The latest news on the services and technologies of cloud computing
G-Cloud app store gives small businesses a lift
Small and medium-sized businesses across the UK will get a chance to sell IT services to the public sector alongside major companies after the government launched its CloudStore
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
Are your internal networks a cloud block?
Organisations are shifting business-critical processes to the cloud without first weighing up how their networks will withstand the sudden onslaught of traffic, says Lori MacVittie
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
Google Drive cloud storage coming soon, says report
Google is preparing to take on Dropbox with its own cloud-based storage service, according to the Wall Street Journal
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
VMware promises to cut steps to populate clouds
vCloud Integration Manager orchestrates a service provider's VMware software to cut the steps needed to build a cloud for a new customer, and provides features that make it easier for other companies to resell a large cloud
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
G-Cloud services to go live in February
The first part of the G-Cloud catalogue will be pushed out in February, listing businesses interested in providing cloud services to public sector bodies, according to a Government Digital Service director
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
UK datacentres swarm into cloud services
The technologies that underpin cloud computing have become so accessible that several UK datacentre operators are launching cloud services, but they are finding it difficult to distinguish their products among customers
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
Commission pledges €10m to cloud partnership
The European Commission will put €10m into the European Cloud Partnership, which will facilitate the joint procurement of cloud products and services by European governments
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
Amazon cuts off stack at the PaaS
Amazon won't directly compete with the likes of Azure, Google App Engine and Heroku, says its CTO; instead, the company hopes Amazon Web Services can be the enabling layer for '1,000 platforms to bloom'
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
G-cloud to aim for 12-month contracts
The government intends to cut the length of its IT contracts for cloud services down from several years to 12 months or less, to promote flexibility and avoid being stuck with legacy technology
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
Infiniserv launches Linux-based UK cloud
The cloud services are based on the open-source KVM hypervisor, use a range of UK datacentres and offer customers the ability to connect via dedicated fibre from their business premises to the cloud
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
Joyent gets $85m to take on Amazon in cloud
The investor funding will allow Joyent to expand its cloud datacentres to across the world and help boost its service provider-targeted software, heightening its competition with Amazon Web Services
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
Can cloud unravel the data-sharing puzzle?
Some assume that the internet lends itself to large-scale data-sharing. It's a mistaken belief, says Lori MacVittie
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
Amazon switches on DynamoDB cloud database service
The scalable managed NoSQL database service moves Amazon Web Services further into the platform-as-a-service arena, where it will compete with Salesforce, Oracle and others to attract developers of large web applications
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
Microsoft admits SkyDrive can do better
A manager of Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud service has admitted that it comes in for criticism from users, and outlined steps that the company will make to improve the product
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
Heroku launches cloud Postgres database
Platform-as-a-service specialist Heroku has spun its Postgres database out of its main product into a standalone service, giving people more choice of databases to provision from the cloud
(ZDNet UK - Cloud)
