VMware touts benefits of private cloud computing, VDC-OS
VMware, Inc. is on a mission to show companies that they can get the benefits of cloud computing without handing their mission critical applications over to an outside provider; with the upcoming
Cloud hype extends to NIC cards

Hifn says its new Express DS4100 NIC card is "optimized for the cloud". What's next? Cables? Batteries? My desk? The problem with the cloud is speed in terms of uploads and downloads, says Hifn's PR person. "Try uploading a terabyte to the cloud and see how long it takes." He has a point...
Sun buys Q-Layer a tad early

Sun Microsystems snapped up a key piece of cloud-enabling technology via its acquisition of Belgium-based Q-Layer this week, but it's way ahead of most enterprise IT shops that are not ready for private clouds just yet. Data from The451 Group, published in October, 2008, showed that 84% of...