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JULY 16, 2013

Cloud Computing. Rackspace: AWS is Clouding the Picture on Dedicated Servers. Rackspace: AWS is Clouding the Picture on Dedicated Servers. He emphasized that Rackspace doesn’t aspire to be the cheapest cloud player, building its business on its “Fanatical Support,” which is a major differentiator for the San Antonio firm.

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JULY 11, 2013

Cloud Computing. SolidFire Gains Traction for SSD-Powered Cloud Storage. SolidFire Gains Traction for SSD-Powered Cloud Storage. Colt has the largest enterprise-class cloud footprint in Europe, with 20 European data centers in 10 countries. By: Jason Verge July 11th, 2013. SolidFire is definitely on to something.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

Pat takes the stage and starts talking about the different “eras” of computing: mainframe, client/server, and now the mobile/cloud era. As we are moving into the mobile/cloud era, Pat thinks that four trends are shaping this era: social, mobile, cloud, and big data. First, the control plane must be policy-driven.

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JULY 25, 2013

Savvis Announces Availability of Rebuilt Cloud Data Center. Savvis Announces Availability of Rebuilt Cloud Data Center. Savvis , the cloud hosting unit of CenturyLink, announced global availability of an infrastructure as a service offering called Cloud Data Center. By: Jason Verge July 25th, 2013.

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JULY 22, 2013

CDNs » Cloud Computing. Cedexis Now Tracks Performance for 50 Clouds. Cedexis Now Tracks Performance for 50 Clouds. Internet performance and control company Cedexis announced an extension to its Radar community services with the addition of many new clouds, and the availability of Radar reports as an app for Windows 8.

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MARCH 3, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Not all High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) is solved by VM technology. But hardware, I/O, storage and network have to be provisioned too. Cloud Computing. (55). ► 2012. (15). Cloud Computing.

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JULY 26, 2013

Hybrid Cloud Means Slower Sales Growth for Equinix. Hybrid Cloud Means Slower Sales Growth for Equinix. Colocation facilities like this Equinix data center are key components of many hybrid cloud infrastructures. But customers are taking their time in analyzing the best way to deploy hybrid clouds, Equinix said this week.

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JULY 15, 2013

Are You Up in the Air with Cloud Computing Benefits? Are You Up in the Air with Cloud Computing Benefits? Cloud computing is used in many different ways these days, but not everyone is completely on board the cloud train quite yet. Public cloud computing is not for the sole use of a single company. ALAN McMAHON.

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JULY 10, 2013

Video: A Cloud Conversation with Interxion. Video: A Cloud Conversation with Interxion. In this video recorded at GigaOm Structure 2013, Jelle Frank van der Zwet, cloud marketing manager at carrier-neutral colocation provider Interxion , speaks about cloud migration in Europe and Interxion’s footprint in Europe.

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JULY 18, 2013

Cloud Computing » Government. Department of Veterans Affairs Cancels $36 Million Cloud Contract. Department of Veterans Affairs Cancels $36 Million Cloud Contract. Remember that “Cloud First” mandate? Is the government starting to question the cloud? By: Jason Verge July 18th, 2013. RELATED POSTS: U.S.

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JULY 15, 2013

Cloud Computing. Animal Logic Contemplates Cloud Options for VFX Rendering. Animal Logic Contemplates Cloud Options for VFX Rendering. To accomplish rendering on movies and keep pace with rapidly growing compute demands, the company has had to constantly evaluate on-premise equipment upgrades or cloud opportunities.

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JULY 23, 2013

Cloud Computing » Latisys. Fishbowl Finds the Right Fit for Hybrid Cloud With Latisys. Fishbowl Finds the Right Fit for Hybrid Cloud With Latisys. “Hybrid” has replaced “cloud” as the hot buzzword, and from a customer perspective, there’s even more confusion around exactly what it means. .

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JULY 16, 2013

Cloud Computing. CloudVelocity today released its One Hybrid Cloud software for migrating applications to Amazon Web Services. The company seeks to provide seamless movement of apps between cloud platforms and data centers, as shown in this diagram. CloudVelocity Announces $13M Funding, New Tools for AWS. Image: CloudVelocity).

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JULY 28, 2013

In Disaster Recovery Planning, Don’t Neglect Home Site Restoration - Following your initial Emergency Response Plan items, you should prioritize your Home Site Restoration, writes Michelle Ziperstein of Cervalis. Tips for Purchasing Cloud Computing Services. Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles.

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JULY 12, 2013

The company announced Virtual Gateway, a cross-platform keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) software development kit (SDK) that aides solution providers offer enhanced capabilities for diagnosing and troubleshooting datacenter hardware. It’s a virtual solution rather than a hardware approach to managing and troubleshooting. Cloud Computing.

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JULY 15, 2013

Microsoft now has more than 1 million servers in its data centers, according to CEO Steve Ballmer, who confirmed the number during his keynote address during last week’s Worldwide Partner Conference in which he handicapped the size of the server platforms for the world’s leading cloud computing providers. Cloud Computing.

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JULY 22, 2013

A breakdown of power usage at Facebook’s data centers during 2012, from the company’s annual sustainability report. Facebook’s data center energy use grew 33 percent in 2012, as the company installed tens of thousands of servers in its new company-built data centers. Facebook’s Power Footprint Growing, Moving East.

