At least one senior technologist thinks that Amazon removing WikiLeaks from its servers could raise red flags about the utility of cloud computing, while programmer and open-web advocate Dave Winer believes… Read more »
Hewlett-Packard has agreed to buy security software maker ArcSightfor $1.5 billion in cash, as the computer giant tries to expand the range of services it offers corporate clients. ArcSight’s software is… Read more »
In a highly anticipated milestone, Facebook crossed the 500-million-user mark this week, but from an operational standpoint, expanding that quickly is likely to become more and more difficult over time. The… Read more »
Newspapers are in a tough spot, with circulation flat or declining and advertising revenue looking weak. So how can they become more efficient? The chief technology officer of the Telegraph Media… Read more »
The race is on to find relevance in the reams of social data produced every day, but one problem is the sheer quantity of information involved. Researchers now say they have… Read more »
A panel of GigaOM Pro analysts said the future of cloud computing will likely involve the development of shared standards for interoperability of private clouds, and that “platform as a service”… Read more »