Dew helps ground cloud computing
The most obvious disadvantage of putting your data in the cloud is losing access when you have no internet connection. According to research publishes in the International Journal of Cloud Computing,...
View ArticleThe future of the Internet
The current buzzwords that one might hear flung across the boardroom tables of internet and telecommunications companies might include, "the cloud", "ubiquitous computing", "internet of things",...
View ArticleNew method to predict the workload for online services
How can overloads on the Internet be prevented? Cloud computing means that more server space can be rented from large computing resources. Ahmed Hassan has developed algorithms for automatic addition...
View ArticleAmazon's growing clout in cloud computing stirs questions
Retailers have long feared Amazon.com and the ease with which it has undermined the business of shopping on Main Street.
View ArticleHP, a Silicon Valley icon, is ready for its break-up
One of the nation's most storied tech companies will split in two this weekend, another casualty of seismic shifts in the way people use technology—and big-company sluggishness in responding.
View ArticleAmazon flies high in the Internet cloud
Amazon is widely known for its prowess as an online retail colossus, but is also thriving when it comes to sending business aloft in the Internet cloud.
View Article'Cloud' lifts Microsoft earnings above expectations
Microsoft on Thursday reported quarterly profits ahead of most expectations, as revenues got a boost from its Xbox consoles and Internet "cloud" services for enterprises.
View ArticleTen ways advanced computing catalyzes science
When researchers need to compare complex new genomes, or map new regions of the Arctic in high-resolution detail, or detect signs of dark matter, or make sense of massive amounts of functional MRI...
View ArticleVMWare co-founder takes charge of Google cloud business
Google said Thursday that a VMWare founder was taking charge of its cloud computing business as it looks to close ground on rivals such as Amazon and Microsoft.
View ArticleNew tech to help companies detect and respond to cloud computing performance...
In late 2012, Helen Gu presented a research paper on a new tool designed to prevent disruptions in cloud computing. Less than four years later, she has launched a start-up to help companies that use...
View ArticleMicrosoft donates cloud computing 'worth $1 bn'
Microsoft said Tuesday it will put a billion dollars' worth of cloud computing power in the hands of non-profit groups and university researchers free of charge.
View ArticleThe cloud can't kill demand for computers as big as a fridge
For PGS, an oil-imaging company in Oslo, Norway, finding pockets of oil and natural gas in the ground essentially starts by taking a large ultrasound picture of Earth.
View ArticleIBM buys Truven Health Analytics for $2.6 bn
IBM announced Thursday a deal to buy Truven Health Analytics for $2.6 billion as the US tech giant builds its business in cloud computing and data management for the health industry.
View ArticleVerizon to buy fiber-optic business for about $1.8 billion
Verizon says it will pay $1.8 billion to buy the fiber-optic network business of XO Communications, in a deal that the wireless phone company said would improve service for its customers.
View ArticleCivil liberties at risk as agencies seek new powers to deal with cloud...
Julia Hörnle, Professor of Internet Law at Queen Mary University of London, was speaking at her inaugural lecture 'Unclaimed territories in the clouds'. The lecture outlined the "fundamental conflict...
View ArticleSmartphones and cloud computing the key to farmers' future
Smartphones are set to replace tractors as a farmer's most useful tool and cloud computing will be just as important as rain clouds for WA's grain growers.
View ArticleEnvisioning supercomputers of the future
Last year, President Obama announced the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI), an executive order to increase research, development and deployment of high performance computing (HPC) in the...
View ArticleIntel to slash up to 12,000 jobs in restructuring (Update)
Intel will cut up to 12,000 jobs worldwide as it seeks to shake up its business to reduce dependence on the slumping personal computer market, the US tech giant said Tuesday.
View ArticleTrust in the cloud could be pinned to online scoring system
Computer scientists at the University of Adelaide have developed a sophisticated but easy-to-use online tool to help build people's trust in the cloud.
View ArticleMicrosoft acquires Italian firm in IoT push
Microsoft on Tuesday announced it has bought an Italian firm specializing in connecting smart objects in the Internet of Things (IoT), continuing its push into cloud computing.
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