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The Motley Fool July 17, 2009 Anders Bylund	Get a Handle on the Cloud Learn the basics of cloud computing, and why investors like you need to think about it. You should look at how the companies in your portfolio use the cloud, because it's starting to look irresponsible not to take advantage of these great tools.
Bank Systems & Technology August 17, 2010 Penny Crosman	Banks Still Face Obstacles to Cloud Computing Security concerns, old programs, vendor licensing issues and the risk of 'spreading the IT mess' all stand between banks and ideal cloud computing environments.
CIO July 31, 2009 Carolyn Johnson	Cloud Computing Survey: Adoption Prospects Are Hazy IT buyers are uncertain about savings from cloud computing, while concerns about security are on the rise.
InternetNews July 28, 2010	The Cloud's Possible Impact on Hosting Firms The rush to the clouds will result in an industry shakeout for all of today's hosting companies.
InternetNews December 17, 2010	Rackspace Adds Cloudkick's Server Management The purchase of startup Cloudkick is designed to help companies manage the "cloud chaos" of different cloud offerings.
InternetNews January 27, 2010	Azure Makes Cloud Computing Innovation Safe Azure will allow innovators and developers to off-load a lot of cloud deployment issues to a big partner and provide an environment that won't give IT conniptions.
InternetNews December 6, 2010	Cisco, BMC Partner on Cloud Platform In a joint arrangement, Cisco's uniform service delivery hardware will be paired with BMC's Cloud Lifecycle Management technology in an integrated platform.
The Motley Fool August 7, 2008 Tim Beyers	AT&T: Not Very Cloudy Let's be clear: AT&T may be hosting and serving Olympic-sized chunks of data, but it is not a player -- not even a bit player -- in cloud computing.
InternetNews November 24, 2008 Richard Adhikari	IBM Unveils Cloud Certification, Consulting Plans IBM makes an even more aggressive push into the cloud. But will it help consolidate industry standards?
IndustryWeek February 16, 2011	NIST Tackles Security Concerns on the Cloud Study includes recommendations for securely configuring and using full computing virtualization technologies.
InternetNews December 4, 2009	Enterprises Prefer Private Clouds: Gartner At least, that's for the next several years. But further out, the industry researcher sees even more shifts in the nascent cloud computing market.
InternetNews November 2, 2010	HP's Details Hybrid Approach to Cloud Services HP has an "Instant-On" vision of how cloud services can enhance the traditional data center infrastructure.
InternetNews January 7, 2009 Andy Patrizio	Sun Gets Further Behind Clouds With Q-Layer Buy Acquisition of the middleware provider should make it easier to provision and deploy cloud services on the fly.
InternetNews March 9, 2010	10 Things CIOs Need to Know About the Cloud Here's a closer look at the top 10 challenges and issues facing enterprises as they begin to embrace the cloud and Software-as-a-Service model.
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BusinessWeek July 8, 2010 Katie Hoffman	A Q&A with BMC's Bob Beauchamp The CEO of the Houston-based enterprise software company explains why his sales are up during the recession and how cloud computing is like renting a car.
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InternetNews July 12, 2010	Microsoft Hawks Azure Cloud 'Appliance' It's not an appliance in the strictest sense, but the new Azure offering aims to deliver Microsoft cloud functionality within the enterprise.
InternetNews July 13, 2010	Should CIOs Feel Threatened by the Cloud? With so many IT services moving inevitably to the cloud, how is the role of the CIO likely to change?
InternetNews March 29, 2010	Cloud-based Mobile Apps Gain Popularity Analysts predict a bright future for mobile cloud computing, finding that the number of enterprise customers using cloud-based mobile apps will mushroom.
InternetNews January 13, 2011	Does Cloud Computing Stimulate IT Hiring? A new survey details the impact of cloud computing projects on IT hiring and also shows quite a gap between enterprise and small business plans to leverage cloud platforms.
InternetNews June 15, 2010	CSC Offers New and Expanded Cloud Services With a little server consolidation, CSC had some room it seven of its data centers. So it added more hardware and is expanding its cloud services offerings.
CIO September 14, 2008 Margaret Locher	The Wisdom of Cloud Computing A hot technology like cloud computing must weather stability, security, and support issues to win over large enterprises.
InternetNews December 9, 2010	Public Cloud, Virtualization Uptake Slow: Cisco New study from networking giant quantifies global business usage of cloud and virtualization technologies, finding that adoption lags well behind intent.
