Pedro Hernandez

Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is emerging as the next big cloud battleground for IT vendors. Increased demand for cloud application infrastructure services will propel the PaaS market to $2.9 billion in 2016 from $900 million in 2011, according to Gartner. This year, the market is on target to reach $1.2 billion. Cloud Storage and Backup Benefits Protecting […]

Dell today announced that it has acquired Gale Technologies, an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) specialist, in a bid to heighten the server giant’s profile as a provider of cloud-ready IT systems. The deal’s terms were not disclosed. “Gale Technologies integrates well with our Active Infrastructure family, and provides an intuitive, flexible and comprehensive foundation for application, virtual […]

What’s the secret to a successful private cloud deployment? New research from the IT Process Institute (ITPI) indicates that IT departments should prepare to put as much thought into the business side of the project as the hardware and software that’s going into it. As Kurt Milne, Managing Director of ITPI, told InternetNews.com, “Cloud projects […]

Research in Motion (RIM) today announced that the company is planning to release BlackBerry 10 during a launch event scheduled for early next year. On January 30, 2013, RIM will roll out BlackBerry 10 along with the first two smartphones powered by the mobile operating system. The news comes after the company announced last week […]

Citrix and NetApp today announced a joint solution aimed at alleviating file access and security concerns for IT departments that are being besieged by the “bring your own device” (BYOD) trend. Dubbed NetApp Storage for Citrix ShareFile with StorageZones, the offering combines NetApp enterprise storage systems with Citrix’s on-premise and cloud file sharing platform. The […]

Corporate tablet purchasing is poised to take off during the few years, according to a new forecast from Gartner. The research firm says that businesses across the globe will snap up 53 million tablets in 2016, more than triple the amount that they are expected to buy this year (13 million). Describing the consumerization of […]

EMC’s plans for Syncplicity’s tech has come into sharper focus, months after the data storage giant snapped up the cloud file sharing startup. During its Momentum user conference this week, EMC announced a Syncplicity connector for Documentum. The integration adds support for Syncplicity, a cloud storage and syncing platform that boasts mobile device support, to […]

Four years after Google first released its Android mobile operating system (OS), it has become the undisputed king of smartphone OSes, according to IDC. The market research firm says that Android made up three quarters — a full 75 percent — of the smartphone market in the third quarter of 2012 (3Q12). According to IDC’s […]

Hurricane Sandy didn’t just render many portions of Eastern Seaboard unrecognizable — the New Jersey shore in particular — it also put telecom and cloud services providers to the test. And for many, Sandy severed ties between the public and cloud providers. According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the massive storm knocked out a […]

Hot on the heels of the Windows 8 and Surface launch events in New York City last week, Microsoft jumped to the other coast to celebrate release of its Windows Phone 8 in San Francisco today. Joe Belfiore, corporate vice president for Windows Phone at Microsoft, took to the stage in San Francisco today to […]