college student streaming music on a smartphone…

A study from the Lockheed Martin and its Cyber Security Alliance partners found that 85 percent of federal technology leaders and decision makers consider cyber security as a top most priority for Federal verticals, followed to a lesser degree by mobile computing (39%), cloud computing (26%) and big data (27%). The results of a collaborative…

A recent study, conducted by the Symform, the cloud backup provider, found that 20% of companies have no security policies or clear usage standards, to guide employees when using cloud applications or access corporate information from other devices. The survey queried nearly 500 companies including 18 percent representing enterprises, 34 percent from small and midsize…

In a research by Bain & Company in the Middle East, it revealed that cloud computing revenues can reach almost $150 billion in 2020, which accounts to 8% of the total technology expenditures. The research, titled “The Five Faces of the Cloud”, believes that the Middle East has to strengthen its network if the region…

In the recently staged Cloud Expo in Santa Clara, California, Symantec presented its “safe cloud” vision for cloud computing. According to Symantec, a “safe cloud” is different kinds of interconnected cloud with various architectures and used with various devices to connect to the cloud. Although the presentation didn’t include any surprising predictions, Symantec included opportunities…

Cloudy with a Chance of Insight: An ISV’s Guide to Customer Usage Data Collection in the Cloud The right entitlement management service and user management tools can instantly improve your business processes and customer insight by simplifying your billing process, while tracking customer usage, feature usage trends, regional usage, and much more. These features ultimately…

Cloud computing technology is one of the most transformative technologies in recent history, as it allows computers to perform tasks that are normally beyond their computing and storage capabilities. We have also seen that the amount of web applications available has increased rapidly as the consumer market starts to accept cloud computing. Everything from document…