Open source biz apps coming to the cloud

SugarCRM makes wares available as hosted services, joining ERP provider Compiere in the cloud... more

DMTF creates open cloud incubator

Group to focus on standards for cloud management, interoperability between private and public clouds... more

What does HP Matrix have over Cisco UCS and Juniper Stratus?

In a word: storage. Well, that plus HP's experience with blade servers and tying together heterogeneous network resources.... more

Cheaper virtualization becoming a reality

With its vSphere release, VMware responds to pricing pressure, gives IT more choices that mean they pay less to accomplish the same work... more

Can Oracle make sense of Sun's hardware?

By acquiring Sun Microsystems, Oracle gets instant credibility in key technologies but will face its share of challenges... more

Infobright: We're the MySQL of open source data warehousing

Recent open source convert Infobright says it hopes to do for analytics what MySQL did for databases... more

Cisco, NetApp join up on Unified Computing System

Cisco builds out its UCS with what the companies call 'unified storage architecture'... more

Citrix speeds Web 2.0 apps

New NetScaler feature streamlines delivery of data to cut servers and associated costs and is the first push technology of the Web 2.0 era, Citrix claims... more

What Microsoft's extended XP support means to IT

Here's a look at what changes and what remains as Windows XP enters the Extended Support phase... more

Google enhances and open sources its Update software

Search giant says developers can now use 'Omaha' code to build their own auto-updaters ... more

Boomi touts cloud integration service

The application integration provider is aiming the newest version of its AtomSphere platform at enterprises... more

VMware: Save 50 percent on hardware, guaranteed

IT doesn't pay for design and implementation until savings are achieved, VMware says... more

How bad off is tech? Depends who you ask

Gartner says 2009 will be worse than the dot-com bust, but Forrester and IDC are not as gloomy... more

Longjump puts SaaS inside IT shops

Provider says customers who are not yet ready to go all-in with cloud computing can now control cloud functions themselves... more

EMC unveils SourceOne for archiving, compliance

SourceOne also streamlines e-mail, boosts performance, and can reduce storage costs, EMC claims... more

HP unwraps Cloud Assure

Hewlett-Packard unveils new products and services to help customers with the availability, performance, and security of cloud-based resources ... more

IBM leading Open Cloud Manifesto charge

Cloud vendors confirm it was IBM that reached out seeking their participation ... more

Gartner: Cloud spending to skyrocket in 2009

Cloud computing revenue will soar faster than expected and will exceed $150 billion within five years, Gartner report predicts... more

Nick Carr: The many ways cloud computing will disrupt IT

The author of "IT Doesn't Matter" and "The Big Switch" on the inevitable transition to utility computing, Web 2.0, and why IT would be wise to brace itself... more

Today's IT spending survey laced with a little hope

A limited number of IT shops will increase spending in 2009... more