Tanks in the cloud
CLOUDS bear little resemblance to tanks, particularly when the clouds are of the digital kind. However statistical methods used to count tanks in the second world war may help to answer a question in other words on the mind of many innovation watchers: How big is the computing cloud?. More...
Which of Our Cloud Startups to Watch Do You Think Will Be Most Successful?
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants relocates its data centers to North Carolina. Instead of relocating 250 servers, they leverage the possibility to create a virtual infrastructure using Intel and VMware innovation. More...
CIOs Recharged and Ready for 2011
CIO — With the business lessons of the recession for all that resonating in CIOs’ minds, you might expect to find IT leaders hunkering down in 2011. More...
Skype launches iPhone app with 3G video calling
Owners of an iPhone 4 could already use FaceTime to make video calls to an iPhone 4 or 4th generation iPod Touch over Wi-Fi, nevertheless Skype claims its new app offers much more flexibility. More...
Forrester warns buyers on software licensing traps
The future impact of technologies just as virtualisation, business models just as cloud computing and methodologies just as Service Orientated Architecture need to be considered in future contracts. More...
IPhone finally gets Skype video calling
Hard on the heels of an epic service outage a week or so ago, Skype makes up for their problems by releasing an iPhone app that will allow video calls without the big bucks charges of AT&T. More...
China cracks down on Internet phone services
China has pledged to restrict Internet phone services - a move that could affect thousands of businesses and individuals making cheap calls via web-based communications companies just as Skype. More...
Social networking keeps popping up on list of '11 trendsâ
‰Speaking of which, Facebook, Twitter and lesser ventures just as LinkedIn are popular, and folks are figuring out ways to make money off these tools with their own services and products. More...
Cloud computing sets stage for corporate legal battles
Dubai: Tighter budgets, less capital investment and fewer IT staff in the corporate world are expected to boost cloud computing storage demands past $1 billion per year in the Middle East in a third-party global storage market worth $68 billion annually. More...
Skype could be designated illegal in China
BEIJING/NEW YORK — China will crack down on what it called illegal Internet telephone providers, according to a circular from the Chinese government, a policy that could hurt the popular service Skype. More...