Cloud computing is the new hot trend, but anyone business that has tried to move itself into the cloud has generally been in for a shock. Yes, the cloud may be cheaper than owning servers, but it has its own painful issues. Enter startup Standing Cloud, which wants to make the jump to the cloud into a cake walk.
IT trends researcher Gartner cut its forecast for 2011 worldwide PC shipment growth from 18.1% to 15.9%. That's still very robust for PCs, but it's an early sign that the iPad's wild popularity is taking a toll on the rest of the computer industry.
After Hewlett-Packard outbid Dell for cloud-computing company 3Par in September, Dell has moved on to a new -- and this time, seemingly painless -- acquisition target: Boomi. The company has developed software to more easily move data from the cloud to customers' computers.