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Teradata’s Aprimo Acquisition Aids Expansion to Cloud Software Services
(Reuters) – Enterprise data warehousing company Teradata Corp agreed to buy privately held Aprimo for $525 million to expand into cloud software services, as it gears to meet challenges from larger rivals IBM and Oracle. Indianapolis-based Aprimo provides software to its enterprise customers, who use it to analyze data to map out their marketing and…
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CA Technologies Predicts Cloud Security Adoption Gains in 2011
A poll of CA Technologies experts found inside threats to cloud security will continue to grow next year, but predicted 2011 would b the year IT security enabled cloud adoption on a broader scale. Company research suggested organizations would begin using behavioral analysis to predict threat from the inside. There is case study research in…
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OS33 Introduces Quick Start Hosted IT Program
OS33, a cloud-based IT delivery automation platform for managed service providers (MSPs), announced its Quick Start Program, which provides new partners with a branded demo environment within 24 hours, giving them access to a hosted IT automation platform. Quick Start is available on a month-to-month basis for $500 per month. Partners can then transition to…
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Enterprise SAAS Adoption Grows: Gartner
We knew the cloud was huge in 2010, but if recent numbers are to believed, the SaaS or “cloud” delivery model gained major ground in the enterprise sector this year. Vendors with SaaS (Software as a Service) models for enterprise applications were able to score $9.2 billion this year—that’s up 15.7 percent from 2009 which…
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Cloud Computing Could Cut Data Center Energy Costs
The efficiencies provided by cloud computing could reduce global data center energy costs by up to 38 percent by 2020, analysts say. According to a new report from Pike Research, the energy efficiency benefits of cloud computing are substantial, and growth in the market will have important implications for both energy consumption and greenhouse gas…
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Rackspace, Unisys Launch Private Cloud Services
Unisys and Rackspace rolled out private cloud offerings that combine cloud computing efficiencies, potential cost savings, and scalability, with the convenience and security of managed hosting services, at the Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas this week. The Unisys Hosted Secure Private Cloud offers customers a cloud infrastructure that is deployed and managed remotely.…