Cloud computing fears exaggerated, claims federal CIO

The federal chief information officer (CIO) Vivek Kundra has stated that the fears surrounding the security of public cloud computing have been exaggerated.

OCI aims to support Open Cloud development

A not-for-profit organisation has been launched with the aim of improving open standards in cloud computing.

Cloud computing could save billions

Deploying cloud computing solutions could save billions of dollars a year by 2020, it has been suggested.

Gaming firm raises $30m for cloud development

One company is working hard to develop cloud computing services for the gaming industry.

IT leaders are opting for server cloud computing in a bid to decrease their network complexity.

This is according to research from the International Data Corporation (IDC), which has revealed that worldwide revenue for servers deployed to offsite public clouds will reach $3.6 billion in 2015. Managed networks containing converged systems that are pre-integrated and ready for use - known as private clouds - will generate revenue of $5.8 billion.

Security is main cloud computing issue

Data security and a demonstrable return on investment are the two main issues concerning businesses when it comes to cloud computing migration.

Data centre efficiency to improve with sensors

Cloud computing as a whole could become more efficient through a new practice of adding sensors to server chips in data centres.

3,000 firms a day opting into cloud computing

Around 3,000 companies a day are signing up to use Google’s range of cloud computing tools.

A hybrid cloud computing environment appears to be the most popular communications solution for businesses today.

In a recent survey of 150 enterprise CIOs and IT directors, it was revealed that the vast majority of firms are opting for a mixture of cloud computing and private data centres. Just 17 per cent of respondents indicated that they will just use private data centres, while the same number stated that they will only use the cloud.

Cloud computing yields strongest ROI, finds survey

According to a new Bloomberg survey, cloud computing has emerged as the infrastructure investment area which has yielded the most ROI in the last year.