Two major standards bodies aim to make workloads and services mobile across clouds.

Open Container Initiative releases image specification and runtime spec for vendors and container users.

A group of major backers formed the Project19 Foundation to support standardized gear and networking across cloud data centers.

At Interop ITX, Cisco's Susie Wee provided an update on the company's DevNet program.

When shopping for a co-location provider or cloud supplier, evaluate PUE ratings to gauge long-term costs.

Analyst report sees an the uneasy alliance between OpenStack and container software. 

'2017 State of Cloud' report finds private cloud losing its viability and hybrid cloud too complex; public cloud use advancing.

Report reveals that containers are the fast-growing part of the cloud technologies market.

The Uptime Institute has estimated the gains from eliminating 'zombie' servers versus doing nothing.

Big data, IoT, and other applications are changing cloud computing, according to Cisco's sixth annual Global Cloud Computing Index.

AWS and VMware have struck a deal that improves workload transfers between their environments.

Young startups and seasoned seven-year-olds are moving into Gartner's Magic Quadrant on Integrated Systems

IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Forecast nudges total IT budget spent on cloud to 36.9% in 2016.

451 Research finds that 40% of enterprises report that hyperconverged infrastructure occupies the core of the data center.

As VMworld 2016 opens in Las Vegas, customers have sharp opinions on VMware's commitment to the public cloud.

New paper says machine learning will extend the life cycle of flash memory, which experiences "cell wear" with repeated use.

The shift in IT spending from traditional hardware and software to cloud computing will continue over the next five years.

At the DockerCon show this week, Microsoft touted its ability to run containers on its Azure cloud.

VMware is acquiring Arkin Net, a "purpose-built" manager of its NSX networking platform.

Flash storage is maturing, and the latest products are taking on a more general-purpose storage function.