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JULY 19, 2013

Internap Network Services (INAP) announced that Hiring Process Management (HPM) solutions provider TalentWise is leveraging Internap’s managed hosting and route-optimized IP connectivity services for the high-performance delivery of its cloud-based hiring solution, TalentWise Hire. Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles.

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JULY 22, 2013

The company has been working with HP to build its servers, but with its latest hardware refresh (known as G4) has opted for customized servers built by Quanta , a Taiwanese company that has built servers for Facebook and Rackspace. Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152).

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JULY 19, 2013

For sourcing, they make decisions, and thus own the hardware budgets. In regards to sourcing, the more efficiently you refresh your hardware, the better off you’ll be, and having a strong DCIM system manage changes in the data center due to hardware / technology refreshes can make all the difference. Cloud Computing.

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JULY 19, 2013

DreamWorks Animation utilized HP Enterprise Cloud Services to provide a robust, scalable, cloud-based infrastructure that offers the additional compute power needed to render the 10 CG films that are in production at any given time. DreamWorks Eyes Render Farm in the Cloud. Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles.

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JULY 19, 2013

billion from the fourth quarter of 2012. 1Q 2012: $607 million. 2Q 2012: $774 million. 3Q 2012: $872 million. 4Q 2012: $1.02 Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152).

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JULY 16, 2013

A “catastrophic failure” typically refers to a total failure of a system, which leaves little or no option for recovery. The description of the Oregon outage suggests a hardware failure for a storage unit. Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

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JULY 22, 2013

LoPoCo says it is using Intel Xeon “brawny core” chips and standard form factors, and gaining energy savings through its hardware design. ”It took a huge pile of rejected hardware to get to this point. Intel Outlines Low-Power Processor Roadmap at IDF 2012. Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles.

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JULY 12, 2013

Cloud Computing » IBM. IBM Acquires CSL to Advance the Cloud on System z. IBM Acquires CSL to Advance the Cloud on System z. With the acquisition of CSL International, IBM expands its cloud virtualization capabilities, making it even easier for clients to take advantage of Linux on System z.”

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JULY 15, 2013

And, each will provide disaster recovery office space, redundant private telco rooms and 10,000 square feet of raised floor in a Private Data Hall. In the past he’s covered all things Internet Infrastructure, including cloud (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), mass market hosting, managed hosting, enterprise IT spending trends and M&A.

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JULY 10, 2013

At WPC 2013, Microsoft Points Partners to the Cloud. At WPC 2013, Microsoft Points Partners to the Cloud. With 3,265 software piracy cases settled around the world in the past year Microsoft gladly embraces the cloud computing advantages that it can benefit its partners. PEER 1 Partners on Cloud On-Ramp for ISVs.

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JULY 22, 2013

The new data center offers re dundant application server hardware with instant local failover capability. Will Google Glass Boost Demand for Cloud Computing? Verizon Buys CloudSwitch to Boost Hybrid Clouds. He writes about a range of topics at DCK, with an emphasis on cloud hosting. Cloud Computing. May 2012 (180).

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JULY 24, 2013

Cloud Computing » IBM. Continuing to sharpen its focus on enterprise cloud computing, IBM is joining forces with Pivotal to support CloudFoundry, the versatile platform as a service (PaaS) framework that allows developers to build applications that can run on multiple clouds. IBM, Pivotal Team to Boost CloudFoundry.

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JULY 11, 2013

Cloud Computing » Services » Storage. At a Backup to the Future event this week EMC announced a broad array of new hardware and software products that enable customers to deploy new Protection Storage Architectures. Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152).

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JULY 13, 2013

Teaming up with IBM is the latest step in a journey that has taken SoftLayer from a startup to a vital cog in the cloud ambitions of a global technology leader. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure – in many cases, the storage platform has become the heart of a cloud solution. Cloud Computing.

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JULY 20, 2013

Ballmer: Microsoft has 1 Million Servers - Microsoft now has more than 1 million servers in its data centers, according to CEO Steve Ballmer, who confirmed the number during his keynote address during last week’s Worldwide Partner Conference in which he handicapped the size of the server platforms for the world’s leading cloud computing providers.

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JULY 17, 2013

Managing What Matters In the Cloud: The Apps. Managing What Matters In the Cloud: The Apps. Paul Speciale is Chief Marketing Officer at Appcara , which is a provider of a model-based cloud application platform. Cloud Management. Cloud Application Management. Industry Perspectives. PAUL SPECIALE.

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JULY 26, 2013

The AMD FirePro professional graphics demonstrations featured unique animation, display, simulation and other creative hardware and software collaborations for attendees from around the world. Hollywood’s Render Farms Move to the Cloud. Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles. December 2012 (151).

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JULY 18, 2013

Cloud Computing » Hosting. Web-based communication, collaboration and office productivity software suite provider Open-Xchange has secured $20 million in Series C funding to grow its cloud office suite. Open-Xchange is a good example of how the office is shifting over to the cloud to enable distributed, mobile workforces. “OX

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JULY 23, 2013

Ensuring High Service Levels in Cloud Computing. His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. Cloud Computing. Networking.

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JULY 23, 2013

Transporting large volumes of data at high speeds is key to enabling IT initiatives, such as cloud computing. Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. August 2012 (166).

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