Whether you’re a business owner or system administrator, you’ve probably been approached about “cloud computing,” an umbrella term encompassing many different platforms and a major source of confusion ...

Two of the hottest IT technologies in 2010 are virtualization and cloud computing. Both are heavily evangelized in the industry as the “wave of the future” and the “next big thing.” This is primarily ...

For those who’ve been stranded on a desert island, lost in the Amazon, or with their head in the clouds over the last few years, we have some breaking news: the adoption of cloud computing is rapidly ...

From security to ease of access, virtualization is a way of organizing cloud systems and successfully conducting business. Cloud computing is a viable option for many businesses. This ever-growing ...

Ten years ago, the cloud computing industry was approaching a crossroads. Everyone—from students to developers to multinational corporations—seemed to be asking for more. More performance. Increased ...

Each quarterly issue of DBTA incorporates a themed "Best Practices" section that delivers relevant case studies, customer references and technology overview/benefits in a clearly defined area of ...

Through my work with Unisphere Research (Information Today Inc.), I recently wrote a study on "total enterprise virtualization" for SHARE, the independent user group for large IBM systems. The results ...

Last month the UC Berkeley Reliable Adaptive Distributed Systems Laboratory (aka RAD Lab) published Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing.” The report is an excellent overview of the ...

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 ...

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Quantum computing has long promised to revolutionize everything from drug discovery to climate modeling--but until now, even the most advanced quantum machines could only run one program at a time.

This weekend saw the publication by Joe Weinman, coiner of the term "Cloudonomics," of a blog post called "Lazy, Hazy, Crazy: The 10 Laws of Behavioral Cloudonomics". Joe has published a great deal ...