Cloud Computing

SAP co-CEOs lay out ambitious technology plan

In their Sapphire keynote, the SAP chiefs talked of providing full ERP and BI suites on any device, at any place, at any time

Amazon cloud-based database gains high-availability feature

Adding a standby copy of the database doubles the price of Amazon's cloud-based Relational Database Service

Schemaless data modeling with Bigtable and Groovy

Microsoft initiative invests in parallel computing

Technical Computing initiative will also focus on the cloud and the development of powerful technical computing tools and apps

The cloud’s conflict of interest over interoperability

It's time for cloud customers to vote with their dollars to get the openness and portability they've been promised

SAP developing collaborative CRM app

SAP says the forthcoming product, which will have a Facebook-like feel, will eventually succeed its CRM on Demand product

SAP co-CEO: Business ByDesign is not a fantasy

SAP has finalized multitenancy options, meaning the broader rollout of the on-demand ERP suite is finally imminent

CA teams with Cisco and delivers new cloud, virtualization products

CA also said it is changing its name slightly, to CA Technologies, to reflect a broad strategy of managing IT resources

BMC Software to add more SaaS products to lineup

BMC responds to growing user demand for SaaS services, some of which will be delivered to customers by Salesforce.com

Citrix launches new XenServer release, gains server virtualization market share

Citrix XenServer 5.6 adds powerful new enterprise-grade features for data centers and cloud providers, as well as a new edition at a midrange price