7 Cloud Computing Acquisition Targets
By James Maguire | Networks Article Published June 30, 2009
Today’s savvy new cloud companies will likely get gobbled up by the giants that will rule cloud computing in the years ahead.

Cisco's Cloud Strategy: Eyeing Google
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networks Article Published July 1, 2009
Integrating private and public clouds -- a growing need in the emerging cloud market -- is an area in which Cisco sees itself building market share.

Microsoft's Bing Erodes Google's Share
By Reuters | Networks Article Published July 1, 2009
Yet the new search contender still runs far behind the giant Google.

Skype 4.0 for Windows: Significant Overhaul
By Joseph Moran | Networks Article Published June 26, 2009
Available for free download, the new Skype offers an array of improved features.

Salesforce's Benioff Pokes Fun at Ellison
By Andy Patrizio | Networks Article Published June 27, 2009
The Salesforce CEO throws a few light jabs at the Oracle CEO for his sudden conversion to SaaS.

Simplifying the Term 'Cloud Computing'
By Jeffrey Kaplan | Networks Article Published June 25, 2009
The definition of cloud computing is in the eye of the beholder, yet one industry observer offers a clear (if flexible) explanation.

IT Manager's Job Changed by Cloud Computing
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published June 25, 2009
Perhaps IT managers should oversee software and services and leave the hardware to others.

Is VMware About to 'Jump the Shark'?
By Amy Newman | Networks Article Published June 23, 2009
Xen will have new offerings in place just in time for this year's VMworld.

New Player Hopes to Shake Up Datacenter
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published June 23, 2009
The new vendor AccelOps hopes to gain market share in the rush toward virtualization and cloud computing.

Will Cloud Computing Kill the Data Center?
By Jeff Vance | Networks Article Published June 22, 2009
Industry experts talk about whether the migration to cloud computing is as inevitable as the hype suggests.

Intel Offers Glimpse of Chip Future
By Andy Patrizio | Networks Article Published June 20, 2009
Some futuristic projects go far beyond today's chip architecture and may not actually be funded.

Use your PDA to Fix Your Server Remotely
By Juliet Kemp | Networks Article Published June 19, 2009
Notes from a sysadmin who fixed a web server from the middle of a muddy field at the Glastonbury Festival.

The Good and Evil of Proxy Servers
By David Strom | Networks Article Published June 18, 2009
This Web technology plays a role in everything from Iran's recent election to a Microsoft lawsuit against alleged purveyors of advertising click fraud.

IBM's Revenge on Sun and Microsoft's Brush with Reality
By Rob Enderle | Networks Article Published June 18, 2009
Could IBM be the biggest beneficiary of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun? Plus: a poor review for Microsoft’s Web-based reality TV show.

Dell Touts New Virtualization Products
By Andy Patrizio | Networks Article Published June 18, 2009
The computer maker pushes into mid-market virtualization.

Google May Scan Twitter Feeds
By David Needle | Networks Article Published June 16, 2009
The search giant would likely do a better job of indexing the feeds than Twitter itself.

The Difficulty with Green Tech
By Andy Patrizio | Networks Article Published June 14, 2009
Photovoltaic solar power could be a wildly successful business, yet it faces steep challenges.

Firefox Fixed Prior to Next Release
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networks Article Published June 12, 2009
Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate (RC 1) has been released along with fixes for nine security flaws.

How to Be a Cloud Computing Vendor
By Abraham Sultan | Networks Article Published June 11, 2009
An executive at a Software-as-a-Service vendor talks about the issues involved with selling software over the Internet.

How SaaS Changes the Vendor-Customer Relationship
By Jeffrey Kaplan | Networks Article Published June 10, 2009
Software-as-a-Service shifts the responsibility of successfully deploying and maintaining software applications from the customer to the vendor.

Cloud Middleware Moves Into Enterprise
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published June 3, 2009
New sector emerges to help enterprises connect old software to SaaS and cloud services they've just added.

Salesforce, Google Tout New Alliance
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published May 28, 2009
Salesforce's Force.com will integrate with Google apps, leveraging the functionality of Google App Engine's Java support.

IBM to Build Europe, Asia 'Smart Infrastructure'
By Reuters | Networks Article Published May 27, 2009
IBM has earmarked $3 billion to finance so-called smart infrastructure projects in Europe and Asia likely to receive government stimulus support.

Assessing The Social Networking Tsunami
By Reuters | Networks Article Published June 3, 2009
The number of minutes spent on social networks in the United States nearly doubled in the past year, according to Nielsen Online.

