Comment and opinion on the latest cloud software and products

CIOs may not trust the cloud, but they have to offer a better service - or users will go to the Stealth Cloud, warns Ian Gotts

Orange’s mobile volunteering plans are social media wank, says Peter Judge, but maybe that’s the point

The cloud could do a lot more for users who understand how to work with licensing schemes which can limit it, says Martin Mutch of Rocela

Microsoft had little to say on security at its Worldwide Partner Conference. Larry Walsh thinks it should build security into its cloud message

Cloud computing was meant to kill fat PCs but Wayne Rash think Microsoft is right: we still need what is now called a “rich client”

Modular data centres can be delivered quickly by road just like container DCs says Akber Jaffer. But unlike their temporary counterparts, can last ten years or more and scale to hundreds of metres

As Facebook gets sued, and Google faces government criticism, eWEEK Europe says the inevitable result will be regulations that make the value of user data clearer

Britain’s Energy Secretary can talk green, says Peter Judge, but will he deliver on actual measures to promote green technology?

This week’s budget didn’t support a transition to a low-carbon economy, says Peter Judge. But it could cut emissions by reducing demand

Why are we still trying to define the cloud, asks Cameron Sturdevant? We should be asking about licence fees and service level agreements.

UK Government departments plan to cut their carbon by ten percent in a year. The cloud will help, says Peter Judge, but it will take time