Cloud Computing

Rimini Street diversifies with cloud services for Workday, Salesforce.com

The move may be a hedge against a negative outcome in Oracle's intellectual-property lawsuit against Rimini

Dropbox’s buffed-up business offering is better, but far from best

Revamped Dropbox for Business is closer to being a real business solution, but still has a few pieces missing -- and a higher price tag

Change your company culture and get onto the cloud

Now that cloud computing is the new normal, it's the company culture -- not technology -- holding back the cloud

First look: MongoDB 2.6, the all-grown-up version

MongoDB upgrade woos admins with continuous backup, point-in-time recovery, and hot upgrades

Dropbox diversifies beyond storage with photos, collaboration apps

Carousel is designed for organizing photos and Project Harmony seeks to improve co-editing of Office files; Dropbox for Business also becomes available

Dropbox for Business exits beta as storage vendor sets sights on workplaces

The enterprise version of Dropbox comes with a variety of IT controls

New Amazon toolset tracks cloud spending

Cost Explorer lets companies track what Amazon charges using pre-configured and customized reports

Salesforce.com is officially out of ideas

Salesforce.com's new focus on six industries won't work. Worse, its old strengths won't do it much good in specialty industries

The end of Windows XP and the start of a new Microsoft

Say good-bye to Windows XP -- and hello to the 'cloud-first' Microsoft, which shows new signs of responsiveness to users and developers

Fifty years on, mainframer remembers ‘a fantastic time to be an engineer’