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The US Army has shelled out $250m to create its own private cloud.

When disaster hit the small Caribbean island of Haiti, cracks in the IT infrastructure at Oxfam GB were exposed, as millions flooded to donate. For the future, it recognised that this pattern of web traffic is just what the cloud was made for. Mark Young talks to Dr Graham Oakes, the business and technology expert that was drafted in to lead the project.

IT is becoming truly consumerised and the cloud has a major role to play in that. It’s something we hear all the time at The Cloud Circle – whether we like it or not, slowly but surely, the cloud is integrating itself into all of our day-to-day lives. With new consumer technologies accessing business critical documents remotely via the cloud, there’s a host of new risks and fears that arise, as well as some very handy benefits. Dominic Pollard explores in this, the second editorial column.

Users of Microsoft's online gaming network report thefts from privacy breach but problem relates to phishing attacks, rather than infrastructure flaws.

There are few more pressing concerns in the world of cloud computing than data location and data sovereignty. Knowing that your data in the cloud is safe and secure is of paramount importance, especially when that data is business critical or contains private, sensitive material. One piece of legislation which regularly rears its ugly head when it comes to the issue of data protection is the US Patriot Act. Luckily Dominic Pollard is on hand to talk you through exactly what it is and how it can affect the data you potentially store in the cloud.

Commercial Services' Ubiquitous could provide the education sector with cost savings through cloud solutions.

A game of cat and mouse has been played out by IT professionals and hackers for years. With cloud computing it has entered a new level. Dominic Pollard investigates.

Microsoft announces Chinese partnership to expand into the Far East.

Chip-makers Intel have announced savings of $17m thanks to their private cloud.

We are delighted to announce that Accenture is a Gold Sponsor for The 4th Cloud Circle Forum, 25 November 2010

The Cloud Circle team is absolutely thrilled that CSC will be joining the Community again as a confirmed Silver Sponsor of The 3rd Cloud Circle Forum, 16 September 2010.