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Thursday, 2nd May 2013

IDC: Virtualization's March To Cloud Threatens VMware

IDC: Virtualization's March To Cloud Threatens VMware

VMware has long dominated virtualization, but the trend toward multiple hypervisors and cloud computing threatens to shake its grip, according to IDC.

Cloud Matt Asay comments

Tuesday, 30th April 2013

Middle-Aged Developers Driving Cloud Computing

Middle-Aged Developers Driving Cloud Computing

While cloud computing is a relatively new phenomenon, it's being driven by experienced developers, much like open source before it. The reason? Such developers have been around long enough to appreciate a valuable alternative to slogging through corporate bureaucracy.

Cloud Matt Asay comments

Thursday, 25th April 2013

Microsoft Registers Double-Digit Growth As Its Peers Decline. Why?

Microsoft Registers Double-Digit Growth As Its Peers Decline. Why?

Microsoft keeps notching double-digit revenue growth in its Server and Tools division, even as other legacy IT vendors stumble. The reason? Microsoft offers deflationary pricing while continuing to make complex software easier to use, including its aggressive move to the cloud.

Enterprise Matt Asay comments

Thursday, 18th April 2013

The Cloud Is Officially Boring. Finally

The Cloud Is Officially Boring. Finally

Much as we might want to hype the cloud, CIOs just want it to be boring. Finally they have their wish, as recent announcements from OpenStack and Microsoft suggest.

Cloud Matt Asay comments

Friday, 5th April 2013

Microsoft Execs Flock To Amazon And Red Hat

Microsoft Execs Flock To Amazon And Red Hat

Microsoft has been leaking executives in the past week, but it may be less an indication of something wrong at Microsoft so much as something going really well at Red Hat and Amazon.

Enterprise Matt Asay comments

Wednesday, 20th March 2013

Microsoft Azure: Open Source Is A First-Class Citizen

Microsoft Azure: Open Source Is A First-Class Citizen

Microsoft's longstanding strategy of embrace and extend has no place on Azure, which seems to be all about embracing all of the open-source software it can find as it seeks to extend its popularity with CIOs to developers.

Cloud Matt Asay comments

Tuesday, 19th March 2013

Can Amazon Stay King Of Cloud Computing Forever?

Can Amazon Stay King Of Cloud Computing Forever?

Amazon has a crushing lead in the cloud computing race, but serious competitors like OpenStack, Microsoft and Google threaten to give it a run for its money.

Cloud Matt Asay comments

Friday, 22nd February 2013

Microsoft's Rotten Friday: Hack Revealed As Azure, Halo Go Down

Microsoft's Rotten Friday: Hack Revealed As Azure, Halo Go Down

Microsoft ended the week with a pair of black eyes: a failure to secure a security certificate brought its Azure cloud service tumbling down, and the company also confessed to being the latest corporate victim of a high-profile hacking attempt.

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