OpenStack brigade backs try-before-you-buy ARM cloud
Members of the OpenStack open-source cloud operating system scheme have clubbed together to let developers test the software on a low-power ARM-based IT stack
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Box CEO: Full technical disclosure will come - but cloud's too young for it yet
The youth of the cloud industry means companies are keen to keep hold of their “secret sauce” and not disclose full technical information to the public, according to Box’s chief executive
Private cloud leads military's charge towards virtualisation
The militaries of various countries are using virtualisation and private clouds to cut costs on hardware testing, make it easier to maintain systems while deployed, and to make systems more adaptive to changing battlefields
'Take that Amazon!': Microsoft arms service providers with brandable clouds
Microsoft's decision to add Azure-like features to Windows Server belies the company's ambition to take on Amazon Web Services on all fronts, and is similar to strategies employed by other wannabe-clouds
Memristors' one-year delay will hit IT in the wallet
The technology industry and consumers stand to lose out after HP knocked back the date of launch for its ultra-efficient storage technology
Amazon Web Services: The hidden bugs that made AWS' outage worse
Although an electrical storm caused the Amazon Web Services outage, it was a slew of previously unseen bugs in the cloud’s technology that extended the downtime
Will you get locked into your cloud? Ask the data gravity theory
A researcher has developed a way of looking at clouds that assesses their individual "gravity" and the effect it can have on users' data
Gemini: HP's attempt to get a like from Facebook and friends
The low-power Gemini server takes many design cues from the open source hardware designs popularised by Facebook through the Open Compute Project, and sees HP acknowledge the tricky position its cloud business is in
Cloud secrecy: Will it cause a system meltdown?
The tendency of cloud providers to keep the internal details of their infrastructure secret could cause problems that could wreak havoc in the cloud, a researcher has warned.
Oracle vs. Microsoft vs. Red Hat: Three cloud recipes
Three tech giants want to challenge Amazon Web Services, and the methods they're using shine a light on their wider corporate strategy.