With the new Apple iPad hitting the shelves last week, Mark Young explores the enterprise case for tablets. The plethora of benefits these devices offer a business is undeniable – but a balancing act between security and functionality has to take place.

Welcome to CloudTalk. This series of posts written by myself, Dominic Pollard (the assistant editor) and Mark Young (the editor), will aim to deliver insight and opinion on some of the more topical issues in the cloud computing, wider IT and technology industries. Amid the news, features, interviews and case studies which form the basis of the editorial work we produce here at The Cloud Circle, this new column will allow us to explore and reflect on the more pertinent stories of the moment and then open it out to our readers for discussion.

A video reveals that Steve Jobs was already looking to the cloud 14 years ago.

Dell is set to sign a partnership with Chinese search engine giants Baidu in bid to break into China's tablet and smartphone market currently dominated by Apple.

Apple's fourth attempt at the Cloud - what has it got in store?