Grazed from Experian QAS.  Author: James Glass.

Salesforce.com has been highlighted as one of the pioneering companies in the field of software-as-a-service solutions.

In an article on the Business Insider website, columnist Matt Rosoff said the technology is often included under the umbrella of cloud computing products.

"These are end-user applications, like productivity or business management software, that run on a set of pooled hardware resources and are accessed over a network," he said of software-as-a-service tools.

Grazed from Fox News.  Author:  Drew FitzGerald.

Grazed from Forbes.  Author: Kevin L. Jackson.

Today I was honored to be the guest speaker for the kick off event for Records and Information Management Month (RIMM) at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). In conjunction with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), these agencies are using the month of April to focus on how Green Initiatives can be implemented in the workplace. An additional unexpected pleasure was to be introduced by Ms. Jill Singer, NRO CIO.

Grazed from Computer Weekly.  Author: Jenny Williams.

Microsoft will use its Windows Azure platform alongside Telefonica’s application programming interface (API) project, BlueVia, to provide a free software development kit (SDK) for .NET application developers.

Grazed from Computer Weekly.  Author: Kathleen Hall.

The government has launched its much-anticipated new IT strategy, with open source highlighted as a key part of its plans, and a promise that the coalition is "determined to do things better."

"We want government ICT to be open. Open to the people and organisations that use our services. And open to any provider, regardless of size," said Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.

The ICT strategy report put open source as a purchasing priority,

Grazed from Reuters.  Author: Heather Fitzsimmons.

Cloud.com, a provider of open source cloud computing software, today announced that KT, Korea’s largest landline operator and mobile service provider, has selected its flagship technology, CloudStack™, as the foundation for its new public cloud offering, KT ucloud. Currently in beta, KT ucloud will offer its users a stable, secure and cost-effective cloud environment that ensures enterprises are making the most efficient IT investment. As enterprise IT managers are looking for cost-effective cloud computing platforms, KT ucloud guarantees the most competitive pricing and benefits among its competitors. Additionally, KT ucloud reduces electricity consumption by two or three times, ultimately aiming to reduce more than 60 percent of electricity used within their datacenter operations and passing those efficiencies through to their customers…

Grazed from GigaOM.  Author: Stacey Higginbotham.

Grazed from Fox News.  Author: Jennifer Booton.

Grazed from Government Computer News.  Author: Rutrell Yasin.

Cloud computing is like a force of nature that cannot be stopped, even if there is a change in the White House in two years, according to panelists at a cloud computing briefing today at the National Press Building in Washington, D.C.

Like open-source software, cloud computing will grow whether people want it to or not, said Bob Gourley founder of CTO Vision and former chief technology officer of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Grazed from Computer Weekly.  Author: Warwick Ashford.

Amazon has stolen a march on Apple and Google with two services that enable users to store multi-media files in the cloud and stream them to computers and smartphones.

Google and Apple are working on similar services, according to AP reports.

Amazon Cloud Drive is for storing music, images, video and documents, while Amazon Cloud Player enables users to access stored media on any PC, Mac or Android smartphone.

The Cloud Drive service allows users to upload content from PC, Mac and iTunes, but not from mobile phones. Songs with Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions are also not allowed, and Cloud drive supports only MP3 or AAC file formats.