Twitter Moving to TV
By Reuters | Networks Article Published May 26, 2009
A new television show will be the first to incorporate a tweetstream into its action.

Mozilla Exec Claims Net Moving Beyond Sites
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published May 20, 2009
As the Internet moves forward, the emphasis will be on services, not Web sites, claims a Mozilla user interface guru.

Microsoft to Show Off Kumo.com Search?
By Reuters | Networks Article Published May 20, 2009
Microsoft may be on the verge of unveiling a new search engine.

Cisco's 'Smart Grid' Approach
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networks Article Published May 18, 2009
Cisco strategy is about helping to build an IP infrastructure that connects the communication of the grid from end to end.

Twitter Offers Mea Culpa over 'Replies'
By Kenneth Corbin | Networks Article Published May 17, 2009
Twitter's Biz Stone offered an apology for the recent confusion regarding the user replies feature on the popular microblogging site.

Mobile Allies: Sybase, Amazon, Samsung
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published May 17, 2009
Sybase shows great flexibility as it works with a diverse blend of app vendors and device companies.

Network Vendors Reach for Stimulus Checks
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networks Article Published May 16, 2009
Networking vendors are jockeying to earn their share of the $7 billion in broadband grants distributed through the Obama administration's stimulus bill.

Google Takes a Fall: "Embarrassing"
By David Needle | Networks Article Published May 15, 2009
The search giant's massive worldwide network turns out to be less than fool-safe.

Windows Networking: Top 10 Free Downloads
By Joseph Moran | Networks Article Published May 14, 2009
These free downloads for Windows networking will help in your home or business.

Oracle's Purchase of Virtual Iron: Oracle VM
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published May 14, 2009
Oracle's purchase of Virtual Iron demonstrates that efficient provisioning and energy use are driving the adoption of virtualization by corporate customers.

Will Desktop Virtualization and the Rise of Netbooks Kill the PC?
By Jeff Vance | Networks Article Published May 13, 2009
Not in the short term, but longer range factors like Microsoft’s strategy and ever cheaper netbook chips complicate the issue.

Does Digital Rights Management Go Too Far?
By David Miller | Networks Article Published May 9, 2009
At the Digital Hollywood conference, industry bigwigs debate strategies for protecting intellectual property.

IBM Touts Blackberry Integration
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published May 7, 2009
At the Wireless Enterprise Symposium, IBM talked up plans to upgrade productivity using the BlackBerry platform.

Cloud Computing Vendors Helped by Recession
By Reuters | Networks Article Published May 7, 2009
Among others, NetSuite and Salesforce are moving ahead as solutions move toward greater sophistication.

Oracle Unveils New Business Intelligence Tools
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published May 6, 2009
Oracle newest BI release include HR capabilities, procurement and spending analytics to track enterprise budgets, and price analytics to help enterprises manage price segmentation and discounting.

Swine Flu Online: Panic and Bad Information
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published May 2, 2009
Swine flu generates oceans of noise on the Net. "The chatter about swine flu even dwarfs that of recent viral media star Susan Boyle," notes a Nielsen report.

Do Chip Sales Signal a Turn?
By Andy Patrizio | Networks Article Published May 2, 2009
Global chip sales rose modestly in March over February. Does this mean the economy is on the mend?

Oracle to Make SaaS Push
By Reuters | Networks Article Published May 1, 2009
Oracle will increases its software-as-a-service offerings, a source close to the company says.

Apple Moving to Design Own Chip
By Reuters | Networks Article Published April 30, 2009
A couple of key hires indicate that Apple is moving toward building its own chip.

Does Skype Work for Business?
By Gerry Blackwell | Networks Article Published April 29, 2009
Certainly the Skype voice-over-IP technology works in business settings, but is it truly adequate?

Google Rebuff's McKinsey's Cloud Computing Claims
By David Needle | Networks Article Published April 29, 2009
Google strongly disagrees with consultancy McKinsey's theories about the limits of cloud computing.

IBM Allies with Brocade, Challenging Cisco
By Reuters | Networks Article Published April 28, 2009
Network vendor Brocade is increasing its alliance with IBM, suggesting that Cisco may face greater challenges.

IBM to Push Cloud Computing in 2009
By Reuters | Networks Article Published April 24, 2009
Not content to let Salesforce and Amazon lead the charge into cloud computing, IBM expects to unveil a number of cloud computing services this year.

