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Microsoft Continues to Target The Enterprise with The Introduction of a Private on-Ramp
Feb 27, 2014Microsoft continues to target the enterprise with the introduction of a private on-ramp for Windows Azure cloud services. The service, called ExpressRoute, allows organisations to directly connect their data centres to Azure without using ...
Tags: Windows Azure cloud services, Enterprise Push, Private on-Ramps
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IBM Today Announced Plans to Commit $1.2 Billion to Expand Its Global Cloud Footprint
Jan 20, 2014IBM today announced plans to commit $1.2 billion (£730 million) to expand its global cloud footprint through a number of new data centres set to open this year. The company said it will use the money to open up to 15 new data ...
Tags: IBM, Computer Products
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IBM Is Developing Software That Will Allow Organisations to Use Cloud Storage Services
Dec 10, 2013IBM is developing software that will allow organisations to use multiple cloud storage services interchangeably, reducing dependence on any single cloud vendor and ensuring that data remains available even during service outages. Although ...
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HP Took Back Its Server Crown From IBM Last Quarter as The Overall Market Contracted
Dec 9, 2013Hewlett-Packard took back its server crown from IBM last quarter as the overall market contracted, IDC reported Wednesday. HP expanded its share of the market only modestly from a year earlier but IBM’s portion declined 4.5 points ...
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Global Cloud Traffic Will More Than Quadruple,From 1.2 Zettabytes in 2012 to 5.3 ZB
Nov 29, 2013Cisco Systems’s third annual Global Cloud Index forecasts that global cloud traffic will more than quadruple, from 1.2 zettabytes in 2012 to 5.3 ZB in 2017. That works out to about 443 exabytes a month, or about 476 billion GB. ...
Tags: Cisco Systems, Cloud Computing, Forecast
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Rackspace to Host and Support Online Sales Is Picked by Cbazaa
Nov 27, 2013Rackspace Hosting, the open cloud company, has been selected by online Indian ethnic wear store Cbazaar to host and support its online sales backbone using the Rackspace Hybrid Cloud. “As an online retailer, it’s imperative ...
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The Federal Deficit Is Estimated at $680 Billion for 2013
Nov 19, 2013The federal deficit – the amount by which the US government’s total budget outlay exceeds its total receipts for a fiscal year – is estimated at $680 billion for 2013. The federal debt – the sum total of the ...
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Nigel Beighton Outlined The Five Areas
Sep 20, 2013Nigel Beighton, VP of technology of hosting company Rackspace, outlined the five areas that firms should focus on in order to get the most out of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Speaking at Structure Europe in London, Beighton said ...
Tags: Computer Products, cloud
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VMware VCenter Server Will Allow IT Staff to Control Their VMware Environments
Aug 26, 2013The introduction of Rackspace's hosted Dedicated VMware vCenter Server will allow IT staff to control their VMware environments from a data center run by the vendor. As enterprises move IT infrastructure out of their own data centers, ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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IT Industry Is Among Those That Must Plan How Its Workforce Will Be Impacted
Aug 22, 2013until 2030, the IT industry is among those that must plan how its workforce will be impacted when these employees eventually retire.? While the tech industry emphasizes the new, legacy system skills are still valued since some companies ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Major Cloud Providers Will "Gobble up" The Competion as Smaller Providers Struggle
Aug 13, 2013Major cloud providers such as Google, Amazon and Facebook will "gobble up" the competion as smaller providers struggle to compete with what the giants have to offer. That's what Josko Grljevic, information systems director for ...
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Enterprises That Rely on Cloud-based Services Are Getting More Options
Aug 13, 2013Enterprises that rely on cloud-based services are getting more options for falling back on another cloud if necessary. On Tuesday, Nasuni introduced a cloud-to-cloud mirroring option to give customers extra assurance that their data will ...
Tags: Clouds
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Security Provisions of Commercial Cloud Services Are Frequently Inadequate
Aug 6, 2013Security provisions of commercial cloud services - especially software-as-a-service (SaaS) - are frequently inadequate, with contracts containing "ambiguous terms regarding the maintenance of data confidentiality, data integrity and ...
Tags: Gartner, Security provisions
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After Three Years,OpenStack Has Grown Into a True Enterprise Proposition
Jul 24, 2013After three years, OpenStack has grown into a true enterprise proposition, according to Rackspace VP of Technology and Products, Nigel Beighton, with a user community growing as the technology matures into a viable option for data centre ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Rackspace Is Now Offering Hosted Versions of The MongoDB Data Store
Jun 21, 2013Rackspace is now offering hosted versions of the MongoDB data store, using MongoDB management technologies it acquired from its purchase of ObjectRocket in February. It also has contracted with 10gen, the company shepherding the open source ...
Tags: Rackspace, MongoDB Service, Data Store
