IBM demonstrates new Augmented Shopping Assistant App, which will arm consumers with information about all their in-store purchases.

Encryption card builds on Z10's BlackBerry Balance feature to lock-down corporate data.

Two-factor security company Vasco is making a bid for the consumer online security market, with a cloud-based authentication service

Dell links up with OpenStack and Canonical to offer private cloud builders a complete suite.

A Wi-Fi houseplant monitor highlights the possibilities of low-power always-on sensor networks.

Devices using the new Thunderbolt interface for high-performance external storage debuted at CeBIT, plus new unified network storage systems.

Fresh from CeBIT 2012, Teamdrive offers mobile filesharing with enterprise-grade encryption and non-US hosting.

SQL Server 2012 offers a leap forward in turning Big Data into business intelligence, says Microsoft.

Microsoft says its cloud service was downed by a calendar error

UK data centre operator Node4 has jumped into the cloud business, offering to outsource infrastructure, applications and services.

Amazon has launched a non-relational database aimed at tasks requiring massive scalability

A cloud-based voice recognition mashup enables companies to take credit card payments securely over the phone.

Going to the cloud for CRM provides greater flexibility, according to Sage.

A Polish company has developed a cloud-based manufacturing system to help smaller businesses

Application usage reporting tool gains the ability to track cloud, streamed and virtualised apps.

UK government organisations will be able to collaborate in the cloud, even on documents marked Restricted

OpenStack, the open-source operating system for clouds, is growing up.

Free network management supplier Spiceworks plans to turn up the heat on suppliers.

Riverbed adds Zeus expertise in high-performance load balancing and network traffic management to its network performance arsenal.

Four-fifths of knowledge workers say they don't have the technology they need to do their jobs.

Silver Peak adds SDK and API to make virtual appliances easier to integrate.

Extended support for Windows XP ends in under 1,000 days, but will that drive corporates to move to Windows 7?

CTS claims a first for its ability to migrate messaging from local systems to cloud services

Company move intended to mirror Amazon web services and drive deployment of larger clouds.

CAST claims it can now scan the health of organisation's applications from the cloud.

Owners like to personalise their cars but Toyota is taking things a stage further by giving motors their own social network

The silver lining of cloud computing could be storage as a service.

The silver lining of cloud computing could be storage as a service.