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Amazon.com launches cloud software store
19 April 2012AWS Marketplace allows customer to buy infrastructure, developer tools and applications for use on its cloud platform
- Post Office seeks IT services worth up to £100m
18 April 2012 - GMail cuts out for "less than 10% of users" 18 April 2012
- Govt-backed fund to pump £40m into UK cloud start-ups
17 April 2012
IT Case Studies
How Pfizer uses data virtualisation to accelerate R&D
16 March 2012
Pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer uses data virtualisation to remove the friction from new drug analysis
- Autonet tackles data boom
16 February 2012 - Royal College of GPs' £1.5 million virtual makeover 16 February 2012
- Changing the barrels 7 February 2012
Perspectives & Trends
SaaS will be $14.5bn market this year – Gartner
27 March 2012
Analyst company has increased its estimate for the value of the SaaS market in 2015 by almost $1bn, up to $22.1 billion
- How to navigate cloud complexity 13 March 2012
- Germany to overtake UK as cloud capital of Europe
7 March 2012 - The cloud shift 7 February 2012
Features
Exposing the cracks in cloud security
21 May 2012
A recent investigation into the security of cloud computing services exposed some simple flaws
- In depth: Data virtualisation
16 March 2012 - Copyright versus the cloud 16 March 2012
- Cloud computing – still gathering 24 January 2012
Company Analysis
VMWare has its sights set on UK government cloud
25 July 2011Andy Tait, once deputy director for the government's cloud initiative and now public sector pitchman for the virtualisation software giant, tells Information Age that G-Cloud is not dead
- Will BT’s telco roots help it win in the cloud?
18 July 2011 - Putting faith in Force.com
28 June 2011 - Real Status applies 3D video game technology to network visualisation 20 April 2011
| Company | Period | Revenue ($m) | Rev Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compellent Technologies Inc | 4Q08 | $27.0 | 60% |
| Double-Take Software Inc | 4Q08 | $25.0 | 6% |
| FalconStor Software Inc | 4Q08 | $23.4 | -6% |
| Overland Storage Inc | 2Q09 | $28.9 | -15% |
| Quantum Corp | 3Q09 | $204.0 | -19% |
| Tandberg Data ASA | 4Q08 | $36.6 | -23% |
* Figures converted to US dollars
More Financial Results in The Cloud & Virtualization| Acquirer | Target | Price ($m) |
|---|---|---|
| BakBone | Asempra Technologies | $0.35m |
| Hitachi | Fabrik | n/a |
| Toshiba | Fujitsu's HDD business | n/a |
| Quest Software | ASE Technologies | n/a |
| Quest Software | Vizioncore | n/a |
| Barracuda Networks | Yosemite Technologies | n/a |
Research
Business Applications Innovation Award
BravoSolution's e-procurement tool won the Information Age Innovation Award in the Business Applications Category
Security Innovation Award
Websense took the Information Age Innovation Award for the Security category for its integrated approach to web, email and data security
Data Centre Innovation Award
Digital Realty Trust won the Information Age Innovation Award in the Data Centre category for developing a set of standard for building sustainable data centres
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