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The Beta of The Fedora 18 Linux-Based Distribution Has Been Released
Dec 18, 2012After a number of delays, the beta of the Fedora 18 Linux-based distribution has been released. The beta release date had been extended six times over the past two months, mostly due to an underestimation of the amount of work required to ...
Tags: anaconda, beta, Distribution, fedora 18, highlightedpost, Linux, software
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The Oracle OpenWorld Conference 2012 Opened Today at The Moscone Exhibition Centre
Dec 17, 2012The Oracle OpenWorld Conference 2012 opened today at the Moscone Exhibition Centre, San Francisco. The five day affair began today with a keynote from CEO Larry Ellison who began by thanking the company’s 390,000 customers across the ...
Tags: Oracle OpenWorld Conference, keynote, ICT, cloud strategy
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Sales of Cloud Services Will Exceed $100bn Globally After a 19% Increase
Dec 17, 2012Sales of cloud services will exceed $100bn globally this year after a 19% increase over the past 12 months. According to Gartner, sales of business processes as a service (BPaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS), which includes ...
Tags: cloud services, sales, BPaaS
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Google Expands IaaS Cloud Computing Platform Into Europe and Cut Price of Storage
Dec 17, 2012Google is expanding its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud computing platform into Europe and cutting the price of its cloud-based storage by 20%. From December 1 2012 the price for up to 1TB of storage will be reduced by $0.025 per ...
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Cloud Computing Is a Potential Game-Changer for SMEs
Dec 17, 2012Cloud computing is a potential game-changer for SMEs, according to IT consortium, the Open Group. But most SMEs find the technology confusing and are unsure how to implement it, said the group of suppliers, users and academics. ...
Tags: cloud computing, SMEs, IT consortium
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PeakColo Announced Today a Strategic Partnership
Dec 14, 2012PeakColo,a leading provider of enterprise-class Infrastructure-as-a-Service(IaaS)with its WhiteCloud Services and technology solutions,announced today a strategic partnership to further its presence in North America by locating its newest ...
Tags: cloud services, MT Data Center, PeakColo, IaaS
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Microsoft Is Set to Slash Windows Azure Storage Prices by 28% From 12 December 2012
Dec 7, 2012Microsoft is set to slash Windows Azure Storage prices by 28% from 12 December 2012. The news comes just days after Google cut its cloud-based storage prices by 20% and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a 25% price reduction for Amazon ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows, slash prices, cloud-based storage, Google
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LHC Which Aims to Answer Fundamental Questions of The Universe's Existence
Dec 6, 2012The Large Hadron Collider(LHC),which aims to answer fundamental questions of the universe's existence,is one of CERN's most important projects.But as the LHC produces 1PB of data every second,big data and lack of computing resources were ...
Tags: CERN, OpenStack, cloud computing, LHC, Essex
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Red Hat Has Upgraded The Software to Offer More Advanced Storage Capabilities
Dec 5, 2012IDG News Service-Less than a year after a major update to its Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization(RHEL)package,Red Hat has upgraded the software to offer more advanced storage capabilities. Released Wednesday,RHEV 3.1 allows administrators ...
Tags: Red Hat, Storage Savvy, software, RHEV
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The Sales Pitch for Servers in The Cloud Has Always Leaned on The Word"Commodity"
Nov 21, 2012The sales pitch for servers in the cloud has always leaned on the word"commodity."You push a button,and voilA,a root password is yours within minutes.The machines in the cloud may not be exactly what you would order if you were filling out ...
Tags: Joyent Cloud, commodity cloud provider, SmartOS, virtualization tool
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Number of Global IT Services Deals with a Cloud Computing Element Have Tripled Since 2010
Nov 20, 2012The number of global IT services deals with a cloud computing element have tripled since 2010,according to research from IT outsourcing consultancy Information Services Group(ISG). ISG used its TPI index to analyse IT outsourcing deals ...
Tags: IT, Cloud Computing, ISG, IT services, Outsourcing
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The Technology to "Print" Food Will Be Available in The Relatively Near Future
Nov 20, 2012Cisco futurist Dave Evans has predicted that the technology to "print" food will be available in the relatively near future. Answering questions in a Twitter interview this afternoon under the hastag '#AskFuturist', Evans provided a ...
Tags: Cisco, Dave Evans, SAAS, IAAS
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Global Revenue for Platform as a Service Will Grow Consistently for Five Years From 2012
Nov 19, 2012Global revenue for platform as a service(PaaS)will grow consistently for five years from 2012 to reach$2.9bn in 2016,up from$900m in 2011,according to research firm Gartner. But as the platform-as-a-service delivery model grows,it will ...
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Amazon Could Venture Into The Mobile Chip Arena
Nov 15, 2012E-commerce giant Amazon could venture into the mobile chip arena,as it looks set to acquire the mobile chip arm of semiconductor firm Texas Instruments. Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet,released in the UK this month,is powered by a processor ...
Tags: Amazon, mobile chip, Texas Instruments
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The Government's Pensions Ombudsman Signs for a Case Management System Via The G-Cloud
Nov 8, 2012The government's Pensions Ombudsman has signed a deal for a case management system via the G-Cloud. The cloud case-management system will deliver a central reference point for individual complaints to the government-appointed regulator. ...
Tags: pensions, watchdog signs, G-Cloud deal, Pensions Ombudsman
