IBM has defined six types of partners that help move customers to cloud computing, said Dave Mitchell, director of strategy and emerging business for the vendor. These include partners who build ...

Backers have argued that cloud computing is less expensive because it doesn't require the amount of IT infrastructure-- such as servers -- that traditional on-premise computing does. Customers also ...

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For companies that are required to keep data within a specific country or region, a sovereign cloud may be a key part of a multicloud deployment. Cloud-using industries such as banking, insurance, ...

Cloud computing is making it easier for startups to develop new technology, but once companies grow beyond a certain size they may find current cloud technologies do not meet their requirements. Cloud ...

Organizations are using virtualization to manage their cloud environment effectively. Here is a rundown of the different types and what each can offer. In enterprise IT infrastructure, virtualization ...

Computer clouds have been credited with making the workplace more efficient and giving consumers anytime-anywhere access to emails, photos, documents and music as well as helping companies crunch ...

The rise of sovereign clouds has become inevitable as regulatory demands, and geopolitical pressures push enterprises to rethink where their data resides. Localized cloud environments are increasingly ...

Ten years ago, Netscape Communications Corp. founder and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen observed developments in Silicon Valley and said, “Software is eating the world.” Today his prediction has ...

Alexandria Johnson does hard science on the most nebulous of subjects: clouds. As an atmospheric scientist and assistant professor of practice in Purdue University’s College of Science, she studies ...