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• Pay only for what you use with SoftLayer's cloud service

  SoftLayer aims to let customers pay for only what they need with a new infrastructure-as-a-service pricing model it calls Build Your Own Cloud.

• Why You Don't Need a Cloud Strategy

  Amidst the overwhelming buzz of cloud computing, IT decision-makers must sort the reality from the hype to determine where cloud might provide business value for their organizations. Cloud is an important development in the landscape of computing options-to the point that most organizations will one day use cloud or cloud-like offerings-but there's no guarantee that cloud is right for your organization right now. For example, many of the most-talked-about usage scenarios for infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) entail specialized situations that few enterprises can relate to. On the other hand, there is real value, and your business may be able to achieve substantial benefit from cloud computing.

• Cloud security: The basics

  Cloud computing is one of the most-discussed topics among IT professionals today. And not too long into any conversation about the most highly touted cloud models--software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS) or platform as a service (PaaS)--the talk often turns to cloud security.

• Cloud security in the real world: 4 examples

  We laid out the essential concepts of cloud security in Cloud security: The basics.

• City Beach builds cloud-based e-commerce business in 100 days

  Surfing products and clothing retailer City Beach is moving to an enterprise-class e-commerce platform thanks to upgrades to its e-commerce cloud computing platform.

• Cloud Computing: Early Adopters Share Five Key Lessons

  While some large enterprises have moved their information-technology infrastructure to a third-party managed service to save costs, small firms--especially startups--have come to rely on cloud services to cut initial outlays and help them focus on the core services and products.

• SGI offers supercomputing as a service

  SGI is rolling out what it believes is the first hosted supercomputing service on the market.

• IBM announces cloud software-development betas

  IBM on Thursday announced beta versions of new services aimed at developers who want to create and deploy applications on public and private clouds.