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Strong Growth for Amazon EC2 in Ireland
December 10th, 2010 : Rich Miller
Netcraft says the number of web servers based in Ireland has soared since Amazon opened an EC2 data center in Dublin, illustrating how cloud computing is making it easier for companies to extend their reach internationally. Read More
Report: Amazon Buying More Land in Oregon
November 1st, 2010 : Rich Miller
Amazon is acquiring more land in Oregon, according to local media, a move that lays the groundwork for future data center expansion in the state. Read More
Weekend Roundup: Google Data Center in India?
November 1st, 2010 : John Rath
Reports of a huge Google data center in India, Linux now supports Tilera architecture, Cirrascale announces support for OpenStack, Petascale Computing facility receives construction award. Read More
Report: Amazon Leases Space in Virginia
September 28th, 2010 : Rich Miller
The commercial real estate news site Globe Street reports that Amazon has leased a 125,000 square foot building in northern Virginia that will eventually be used to expand its data center operations. Read More
Amazon: Eli Lilly Still A Customer
July 29th, 2010 : Rich Miller
Eli Lilly remains a customer of Amazon Web Services, despite reports to the contrary. Read More
Roundup: Amazon’s HPC Cloud, vSphere 4.1
July 14th, 2010 : John Rath
Amazon (AMZN) announces the availabiliy of cluster compute instances for EC2, enabling HPC in the Amazon cloud. Also, VMware rolls out its vSphere 4.1 virtualization platform. Read More
Deal Roundup: IBM, Dell, HP, Google, Amazon
July 3rd, 2010 : John Rath
It was a busy week for technology mergers and acquisitions, as IBM, Dell, Google, Amazon and HP all announced deals. Read More
Roundup: Amazon, Rackspace, Level 3, Riverbed
June 8th, 2010 : John Rath
Amazon (AMZN) CloudFront CDN adds New York node and HTTPS support, Rackspace (RAX) rolls out partnership with Ingram Micro, Level 3 (LVLT) adds switching options for Vyvx, Riverbed (RVBD) upgrades optimization software.. Read More
Netcraft Finds 365,000 Web Sites on EC2
May 14th, 2010 : Rich Miller
More than 365,000 web sites hosted on the Amazon EC2 cloud computing platform, and that number is growing fast, according to Netcraft. The data highlights EC2's emergence as a competitive threat to hosting companies. Read More