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-+Five competitive differentiators for cloud services
James Urquhart
Public cloud computing vendors are offloading "commodity" IT functionality to large multi-tenant data centers. How can these vendors differentiate themselves, and what should you look for in a cloud service.
-+IBM launches development and test cloud
James Urquhart
IBM is launching a development and test cloud service as a part of its Smart Business portfolio, as well as adding private cloud services to Rational Software Delivery Services for Cloud Computing portfolio.
-+Does cloud computing need malpractice safeguards?
James Urquhart
With the value of consumer's online information increasing every year, do the old "you can't blame us" mentality of software and Internet-based services have to go?
-+Mitosis in action: Cloud computing and 'The Cloud'
James Urquhart
Much of the confusion behind the question "what is cloud computing" has to do with the diverging concepts of "cloud computing" and "The Cloud"--an unfortunate but understandable evolution of terminology.
-+Cloud computing and the big rethink: Part 5
James Urquhart
There are tremendous technical and market pressures toward "downsizing" the traditional server operating system and "virtual machine." What does that portend for the future of computing and IT as a profession?
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