Cloud Computing39 Stories

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  1. Pitting Cloud against Cloud

    Tools that benchmark performance promise to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of competing cloud providers.
    July 16, 2010

  2. Working Toward a Smarter, Faster Cloud

    A proposed system would let cloud developers control the way their data travels across different machines.
    June 25, 2010

  3. Microsoft's New Office Faces the Web

    Offering free Office software from the cloud is a major strategy shift.
    April 12, 2010

  4. Wireless Controlled from the Cloud

    An IBM project promises cheaper network management.
    March 19, 2010

  5. Drag-and-Drop into the Cloud

    A startup promises a painless way to move existing software.
    March 8, 2010

  6. Making Sense of Mountains of Data

    A new tool explores large sets of data–and might help organize the Web.
    February 25, 2010

  7. Less Is More in Google's OS

    Chrome OS is ridiculously simple–and that’s why you’ll love it.
    February 24, 2010

  8. Integrating the Clouds

    The next step in cloud computing is to link different systems.
    December 21, 2009

  9. Security in the Ether

    Information technology’s next grand challenge will be to secure the cloud–and prove we can trust it.
    December 21, 2009

  10. Less Clumsy Code for the Cloud

    A new tool takes a hint from 1980s database programming.
    December 16, 2009

  11. Harnessing the Cloud for Hacking

    Cloud password cracker is a sign of things to come.
    December 10, 2009

  12. How Secure Is Cloud Computing?

    Cryptography solutions are far-off, but much can be done in the near term, says Whitfield Diffie.
    November 16, 2009

  13. Searching an Encrypted Cloud

    Researchers are working on ways to make encrypted data easier to find.
    November 12, 2009

  14. Vulnerability Seen in Amazon's Cloud-Computing

    New research reveals how to find would-be victims within cloud hardware.
    October 23, 2009

  15. A More Secure, Trustworthy Cloud

    Virtual private clouds bridge real and virtual computing infrastructure.
    October 1, 2009

  16. Greener Computing in the Cloud

    Custom datacenters can help lower energy consumption, experts say.
    September 24, 2009

  17. A Silver Lining for the Government's Cloud

    Cloud computing solutions might improve the overall security of government software.
    September 21, 2009

  18. A Faster Way to the Cloud

    Amazon’s new protocol should make accessing the cloud faster and more reliable.
    September 11, 2009

  19. Designing for the Cloud

    Stephen Cass, senior editor of special projects at TR, interviews Dwight Merriman, CEO and cofounder of 10Gen, a startup that is developing a database designed to cope with the idiosyncrasies of cloud computing.
    June 23, 2009

  20. How It Works: Cloud Computing
    June 23, 2009

  21. Open Source Projects and Research Consortiums
    June 23, 2009

  22. Companies to Watch: Public Companies
    June 23, 2009

  23. Companies to Watch: Private Companies
    June 23, 2009

  24. Key Players
    June 23, 2009

  25. The Standards Question

    Security and reliability aren’t the only problems for cloud users and providers.
    June 23, 2009

  26. Water-Powered Computers
    June 23, 2009

  27. Virtual Computers, Real Money

    Will clouds be dominated by a few big players?
    June 23, 2009

  28. Making Art Pay

    A startup seeks to undercut Photoshop with subscription software.
    June 23, 2009

  29. Conjuring Clouds

    How engineers are making on-demand computing a reality.
    June 23, 2009

  30. Just Another Online Fad--or the Biggest Revolution Since the Internet?
    June 23, 2009

  31. Big Blue Sees Clouds on the Horizon

    IBM’s big cloud-computing plan starts with virtual desktops and software application testing.
    June 16, 2009

  32. Virtual Apps Drift into the Cloud

    Software developed by rPath makes it easier to port applications to the cloud.
    May 29, 2009

  33. A Powerful Way to Edit Images Online

    An advanced Web-based editing tool is connecting to sites across the Internet.
    May 8, 2009

  34. Moving Data around the Clouds

    A startup hopes to make it easier to hop between cloud-computing services.
    May 5, 2009

  35. Sending Cell Phones into the Cloud

    New technology offloads processing from a mobile device to its cloud-based doppelganger.
    May 1, 2009

  36. Netbook Chips Create a Low-Power Cloud

    A “fast array of wimpy nodes” could replace behemoth server infrastructure.
    April 16, 2009

  37. Opening the Cloud

    Open-source cloud-computing tools could give companies greater flexibility.
    November 6, 2008

  38. Can Microsoft Conquer Cloud Computing?

    Microsoft is hoping it can leapfrog the competition yet again, with an operating system dubbed Windows Cloud.
    October 15, 2008

  39. Moving Security to the Cloud

    Combining scanning approaches could keep PCs safe from viruses.
    August 26, 2008