Grazed from MIT Technology Review.  Author: Brian Bergstein.

For many companies, cloud computing sounds like risky business. They worry that storing customer details or running critical software on the servers of cloud providers such as Amazon or Google could make their data more vulnerable to being hacked, exposed, or lost. A lot of data in the cloud resides on shared servers—think public data dormitories—where only virtual walls might separate one company’s bits from those of its competitors…

Grazed from V3.co.uk.  Author: Madeline Bennett.

Oracle has launched an upgrade to its Enterprise Manager product, designed to take advantage of the latest cloud computing technologies.

The latest edition has been branded Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c as a reflection of the new cloud focus. It is the first major release for three years, according to Richard Sarwal, Oracle senior vice president for product development…

Grazed from ReadWriteWeb.  Author:  Scott M. Fulton.

First and foremost, ADP has always been a data services provider, processing payroll information for corporations, and later adding human resources and tax services. You’d think, in the era of massive corporate data centers, these services might have already become antiquated. But it’s the handling of that data that’s been part of ADP’s value proposition. It is perhaps the original data management outsourcing specialist…

Grazed from TechZone360.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Data centre and communications firm Node4 will broaden its range of services by launching nCloud – a brand new cloud-based infrastructure. nCloud is a high quality, high specification infrastructure that offers organisations ultimate IT flexibility by allowing them to build a bespoke solution that works hand in glove with business requirements.

Grazed from InfoMobile.  Author: Marin Perez.

“The cloud” has long been a buzzword in the tech scene but it has become an ever-important part of our daily computing lives and Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Phone Mango all have deep integration with the cloud, but use it in slightly different ways. Let’s take a look at how each of the major operating systems bring the cloud into your lives…

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Maureen O’Gara.

Amazon is in serious talks with HP about buying webOS according to VentureBeat, which claims to know from a well-placed source at HP, known for leaking like a sieve.

HP got the mobile operating system as part of its $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm last year, stuck it in a TouchPad tablet, tried selling the thing for six weeks, abandoned it in mid-August, and now reportedly wants to dump Palm ASAP. HP initially suggested it would sell or license the platform…

Grazed from Forbes.  Author: Adam Ludwig.

What’s so compelling about cloud technology?

When I was a kid, my first computer was an Apple I. Every application ran locally. Now, with broadband, you can deliver exponentially more computing power and run exponentially more apps. The scale of the capabilities is what makes cloud computing compelling…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Asure Software, Inc. (nasdaq-cm:ASUR), a leading provider of workforce management software solutions, today announced that it has acquired ADI Time(R), a Warwick, R.I.-based leading vendor of cloud computing time and attendance software and labor management services…

Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Savvis, a CenturyLink company /quotes/zigman/203112/quotes/nls/ctl CTL -2.11% , today announced the launch of Savvis Symphony Database, a cloud-based database platform. Symphony Database, which was unveiled at Oracle Open World 2011 in San Francisco, brings the advantages of cloud computing to Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server environments…

Grazed from FormTek.  Author:  Dick Weisinger.

Last week Friday we looked at two surveys about the scope of cloud acceptance — a survey by CA Associates that found that 93 percent of companies are using the cloud, and another one by SWC Technology Partners that concluded that less than 4 percent of companies are using applications hosted in the cloud.  The conclusion was that there is currently a huge split between what different segments of  companies are doing. segments.  It’s not clear exactly what the parameters are that make up the profile of a cloud-adopter company versus the cloud-abstainer ones, but  both the location and size of company seem to play a significant factor…