Analyst firm Gartner has revised the way it defines cloud computing to help prevent organisations from being hoodwinked by providers and to reflect emerging usage of the technology. In an announcement ...

Virtualization and cloud computing are terms being thrown around every day in all levels of government. But do government agencies really know the difference between the two? Apparently not. A new ...

Cloud computing is computing model, not a technology. In this model of computing, all the servers, networks, applications and other elements related to data centers are made available to IT and end ...

Kurt Marko is miffed at the manner in which marketers are hijacking cloud to such an extent that the term has become almost meaningless. Time to untangle this mess. (© hin255 - Fotolia.com) One of the ...

It may sound like wordsmithing, but Wikibon analyst Brian Gracely thinks it’s important for CIOs to be specific when they use the term “private cloud.” Gracely headed up a Wikibon team that recently ...

A few years back, an unmistakable trend emerged that cloud computing was growing in both percentage of organizations adopting cloud solutions as well as the amount and type of data being placed in the ...

On June 3, 2016, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued new rules revising existing ...

The service branch is trying to get a better handle on the numerous cloud services it deploys as it transitions to using commercial cloud providers. Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW ...

Since 2016, The Cloud 100 has recognized and celebrated the world's top 100 private cloud companies and is a collaboration by Bessemer Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures and Forbes. Companies named ...

The definition of hybrid cloud varies depending on who you ask, but it always involves using both private and public clouds, and you need a strategy. Ask a group of IT leaders to define what a hybrid ...