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• Joyent Secures $85M in Venture Funding

  January 23rd, 2012 : Colleen Miller

  Cloud computing company Joyent announced $85 million in funding which will support the computing software and services firm's expansion around the globe. Read More

• Video: Demo of PentOS Open Stack Cloud

  January 23rd, 2012 : Colleen Miller

  Piston Cloud Computing CEO and founder Joshua McKenty demonstrates in this video how to configure, install and deploy a PentOS cloud using a USB drive. Read More

• Piston Releases Private Cloud Based on OpenStack

  January 20th, 2012 : Colleen Miller

  Many industries must rely on private cloud to meet their security and compliance needs. Piston Cloud Computing release the first open source enterprise OS for private clouds based on OpenStack. Read More

• Roundup: Amazon’s DynamoDB

  January 19th, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Amazon Web Services has launched DynamoDB, a fully managed NoSQL database service. Here’s a roundup of notable analysis and commentary from around the web. Read More

• Cloud News: Tidemark, Meraki

  January 19th, 2012 : John Rath

  Tidemark raises $24 million for enterprise performance management, Meraki introduces cloud managed switches. Read More

• Network Optimization Through Cloud Architecture

  January 19th, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau

  This white paper from Emerson provides a detailed overview of cloud computing technology, detailing common types of cloud architectures and services as well as driving factors and perceived risks impacting widespread adoption. Read More

• Cloud News: Fujitsu, Dell, Microsoft

  January 18th, 2012 : John Rath

  Fujitsu launches Big Data cloud services, Dell Boomi selected by Taleo, Microsoft System Center ushers in private cloud simplicity. Read More

• CloudSigma to Power Attend’s MediaCloud

  January 17th, 2012 : Colleen Miller

  Specialized services for media companies to leverage cloud services have been developed by Attend, LLC. They are now using CloudSigma's Infrastructure as a Service to power their MediaCloud offering as well as an upload accelerator. Read More

• Cloud Disputes: The Legal View

  January 17th, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Will cloud computing outages wind up in court? Folks in the legal profession expect they will. Here's a look at some of the legal issues that might arise in downtime or data losses in cloud hosting scenarios. Read More

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