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Fountainhead: Why Utility Computing Failed (But Cloud Computing.

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And its value proposition was simple and uncomplicated: Consolidate applications, reduce hardware sprawl. At just about the same time, Amazon Web Services had begun to commercially offer these virtual machines in their EC2 – Elastic Compute Cloud. Enter Virtualization. It was a no-brainer. And Then, Commercial Examples.

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CloudVelocity Announces $13M Funding, New Tools for AWS.

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CloudVelocity today released its One Hybrid Cloud software for migrating applications to Amazon Web Services. It allows users to clone multi-tier app clusters and services, without modification, into the Amazon Web Services EC2 cloud, with migration and failover capabilities. By: Rich Miller July 16th, 2013.

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Animal Logic Contemplates Cloud Options for VFX Rendering - Data.

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It also has an EMC Isilon clustered storage system with around 500TB of primary data storage. There’s also Amazon Web Services, which announced its AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney) region late last year. “We are really trying to see whether it make sense for us to use those services. Modular Data Centers.

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Rackspace: AWS is Clouding the Picture on Dedicated Servers.

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That’s the message today from Rackspace Chief Technology Officer John Engates, who says recent price cuts on dedicated virtual machine instances from rival Amazon Web Services have led to confusion about “dedicated” products. In many cases, dedicated hardware will play a key role.”. Modular Data Centers.

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IBM, Pivotal Team to Boost CloudFoundry » Data Center Knowledge

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The framework allows developers to create apps that can run on Amazon Web Services, OpenStack clouds or VMware’s vCloud and vSphere environments. Storage Failures Hamper Cloud Foundry. IBM Unveils Cloud Services and Partnerships. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Networking.

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Hybrid Cloud Means Slower Sales Growth for Equinix » Data Center.

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Colocation centers are key components of many hybrid architectures, providing third-party space to securely host corporate infrastructure, as well as ultra-fast connections to public clouds like Amazon Web Services. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Modular Data Centers. Networking. Cloud Computing.

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Latest AWS Price Cuts Target the Enterprise - and the Competition.

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Amazon Web Services announced it is dropping the prices of dedicated instances on EC2 cloud computing by up to 80 percent. The latest price drops are for dedicated instances, which are different from regular EC2 instances in that they run on single-tenant hardware. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.