http://www.cio.com/ en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:36:18 GMT 2009-07-10T06:36:18Z en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cio.com/article/496632/Google_Freebie_Puts_School_System_in_the_Apps_Cloud The freebie that Google is offering to educational institutions for its Google Apps service is sending some school systems into the cloud for e-mail and archiving. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Ellen Messmer <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496632/Google_Freebie_Puts_School_System_in_the_Apps_Cloud 2009-07-06T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496463/Oracle_Launches_Fusion_Middleware_g Oracle unveiled a major chunk of Fusion Middleware 11g, the foundation for its next-generation Fusion Applications, during an event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Chris Kanaracus <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496463/Oracle_Launches_Fusion_Middleware_g 2009-07-01T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496408/Oracle_Launches_Fusion_Middleware_g Oracle will unveil a major chunk of Fusion Middleware 11g, the foundation for its next-generation Fusion Applications, during an event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Chris Kanaracus <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496408/Oracle_Launches_Fusion_Middleware_g 2009-07-01T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496380/Security_Should_Be_Paramount_Concern_with_Cloud_Based_E_Mail_Recovery Cloud-based disaster recovery has become a viable option for safeguarding e-mail, but IT shops need to ask tough questions about data security and resiliency before committing to a vendor, analysts say. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Jon Brodkin <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496380/Security_Should_Be_Paramount_Concern_with_Cloud_Based_E_Mail_Recovery 2009-06-30T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/495557/How_To_Design_and_Build_A_Solid_Architecture_For_SOA_Policy_Management Service-oriented architecture (SOA) policy adds important business and technical flexibility and control to an SOA-based solution. At runtime, SOA policy provides ready access to change key operating characteristics of a service, including business parameters like approval limits and transaction routing. During development, SOA policy controls key aspects of how your services are built. It requires coordinated use of features and functions from multiple types of software tools and infrastructure products. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Randy Heffner, Forrester Research <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/495557/How_To_Design_and_Build_A_Solid_Architecture_For_SOA_Policy_Management 2009-06-22T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/495164/Economy_Could_Break_Outsourcers_Analysts_Say Smaller deal sizes and extensive contract renegotiations could drive service providers out of business, despite an increase in demand for IT services. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Denise Dubie <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/495164/Economy_Could_Break_Outsourcers_Analysts_Say 2009-06-16T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/494280/SOA_is_Not_Dead_Key_Lessons_From_Early_Adopters The services-oriented architecture moniker might be "sullied" by industry hype, high-profile failures and misdirection, but SOA is certainly not dead, said one analyst. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Kathleen Lau <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/494280/SOA_is_Not_Dead_Key_Lessons_From_Early_Adopters 2009-06-04T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/494134/Oracle_Set_to_Release_Long_Awaited_Fusion_Middleware_g Oracle is planning to finally release its long-simmering Fusion Middleware 11g portfolio during a July 1 launch event in Washington, D.C. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Chris Kanaracus <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/494134/Oracle_Set_to_Release_Long_Awaited_Fusion_Middleware_g 2009-06-03T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/494064/Tibco_Pushing_New_Cloud_Application_Delivery_System Tibco on Wednesday is set to unveil Silver, a platform aimed at large enterprises that want to develop and deploy applications in cloud-computing environments, but still harbor uncertainties about that model. Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Chris Kanaracus <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/494064/Tibco_Pushing_New_Cloud_Application_Delivery_System 2009-06-02T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/493369/The_Next_Wave_of_SaaS Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has gone from a curiosity to the mainstream in just a few years as businesses turn to the technology to take advantage of the inherent economies of scale. Yet that's only the beginning. Mon, 25 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT Jim Frome <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/493369/The_Next_Wave_of_SaaS 2009-05-25T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/493168/SaaS_Vendors_Need_to_Get_a_Clue_About_APIs One big obstacle to SaaS vendors getting their applications adopted more widely is that so many of them don&#8217;t offer open APIs. Wed, 20 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT Bob Brown <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/493168/SaaS_Vendors_Need_to_Get_a_Clue_About_APIs 2009-05-20T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/492882/How_to_Buy_Cloud_Computing_Services If you need more computing or storage capacity in your data center but capital expense is an issue, then a public cloud computing service makes a nice option. You get on-demand IT resources that are infinitely scalable and you pay for what you use. Mon, 18 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT Beth Schultz <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/492882/How_to_Buy_Cloud_Computing_Services 2009-05-18T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/492881/City_of_Carlsbad_Connects_to_the_Cloud The human resources people at Microsoft were somewhat taken aback when the city of Carlsbad, Calif., started grilling them on what types of background checks Microsoft performs on its own employees. Mon, 18 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT Neal Weinberg <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/492881/City_of_Carlsbad_Connects_to_the_Cloud 2009-05-18T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/492879/FAQ_Cloud_Computing_Demystified Cloud computing brings great promise, but also confusion to the IT industry. Key questions are answered here. Mon, 18 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT Jon Brodkin <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/492879/FAQ_Cloud_Computing_Demystified 2009-05-18T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/492768/Enter_the_Cloud Cloud computing is a reality, and it's a force that IT professionals need to quickly come to terms with. The economic and social motivation for the cloud is high, the business need for speed and agility is greater than ever before, and the technology has reached a level in which prudent investments in cloud services are fast and easy. The number of cloud success stories is growing every week. Thu, 14 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT David Robbins <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/492768/Enter_the_Cloud 2009-05-14T04:00:00Z