VMware's Earnings Reflect Larger Struggles
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published April 23, 2009
Even the new vSphere solution isn't expected to help in the near term, as the virtualization vendors earnings suggest larger problems.

The Five P's of SaaS Platforms
By Jeffrey Kaplan | Networks Article Published April 22, 2009
To succeed in the platform-as-a-service market, a vendor needs to offer a reliable and secure development environment.

VMware Takes Virtualization to the Cloud
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published April 22, 2009
The virtualization vendor launches vSphere 4.0 with an eye on the growing cloud computing market.

Cisco Debuts Cloud Computing Security Apps
By Reuters | Networks Article Published April 21, 2009
The network vendor unveiled security solutions to safeguard Web-based software and services from attacks.

Oracle to Buy Sun Microsystems
By Reuters | Networks Article Published April 20, 2009
The database maker will acquire Sun in a deal worth more than $7 billion.

Restaurants Devour Twitter
By Reuters | Networks Article Published April 20, 2009
Hoping for more hungry customers, restaurants are hopping on the Twitter train.

CNN-Kutcher Imbroglio Suggests Twitter Changes
By Ed Sutherland | Networks Article Published April 19, 2009
The CNN-Kutcher controversy may spur Twitter to adopt its long-awaited business plan.

America Broadband Runs Far Behind
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published April 17, 2009
A new report indicates that the U.S. ranks 24th globally in per capita broadband penetration.

Cisco Forms University Partnership
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networks Article Published April 17, 2009
Cisco, which is cutting payrolls, is getting some help from graduate students.

Virtualization a Bright Spot (Sort of) in Tech Spending
By Amy Newman | Networks Article Published April 16, 2009
Spending on virtualization is expected to hold up in the downturn, but ironically, it's also acting to depress overall spending.

Netsuite May Enter Large Enterprise Market
By Reuters | Networks Article Published April 14, 2009
Bolstered by its success in the small- to mid-sized business market, Netsuite may now start to take on giants like Oracle and SAP.

Sun Debuts x86 Blades Geared for Network
By Andy Patrizio | Networks Article Published April 14, 2009
While Sun Microsystems runs behind HP and IBM in the blade sector, this release show it's eyeing market growth.

Thin Client Desktops Offer Cost Savings
By Hess Kenneth | Networks Article Published April 13, 2009
Thin-client desktop PCs are available in many configurations and often offer cost savings.

Salesforce Debuts Free Mobile Service
By Reuters | Networks Article Published April 7, 2009
Salesforce.com released a bare-bones version of its CRM service that customers can use at no cost.

Add a Second Monitor: Nanovision Mimo
By Eric Grevstad | Networks Article Published April 6, 2009
A new device offers to make it easer and cheaper to add a second monitor to your desktop, which can improve productivity. Works with Windows and Mac.

Blogs Spat: Google to Buy Twitter?
By Reuters | Networks Article Published April 6, 2009
Major blogs disagree strongly about the potential for a Google acquisition of Twitter.

NetSuite Connects with Salesforce.com
By Andy Patrizio | Networks Article Published April 4, 2009
Leading ERP firm Netsuite stresses interoperability with major SaaS player Salesforce.

Intel: Nehalem "Frees Up Resources"
By David Needle | Networks Article Published March 31, 2009
Intel claims its Xeon 5500 enables businesses to save enough to pay for the new investment in a mere nine months. Experts weigh in.

Microsoft in Spat over Cloud Computing
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published March 29, 2009
A Microsoft exec takes exception to the direction of a small cloud computing industry association.

IDC: SaaS Growth Coming
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published March 27, 2009
The research firm outlines why Software as a Service will see significant growth across various markets.

Business Sees Cloud Trend as Inevitable
By Reuters | Networks Article Published March 27, 2009
Forced by the recession, companies will move inexorably toward accessing applications and processing power over the Web.

Sun Microsystems See Cloud Computing Gain
By Owen Linderholm | Networks Article Published March 26, 2009
The CEO of Sun claims the company will see benefit from the move toward cloud computing.

Tech Allows Houseplants to Twitter
By Reuters | Networks Article Published March 26, 2009
A water-sensing device in the soil, connected to the Internet, allows houseplants to send a Twitter message when they need water.

Social Network Ning Eyes Big Growth
By Reuters | Networks Article Published March 26, 2009
Web-based community Xing see the potential for major expansion in the European market.

Twitter Hopes for Profit from Businesses
By Reuters | Networks Article Published March 26, 2009
The popular social network Twitter has a plan to generate revenue by offering expanded services.

