The history of cloud computing starts way back in the 1960s, when an “intergalactic computer network” was first suggested, and in recent years the technology has served to shake-up both the ...

Did you know that cloud computing can trace its roots back to the 1950s? Back then, organisations started using large-scale mainframe computers but due to their high cost couldn’t afford to ...

Though many people tout cloud computing as the next big thing, the idea is almost as old as the computer itself. The concept was born in the 1960s from the ideas of pioneers like J.C.R. Licklider ...

Can you really trust your data to distant servers? While you consider the answer to that question, here's a recap of recent outages and high-profile data misfortunes.

This past week's Microsoft-T-Mobile-Sidekick data loss mess is the latest in a string of high profile cloud computing outages that have grabbed headlines over the past couple of years. Inevitably ...

1960-69: The idea of cloud computing started to emerge before the Internet was invented. 1961: United States computer guru John McCarthy (inventor of the term artificial intelligence, or AI) first ...

The Secret History of OpenStack, the Free Cloud Software That's Changing Everything If you want to live at the Rainbow Mansion, says one former resident, you have to want to change the world.

A Brief History of Epic Cloud Computing Fails Like the convenience of storing your stuff online? Remember these four crashes, and proceed with caution ...

Past perfect? A look back at the good, the bad, and the ugly of cloud computing. In the beginning, organizations always processed data on-premises. Or did they? You may be surprised to learn that ...

Global cloud-computing market is seeing an explosive increase and will continue in similar fashion in years to come.