Apple’s recent news on its upcoming iCloud initiative highlights the momentum and excitement behind cloud services and is sure to usher in a new round of cloud offerings from others, in addition to putting focus on existing services. While many cloud services appear to offer similar functionality, it is likely that each of these seemingly…

For all of you who don’t have a chance to attend GigaOM’s Structure Conference next week in San Francisco: CloudTimes will be attending the event and reporting live on our site and via Twitter. This year’s Structure conference will be less about whether cloud computing is a good idea and more about making sense of…

SolidFire announced today that its founder and CEO Dave Wright will be participating in the “Cloud Storage: Moving Beyond Backup” panel at the GigaOM Structure conference June 23 at 9:05 a.m.in San Francisco, CA. SolidFire is a provider of all-solid-state storage systems for cloud service providers. About the panel: CLOUD STORAGE: MOVING BEYOND BACKUP? For…

NetApp has recently improved its service capabilities in the cloud platform by enhancing its NetApp OnCommand Management software. Chris Cummings, vice president of product and solutions marketing said that the new NetApp OnCommand Management software will include features that will assist users to move their virtualized data storage from cloud environments, plus the new software…

GMO Cloud America Inc., a subsidiary of GMO Cloud K.K., announced today the launch of its cloud hosting solutions for the U.S. market. The company offers global datacenters, premium on-demand infrastructure, solid strategic partnerships and a competitive performance-based pricing model. GlobalSign, SSL global leader and GMO subsidiary, secures the company’s high-performance network. The company is…

CloudTimes launched its Cloud App Store today in cooperation with GetApp. Cloud Apps is a marketplace for Business Applications buyers and providers. CloudTimes readers can find, compare and choose from a wide range of enterprise applications. All of these are efficiently organized and categorized for easy viewing, helping our readers to find exactly the right…

Telx the leading interconnection and data center provider launched today its new Cloud Connection Centers, an innovative new way for cloud service providers to securely connect their infrastructures, leveraging Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to ensure IaaS and application uptime. Telx also announced that SoftLayer Technologies, a global provider of on-demand Cloud and Dedicated hosting, has joined the Telx cloudXchange. The Telx cloudXchange…