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Rather than retool their existing accounting software, Thomson Reuters decided to build a completely new application from the ground up.
The result is Accounting CS, the first tax and accounting application designed to take full advantage of cloud computing and the continuous, free flow of real-time data that it allows…
Army Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency (NSA), discussed the cloud and how to defend against increasingly sophisticated cyber-threats at a recent Information Systems Security Association conference in Baltimore and in a follow-up interview with eWEEK. As commander of U.S. Cyber Command, he also discussed rules of engagement for the military in cyberspace…
Much of our computing (including the storage of our personal data) is now being done remotely via the ‘cloud’. But what is it? Here is a brief history of this radical shift while, below, we assess the relative merits of four cloud computing services…
Unless one is getting his news from written sources, the Thailand flooding portends a crisis for businesses and consumers who are moving toward cloud computing or offsite data storage, especially if they are projecting rapid growth in their needs over the next 12 months.
It is not yet known the extent of the damage caused by the flooding in Thailand, but some estimates say about 20% of the country is now flooded. Thailand happens to be one of the largest producers of hard drives in the world. The technology industry is bracing itself for scarcity…
OW2, the global open source community for open source middleware and generic applications, announced today the definitive program of OW2con 2011, the third edition of the OW2 community annual conference, November 23-24. This year’s theme, "Open Source: The Innovation Drive", is a testimonial to the value-creation potential of open source and the visionary technologies showcased by the conference program…
Cloud computing is a fast growing industry in India and there is need for absolute safety because there is an important client information and company detail that is at stake. It has been revealed by VMware that more than 90% of Indian firms believe that cloud computing is of help for their businesses…
To many, virtual environments using public cloud platforms could cause many security headaches. But this theory has been refuted by Simon Crosby, known as godfather of Xen…
2011 has seen the move to cloud computing gather speed, as companies start to commit budget to the technology that will change the landscape of IT. In an effort to capture the extent to which cloud has already penetrated the IT market, and at what rate we should expect it to grow, analysts have raced to release the most up-to-date market data…
How much revenue is IBM pulling in from cloud computing? Steve Mills, senior VP of the company’s software and systems business, has provided the first clue, revealing to InformationWeek that IBM’s software-as-a-service revenue is now in the "hundreds of millions of dollars."…Nearly half of 10,000 business leaders surveyed globally believe that the onset of cloud technologies have improved security. However, nearly a quarter believe it has increased vulnerability…