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AWS deal improves Eucalyptus' chances at enterprises

By Nancy Gohring | 23 March, 2012 06:16

Eucalyptus has become far more attractive to enterprises wishing to build private clouds, now that the number-one cloud provider -- Amazon Web Services -- has thrown its weight behind the software company.

'NoOps' debate grows heated

By Nancy Gohring | 21 March, 2012 11:35

The dust-up over the term "NoOps" escalated this week, with high-profile IT executives from Netflix and Etsy issuing dueling blog posts about the evolution of IT organizations.

Analyst: One in 10 tablets sold has a cellular connection

By Nancy Gohring | 21 March, 2012 06:24

It's clear that people are willing to pay for new tablets, but it's also clear that they aren't yet ready to take on the fee for cellular connectivity to it, according to an analyst.

Payment now issued, Google tells frustrated developers

By Nancy Gohring | 17 March, 2012 05:33

Google on Friday morning posted a brief, apologetic message on a forum filled with angry comments from app developers who haven't been paid for sales of their Android apps.

Public safety sees opportunity, pitfalls in social media

By Nancy Gohring | 16 March, 2012 06:26

Law enforcement agencies are looking for ways to mine social media to look for threats, but those speaking at a conference on Wednesday suggested that an equally important issue might be trying to control authorities who are causing problems by their use of Twitter, Facebook and other such applications.

Shrinking budgets spur creativity in public safety IT

By Nancy Gohring | 15 March, 2012 06:19

Shrinking budgets have driven many public safety organizations to focus on wringing value out of existing IT implementations and take a close look at whether new technologies actually make sense.

Motorola, HTC, Samsung and others face antitrust suit

By Nancy Gohring | 15 March, 2012 04:59

A company that controls 100 patents has filed an antitrust complaint against Motorola, LG, Samsung, Dell and HTC, saying that they have conspired to refuse to negotiate with the company.

Yahoo sues Facebook over 10 patents

By Nancy Gohring | 13 March, 2012 07:39

Yahoo is accusing Facebook of copying a range of technologies that the flagging search company invented, in a lawsuit that alleges the social media giant infringes 10 patents.

Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum looks for new life

By Nancy Gohring | 13 March, 2012 06:27

The founder of the Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum is working to revive the organization, which fizzled in 2010.

Carrier IQ Hopes to Allay Users' Privacy Concerns

By Nancy Gohring | 12 March, 2012 21:07

Carrier IQ executives said they hope that customers are once again recognizing the value of the data that their company's software collects, after some operators disabled the software following a privacy uproar late last year.

Cloud economics improving for users in wake of price cuts

By Nancy Gohring | 10 March, 2012 07:48

Cloud computing price cuts by Google, Amazon and now Microsoft may indicate that businesses are discovering that moving to the cloud doesn't always save costs.

Microsoft to shut down app store for old phone platform

By Nancy Gohring | 09 March, 2012 11:07

Microsoft will soon shut down the app store for Windows Mobile, the phone platform it is phasing out.

Ray Ozzie's startup has mobility, communications at core

By Nancy Gohring | 08 March, 2012 10:39

Ray Ozzie, the former chief software architect at Microsoft, has given a few more hints about what his new startup will do.

Motorola to offer phones with VMware hypervisor, too

By Nancy Gohring | 06 March, 2012 11:48

Motorola Mobility has joined LG and Samsung among the companies building VMware's hypervisor into their phones. The move is part of a larger push at Motorola to cater to business users.

Windows 8 on ARM on track, Microsoft says

By Nancy Gohring | 01 March, 2012 03:49

Anyone can take Windows 8 for a spin now that Microsoft has launched the so-called "consumer preview" version of the software at an event in Barcelona on Wednesday.

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