Since the mid 2000s one of the prevailing trends in the IT world has been to move networks, data, operating systems and servers into an environment where they are not tied to a specific piece of hardware. full story ![]()
We keep hearing about the various advantages that cloud adoption brings to an organization, such as agility, automation, and worker mobility. But what about the bottom line? Is virtualization a worthwhile investment for your business?
forbes.com (25 days ago)
As cloud computing surges into the mainstream of business-technology strategies and deployments, plenty of questions are still swirling around regarding security, time to value, public versus private, lock-in, cost, and more.
forbes.com (10 days ago)

The private cloud world hasn't been the same since OpenStack sucked the air out of the room. Here's a look at the companies doing private cloud before OpenStack and how they've fared.
gigaom.com (2 months and 6 days ago)

Shhhhh, it looks like cloud computing is not immune from industry consolidation and Amazon Web Services gets testy about private cloud adoption.
gigaom.com (13 days ago)
Many business and IT leaders get consumed in many questions: Should we go with private cloud? Public cloud? Hybrid model? What about our legacy systems? Where do we find the skills to make cloud happen?
forbes.com (2 months and 29 days ago)
The cloud is forcing enterprises and vendors alike to reconsider what business they are in. And for many enterprises, the growth of private cloud capabilities puts them only a step away from becoming cloud solutions providers themselves.
forbes.com (5 days ago)

Rackspace says its new dashboard, part of its latest OpenStack-based private cloud release, will speed up cloud rollouts and configuration tasks by adding point-and-click capabilities for enteprise users.
gigaom.com (2 months and 14 days ago)
Close to two-fifths of organizations now run private clouds in one form or another, and one-fourth are using public cloud services in an enterprise capacity. Private clouds are being extended deeper into the organizations that have them -- a majority expect to be running most of their workloads in the cloud within the next 12 months, especially Platform as a Service...
forbes.com (1 month and 2 days ago)
Virtualization and mobile have been two of the largest trends to hit enterprise IT in the last decade. Virtualization from a server perspective has been a disruptive force in the IT world, resulting in VMware becoming one of the largest software company in terms of market cap and analysts estimating that well over 50% of servers are now virtualized. And we all know about...
forbes.com (2 months and 23 days ago)
Instead of dealing with public or private clouds, enterprises are grappling with hybrid cloud environments where they need to measure their application service performance distributed across private and public cloud environments. Read more about how enterprises and service providers are addressing this need.
gigaom.com (3 months and 3 days ago)
The secret to pulling: Why men should...
Bitcoiners rally to enlighten Washington
Bitcoiners crave coders to cope with demand
Bitcoin's rollercoaster ride is not...
FBI urges banks to share data, tactics...
Cloud getting crowded, and that means...
Wired Space Photo of the Day: Dunes of...
Honeybees trained in Croatia to find...
Tutorial: Make your laptop battery last...
Review: DinoPC Titanosaurus Rex
Toyota Auris Hybrid: car review
One of the Basic Math Rules You Learned...
Watch Ridley Scott's Aliens Animated in...
How Much the Starship Enterprise Costs,...
The World's Fastest Wi-Fi Puts Your...
HTC Pledges To Pump Up ‘One' Production...
How to Make Your Own Anti-Venom without...
VIDEO: Denmark wins Eurovision Song Contest
VIDEO: Propaganda: Art or political...
Lennon guitar sells for $408,000
What Fran's Reading: Jill McCorkle's...
'SNL': Ben Affleck Mocks Oscars Speech:...
Star player Carey Mulligan is happy to...
Audra McDonald back at Lincoln Center...
Two blockbuster sequels to square off...
How 'Mary Tyler Moore Show' made...
Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in 'Before...
'24's' return is evidence of TV's...
A router is the heart of your network, so it deserves to be chosen carefully. Any router will...
The nation's critical infrastructure is vulnerable to cyber attacks and better information...
I never thought a truck-driving simulator could be fun, but Euro Truck Simulator 2 proved me...
The TV Guide WatchlistRecently, the conversation turned to POW movies, which inevitably got me...