Cloud Computing SLAs

If you watch Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) business strategy closely, it's clear the search giant wants the Google Apps-Chrome combination to put the squeeze on Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) emerging Windows Server 2012-Windows 8-Office 2013 initiatives....More

A growing number of Google's cloud applications have completed SSAE 16/ISAE 3402 SOC 2 Type II audits....More

Office 365 Open will allow Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) channel partners to manage end-customer cloud billing for Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Lync Online. But Microsoft hasn't publicly shared any firm details about the strategy, nor has the software company disclosed exactly when Office 365 Open will arrive. It sort of makes you wonder: What's going on here?...More

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has unveiled virtualization software that will allow cloud services providers (CSPs) to more easily move VMs from one data center to another. In theory, that means CSPs will be able to redeploy virtualized applications (say, Exchange Server, SharePoint, Lync and more) in a matter of moments based on real-time customer needs and workloads....More