Customizable Cloud SLAs on the Way, Researchers Predict

Service-level agreements and legal standards for cloud offerings will become more customized to individual customers and vertical industries as the cloud market continues to mature and providers look for ways to differentiate their offerings.

Microsoft Azure to Incubate 10 Indian Tech Start-ups

SAP Buying E-commerce Vendor Ariba for $4.3 billion

The move expands SAP's presence in cloud software

Is Cloud-based Security Really Cheaper?

Businesses in new study were five times more likely to have decreased spending on managing security over three years.

Cloud Survey: Security, Cost both a Deterrent and an Attraction

Small and midsize businesses that actually use cloud services see them as a way to boost security and save money, according to a survey sponsored by Microsoft.

SAP Offers Mobile Device Management on Amazon's Cloud

SAP's Afaria mobile device management tool is now available on Amazon Web Services' cloud, offered as a way to make it easier to start using the platform, SAP said at the Sapphire conference on Monday.

Cloud, BYOD Increases Need for Automated IAM Systems

Increased adoption of cloud services, combined with the BYOD is causing identities and access rights to proliferate throughout the enterprise.

National Technology Day: IT will Transform India, Believe CIOs

On National Technology Day, Indian CIOs share their opinions on how IT can bring in the revolution India’s waiting for.

Up next for the Cloud: Big Data Analytics?

In an effort to diversify its cloud offerings, NaviSite - a Time Warner Cable cloud computing and managed hosting company - announced plans to offer storage service for customers in what one analyst says could the beginning of service providers looking to offer big data analysis from the cloud.

HP Says SDNs Are Key To Cloud Deployment

Software-defined networks (SDN) have the capability to provision applications in minutes instead of months, and speed deployment into the cloud, according to the head of HP Networking.

Salesforce.com's Heroku Rolls Out New Cloud Database Options

Salesforce.com's Heroku division this week rolled out two entry-level tiers for its Postgres-based cloud database service, hoping to cater to applications with lower data-volume requirements as well as helping startup developers make an easier jump into production.

Infrastructure Cloud Services Take a Shift Toward PaaS

Services providers that have traditionally offered infrastructure as a service (IaaS) clouds are beginning to move up the stack into the platform as a service (PaaS) market in an effort to diversify their portfolio and respond to increasing customer demand for cloud-based development services.

KPN & MindTree Set Up a Cloud Services Aggregation Platform

Mindtree, a global IT and Product Engineering Services Company and KPN, the Dutch market leader in ICT services, announced their partnership to jointly invest in a flexible cloud services aggregator platform for enterprise customers.

Salesforce.com Fires its Indian Team

While the CIOs don’t seem to be too apprehensive about Salesforce.com’s move despite not being largely kept in loop, it remains to be seen how the situation transpires.

Intel-McAfee Developing Cloud-Security Strategy

Intel, which last year acquired McAfee for its security expertise, described work it is doing to provide enterprises with a way to secure data stored in public or hybrid cloud environments.