Google has a new real-time messaging system available in beta for its cloud service called Google Cloud Pub/Sub, the company said on…
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Amazon launches new email service called WorkMail
Amazon is once again adding to its business-suite arsenal, this time with the announcement of WorkMail, the company’s new email and calendar…
Read MoreDropbox to unveil its Dropbox for Business API as lawyers rejoice
Dropbox will launch its Dropbox for Business API on Wednesday, allowing developers to create enterprise-oriented applications on top of Dropbox. The startup also said that it now has 100,000 Dropbox for Business companies, which includes organizations like Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Spotify.…
Read MoreA milestone moment for Microsoft: .NET is now an open-source project
In what probably never would have happened under the first two CEOs to lead the historic software company, Microsoft plans to announce on Wednesday that it is open sourcing the entire .NET framework, a symbolic move by the Redmond, Washington-based legacy technology company officially recognizing that the open-source model of software development is here to stay.…
Read MoreBitcasa nixes unlimited storage plan as it upgrades its infrastructure
As part of the change, users will need to download new Bitcasa apps and then migrate their old data to the new platform by November 15 or face their data being erased.…
Read MoreGoogle for Work now has better customer service
Just a week after several of Google's cloud services went offline, Google is rolling out better customer support, including a chat interface and easier access to support phone numbers.…
Read MoreAzuqua rakes in $5 million to help companies link together their cloud services
With Azuqua, users can tether together various cloud applications so that each application can take advantage of accessing another’s potentially relevant data.…
Read MoreIT leaders are out of sync with the enterprise’s new priorities
A November study by the Society for Information Management, its annual IT Trends Survey, polled nearly 600 IT leaders, and turned up a lot…
Read MoreHow to cut 70 percent of your IT budget in one year
Precise's Zohar Gilad explains how his company shaved more than $2 million from its annual IT budget by migrating its IT infrastructure and applications to the cloud.…
Read MoreWill the cloud ‘hit the wall’ without good integration?
There are currently well over 2,000 SaaS vendors by some counts, and according to Gartner over 95 percent of companies have expressed…
Read MoreHuddle tries to reel in big fish with unlimited deal
Cloud collaboration service Huddle is targeting huge corporate customers, bringing them a new tier of service that allows an unlimited number of users for no extra charge. Can it help win new business and take on the industry's biggest beasts?…
Read MoreHands on with OnLive Desktop: Windows works surprisingly well on the iPad
Sometimes Windows is just what the doctor ordered, and with OnLive's new Desktop app for iPad, I suspect it'll be the prescription I'm looking for much more often. Here's a look at what the fresh new Windows virtualization app for iPad offers.…
Read MoreOnLive gaming plays nice with Xperia Play controls
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play smartphone, aimed at mobile gamers, has a new twist that could add more appeal: OnLive's cloud gaming service now supports the slide-out gaming controls on the Android smartphone. Touchscreens certainly work for games, but button-mashing is best done on.... buttons.…
Read MoreSalesforce.com’s Rypple buy shows the appeal of HR apps
Salesforce.com's plan to purchase Rypple shows the importance of human capital management to the new cloud-savvy enterprise. The game plan calls for a new Salesforce.com HCM business unit and the relabeling of Rypple's offerings as “Successforce.” The effort will be directed by industry vet John Wookey.…
Read MoreSmartphones help us to understand the cloud
A recent survey suggests that "mobile computing appears to be a driving force behind cloud adoption in enterprises." While the cloud clearly plays a role in making mobile devices as valuable to the enterprise as they are, it may be too much to suggest that mobiles truly drive cloud adoption. Rather, smartphones and tablets have brought the cloud discussion to the forefront, regardless, paradoxically, of whether the implementation actually relies on the cloud.…
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