Microsoft releases cheaper cloud service to take on Amazon, Rackspace

Microsoft announced that it is opening up Windows Azure Infrastructure Services to general availability today -- and is offering it cheaper than before.

Rackware racks up $1.8M to make enterprise clouds better, faster, stronger (updated)

RackWare is a cloud startup that has raised $18 million in its first round of funding. The RackWare Management Module (RMM) helps businesses scale across private, public, or hybrid cloud environments, without changing applications.

Google: 10 million Malaysian students, teachers, and parents will now use Google Apps for Education

Millions of Malaysian kids will be writing stories, collecting data, creating presentations, and organizing the future of their education in the cloud -- Google's cloud.

Codecademy completes PHP course, ‘ready for prime time’

The free learn-programming-online site now has 11 modules and 86 lessons in all things PHP from the basics to standard if/else logic flow to arrays, functions, and advanced object-oriented programming.

Storage startup SwiftStack gets $6.1M to take on EMC and NetApp

SwiftStack's software defined storage solution can run on commodity hardware, and is cheaper than building a storage system from scratch.

Pertino raises $20M so you can make a pop-up network anytime, anywhere

We can't believe a cloud company can explain its technology in such clear terms. Bully for them! Also, $20 million for them.

Appcore secures $6M funding for auto-cloud platform

Appcore, a Des Moines, Iowa-based cloud computing automation platform startup, has just announced its latest round of funding: a $6 million cash infusion.

This is Appcore’s second round of institutional funding; its Series A was a $5 million round from …

Amazon down: Product pages coming up Error 400 (bad request)

Amazon.com and you're (not) done.

PlayStation Cloud streaming tech the ‘fastest gaming network in the world’ — and promises PS4 games on Vita

The new PlayStation Network will make it easy for gamers to instantly share videos of their game with their friends, as well as instantly try new demos, and play on a second screen with their PlayStation Vita.

Sony finally reveals the PlayStation 4 for holiday 2013 — but not the console or price

Sony has finally announced the PlayStation 4, its next-generation game console.

50% of cloud deployments are insecure, but Newvem’s new ‘Cloud Care’ will check yours for free

People have health care, and now clouds have "cloud care." The only difference? Cloud care is free.

Forrester’s top 15 emerging technologies

Everyone knows that mobile, social, cloud, and data are big freight trains of change that are blowing up old business models and old business practices. But let's face it: that train is in the station. What's next?

Evernote CEO says IPO is ‘morally correct thing to do,’ but not until 2015 or 2016

VentureBeat invited Evernote CEO Phil Libin to our office to discuss the big picture vision for the company. It runs far deeper than an IPO, international expansion plans, and the host of new features designed to appeal to busy professionals.

Piston Cloud nabs $8M to bolster open source cloud adoption

Today, Openstack private cloud player, Piston Cloud closed an $8 million funding round. Investors see potential in the space, despite that it has become increasingly flooded with competitors, such as Hewlett-Packard and Rackspace.

With new mobile apps, YouSendIt lets you send large files on the go

YouSendIt is best known for its software to help users send and receive large files via a desktop PC. But today, it launching a suite of mobile apps for iPhone, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, so you'll be able to access documents, videos and presentations on the move.

Tonido is your personal cloud, providing live streaming access to all your data and media, everywhere

Dropbox is wonderful, but two gigabytes of space may not even hold one movie. And you don't always know what you're going to want, before you want it.