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Telcos Invested $8 Billion in Cloud Computing in First Half of 2011
Communication service providers committed almost $8 billion to cloud-related pursuits in the first six months of 2011, but recent acquisitions won’t boost cloud revenues overnight and service differentiation remains poor, according to Informa Telecoms & Media’s Telecom Cloud Monitor, an analytical tool evaluating CSP’s cloud strategies. The tool tracks the cloud-related activities of 90 CSP…
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LifeSize Takes HD Video Conferencing to the Cloud
Logitech subsidiary, LifeSize is expanding its business to the cloud. The provider of on-premise videoconferencing solutions is launching videoconferencing cloud services with, LifeSize Connections. The cloud-based HD videoconferencing service is aimed at businesses that haven’t yet taken the plunge into telepresence and desktop videoconferencing, in part because of the capital expenditures needed on pricey hardware.…
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Google Apps Cloud Outage Lessons Learned
Google has confirmed that the Google App Engine experienced a Java App Engine outage on the evening of July 14, 2011, causing chaos amongst various Java-based applications on Google App Engine for about 4 and a half hours. The outage began at 7 pm PT, at which point applications affected by the downtime experienced high…
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Dell Enters High-End Networking with Force10 Buy
Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) is making a play for the high-end data center networking market, announcing plans to acquire Force10 technology in a deal that is expected to close by the end of the summer. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dell said that it would maintain Force10’s existing channel program as it did with previous…
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Polycom Launches Video Collaboration Platform for SMBs
Unified communications specialist Polycom announced the launch of RealPresence Ready, an open video collaboration platform aimed at small to medium-size businesses. The system includes two HDX 6000 room systems, one HDX 7000 system and five Telepresence m100 software licenses. The solutions are modular so that SMB customers can add components such as Polycom Eagle Eye…
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Akamai Launches Global NetAlliance Partner Program
Cloud-based services provider Akamai Technologies, which specializes in platforms for optimizing Web and mobile content and applications, online HD video, and secure e-commerce, announced its NetAlliance Partner Program designed for global IT solution providers to integrate Akamai services into their offerings and to pass the value of Akamai’s globally distributed platform on to customers. The…