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Apple pre-announces WWDC keynote topics, pigs fly

In an odd move for a company usually so laser-focused on 100% secrecy, Apple today issued a press release to tell the world that Steve Jobs would be announcing a slew of new products at the firm's upcoming Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) event next week in San Francisco.

‘300,000 IT jobs in cloud for India’

The Hindustan | May 26, 2011 | Vivek Sinha Gung-ho on the phenomenon of ‘cloud computing’, Steve Ballmer, the CEO of software giant Microsoft, said it will help generate 300,000 jobs in India over the next five years. Speaking at a CII event in New Delhi...

'300,000 IT jobs in cloud for India'

The Hindustan | May 26, 2011 | Vivek Sinha Gung-ho on the phenomenon of ‘cloud computing’, Steve Ballmer, the CEO of software giant Microsoft, said it will help generate 300,000 jobs in India over the next five years. Speaking at a CII event in New Delhi...

Ericsson thinks ahead to the social web of things

San Jose, Calif. - One in five people check their Facebook straight from their phone while still in bed in the morning, according to Michael Bjorn, head of research at Ericsson Consumer Lab.Commenting on people's modern day propensity to remain always connected and always...

Samsung and Acer Chromebooks launching June 15th

Google just wrapped up its Chrome keynote at I/O 2011, during which SVP of Chrome Sundar Pichai and Co. revealed some of the details surrounding the long-overdue launch of Chrome OS, including some pretty attractive pricing for enterprise and education users.

Chrome laptops to be sold on $20/month subscription?

Around this time yesterday we were just starting to hear rumblings about what the launch of Google Music would entail - and they were spot on. The service was debuted as predicted, with all the rumoured features and functionality. We point this out because, 24 hours later, another interesting, and completely plausible, rumour has surfaced courtesy of a story in Forbes.

Mobility, broadband and the cloud all crucial for a truly networked society according to Ericsson

“We have reached the deployment phase,” declared Ericsson’s Chief Strategist, SVP Douglas Gilstrap, on Tuesday at the firm’s Innovation Forum in Silicon Valley.Speaking at the Stanford University Faculty Club, Gilstrap said we had entered a “very important inflection point,” where a new mindset was...

AT&T introduces home broadband caps on Monday

Starting Monday, May 2, Dallas-based AT&T Inc. will start limiting amounts of Internet data that DSL and U-verse users are allowed before subscribers incur overage fees from the telecommunications company. If users go past 150 GB for DLS customers and 250 GB for U-verse subscribers...

AT&T introduces home broadband caps on Monday

Starting Monday, May 2, Dallas-based AT&T Inc. will start limiting amounts of Internet data that DSL and U-verse users are allowed before subscribers incur overage fees from the telecommunications company. If users go past 150 GB for DLS customers and 250 GB for U-verse subscribers...

Google brings the awesome with Android Docs App

It's long been suspected that Google is taking a cloud-based approach to productivity on tablets and other portable devices, recently enabling mobile editing for their widely-used web office suite. However Google today surprised everybody by rolling out a full-featured Google Docs app for Android, with a couple of other goodies in tow.

Amazon EC2 goes down, takes half the web with it

This morning buttocks are tightly clenched all across internet-land, as Amazon's Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) service, which is used by many big-name companies and services, has spectacularly crashed, taking down Quora, FourSquare, Hootsuite, and a whole host of other well-known services that use Amazon's cloud to power their backend.

Dell invests $1 billion in cloud computing

The second-largest computer maker in the world is in the news again, this time with Round Rock-based Dell Inc. (DELL) announcing plans to invest $1 billion in cloud data centers to aid customers in the build, validation and architecture of...

CIOs in India identify cloud computing as top technology priority in 2011

eGov Innovation  | Mar 22, 2011 MUMBAI -- The 2011 CIO Agenda survey conducted by Gartner Executive Programs (EXP) showed that chief information officers in India ranked cloud computing as their top technology priority for 2011. The worldwide CIO survey was conducted by Gartner EXP from September to...

Kingsoft Network, WiWide to provide mobile cloud secure internet services

China Tech News | March 18, 2011 Chinese Internet security provider Kingsoft Network and Wi-Fi service provider WiWide have announced that the two companies have formed a strategic partnership to provide cloud security Internet services to 6,000 business users across China. The cooperation will make Kingsoft...

Pacnet joins new cloud computing initiative in China

Pacnet | March 2, 2011 | Press Release The company will support Chongqing’s ambition to be China’s largest data center hub through the development of its Cloud Computing Special Zone CHONGQING, CHINA, 2 March 2011 – Pacnet, Asia’s leading independent telecommunications service provider, and the...

Fujitsu launches global cloud services in Australia

Fujitsu | February 28, 2011 | Press Release First region outside Japan to roll out standardized cloud platform Tokyo, February 28, 2011 — Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions today announced the unveiling of its Global Cloud Services portfolio in Australia and New Zealand, the...

Equinix expands to South America with Brazil data centre purchase

TeleGeography | February 23, 2011 Equinix, a provider of global data centre services, in partnership with Riverwood Capital, a technology-focused private equity firm, has agreed to acquire 90% of ALOG Data Centers of Brazil for around USD127 million, with a call option to take 100%...

SOFTBANK TELECOM joins the VMware vCloud® datacenter services Program

VMware | February 21, 2011 | Press Release Organizations in Japan will enjoy the business transformation benefits of true enterprise hybrid cloud computing SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., – February 21, 2011 – VMware (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that major...

IBM to build Asia’s largest cloud computing data center

International Business Times | January 25, 2011 | Gabriel Perna International Business Machines' ever-expanding cloud computing services will continue development in Asia. The company announced it is collaborating with Range Technology Development, out of China, to build a state of the art cloud computing data center...

IBM to build Asia’s largest cloud computing data center

International Business Times | January 25, 2011 | Gabriel Perna International Business Machines' ever-expanding cloud computing services will continue development in Asia. The company announced it is collaborating with Range Technology Development, out of China, to build a state of the art cloud computing data center...

Research and Markets: Cloud computing end-user analysis – Mexico

Business Wire | January 17, 2011 | News Wire DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b7c4e6/cloud_computing_en) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Cloud Computing End-user Analysis - Mexico" to...

Megapay and MJV Successfully Launch Brazil Mobile Payment Service

Megapay | January 13, 2011 | Press Release Megapay and MJV announce the successful launch of its Mobile Payment service in Brazil. (PRWEB) January 13, 2011 Megapay, a division of Hong Kong based cloud computing giant Megaworld, in partership with MJV, a Brazilian company that combines technology...

SMEs, corporations eager to adopt cloud computing – NEC – Chile

Business News Americas | January 4, 2011 | Patrick Nixon Chilean SMEs and corporations are "eager" to adopt cloud computing, enabling them to see savings in total cost of ownership and energy expenses, Jose Ignacio Rio, product and presales manager for Chile with Japanese telecoms...

VIA, Skycloud to Jointly Venture Into Cloud Computing

CENS Taiwan Economic News | by Ken Liu | December 17, 2010 Taipei, Dec. 17, 2010 (CENS)--VIA Technology Inc. and Skycloud Technology (China) Inc. will set up a joint venture in March in 2011 to develop and manufacture cloud-computing equipment for end users, according to...