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A post on Google Enterprise blog has yesterday announced an important change in Google Apps business model – this service will no longer be free for small businesses. For years Google has been working on expanding the possibilities of using their cloud apps in various areas. Though a majority of users are those with free accounts, Google cloud apps are widely used in professional and educational settings all over the

We recently published a Google Drive Review where we rated this service very highly in terms of features that it offers. When it comes to file management, Google Drive is definitively one of the leaders among other services of this type. Its excellent integration with Google Docs and Gmail account enables easy sharing and collaboration but Google still finds some space for improvements here. The expansion of the clou

With all its syncing and sharing features, SugarSync already represents a harsh competitor to well-known cloud storage services Dropbox and Google Drive. To keep its position in this hierarchy Sugarsync seems to be ready to do all it takes. The proof of this is a new version 2.0 that was released as a public beta yesterday. SugarSync 2.0 offers an improved SugarSync experience with many new features. Most notable imp

Studies examining the impact of cloud computing on both current and future business trends are numerous and they quite regularly produce some similar forecasts. Most frequently, cloud computing is found to be a technological buzzword of the decade with a very bright future. More recently, Cisco’s Global Cloud Index report confirmed the predicted growth of cloud computing systems. Considering the rate at which the clo

Cloud computing technologies have become a reality for many companies and organizations, especially in the US. The benefits of cloud adoption have been widely discussed for years and most of the IT managers are familiar with most of them. Still, the questions related to a deployment of a corresponding cloud model and choosing the right vendor are still specific to each organization.  As cloud computing is still in it

It seems that Google enjoys letting information about their products leak before an actual release. Either that or they have really disloyal employees. Back in April, the information about Google Drive leaked two days before its official launch and now there is another “inside info”. Namely, Android Police allegedly got the information and the screenshots of a new Google product – Google Wallet credit card. Recently,

As the hurricane raged over the US East Coast this week the world shivered at the thought of a possible disaster. Sandy, the Frankenstorm, slowly withdrew leaving an irreparable damage and chaos behind. The citizens of the areas affected will definitively need considerable time (and money) to take everything back as it once was. However, in some aspects it could have been worse. As Sandy came closer it cut the power

Though many people would probably say HP is best known for its laptops, in corporate surroundings this company is more likely to be associated with servers. Recognizing the potential (and popularity) of cloud technologies, HP started increasingly focusing on them. Today this company announced a new cloud-based solution intended to improve the quality of services in IT setting. HP Service Anywhere is SaaS (Software-as

This week Microsoft announced adding several new features to improve their Mobile Services that allow developers to easily connect their client and mobile applications to the cloud backend. A preview of Windows Azure Mobile Services was first released in August when it was made available for those running on Windows 8. Since then, Microsoft worked on improving these services to make them more widely available. The mo

Those who are interested in using cloud computing for storing corporate or otherwise sensitive files are probably familiar with how unstable the cloud security is. When it comes to Dropbox, many people already know the history of its security and privacy failures but now there is a way to make this service safer with iTwin SecureBox. iTwin SecureBox Singapore-based company iTwin is Internet and networking solutions p