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Although cloud computing momentum continues to build and scarcely a day goes by without a new cloud announcement or study, there's been little real enterprise adoption and almost no meaningful case...

The rhetoric from open source pundits about the ‘closed’ cloud has already started. From Richard Stallman to others there has been nay-saying related to the cloud being ultimately closed and...

Many IT managers would love to move some of their applications out of the enterprise data center and into the cloud. It's a chance to eliminate a whole litany of costs and headaches: in capital...

Say the words “cloud computing” these days and prepare for a lengthy debate on nearly every aspect of it—from its definition, to its viability, to whether it’s hype or an imperative. For every...