VMware competitor CloudVelocity gets $5M to migrate apps to public clouds

Silicon Valley-based CloudVelocity has emerged from stealth mode with $5 million in investment, and a technology that aims to remove the barriers of adoption to public clouds.

KPMG survey finds a ‘stronger than expected’ demand for cloud services

Despite concerns about data security and loss of control, cloud-based service providers are highly-confident about the growth of the industry in the next few years.

How SFR’s ‘Chocolate Factory’ produced a cloud service business in 4 months

SFR's Numergy division has raised $300 million, and it is targeting $400 million in revenues in four years.

With new release, Apprenda bets on the hybrid cloud

Apprenda, a startup that claims to transform legacy infrastructure into modern cloud-based architectures, has announced its new 4.0 release.

Cloud-tacular: Windows Azure Active Directory processes 4.7B authentications a week

Windows Azure Active Directory has processed more than 200 billion authentications for Microsoft services in two years, and it now processes an average of 4.7 billion logins a week.

It’s a cloud-off! To compete with Amazon, Google Compute Engine slashes prices

Google Compute Engine has added 36 server instances to its cloud catalog, and cut prices by 5 percent in a bid to compete with Amazon Web Services, the largest provider of cloud services in the world.

High five, Marc Benioff! Salesforce.com shifts focus and beats expectations

Salesforce.com's aggressive acquisition strategy, and emphasis on all things cloud and mobile appears to be paying off.

European consortium builds €8.4M Paasage in the cloud

A group of 14 European partners have banded together with €8.4 million to launch a major research initiative called PaaSage.

Light after blackouts: Amazon Web Services pushes into its ninth region

With scattered reports of customer defections in the wake of major outages, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced today that it has expanded to the Asia Pacific region, and has opened a new data center in Australia.

Amazon competitor Joyent jumps for joy with new product and CEO

The good news keeps on coming for cloud infrastructure company Joyent -- today, its announced a new CEO, global expansion plans, and a new product.

Workday embraces the big trends: Windows 8, ‘Big Data’ and analytics

The Pleasanton, Calif.-based company announced plans for a recruiting mobile app for hiring teams, as well as a big data analytics toolset.

Robert Scoble and Guy Kawasaki on the tech trends that will shape the future

Investor and author Guy Kawasaki joined Rackspace's renowned technology evangelist Robert Scoble for a frank discussion about the biggest technology trends.

With a host of new features, Box pushes deeper into the enterprise

Box's Aaron Levie, a bundle of nervous energy, kicked off the company's annual conference this morning with a spate of product announcements.