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.

iomart has coughed up just under £2.5m to acquire ESQN to expand its hosting service, it was announced last week.

Bangalore-based Aditi Technologies has joined forces with cloud startup Cumulux to offer new services over Microsoft's Window Azure platform.

Israeli/US project management SAAS company unveils strong growth and plans to add permissions.

Computing giant hopes to wrestle market from competitors with interoperable SaaS/PaaS offering.

Electronic Content Management specialists Hyland Software today releases its new HR efficiency whitepaper which includes independent research carried out on its behalf. Earlier this week, The Cloud Circle met with representatives from the two companies to discuss the report and the findings it has yielded.

Meg Whitman, former chief executive of eBay, has replaced Leo Apotheker as CEO of HP.

Salesforce.com locks sights on smaller businesses through its $50m acquisition of Assistly.

Company looks to concentrate on software with £6bn bid for Autonomy

Global computing giant Oracle has announced that it is launching a recruitment drive to add 1,700 more jobs to its payroll across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as it gears up for an assault on the Cloud market.