http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/31/all xx http://www.itworld.com/hardware/83902/cloud-computing-virtualization-proponents-getting-antsy While many organizations have only begun down the cloud computing and virtualization roads in the past few years, some in the industry can't wait to take these technologies to the next level. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/83902/cloud-computing-virtualization-proponents-getting-antsy#comments Hardware Internet SaaS Storage Virtualization News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:10:18 -0500 ITworld staff 83902 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/83882/microsoft-battles-mobile-search-and-cloud As Microsoft launches Windows 7 and seeks to banish the ghost of its less-than-successful Vista OS, it is fighting to defend its primacy as the world's leading software company. http://www.itworld.com/software/83882/microsoft-battles-mobile-search-and-cloud#comments Internet Operating systems SaaS Software Windows Analysis Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:18 -0500 ITworld staff 83882 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/83879/ms-office-battles-google-cloud When Microsoft releases the next version of its productivity suite, Office 2010, it will be into a very different competitive landscape than the one Office 2007 faced in late 2006. http://www.itworld.com/software/83879/ms-office-battles-google-cloud#comments Internet SaaS Software Analysis Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:14 -0500 ITworld staff 83879 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/83811/postini-technology-spread-across-google-apps The Postini technology that lets Google Apps Premier administrators control their e-mail environments by establishing and enforcing usage policies, rules and parameters will be extended to the other applications of the suite. http://www.itworld.com/software/83811/postini-technology-spread-across-google-apps#comments Internet SaaS Security Software News Google Apps postini Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:48:21 -0500 ITworld staff 83811 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/83805/world-tech-update-nov-5-2009 In this week’s World Tech Update, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tours Asia and talks about the future of television, HTC launches the HD2 smartphone that runs Windows Mobile 6.5, Intel gets slapped with an antitrust lawsuit, Motorola’s Droid gets ready to go on sale, an iPhone app from Harvard Medical School helps protect you from swine flu and new research enables 3D on a Microsoft Surface computer. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/83805/world-tech-update-nov-5-2009#comments Government Internet Legal Mobile & wireless Personal tech SaaS Software News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:29 -0500 ITworld staff 83805 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/83793/microsoft-amp-google-when-it-comes-cloud-its-war "All warfare is based on deception," goes the famous line attributed to Sun Tzu in the Art of War. It may very well be the operating principle that both Google and Microsoft have taken to heart in their battle for dominance of the office desktop and cloud. http://www.itworld.com/saas/83793/microsoft-amp-google-when-it-comes-cloud-its-war#comments Internet SaaS Opinion Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:40:25 -0500 ITworld staff 83793 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/virtualization/83787/state-cloud-computing-japan What can you learn from a conversation with Japan's second-largest telco, which is also a cloud service provider? Plenty, says CIO.com's Bernard Golden. http://www.itworld.com/virtualization/83787/state-cloud-computing-japan#comments Internet SaaS Virtualization Opinion Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:10:39 -0500 ITworld staff 83787 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/83775/cdc-adopts-new-near-real-time-flu-tracking-system The Centers for Disease Control have settled on a private, nationwide database with the electronic medical records of 14 million people run by General Electric in order to track potential outbreaks of the H1N1 virus. http://www.itworld.com/saas/83775/cdc-adopts-new-near-real-time-flu-tracking-system#comments Business Business intelligence Internet SaaS Software News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:10:25 -0500 ITworld staff 83775 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/83774/rackspace-apologizes-cloud-outage-prepares-issue-service-credits In a letter to customers, Rackspace apologizes for cloud service outage and promises to do better in the future. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/83774/rackspace-apologizes-cloud-outage-prepares-issue-service-credits#comments Hardware Internet SaaS News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:10:24 -0500 ITworld staff 83774 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/83769/cloud-computing-inevitable-not-so-fast-educator-says The debate about cloud computing isn’t so much centered on when it might happen , but what are the proper questions to ask so users can determine when and where they might launch into the fray, according to a debate at the annual Educause conference http://www.itworld.com/business/83769/cloud-computing-inevitable-not-so-fast-educator-says#comments Business Hardware Internet SaaS News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:40:26 -0500 ITworld staff 83769 at http://www.itworld.com