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• Video: The World of Many Clouds

  February 9th, 2012 : Rich Miller

  To highlight the critical role of the data center in the economy, Cisco has put together a video combining market data, digital imagery and footage of data halls in a Cisco facility to illustrate "A Path to the World of Many Clouds." Read More

• Cloud News: VMware, Hostway, HP

  February 8th, 2012 : John Rath

  VMWare introduces tool to help service providers automate vCloud Director deployments, Hostway launches FlexLink for hybrid clouds, HP offers cloud-based app performance testing. Read More

• Red Hat Unveils Virtual Storage Appliance for AWS

  February 7th, 2012 : Colleen Miller

  The Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance for Amazon Web Services (AWS) will enable enterprises to extend scale-out Network-attached storage (NAS) to the cloud. The new offering, along with Red Hat's Storage Software Appliance, gives users flexibility for on-premise and cloud storage options. Read More

• Telx Adds Private Clouds for Colo Customers

  February 7th, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Telx wants to make it easier for its colocation customers to run private cloud infrastructure. So today the company announced a strategic alliance with Appcore, which specializes in private cloud services for enterprises. Read More

• Cloud News: enStratus, CA Technologies, Interxion

  February 2nd, 2012 : John Rath

  enStratus releases new version of cloud management solution, CA Technologies (CA) releases new Erwin products, Interxion (INXN) welcomes European cloud partnership. Read More

• Carpathia, EFF Team to Assist Megaupload Users

  January 31st, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Managed hosting provider Carpathia Hosting says it will work with The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to assess the scope of potential data loss from legal users of Megaupload, the file-sharing service that was recently shuttered by the U.S. government. Read More

• Amazon: 762 Billion Objects Stored on S3 Cloud

  January 31st, 2012 : Rich Miller

  The number of objects stored on Amazon Web Services' S3 storage service tripled in the 12-month period between the final quarters of 2010 and 2011. Amazon S3 now stores an amazing 762 billion objects. Read More

• Roundup: PhoenixNAP, GoGrid, Sudlows

  January 31st, 2012 : John Rath

  PhoenixNAP completes Secured Servers acquisition, GoGrid selected by Conde Nast Germany, Sudlows to design and build new UK data centre for Zen Internet. Read More

• DataDirect Networks Builds Niche in Big Data

  January 26th, 2012 : Colleen Miller

  Big data - massive quantities of unstructured data - present big storage challenges. Here's how one company is addressing its storage needs with DataDirect Networks, a storage provider who serves the big data crowd - government, media and entertainment and Web companies. Read More

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