What will your next work computer look like? Virtualization is changing the corporate PC into an amorphous mass of computing resources -- meaning much of the power of your next PC will be defined not by the hardware on your shoulder, but by the data centers and external service providers that your company utilizes.

The Google break from China raises some questions for the enterprise considering cloud computing. It's one thing if the network goes down. That can be fixed. But when the government does its own blockade, that's another story. Google Apps customers face this very issue. Google has the thorny task of explaining to its customers of what they may expect when using Google Apps in mainland China. [..]

IBM will tout a big cloud computing win. Consumer electronics giant Panasonic will migrate a total of 300,000 employees and partners off of Microsoft Exchange and other collaboration technologies to Big Blue's LotusLive platform.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt says your privacy doesn't exist and a mini uproar ensues. Even one of Mozilla's director of community is giving Bing an endorsement over Google after Schmidt's comments. Let's connect a few dots.

InfoWorld compares Google Apps' promises with the reality of what it delivers

CIO Scott Lowe walks through the buy vs. build analysis for software as a service and cloud computing.

TechRepublic’s CIO Jury finds that IT leaders trust Microsoft more than Google as a technology partner, but tune in next year. Jason Hiner outlines the latest findings in the TechRepublic CIO Jury. In a nutshell, it looks like this: So why do I expect Google’s standing to look better next year? Last week, I was at the [...]

CIO.com's guide to cloud computing and its various flavors, risks and rewards, providers, and more.

One of the early promises of SaaS (software as a service) and cloud computing was that it would allow startups to directly market their Web services while skipping the expensive, lengthy process of creating an ecosystem of partners and resellers. "Building the channel" was an antiquated strategy, they argued, a legacy of on-premise dinosaurs such as Oracle Corp. and Microsoft Corp.

In last week's blog, I dove into the network issues I see surrounding the much-hyped "cloud computing" solutions. I thought I'd continue my harangue a bit this week with three more issues I see. But don't fear, next week the storm clouds will start to clear (or at least I'll have some ideas on how to weatherize your network). Read more