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Would-be cloud powers tout alliances; AWS regroups to meet demand for its new...
Legacy IT powers get partner religion in hopes of boosting cloud cred Cloud computing must be getting mature — most of the big news last week revolved around IT vendors forming alliances with each...
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Intel expands “Intel Inside” cloud branding beyond Amazon
Intel(s intc) which parlayed the hell out of the “Intel Inside” sticker in the PC world, aims to replicate that branding success in cloud. As of Tuesday, 16 cloud providers can plaster the...
View ArticleThe enterprise adapts to “as a Service” delivery
As the Gigaom Research research director for cloud and analytics, Ashar Baig is always finding new “as a Service” offerings in the market. With the likes of desktop, security, disaster recovery, and...
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OpenStack pioneer Rackspace is in the hot seat
Last month, when Rackspace(s rax) hired Morgan Stanley in May to explore its options — including a possible sale to another company — it no doubt hoped to drum up a lot of interest. But that,...
View ArticleVerizon promises to get its cloud service online in early September
Things have been pretty quiet on the cloud front from Verizon since last October, when the company made some pretty big promises for its brand new, built-from-scratch cloud. But, starting the first...
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CenturyLink said to be in the hunt for Rackspace
CenturyLink’s buying binge may not be over. The telco that is trying to position itself as a cloud leader may buy Rackspace Hosting, according to a Bloomberg news report. Rackspace has a current...
View ArticleWhy RackLink might not be such a good idea after all
Upon first glance, when news broke over the weekend that CenturyLink was weighing a bid for Rackspace, a deal sort of made sense. Rackspace is looking for more scale to bring it closer to the big guys...
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With Amazon, Google and Microsoft in the mix, can anyone else contend in...
If you ask Microsoft EVP Scott Guthrie who the players are in public, “massive-scale” cloud, he listsAmazon Web Services, Google and (surprise!) Microsoft. That appears to be the general consensus...
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Docker and the Linux container ecosystem
Linux container technology is experiencing tremendous momentum in 2014. The ability to create multiple lightweight, self-contained execution environments on the same Linux host simplifies application...
View ArticleCloud Foundry Foundation names Ramji CEO
The Cloud Foundry Foundation, put in place last year to promote the open-source platform as a service framework, now has new leadership. Sam Ramji, former VP of strategy of Apigee, is now CEO. In the...
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