The cloud metaphor started in handwritten network diagrams decades ago, portraying the great, big internet outside your local network. The image still holds a similar meaning, though it has been ...

Empowering users, threatening IT, making technology purchases a no-brainer? Why couldn't it have gotten here sooner? (Or why did it have to come at all, if you're among the naysayers in IT.) ...

Cloud computing does have some challenges. Relying on the cloud for critical storage and other IT needs could leave companies vulnerable in the event of a major network outage.

The cloud computing revolution is real. But is it really "a radical new business model that purports to slash technology costs by up to 80%"? Let's check the facts.

Microsoft—which initially had a $10 billion sole-source deal with the Pentagon to provide cloud services, which Reuters reported was scrapped last year so the Pentagon could pursue more advanced ...