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.

Egnyte pushes hybrid cloud ahead with 5M file server syncing & 25 MB/sec uploads

Enterprise cloud storage startup Egnyte has added the ability to sync 5 million files from a single device and increased its upload speed maximum to a ultra-fast 25 megabytes per second.

GoDaddy apologizes for massive outage, gives one free month of service

Web services provider GoDaddy has apologized to its customers for the outage Monday that crippled countless sites across the web, and it is offering one free month of service to nullify complaints.

GoDaddy claims outage wasn’t caused by hacker, blames ‘internal network events’

After an investigation, web services company GoDaddy claims that its major outage yesterday was "not caused by external influences" and that a DDoS attack or a hack weren't to blame.

GoDaddy sites mostly back online after massive outage

Popular web hosting company GoDaddy has restored most of it services after a member of hacker collective Anonymous attacked the site.

GoDaddy outage takes down tons of sites around the web

A member of hacker collective Anonymous has claimed responsibility for the outage, and they said GoDaddy's DNS servers were all taken offline.

Pogoplug hooks up with Amazon Glacier for cheap cloud storage

Backup storage provider Pogoplug has integrated with Amazon's new Glacier cloud storage in a move to make personal backup storage more affordable and reliable, the company announced today.

ClearSlide nets $28M to give sales teams better presentation tools

Sales communications startup Clearslide has raised $28 million in its second round of funding aimed at opening a New York City office, developing new products, and increasing marketing efforts.

Microsoft’s SkyDrive app lands on Android

As promised two weeks ago, Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage service has launched on Android and can be downloaded now in the Google Play store.

Enterprise analytics app maker Tidemark celebrates beta launch with new COO

Tidemark targets Fortune 1,000 companies with mobile apps for financial planning, operational planning, and metrics management.

Dropbox adds two-step verification to make your account more secure

Just weeks after another security breach, cloud storage company Dropbox has added a two-step verification process to help make user accounts more secure.

Amazon debuts cheap archival and backup cloud storage with Glacier

Amazon Web Services has introduced Amazon Glacier, inexpensive slow-moving storage for files that don't need to be accessed very often.

Why won’t Microsoft let you store porn in the cloud?

Cloud storage services such as Dropbox and Google Drive are quickly changing how consumers deal with content on a day-to-day basis. But each company has its own set of restrictions, with Microsoft's SkyDrive as the most restrictive player by far. It might shock you how much so.

Microsoft unveils modern UI & new Android app for SkyDrive; Outlook.com now at 10M users

Microsoft has unveiled a new version of its SkyDrive cloud storage service and a new SkyDrive Android app. It also revealed the new Outlook.com email service that has attracted 10 million users since its launch two weeks ago.

Wozniak says the cloud is going to cause us ‘horrible problems’

Apple co-founder and Fusion.io chief scientist Steve Wozniak said last night during a Q&A that dependence on the cloud is setting us up for "horrible problems."

Cisco adds outspoken Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to board

Networking giant Cisco has added Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to its board of directors, a sign that it wants to get more serious about cloud-focused services and hardware.

Benioff spent 13 years at Oracle before he founded Salesforce on the …

Box said to be raising new funding round at $1.2B valuation, IPO next year

Enterprise cloud storage startup Box is raising a new massive funding round with a valuation of $1.2 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Box helps businesses with their cloud storage and collaboration needs. It faces competition from the likes of …

Flurry gets into cloud services with AppCloud, powered by Trestle purchase

Mobile app analytics and advertising company Flurry is embarking on new territory today with the launch of the Flurry AppCloud, a collection of cloud services that developers can easily implement in their apps.

Flurry didn’t do this alone: The company …

SendGrid partners with Heroku, Engine Yard, & others on email management

Email-management startup SendGrid has partnered with leading Platform-as-a-Service providers including Heroku, Engine Yard, and CloudBees, the company announced today.

SendGrid helps more than 60,000 web application companies and developers send all kinds of emails to their customers, including shipping notifications, …