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Verizon Introduces Pay-as-You-Go Cloud Computing for Small Business
Communications giant Verizon announced it was looking to help businesses aiming to boost bandwidth, add more servers and turn up additional storage capacity to meet changing business needs with the company’s cloud computing offering, Computing as a Service, SMB. The solution, aimed at SMBs (small to medium-size businesses) joins Verizon’s CAAS (Computing as a Service)…
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Rackspace Hosting’s Headquarters Cloud Provider Moves into Abandoned Mall
Rackspace Hosting’s Headquarters Cloud Provider Moves into Abandoned Mall Rackspace moved the first of its employees into the space on May 12, 2008, about five months after demolition had begun. They sit where Mervyns used to be. Local and state incentives were offered to Rackspace to take over the abandoned mall. No Title Rackspace took…
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Ingram Micro Cloud Division Gets New Leader
IT distribution giant Ingram Micro has named a new head of its managed services and cloud computing business. Renee Bergeron will head up that arm of the business, replacing Justin Crotty who left Ingram Micro this summer to join hosted infrastructure and applications services provider, Netenrich. Bergeron will be responsible for Ingram Micro’s managed services…
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Majority of Enterprises to Use Cloud-Based E-Mail by 2020, Report Says
As companies like Google, Microsoft and IBM enter into the cloud e-mail and collaboration services (CECS) markets as part of an effort to deliver the next generation of workplace solutions, e-mail is likely to undergo major changes, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. The firm estimated that CECS is just a small…
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Cloud Fears: Quicken Online Users Shut Down
Image via Wikipedia Pointing to one of the dangers of putting all your eggs into one, uh, cloud, Intuit last weekend cut off all its Quicken Online users, encouraging them to set up Mint.com accounts instead. Intuit acquired the cloud-based personal finance application provider Mint.com a few years ago, acknowledging the momentum behind cloud-based solutions.…
