For those curious about "the cloud", here's your explainer. (Photo: Getty) You’ve likely heard people talk about “the cloud” in the context of devices and data storage—but if you’ve merely nodded ...

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A small Minneapolis mainframe computer software startup is poised to change the way enterprises use and share data across the cloud. VirtualZ Computing Inc. claims to be the first and only ...

What is cloud computing? We recently asked a number of people in our industry, and got back a range of interesting, and sometimes self-referential, responses. According to our respondents, cloud ...

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Oxide set out to build a private cloud rack system that retains the advantages of public cloud and doesn't sacrifice on infrastructure control, efficiency, and flexibility. Businesses that need to ...

You’ve likely heard people talk about “the cloud” in the context of devices and data storage—but if you’ve merely nodded along while wondering if they’re referring to the weather, you’re not alone.