Cloud computing promises new ways to build and deploy distributed applications. So why are we so hung up on the old ones? James Urquhart is a field technologist with almost 20 years of experience in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Serial technology CEO covering all things IT & Tech. The dynamic realm of cloud computing is on the brink of remarkable ...

AppZero, formally Trigence, demonstrated a different approach to allowing organizations to take advantage of the computing resources made available by hosting suppliers at Demo 09. Rather than taking ...

Data centers consume substantial amounts of power, much of which is dedicated to cooling the computers inside since they generate substantial amounts of heat as a byproduct of their operation.

Information technology research and advisory firm Gartner defines cloud computing as "scalable and elastic" Internet-based services delivered to multiple external customers. Data and applications no ...

A survey of over 500 IT professionals reveals that cloud now represents a third of the IT spend, as a clear majority of organizations plan to use cloud services for over half of their infrastructure ...

Amazon and their Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering through their EC2 platform largely pioneered the idea of the cloud, so it should come as no surprise that many organizations are handing ...

A cloud application is internet-based software that processes or stores data online. There are three main kinds of cloud applications: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Infrastructure ...

Cloud computing has taken the world by storm, and for good reason. It’s a meaningful, effective way to provide software and computer resources to people around the globe. Hence, enterprises and ...

Lee Davis is a tech analyst who has been covering the document imaging industry for over five years. Currently, Lee is the Associate Director of Software and Scanners at Keypoint Intelligence, where ...

We’ve all heard about the benefits of cloud infrastructure: improved productivity, cost savings, efficiency, agility and a host of other buzzwords that paint cloud as the be all, end all for IT. Most ...