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• Public cloud shakeup: VMware in, Dell out, and OpenStack in limbo?

  By Brandon Butler | 24 May, 2013 18:12

  It's been a busy week in the cloud. Dell ditched plans to build its own cloud and instead will work with partners, while focusing on private clouds. In an opposite move, VMware revealed its plans for how it will compete in the public cloud market.

• CIO roundtable: Cloud computing - are you in control?

  By CIO Staff | 24 May, 2013 09:40

  CIOs gathered at O Bar & Dining in Sydney to discuss how to benefit from cloud computing without losing control, sponsored by CSC.

• IBM preps SmartCloud for real-time analytics

  By Joab Jackson | 23 May, 2013 20:34

  Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for use in data reporting and analysis.

• Hybrid public-private Cloud usage more widespread than you think

  By Brandon Butler | 23 May, 2013 20:33

  Many times in discussions about Cloud computing, the hybrid Cloud – meaning a service that combines both off-site public Cloud and on-premises private Cloud computing resources – is thought of as being some nirvana state that will be the dominant architecture at some point in the future.

• Box buys iOS app to improve its own

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 23 May, 2013 16:40

  Box has acquired an unreleased application called Folders, designed to give iPhone and iPad users a mobile front-end interface for the cloud storage and file management and sharing service as well as for competitors Google Drive and Dropbox.

• As Ethernet turns 40, some seek to take it to the Cloud

  By Stephen Lawson | 23 May, 2013 15:33

  As Ethernet marks its 40th birthday this week, some of those celebrating will also be looking ahead to yet another use for the nearly ubiquitous technology: the Cloud.

• Cloudian connects with Citrix for easier cloud rollouts

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 23 May, 2013 14:41

  Cloudian is integrating its platform with Citrix's CloudPortal Business Manager as it aims to make it easier to roll out and manage storage as a service.

• Microsoft boosts Japan Azure offering, adds data centers in two regions

  By Jay Alabaster | 23 May, 2013 11:02

  Microsoft will boost its Azure cloud offering in Japan, adding two domestic data centers to speed response times and improve reliability in the face of natural disasters.

• Citrix links cloud-based storage to SharePoint and Azure

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 22 May, 2013 17:01

  Citrix Systems is making its cloud-based storage service ShareFile more Microsoft-friendly with SharePoint integration and the ability to store data on Azure.

• Salesforce.com aims its customer service, social monitoring apps at governments

  By Chris Kanaracus | 22 May, 2013 13:46

  Salesforce.com is hoping to set the standard for how government bodies deliver online services to citizens using mobile devices.

• VMware launches network-savvy cloud service

  By Joab Jackson | 21 May, 2013 19:16

  VMware has launched its long-anticipated public infrastructure as a service (IaaS), touting its virtual networking capabilities as a differentiator from other established hybrid cloud offerings.

• Amazon Web Services gets FedRAMP certification for US government cloud use

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2013 11:55

  Amazon Web Services has finally received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which the company said will lower the cost of implementing its cloud services among government organizations and agencies in the U.S.

• Dell dumps OpenStack and VMware for public cloud, focuses on private clouds

  By Brandon Butler | 20 May, 2013 22:19

  Dell has dramatically shifted its cloud computing strategy, canceling plans it once had to launch a public cloud service based on the OpenStack open source platform, and discontinuing a VMware-based public cloud it already has on the market.

• Successful companies embrace shadow IT

  By Quinton Wall, director, technical platform marketing, Salesforce.com | 20 May, 2013 20:33

  Businesses move quickly, and those that make missteps along the way or fail to adapt to the times rarely go unscathed. Consider the fate of the original 12 companies listed in the Dow. While General Electric is still an independent company, most of the others have been acquired by larger companies or have vanished altogether.

• The benefits of cloud-based BPM

  By Art Landro, CEO, Cordys | 20 May, 2013 20:33

  In 2011 Gartner's Jim Sinur predicted that business process management and the cloud would be the "real thunder." He stated that moving operations to the cloud would free up money and efforts for businesses, and those organizations would be remiss to ignore BPM.