Next week's HotCloud conference on cloud computing will boast a slew of fresh research into this hottest of IT topics. Here's a glimpse at the work to be showcased.

Today's cloud computing projects are missing something - a strategy Survey finds companies with cohesive cloud strategies have less trouble with cost overruns and staffing shortages.

Consequently, several projects are underway, aiming to construct a decentralized cloud network to maximize these untapped compute resources, with a focus on AI business applications.

GAIA-X, Europe's cloud project, is not moving fast enough to compete in the saturated cloud-hosting market, says a new report.

Ampere Computing is the only CPU company presently shipping merchant (independent) Arm server chips for cloud service providers.

Amazon launches Deadline Cloud, which lets customers set up, deploy and scale up graphics and visual effects rendering pipelines on AWS cloud infrastructure.

Cloud computing is going to have the same effect in software development, pharmaceuticals and many other fields—we are going to find many things we didn’t realize could exist before.” ...