Azure Outage Due to System Update
By Stuart J. Johnston | Networks Article Published March 21, 2009
Microsoft's nascent cloud network briefly laid low by networking issues.

Gmail Downtime, Round Two
By David Needle | Networks Article Published March 12, 2009
In the wake of a Google Docs outage, Google free email service suffers a short service disconnect.

Does Robert Scoble Have a Twitter Problem?
By James Maguire | Networks Article Published March 17, 2009
Is it normal that a single human being has posted more than 19,000 Twitter updates?

SAP and IBM Partner for Virtualization
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published March 10, 2009
Big Blue gets tapped by SAP to help it move forward in lowering datacenter costs.

Cloud Computing Requires Open Networks
By Kenneth Corbin | Networks Article Published March 22, 2009
For cloud computing to flourish, an IT consultancy says the U.S. government must step in to create access to open networks.

Cloud Computing in the Recession
By James Maguire | Networks Article Published March 11, 2009
True or false: in an era of belt-tightening, businesses are growing leery of experimenting with the new technology of cloud computing.

Forrester: SMBs Discovering Virtualization
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published March 9, 2009
As small and medium sized businesses warm to virtualization, VMware maintains its lion's share of the market.

Virtualized Servers: Less Work or More?
By Andy Patrizio | Networks Article Published March 8, 2009
A major research firm claims that virtualization may not in fact reduce the server maintenance workload.

Nick Carr Talks Cloud Computing
By Andy Patrizio | Networks Article Published March 6, 2009
The omnipresent tech pundit holds forth on the virtues of cloud computing at a big industry confab.

Facebook 'Borrows' Twitter Tools
By Kenneth Corbin | Networks Article Published March 5, 2009
Although Facebook's efforts to buy Twitter has broken down, the social networking site is still inspired by Twitter.

IBM Promotes Cloud in Universities
By Sean Gallagher | Networks Article Published March 2, 2009
The tech giants efforts are educating young developers on how to use IBM applications.

Juniper Touts New Network Technology
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networks Article Published February 25, 2009
Despite the slump, the networking company says advances in network speed will continue.

Iron Mountain Offers Virtual File Archive
By Judy Mottl | Networks Article Published February 24, 2009
The venerable document archiving company touts its new "storage-as-a-service" offering.

Microsoft Touts Its Tech Training Program
By David Needle | Networks Article Published February 23, 2009
Redmond claims its tech training program, called 'Elevate America', will help millions of workers find a better job.

Study: SaaS is Costly Over Time
By Richard Adhikari | Networks Article Published February 21, 2009
SaaS may be cheaper in the short term, but an industry analyst cautions that costs rise over time.

Google, GE Tout 'Smart Grid'
By Kenneth Corbin | Networks Article Published February 18, 2009
Given the government stimulus for a smart grid, General Electric and Google peer into the future of this new energy regime.

Spiceworks: Free Network Management Tool
By Joseph Moran | Networks Article Published March 23, 2009
An overview of Spiceworks, a free ad-supported network management application.

Facebook Thinks You're Stupid
By Mike Elgan | Networks Article Published February 18, 2009
Basing your communication with users on the idea that you're smart and your customers are dumb will lead to failure every time.

Intel and nVidia Tout Mobile Plans at GSMA
By Andy Patrizio | Networks Article Published February 16, 2009
The titans of chips aren't allowing the downturn to discourage them –– they're planning the next chapter in handhelds.

Microsoft to Reveal Azure Costs Soon
By Stuart J. Johnston | Networks Article Published February 12, 2009
A Microsoft exec told financial analysts that the company will soon reveal costs for its cloud computing push Azure.

Cisco's EnergyWise Upsets Competitors
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networks Article Published February 11, 2009
The networking giant's plan to manage power though network hardware is a strategy for vendor lock-in, rivals claim.

Will Virtualization Deliver as an Enabling Technology?
By Jeff Vance | Networks Article Published February 10, 2009
Despite the hype, a number of mundane issues need to be worked out before virtualization can reach its true potential.

Open Source Network Vendors Sees Gains
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networks Article Published February 13, 2009
A vendor or network monitoring software claims a new release will help it continue eating into proprietary vendors' share.

Acer Aspire X3200: USB Heaven
By Eric Grevstad | Networks Article Published February 9, 2009
The Aspire 3200 desktop PC will expand your connection collection by no fewer than nine USB 2.0 ports, five up front plus four at the rear.