RightScale, a provider of cloud management software, has acquired a tool for cloud planning called "ShopForCloud," which will be rebranded as "PlanForCloud." The free website helps users develop budgets for cloud deployments.

So why would it make sense to move an ERP system into the cloud? Today many companies are moving some or all of their ERP operations to the cloud. Putting your enterprise resource systems in the cloud is not a decision to be taken lightly, but it...

The ongoing war between Microsoft and Google over cloud-based email and collaboration tools just got kicked up a notch thanks to a recent story by the Wall Street Journal that indicates Google has signed a tentative agreement with automotive...

Back in July, Google began testing a new look and feel for its excellent web-based email client, Gmail. And today, that new UI is live and available to all Gmail users. (I assume that in time it will simply become mandatory.) I'm still on the...

Recent cloud outages have piqued the public interest. What's the solution? Hybrid clouds and cloud bursting can prevent downtime. "There is a lot of interest in hybrid clouds," said Mike Crandell, CEO of Santa Barbara, Calif.-based RightScale.

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The 3rd Annual Cloud Computing and SaaS World Forum, which is Europe’s largest event on cloud and SaaS, will take place June 21-22 in London at Olympia Exhibition, Event and Conference Venue. Early registration ends May 20.

Salesforce.com is making plans to expand its colocation infrastructure to keep pace with its growth, and contemplating what its long-term growth will mean for its data center footprint.

According to a recentstudy by the Aberdeen Group, demand for business intelligence as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application has risen dramatically over the last few years, with Aberdeen reporting that 15% of businesses used SaaS BI solutions...