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APIs and the Growing Influence of Developers
On June 17 I gave a lightning presentation at the Open API Meetup, along with Evan Cooke of Twilio and Oren Teich of Heroku. It was a really nice event, well-organized by Sam Ramji and Shanley Kane...

Why IT Needs to Take Control of Public Cloud Computing
IT organizations that fail to provide guidance for and governance over public cloud computing usage will be unhappy with the results.... While it is highly unlikely that business users will “control...

Microsoft Rolls Out Cloud-Based Versions of Office and SharePoint
NEW YORK — May 12, 2010 — Today, Microsoft Corp. announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint 2010, as well as Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project...

InMage Builds On Core Strengths to Help Customers Leverage Cloudbursting
Cloud computing is opening doors for traditional software companies in ways some people might not expect. Sometimes it’s not about how to transition on-premise software to software as a service (SaaS...

SuccessFactors Buys CubeTree, Enters Enterprise Social Networking
SuccessFactors, a provider on-demand performance management software, will buy enterprise collaboration startup CubeTree, as it eyes the enterprise social networking market. Suddenly Salesforce.com...

IBM Grabs Cast Iron To Help Connect the Enterprise to Public Cloud
IBM continued its buying spree with the acquisition of Cast Iron Systems, a software as a service (SaaS) and appliance vendor that helps customers connect their enterprise data center with public...

Assessing the Salesforce.com and VMware Java Platform Push
On Tuesday Salesforce.com and VMware made good on their promise of big news with the announcement of VMforce, an enterprise Java cloud computing platform as a service (PaaS) for the Java developer...

Best of Interop 2010: Finalists and Winners
InformationWeek Analytics announced the finalists and winners for Interop 2010. The categories included: cloud computing; collaboration; data center and storage; infrastructure; network management,...

Salesforce.com and VMware Team Up for Java Cloud Platform
After some speculation, the news is finally out with the joint announcement from Salesforce.com and VMware that they will offer an enterprise Java cloud computing platform as a service (PaaS) called...

Appirio Offers Customers a $1 Million Cloud Computing Guarantee
Appirio has launched an intriguing promotion to get customers to think seriously about adopting cloud computing as part of their enterprise strategy. The company is promising a $1 million cloud...