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Dell, Opscode and Rackspace Demo OpenStack Cloud
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Dell, Opscode and Rackspace on March 9 demonstrated what they described as the first fully automated provisioning of a multinode OpenStack cloud, a new de facto cloud operating system. The demo was staged during an OpenStack gathering at the third annual Cloud Connect conference here at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The demonstration…
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Cloud Services Contracting Carries Risks: Report
Although cloud offerings are rapidly maturing, the immaturity of cloud service contracting means that many contracts have structural deficits, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. The company identified four risky issues that CIOs and sourcing executives should be aware of when contracting for cloud services, including the risk that cloud sourcing contracts…
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The Cloud Is No Big Deal, Right?
As the cloud looms larger over the IT channel, some solution providers may rightfully wonder what exactly is the big deal. After all, many of you for years have been offering hosted software applications to customers that essentially are cloud services under a different name. And as such, you already know the benefits of cloud…
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McAfee Opens Fifth Cloud Data Center
Just a week after Intel completed its acquisition of McAfee, it’s back to business as usual as the security company expands its cloud footprint with a new data center to power its security software as a service business. McAfee has activated its fifth cloud data center in the past 12 months, and another center is…
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SMBs Turning to Backup in the Cloud: Forrester
Small to midsize businesses are beginning to move toward cloud-based backup (as opposed to traditional technologies) to protect their company data, according to a Forrester Research survey whose goal was to discover the drivers for the move to cloud-based recovery tech versus traditional on-premises solutions. The report, commissioned by cloud-basked backup specialist Asigra, found that…
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Tripwire’s Cloud Security Launched for Partners
Security and compliance vendor Tripwire is changing its sales paradigm with by shifting its licensing to flat-rate model that it hopes will prove to be friendlier to service providers and could stand as an example of how security vendors cater to the managed services market in the near future. The shift is part of the…