Cloud Computing News & Articles

Oracle is rolling out Oracle Business Intelligence Release 11.1.1.6.2BP1. Notable features of the latest Oracle BI release, introduced at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, include a new mobile user experience and visualization features.

Oracle has already bought Taleo, SelectMinds and several other companies this year, but does anyone really believe the database and business software giant won't do any more deals in 2012?

Box is adding new features designed to make enterprise-wide adoption of its cloud-based online content-sharing service irresistible. 

The records and information management profession gathered once again at the annual ARMA conference, held September 23-25 in Chicago. As with last year, a joint survey by ARMA and Forrester Research echoed frustrations felt throughout the records management profession and sounded a warning note for the profession. 

Developers who are looking for a more robust alternative to Dropbox now have permission to access Alfresco in the cloud through their own mobile apps, and the API is the first of its kind to include CMIS standards.

It’s been a while since Adobe did anything with Acrobat, but today that has all changed with the unveiling of Acrobat XI, which will be available to users within the next 30 days. This is a significant release of Acrobat with new cloud services as well as tighter integration into SharePoint and Office.

It’s a pretty safe bet that Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff won’t be going to Oracle’s OpenWorld next week, but he’ll certainly be on the minds of many.

The European Commission (EC) has its collective heads in the clouds -- and sees millions of new jobs there -- thanks to a new strategy designed to help increase the adoption of cloud computing across the continent.

The only surprising thing about IBM’s announcement this week that it is looking to push the cloud in the medium-sized enterprise space is that it didn't happen earlier. With this move, IBM looks set for a cloud services smackdown with Salesforce and Amazon, both of whom have been operating in the space for quite a while.

Adobe has rolled out Adobe PhoneGap Build, a service designed to allow development of cloud-based mobile apps.

IBM announced it has bought up England-based Butterfly Software, and the move gives us a peek into just how seriously IBM is about the cloud and big data.

“And the best part of my new corporate job is that I get a free iPad (or similar mobile device)!”

Like many of you, I’ve heard versions of this statement on an accelerating basis of-late. It begs the question: why are enterprises handing out mobile devices on such a regular basis to new, and oftentimes nearly all, of their employees?

In last month's column I took a generic look at whether an organization could move its intranet to the cloud, lock stock and barrel. As ever, my conclusion was "maybe" as it very much depends on your organization and what exactly you want to do. While at Dreamforce, I had the opportunity to return to this question.

Hosted cloud-based Web CMS provider Osmek claims to have “rethought” the Web CMS model by shifting focus from the framework to the actual content being published.

Day 3 at Dreamforce 2012 showcased Salesforce's product keynotes for all its core systems, and the company has promised some key new features for Data.com and Chatter.