Cloud Computing 2011 - Special Report
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Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off today in San Francisco at the Moscone center. Chief Executive Steve Jobs is expected to deliver the keynote address at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET), and is expected to announce several new software offerings.
Consumers and the Cloud
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Security breaches highlight the need for cloud customers to perform better due diligence and for a standard set of best practices to instill confidence that data will be handled reliably.
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Amazon, Google and Apple are among the companies that will fight to dominate the consumer cloud technology space, primarily through music storage platforms.
The Business of the Cloud
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Some people will tell you that because the oddsmakers aren't expecting a new iPhone from Apple today, this Steve Jobs keynote isn't a very big deal. They're wrong. This is the most important Apple announcement in recent memory.
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The technology may be just a marketing tool or a true innovation but whatever cloud computing is, many people don't understand the concept. So here's brief question and answer session to get you in the know.
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Executives are buzzing about the potential appreciation of their cloud investments, as the technology takes off.
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While growing computing demand will mean more energy consumption, wider use of cloud computing technology will prove to be a net benefit to the environment over the longer term, say industry watchers.
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With ever-increasing amounts of data being generated, energy-thirsty data centers are quickly becoming many firms’ most important green initiative.
Slideshow
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While there's a lot of general confusion about what, exactly, cloud computing is, identifying the industry's big players isn't too difficult.
Videos
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The future of cloud computing and which companies stand to gain or lose from this technology, with Larry Haverty, Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust Fund; Lance Ulanoff, PCMag.com; and CNBC's Jon Fortt.
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Analysis of companies that will profit from cloud computing, as well as what it means to the tech sector's future, with Larry Haverty, Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust Fund; Lance Ulanoff, PCMag.com; and CNBC's Jon Fortt.
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Robert Beauchamp, chairman of the board and CEO of BMC Software discusses the firm's latest earnings report.
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CNBC's Jon Fortt reports on Amazon's controversial launch of a cloud music service.
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The future of Internet security, an assessment of the risks, and a look at the company, with Enrique Salem, Symantec president/CEO and CNBC's Jon Fortt.
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Andrew Pickup, chief operating officer at Microsoft APAC says despite the apprehension from small companies in Asia to adopt cloud computing, the business is growing aggressively in the region as much as 40% growth per annum.
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Catherine Wood, AllianceBernstein, with a look at what she sees in future trends. Cloud computing, energy transformation, and Web 2.0 are among the "themes" she's currently watching.