Moving mobile communication onto the cloud
The EU MOBILE CLOUD NETWORKING project, which was officially completed at the end of April 2016, has effectively integrated domains, cloud computing services and mobile networks in order to provide the...
View ArticleMicrosoft-Facebook laying trans-Atlantic Internet line
Microsoft and Facebook on Thursday announced they will work together to lay a high-speed Internet cable across the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
View ArticleMicrosoft shifts to social with huge LinkedIn deal (Update 3)
Microsoft on Monday shifted its focus to social networking with a massive $26.2 billion deal for professional social network LinkedIn.
View ArticleSymantec builds web security with purchase of Blue Coat
US cybersecurity leader Symantec will expand its web security capabilities and get a new chief executive with the $4.65 billion purchase of Blue Coat Inc.
View ArticleAre you ready for the jobs of the future?
The flow of reports about the impact of automation, mostly dire, continues. The latest is from StartupAUS, Australia's national startup advocacy group.
View ArticleResearcher works to optimize data storage
Most of us have seen the "Not Enough Storage" message on our smart phone or tablet. Cloud computing services provide a way to alleviate this overwhelming need for space by letting programs store their...
View ArticleWearable cloud could be less expensive, more powerful form of mobile computing
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are exploring the concept of a wearable personal cloud—a fully functioning, yet compact and lightweight cloud computing system embedded into...
View ArticleShares of Alibaba jump on strong 1Q results
Shares of Alibaba jumped on Thursday as the Chinese e-commerce powerhouse added shoppers and mobile revenue surged.
View ArticleUTA physicists to upgrade Titan supercomputer software for extreme scale...
Physicists at The University of Texas at Arlington have been awarded a new $1.06 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to upgrade the software that runs on the Titan supercomputer at Oak...
View ArticleNew service improves cloud storage usage on mobile devices
A new service developed at Binghamton University, State University of New York could improve performance of mobile devices that save data to the cloud.
View ArticleAmazon and VMware form alliance in the cloud
Cloud computing rivals VMware and Amazon Web Services have announced an alliance that will let them play off each other's strengths.
View ArticleAlibaba sales growth soars into the cloud
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's sales soared 55 percent in the last quarter, thanks in part to a more than doubling of revenue from cloud computing, the company said Wednesday.
View ArticleAlibaba, China Mobile announce development partnership
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and the country's biggest phone carrier, China Mobile, announced a partnership Wednesday to develop internet-related services as web users migrate to mobile devices.
View ArticleWhat is cloud computing? Its tech tentacles reach everywhere
Cloud computing, the technology-industry joke goes, is a marketing term for "other people's computers." The quip is not far from the truth.
View ArticleAmazon profit jumps while revenue misses mark (Update)
Amazon reported on Thursday that profit leapt during the year-end holiday shopping season, but the tech giant saw shares sink as revenue fell shy of high expectations.
View ArticleHigh-performance computation is available by cloud computing
A group of researchers led by Visiting Professor Takashi Yoshikawa developed the world's first system for flexibly providing high-performance computation by cloud computing.
View ArticleDescriptions of cloud services affect our reality
Cloud services are now quite taken for granted in many people's everyday lives. What most people probably do not realise is that how we talk about these services is related to how they are actually...
View ArticleIs fog more secure than cloud?
Computer scientists in Italy are working on a new concept for remote and distributed storage of documents that could have all the benefits of cloud computing but without the security issues of putting...
View ArticleIndustry experts discuss advantages and risks of shifting data analytics to...
Thought leaders in both cloud computing and big data examine the factors driving increasing numbers of companies to move their enterprises to the cloud, explore the synergy between the cloud and...
View ArticleLinkedIn membership reaches half a billion
The professional social network LinkedIn said Monday its membership had swelled to 500 million, as its user base showed steady growth following its acquisition last year by Microsoft.
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