Cloud Computing

How to Avoid Cloud Code Breakage, Part 2

Cloud applications provide a variety of mechanisms for development and configuration. Some of them lead to more fragility than others.

Q&A: How CIOs Can Benefit from Apple iOS 5, iCloud

Apple enterprise expert Aaron Freimark discusses email and iCloud sandboxing for iPhone and iPads running iOS 5.

Windows Intune 2.0: Four New Features

An update of Microsoft's cloud-based Windows Intune offers a batch of new features meant to simplify how administrators can remotely track and manage company-owned PCs and software.

The Threat Cloud Computing Providers Pose to Corporate IT

The biggest threat cloud computing providers present to IT organizations is that they raise the bar for IT management. If a cloud provider can get a server up in eight seconds when it takes the IT organization two weeks, IT will be seen as hopelessly

Welsh rugby’s virtualised power play

How to Evaluate Cloud Code, Part 1

Many cloud applications focus on declarative programming, but let's face it -- code happens. How should you evaluate the code that runs in the cloud?

iOS 5 Meets the Enterprise

CIOs will enjoy the new controls in iOS 5 for enterprise management of iPhones and iPads.

The IT Vending Machine: What’s on the Menu?

Sharepoint 2010: To Cloud or Not to Cloud?

A new Forrester report reveals surprisingly high adoption rates for Sharepoint 2010. Is this an indicator of Office 365 cloud migrations to come? Well, yes and no.

6 Steps to Boost Data Center Power and Cooling Efficiency

Increased energy efficiency in a data center can be reached without major changes to IT equipment or facilities. Here are six ways to get there.