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.

Cisco gets serious about cloud software with $125M acquisition of Cloupia

Networking behemoth Cisco has agreed to acquire cloud software business Cloupia for $150 million.

Hooked on the cloud? Cloudability launches analytics tool to keep costs under control

Cloud-based services may be a darn sight cheaper than on-premise alternatives, but over time, costs can escalate.

SolidFire moves into GA, promises its SSDs will greatly speed up cloud services

SolidFire, a promising solid-state storage maker for cloud services, has finally launched into general availability and announced its first customers after a year of relatively low-profile activity.

SugarSync relaunches desktop, web, & mobile apps to simplify cloud storage

Consumer cloud storage startup SugarSync has redesigned its desktop, web, and mobile apps and pushed them into public beta, moves meant to attract and add more customers to the "millions" already using its service.

Hot dev platform AppFog hits 100K apps deployed, up 150% in just 6 months

Young platform-as-a-service (PaaS) startup AppFog has reached a new milestone of 100,000 apps deployed on its service, a sign it is hitting a chord with app developers and businesses.

Newvem unveils first-ever iPhone app for managing Amazon cloud services

Cloud Smart Meter shows IT managers, CIOs, and developers what they're using, how much they're spending, and what's currently not working -- or might be about to go down.

Kim Dotcom picks Me.ga domain for his Megaupload sequel

Notorious Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom will soon launch a new file-sharing service similar to the one that got him in trouble in the first place, with the newly picked URL Me.ga.

Google makes it simple to share files from Drive to Google+

Google has taken its integrations one step further and made it incredibly easy to share files from Google Drive to Google+.

Amazon EC2 cloud service mostly restored after yesterday’s big outage

Amazon's EC2 cloud service appears to be fully restored after yesterday's big outage, which took down sites and services including Reddit, Airbnb, Pinterest, Flipboard, GetGlue, Coursera, and Foursquare.

Anonymous member claims responsibility for today’s EC2 outage, Amazon says baloney

Someone claiming to be a member of hacker collective Anonymous who previously claimed to take down GoDaddy and Facebook has claimed responsibility for today’s big Amazon’s EC2 cloud outage.

Zend to 5 million PHP developers: We’ll help you build for mobile and cloud

"The biggest changes in technology are how mobile and cloud are converging," says Gutmans. "Our intention is to tackle both of those head-on for our users."

Workday kicks IPO ass with 72% pop in first-day trading

In a commanding and impressive IPO performance, cloud software company Workday's stock soared 72 percent in early trading today.

Box partners with Oracle, Eloqua, Jive, Zendesk, & more on HTML5 framework

Enterprise cloud storage business Box has announced a new HTML5 embeddable framework called “Box Embed” that will let more people access Box’s service through other applications, the company said today.

An ugly duckling no more: Why Platform-as-a-Service is poised for huge growth

Platform-as-a-Service is part of the booming cloud computing sector, one area of the cloud that some analysts and developers have overlooked. But recent research shows that PaaS is no longer the ugly duckling of the cloud industry -- and that it's ready to grow quite a bit during the next few years.

Cloud file-syncing heretic 4sync challenges the gospel of Dropbox

If you haven't already been lulled into Dropbox or SugarSync's grasps for cloud syncing, 4Sync wants to be your new best friend for backing up and accessing all of your files.

Mimecast grabs a whopping $62M to make cloud email management rock

Cloud email management startup Mimecast — the leading supplier of email management solutions for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 — has raised $62.15 million in its third round funding.