After several leaks, Microsoft has confirmed that its SkyDrive cloud storage solution is about to receive a major update with desktop syncing, a SkyDrive Metro app for Windows 8, secure remote access, and other helpful additions.
There has been much …
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Apple is making a big deal about how its newly-announced Mountain Lion operating system comes with built-in iCloud syncing and storage. But if you cut through the deafening hype, iCloud is still a woefully limited solution that most consumers and …
Cloud file management startup FileTrek has exited stealth mode with good news: it has raised $10 million in second-round funding and is ready to show businesses that it’s the best option for securely sharing and tracking files in the cloud.…
Software titan and now cloud services provider Oracle has agreed to acquire talent management cloud company Taleo for $1.9 billion, the companies announced today.
The deal greatly mirrors the $3.4 billion acquisition of employee performance management software provider SuccessFactors by …
Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud infrastructure provider, has lowered the price of S3 cloud storage for its basic U.S. customers, the company announced today.
Just last week, AWS reported massive growth for objects stored in S3, with a …
Worried your legal files stored on Megaupload are about to be deleted? The non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has offered to help with retrieving legitimate content and returning it to Megaupload users.
For those who haven’t been paying attention, here’s …
Keep your eyes to sky because clouds are in the forecast. Amazon Web Services has reported massive growth for its number of objects stored in the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), with a 192 percent increase year-over-year.
Amazon Web Services …
Enterprise cloud powerhouse Salesforce has launched Desk.com, a savvy customer support application that connects agents with e-mail, phone calls, and social channels, the company announced Tuesday.
Desk.com provides small-to-medium-sized companies with cloud-based customer support management to help for field queries …
Cloud computing startup Joyent has raised a humongous $85 million round of funding, which will help the company with its plan of out-innovating Amazon in cloud computing technology.
Joyent provides infrastructure cloud computing services for customers like LinkedIn, THQ, Gilt …
Enterprise performance management company Tidemark has raised $24 million in its third round of funding. The company makes cloud-based apps that help businesses interpret and act on real-time data.
Tidemark made our list of 10 disruptive cloud companies we’re exited …
E-mail infrastructure startup SendGrid has raised $21 million in its second round of funding and created a partnership with Microsoft’s Windows Azure platform to convince more enterprises to use its e-mail delivery solutions, the company announced today.
SendGrid helps more …
Cloud services leader Salesforce has hired former U.S. chief information officer Vivek Kundra as its executive vice president of emerging markets, the company announced today.
Kundra made headlines as the federal government’s first-ever CIO when he was hired by the …
In a move to bolster its cloud credentials, notable anti-virus and security player Symantec has acquired e-mail archiving company LiveOffice for $115 million, the company announced this morning.
LiveOffice primarily helps companies archiving e-mail in the cloud, ensuring that they …
Enterprise data software company Splunk has filed for a $125 million initial public offering, according to its SEC S-1 form.
San Francisco-based Splunk offers businesses software to better analyze and interpret their data. The company’s mission is to “make machine …
Customer help desk management service Zendesk has launched a Windows Phone application to continue helping small businesses with communications support, the company announced this morning.
Zendesk made our list of “Top 10 disruptive cloud companies we’re excited about” because it …
Mercedes-Benz announced a new cloud-connected dashboard computer called “mbrace2″ that provides access to 3G Internet, apps such as Facebook and over-the-air software updates. The company announced the new product at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
We mentioned in …
Acer will launch a new iCloud-like service called AcerCloud in the coming months that will connect content on Acer laptops, Android phones and other PCs, the company announced today in Las Vegas at CES.
We predicted that consumer cloud services …
Cloud file sharing company Accellion has raised $12 million in its third round of funding, with a goal of rapidly growing its mobile file-sharing solutions and international presence, the company announced today.
Accellion helps companies and government agencies secure data …
Web security company Check Point Software Technologies has partnered with Amazon Web Services to add further levels of security to Amazon’s deep public cloud, the company announced today.
Amazon Web Services is by far the most popular cloud infrastructure provider, …
IT infrastructure firm Internap has acquired hosting and cloud services provider Voxel for $30 million, the two companies announced this morning.
Internap provides “intelligent IT Infrastructure solutions” for enterprises and uses a variety of solutions to lower IT costs, including …
