Cloud Computing


Elop Grilled on Microsoft's Relevance

The president of Microsoft's Business Division got the hot seat at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo event last week.

Zend Advances PHP and Cloud Effort at ZendCon

Zend Technologies, creator and commercial maintainer of the PHP dynamic scripting language, Wednesday kicked off its ZendCon conference by releasing the first public beta of its Zend Server 5.0 Web-app server.

Microsoft Gives SharePoint A Facelift

Microsoft previewed the next generation of its popular SharePoint Server family, which will sport a new user interface, tighter integration capabilities, a cloud-based version and much-needed support for the company's Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE).

Silverlight Streaming Beta Ends for Paid Azure Option

Microsoft said today it is discontinuing its beta of a service that lets developers building Silverlight-based applications host and distribute them free of charge and will be replaced by a paid alternative based on the company's forthcoming Azure cloud-based offering.

Microsoft Restoring Sidekick Data, but Troubles Remain

Microsoft sent a letter to T-Mobile Sidekick users claiming that most of the customer data thought to be lost during a network failure is now being restored.

Compuware To Acquire Gomez

In a move that will extend the reach beyond its core focus of enterprise testing and performance management, Compuware Corp. said it will acquire Gomez Inc. for $295 million.

Microsoft Rolls Out Windows Phone Launch

Microsoft launched "Windows phone" branding on Tuesday, marking the global rollout of Windows Mobile 6.5-based phones by Microsoft's hardware partners.

Report: Microsoft Key to IT Jobs Growth

A Microsoft-sponsored IDC study predicted relatively healthy employment prospects for skilled IT labor over the next four years.

Cloudera Releases Desktop UI for Hadoop

Cloudera, a commercial distributor of the Hadoop data storage and processing platform, released a unified graphical user interface for applications based on the open-source framework for building and running scalable Web applications.

Exit Interview: Sam Ramji Assesses Microsoft's Open Source Ascent

Microsoft's open source leader looks back on his tenure in Redmond.

Microsoft's Ramji Joins Sonoa Systems

The mystery of where Sam Ramji is headed is over. The former senior director of platform strategy at Microsoft has led Redmond's open source efforts since 2006. Now Ramji is reuniting with his erstwhile BEA Systems colleagues to head product strategy and business development at Sonoa Systems.

A Winning Campaign: Remain in Office

REDMOND REVIEW: Since Bill Gates proclaimed Microsoft's Internet strategy in his Internet Tidal Wave memo of 1995, people have been cynical of Microsoft's embrace of the public network.

Ballmer Promotes 'New Efficiency' Vision for IT

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer gave a keynote talk at a Microsoft event called "The New Efficiency" on Tuesday.

Alfresco Launches Cloud Developer Program

Alfresco, a leading provider of open source enterprise content management software, last week launched a developer program for those looking to build ECM applications that can run in the cloud.

Microsoft Unveils Office Web Apps Preview

Microsoft on Thursday announced that it had commenced an invitation-only public technical preview of Microsoft Office Web Apps.

Microsoft Describes Profit Strategy at Citigroup Event

Microsoft's chief financial officer fielded questions about Microsoft's business at the Citi Annual Technology Conference on Wednesday.

IBM Launches Cloud-Based Desktop

IBM released a virtualized client computing offering it touts as a cloud-based desktop.

Red Hat Revamps JBoss with Extended Services and Cloud Support

New JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 boasts extended services architecture and integration with Amazon's EC2.

Amazon Adds Virtual Private Cloud Service

Looking to address a key objection to hosting data in the cloud, Amazon this week said it will offer a more secure iteration of its EC2 service, dubbed Virtual Public Cloud.

SpringSource Acquires Cloud Foundry to Bring Java to Cloud

On the heels of agreeing to be acquired by VMware, SpringSource extends cloud offerings.

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