Google App Engine finally supports PHP, the language that runs 75% of the web

The biggest web company on the planet just added support for the most widely used programming language on the planet.

Software AG acquires cloud platform LongJump to reach out to more SMBs

Enterprise app business Software AG has acquired cloud platform vendor LongJump.

Salesforce’s new Heroku & Force tools let any Java dev create mobile apps

Enterprise cloud software powerhouse Salesforce has introduced a set of new handy mobile-centric services for developers using Heroku and Force.com, the two platform-as-a-service (PaaS) providers under the Salesforce Platform banner.

Apprenda adds Java as a second language, will ‘support 90%’ of enterprise PaaS needs

Private PaaS Apprenda has added a second language to its platform that promises to make enterprise developers' lives a lot easier.

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?

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.

4M installs later, Heroku updates ‘add-on’ marketplace with self-service interface & better support

Popular platform-as-a-service Heroku has updated its add-on marketplace with more features to help developers and cloud tool providers get more out of the service.

Rumors: VMWare planning Cloud Foundry spinoff led by Paul Maritz

VMWare is planning to spin off Cloud Foundry and a number of its other products into a separate division owned by corporate parent EMC.

Platform-as-a-service CEOs bet their futures on mainstream PaaS adoption

Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is by far the smallest sector of cloud, but four PaaS CEOs think it's about to hit the big time.

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.

Red Hat brings its OpenShift PaaS to the enterprise

Open-source cloud software provider Red Hat has finally launched its OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service for enterprise customers.

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.

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.

So, you missed these 5 awesome stories last week

Before we wake up bright and early tomorrow with a new storm of stories for you, here are the five we thought were some of our best this week.