Cloud computing, with the 24 hour use cycles, means no downtime for application upgrades. Architecting applications so that the topologies can be changed while users continue to access individual ...

In addition to cloud computing and open-source software, other technologies that will be hot in the U.S. government through 2014 include virtualization, service-oriented architecture, and ...

There are a million articles and blog posts out there about virtualization and cloud computing and their respective benefits, but here’s the reason you should read this one: to find out why ...

Two of the hottest IT technologies in 2010 are virtualization and cloud computing. Both are heavily evangelized in the industry as the “wave of the future” and the “next big thing.” ...

New survey links cloud computing to virtualization The new abstraction: from the OS to the application and infrastructure Written by Joe McKendrick, Contributing Writer Feb. 5, 2009, 5:39 a.m. PT ...

Cloud frameworks: This includes toolkit options like OpenStack, which is an excellent open source framework for true cloud computing. Companies like Rackspace can make it work at scale.

These constraints may rule out some platforms that are limited to a specific technology. Openness- Controlling the economics and deployment options for a cloud architecture is key to retain ...

Virtualization is the technology that makes cloud computing possible; without it, cloud computing would not exist. Companies that virtualize their IT environment essentially use what is referred ...

Although most IT organizations are still in the early stages of testing out the concept, the shift toward private cloud computing is also going to cause more than a few IT organizations to rethink ...

10 percent don't track the costs at all Cohen's presentation on cloud computing costs was one segment of a three-part online summit hosted by Virtualization & Cloud Review on Aug. 28. You can freely ...