CLOUD COMPUTING

Microsoft introduced its Office 365, a cloud-based service that offers Microsoft Office and Microsoft Server products. CEO Ballmer called it Microsoft Office meets the cloud.

Microsoft is announcing its Office 365 this morning. It's a cloud-based enterprise service that offers Microsoft Office and Microsoft Server products.

Google clearly thinks Google Apps is a better enterprise service than Microsoft Office 365, which Microsoft plans to launch on Tuesday.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced a bonus 50GB of free cloud storage for its TouchPad buyers.

Top venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is considering creating a specialized fund that focuses on cloud-based technologies.

Federal regulators will hit Google with subpoenas, begin civil probe

Google has released an experimental extension of its Chrome browser which will help developers to scan their Web applications and flag code that may make them susceptible to online attacks.

Apple Inc. has joined the race in offering cloud computing services along with Google Inc., Amazon.com and Microsoft Corp. Apple's iCloud service are intended to be used by 76 percent of iPhone users, according to a RBC Capital Markets survey.

Technology giant Apple’s one-stop cloud-based photo, video, music and data back up and push out service iCloud has generated a lot of interest and Apple has even held back the launch of its new MacBook Air and other products so that it could bundle iCloud with all future product launches. But does iCloud have what it takes to beat Google Music Beta digital locker, Amazon Cloud Drive, Microsoft Sky Drive?

With the latest launch of iCloud, Apple has joined the race in offering cloud computing services along with Google, Amazon and Microsoft.

Microsoft’s cloud-based Windows Azure, is similar to cloud sky in many ways, according to reports of a test at the available production-level features in Microsoft's platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering, but with some major differences

Google’s cloud-based Chromebook comes with a lot of promises as it has started to ship, but the Chrome OS vision leaves a lot to be desired in reality.

With the announcement of the Chromebook from Google, tech analysts, investors and consumers are watching closely to see if Google is more than a two trick pony. Google isn’t the only company betting big on the cloud either - Apple, Microsoft and Amazon have all made big moves into the cloud.

The United States' first chief information officer (CIO) Vivek Kundra, 36, will resign and leave the Obama administration in middle of August, according to the White House. After resignation he plans to take on a fellowship post at Harvard University.

Vivek Kundra, the nation's first federal Chief Information Officer (CIO), will quit the White House in August for a fellowship at Harvard University.

Vivek Kundra , who is the White House's first chief information officer and was the key leader in his administration's effort to streamline the federal government's massive IT infrastructure is leaving in August for a fellowship at Harvard.

Illinois based computer hardware and software supplier, in a poll conducted last month, confirmed that nearly 28 percent of all US organizations are using cloud computing and another 73 percent reported that their first access to cloud was through a single cloud application

Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Thursday that it and Hewlett Packard Co will tie up on cloud computing services to support public networks ranging from power, water and gas services to information technology systems.

California-based information technology giant HP (Hewlett-Packard) has conducted research on health monitoring solutions at its Data Center Design for Cloud Computing

Almost as quickly as it was announced, Apple was sued by a company claiming damages and infringement after Apple announced its use of the now famous iCloud name.

Apple's latest addition to its ecosystem, the iCloud storage service that will provide storage space that can be accessed from Apple products, is not as revolutionary as it seems.