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• HP Supports OpenStack; Nebula Launches

  July 28th, 2011 : Colleen Miller

  OpenStack, an open source cloud computing infrastructure project which grew out of a collaboration of Rackspace and NASA, keeps gaining momentum, with two more announcements at this week's OSCON conference. Today, OpenStack has participation from more than 90 organizations with 1,200 participants. Read More

• F5 Advances Data Center Vision With BIG-IP

  July 28th, 2011 : John Rath

  F5 Networks (FFIV) announced the release of its BIG-IP version 11 software Monday. The latest version speeds provisioning of services on an application-by-application basis, and enables better visibility and reporting of IT resource utilization. Read More

• Cloud News: Citrix, VCE, SIIA, TechAmerica

  July 28th, 2011 : John Rath

  Citrix Systems (CTXS) adds executives to further personal cloud, VCE helps government agencies embrace the cloud, SIIA presses for self-regulated cloud computing. Read More

• Dell ‘Crowbar’ Speeds OpenStack Deployment

  July 27th, 2011 : Colleen Miller

  OpenStack's open cloud platform gains momentum as Dell launches an OpenStack-based IaaS cloud solution, while Gluster releases an OpenStack connector for its cloud storage. Read More

• Time to Embrace Employee-Owned Smartphones?

  July 26th, 2011 : Olafur Ingthorsson

  IDC says employee-owned smartphones will represent more than half (56%) of the business smartphones shipped in 2013. This presents both opportunities and challenges for organizations with highly mobile workforces. Read More

• Roundup: SOASTA, EMC, CiRBA, Skydera

  July 21st, 2011 : John Rath

  SOASTA launches CloudTest lite, Lone Star College selects EMC gear, CiRBA to migrate 100,000 workloads to the cloud, Skydera launches C3 Developer Edition. Read More

• Roundup: SGI, EMC, PEER 1, Cisco

  July 19th, 2011 : John Rath

  SGI selected by CSC for NOAA supercomputing project, EMC helps Peer 1 roll out storage service, Cisco to eliminate 6,500 employees. Read More

• UK Survey Finds Satisfaction With Cloud Providers

  July 18th, 2011 : Olafur Ingthorsson

  A new survey of UK-based IT shops showed high levels of satisfaction with cloud service providers, but lingering confusion about business interruption issues and the consequences of downtime. Read More

• Can You Trust the Cloud?

  July 13th, 2011 : Kevin Normandeau

  Cloud computing is reshaping the way information technology is stored, managed and delivered. For many forward thinking data center managers, it is the way of the future, offering tremendous business benefits. In spite of the great promise of the cloud, some government agencies and enterprise organizations are holding back from fully embracing it. For the majority of them, it all boils down to one question: Can I trust the cloud? Read More

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