Inside Amazon's Cloud: Just How Many Customer Projects?
New analysis of how much work companies are doing in the cloud via Amazon Web Services proves that cloud is already viable for much more than startup needs or "toy" applications.
How to Compare VMware and Amazon Cloud Services
VCloud express is VMware's riposte to Amazon Web Services--a publicly available, get-started-with-a-credit-card, IaaS offering. Here's how the two compare on cost.
Web Services: Amazon launches new VPN client for its cloud
Amazon last month announced a new service that allows corporate IT departments to connect to its virtual storage and computing environments via an ordinary physical VPN connection.
Jive intros simpler SaaS version of collaboration suite
Jive Software launched on Monday a SaaS version of its enterprise collaboration suite designed to be easier and faster for organizations to set up.
Virtualization Scalability: Bumping Into a Cloud Ceiling
Pascal-Louis Perez tapped cloud services when he became CTO of startup kaChing.com, a website that helps retail investors make better trades. Soon after, his cloud service provider, Xignite, which streams financial market data to kaChing.com, began delivering spotty service.
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Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
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