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SMB Cloud Computing Growth Benefits Service Providers: AMI
As cloud computing continues to gain acceptance in emerging markets, service providers–such as telcos, multiple system operators and hosters–are well-positioned to gain mindshare and become an important route to market (RTM) for small to medium-size businesses acquiring cloud solutions, according to a report from IT research firm AMI-Partners. The company’s recently released 2011 Route-to-Market Opportunity…
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The State of Cloud Computing: Getting Real in 2012
The hype around cloud computing may have really taken off in 2010 (could you even go to an airport without seeing an advertisement for the cloud?), but vendor marketing was ahead of market adoption. With concerns around security, accessibility and unexpected downtime (crashes like the one at Amazon EC3 continued to be news well into…
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MSP Peak 10 Is Tim Tebow’s Pick for Web Infrastructure, Security
Where does the Denver Broncos’ star quarterback Tim Tebow turn to ensure his Websites keep up with user demand and stay secure? He huddles up with Jacksonville, Fla.-based MSP and cloud-solution provider Peak 10. Peak 10 is supplying the NFL superstar’s Websites, www.TimTebowFoundation.org and www.TimTebow.com, with both a cloud platform and managed services, including data…
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Oracle Releases Cloudera-Powered Big Data Appliance
Even though Oracle launched its 12-petabyte data-storage Exadata server in 2008 and its cloud database/analytics Exalogic server to equally high visibility two years later, it still believes it needs a product that is actually named "big data" so there’s no mistaking its purpose. So on Jan. 10 it launched a new data center machine called…
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AT&T Joins OpenStack Cloud Community
AT&T has joined the OpenStack community as the first major carrier to take part in the open-source cloud computing project. By joining OpenStack, AT&T can lend its hand in pushing the project forward while also tapping into the OpenStack cloud technology for AT&T s own developer cloud initiative announced Jan. 9. OpenStack is an infrastructure…
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IBM Closes on Acquisition of Platform Computing, Snaps Up Green Hat
Technology giant IBM announced it has completed the acquisition of Platform Computing, a privately held company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. On Oct. 11, 2011, IBM announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the company, a provider of cluster, grid and cloud management…