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Alibaba opens US data centre in new challenge to Amazon

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 23:39

Chinese online giant Alibaba will open a data centre in Silicon Valley, it said Wednesday, challenging US rival Amazon in the field of cloud computing.

IBM targets $40 billion in cloud, other growth areas by 2018

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 21:52

International Business Machines Corp, which ruled computing in the age of the mainframe, is targeting $40 billion in annual revenue from the cloud, big data, security and other growth areas by 2018.

Alibaba takes $590 mn stake in China smartphone maker Meizu

Last Updated: Monday, February 9, 2015, 09:59

Last year, Meizu used an operating system developed by Alibaba`s cloud computing unit YunOS on its flagship smartphone.

RComm targets Rs 400 cr revenue from cloud space in 2 years

Last Updated: Friday, January 23, 2015, 20:20

Reliance Communications (RCOM) is looking at generating a revenue of Rs 400 crore from cloud- based and related services in the next couple of years, a senior company executive said Friday.

Amazon's cloud business a harder sell in post-Snowden era

Last Updated: Friday, December 19, 2014, 12:08

In cloud computing, clients store and process data on remote servers accessed by the Internet, as opposed to storing information in local servers.

Oracle's Ellison plays down threat of NSA database snooping

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 10:00

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison played down concerns on Wednesday about possible government snooping in his business customers` private data.

Oracle to buy Responsys for $1.39 billion in cloud software push

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 10:48

Oracle Corp, the world's No. 2 business software maker, said it would buy web-based marketing software maker Responsys Inc for about USD 1.39 billion to bolster its cloud computing offerings.

Google steps up its battle for Internet `cloud`

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 10:58

Google is stepping up its efforts to move into the Internet "cloud," taking on rivals like Amazon and Microsoft in competition for business customers.

'Big data, mobility threats too complex for one co to handle'

Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 15:18

Even as companies are beefing up investments to counter attacks on new platforms like cloud and mobility, lack of human capital and increasing sophisticated attacks make it difficult for any one firm to alone address the challenges, technology giant Verizon said.

Majority say their firms implementing cloud services: Survey

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 22:06

VMware`s fourth annual Cloud Index study, conducted by Forrester Research across 12 Asia Pacific countries including India, reveals that 89 per cent of the respondents covered in India believe Cloud Computing is relevant to their firms.

Majority say their firms implementing cloud services: Survey

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 20:46

VMware's fourth annual Cloud Index study, conducted by Forrester Research across 12 Asia Pacific countries including India, reveals that 89 percent of the respondents covered in India believe Cloud Computing is relevant to their firms.

NTT to buy cloud computing, data centre firms in US for $875mn

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 17:46

Japan-based NTT and Virtela shareholders have entered into a definitive agreement to wholly acquire Virtela for a total transaction price of about USD 525 million in cash.