Australian startups are leaning on cloud-based tools to overcome obstacles they face in a competitive environment. But what does their cloud technology stack look like? Let's find out.

OneDrive users have been asking for a differential sync feature for the cloud storage service for some time. The feature would only sync parts of files that have been updated instead of syncing everything, which would save time and bandwidth. Microsoft has now revealed it will be introducing differential sync to OneDrive in the second quarter of this year.

It's not a big surprise that some people use Google Drive, one of the biggest cloud storage service in the world, to store pirated video content. But Google Drive has a way of detecting copyrighted material and blocking users from sharing them.

Microsoft has reduced the price of some virtual machine (VM) instances and storage offerings on its Azure public cloud platform. Here's how much you will save.

Google has released a number of new tools for its G Suite productivity apps for enterprises that will give administrators more control over data security. Here's what you need to know.

Dropbox has announced some new features to help teams in businesses collaborate better, include a new viewer info feature and Smart Sync for business customers. The company is also bringing Dropbox Paper, a tool that is like a stripped down version of Google Docs, out of beta and making it available worldwide. Here's what you need to know.

Some Dropbox users noted that some files they had deleted a long time ago on the cloud storage service had been resurrected. Dropbox has admitted that this was caused by a bug that prevented files from being completely removed from its servers. While trying to fix the bug, Dropbox accidentally restored the deleted files to user accounts.

Microsoft has added a host of new features for OneDrive for Business, its cloud storage service for organisations. This includes a OneDrive admin centre that lets IT administrators dictate how end-users access files in the cloud storage platform.

Google has added a new subscription option for its cloud storage service Google Drive. You can now prepay annually and get a nice discount when you do so.

Cisco has confirmed that it is killing its $1 billion cloud project known as “Intercloud,” as The Reg’s Simon Sharwood reported.

More than half of Australian CIOs are planning to invest more in public cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) in the next 12 month. This will contribute to a 60% growth in the IaaS business locally, reaching $621 million by the end of the year, according to new research.

The likes of Google, Microsoft, Apple, Dropbox, and Box are falling over themselves to offer you straightforward cloud storage and syncing services. If you’ve signed up for two or three of these apps, then you can easily combine them to create extra online copies of your files, just in case one of them goes down at an inopportune time.

Cloud computing has really taken off in recent years and there are many businesses proudly boasting their cloud credentials. Now they can put it in their domain name.

There's no doubt that organisations of all sizes are looking to cloud computing for IT cost savings and the ability to remain competitive as technology becomes a key part of doing business. But there are associated challenges for companies that do adopt cloud technology. We take a look at some of the top concerns for companies when it comes to cloud computing.

Organisations are increasingly adopting hybrid cloud models, procuring public cloud services while still maintaining control of a private cloud. But managing a hybrid environment to ensure consistency across public and private cloud services can be challenging. To make this easier for businesses that use its public cloud platform, Azure, Microsoft is launching Azure Stack for hybrid cloud environments, which will be available as a technical preview this week.

IBM has ramped up efforts to make mainframes sexy again by adding hybrid cloud capabilities, along with other goodies, to its LinuxOne offering. The Linux-based mainframe was released last year with ability to scale out to 8000 virtual servers. Here's what you need to know.

Investment company North Bridge recently collaborated with analyst firm Wikibon to conduct a large scale global survey to gauge the sentiments of IT users and buyers towards cloud computing. No surprise that cloud adoption in the enterprise is on the rise but expectations and approaches towards the cloud has shifted, according to the survey findings.

There has been more changes with Microsoft's OneDrive cloud storage service with the vendor bringing back the Unlimited storage option for selected business users. This marks the third time the company has tinkered with OneDrive plans in the past two months.

Google Photos has the ability to recognise the contents contained within images to help users sort and search through photos based on keyword. Now developers can embed that image recognition technology into their own apps with Google's Cloud Vision API. The company has just released the API in limited preview on its Google Cloud Platform.