Bank Systems & Technology August 16, 2010 Penny Crosman	BS&T Survey: Banks Take to Cloud Computing The agility and cost-efficiency enabled by cloud computing has some large banks, including ING, proactively testing the technology. But other bankers are cautiously cautiously awaiting answers to security and regulatory questions.
InternetNews July 15, 2010	Will Partners Follow Microsoft to the Cloud? Executives at Microsoft spent all week at their annual conference telling partners the company is "all in" on the cloud. Will that message resonate?
PHONE+ December 7, 2009 Michael Murphy	Get Your Head in the Cloud Cloud computing can can provide additional value to new and existing clients.
Wall Street & Technology December 2, 2009 Penny Crosman	Industry Aims to Secure Cloud The obstacle to large financial firms' use of public clouds has been security, but industry groups and vendors are working to fix this. And internal clouds, protected within a firm's own firewalls, are under construction.
InternetNews July 15, 2010	Enterprises Using the Cloud More Than They Think A recent study by Web performance measurement firm Gomez found that large companies are relying on public cloud services without even realizing it.
CIO February 24, 2010 Jim Hietala	Compliance Under a Cloud Cloud services buyers beware: vendors must address security regulations.
InternetNews June 7, 2010	Microsoft Azure: 10K Customers and Counting Only a few months out of beta, Microsoft's Azure cloud-computing platform has already attracted more than 10,000 paying customers, according to the company.
Insurance & Technology July 2, 2010 Nathan Golia	Nippon Life Insurance, IBM Join for Cloud Initiative The companies say that cloud testing capabilities will improve speed to market while reducing labor costs.
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InternetNews September 11, 2008 Tim Scannell	Do 'Clouds' Get in the Way? As a term, "cloud computing" may be beloved by most vendors, but IBM's top software honcho says it's useless and distracting for the industry.
Bank Systems & Technology August 9, 2010 Penny Crosman	ING Looks to Halve App Runtime Costs with Cloud Computing By leveraging cloud computing, ING estimates it can cut application runtime costs in half while doubling processing speeds.
InternetNews November 5, 2010	Are Cloud Services Good for the Environment? A new Microsoft-funded study claims that a switch to cloud computing services offers significant savings in energy and reduced carbon emissions.
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InternetNews July 30, 2010	New Public Cloud Storage Services Target IT Technology advances and lower costs make public cloud services a more attractive option for the enterprise.
InternetNews February 11, 2010	Red Hat Talks Up Open Source Cloud Plans Red Hat details initiatives aimed at expanding infrastructure and applications through cloud-based open source projects at its Open Source Cloud Computing Forum.
InternetNews June 26, 2009 Andy Patrizio	Experts: Clouds Need Flexibility Panel discusses the need for fluidity in the size and scale of a cloud, which is part of their appeal to begin with.
InternetNews August 31, 2010	HP Promoting Private Clouds With CloudStart Computing giant Hewlett-Packard looks to ease the transition for businesses to the cloud with the introduction of CloudStart, a suite of products and services geared for easy migration to the private cloud.
Bank Technology News August 2010 John Adams	Ask the Experts: Implementing a Cloud BTN polled a group of technology, analysts and financial pros on what they think banks should ask themselves and cloud providers before taking the plunge into cloud computing. The following checklist is based on their answers.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2011 Jared Cummans	Cloud Computing ETF: The SKYY's the Limit The First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund is linked to a unique benchmark that includes everything from small relatively new tech companies to established giants such as Microsoft, Apple, and Google.
InternetNews July 30, 2010	Microsoft Boasts Top Spot in Cloud Race At the company's annual meeting with financial analysts, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner, boasts that the software giant is "number one" in cloud computing.
InternetNews March 5, 2009 Andy Patrizio	IDC Sees Clouds Crossing the Chasm Cloud technology is starting to make the big jump from the early adopter stage to mass market. How to cope with the issues that remain?
InternetNews March 31, 2009 Andy Patrizio	Open Cloud Manifesto Has Notable Omissions The posting of the Open Cloud Manifesto on Monday was almost anti-climactic considering the brouhaha that erupted in the days before its release. While IBM, which is leading this effort, has assembled an impressive list of partners, equally notable is who's sitting it out.
CIO April 11, 2011	The Hype Was Right on Cloud Computing Michael Friedenberg, President and CEO of IDG Enterprise, shares data from our recent survey on cloud computing that shows actual adoption is well under way.
IndustryWeek March 16, 2011	The Case For Cloud Security Cloud computing is all the rage -- but companies should take appropriate security measures to make sure their sensitive data are safe.