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• Open Cirrus Cloud Expands to Carnegie Mellon

  February 23rd, 2010 : Linda Leung

  Carnegie Mellon University has become the latest research institution to host a site as part of Open Cirrus, the global cloud testbed created by HP, Intel, and Yahoo to provide researchers with access to an open source cloud platform. Read More

• Key Cloud Metric: Revenue per Server

  February 22nd, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Rackspace Hosting (RAX) says revenue per server is the best metric for assessing the value of its growing cloud computing business, noting the gap between revenue from its cloud customers as managed hosting clients. Read More

• How Much Are Cloud Providers Making?

  February 22nd, 2010 : Linda Leung

  How much are the major players in cloud computing making from their cloud operations? The answers are all over the map. Here's our roundup of public companies and their cloud computing revenues. Read More

• Go Daddy Offers Mac OS X Cloud Servers

  February 19th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Go Daddy has quietly begun offering a VPS "Cloud Server" powered by Mac OS X, becoming the largest hosting provider to offer the solution for the Snow Leopard server. Go Daddy is billing it as "a complete IT solution" for small to medium sized businesses." Read More

• RightScale Powering Social Games on EC2

  February 17th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  The popularity of Amazon's cloud for running gaming apps for social networks has been a huge boost for RightScale, which helps social gaming companies Zynga, Crowdstar and Playfish manage their infrastructure on EC2. Eight of the 12 most popular games on the Web today are managed through RightScale. Read More

• CloudLeverage Eyes Enterprise Cloud Storage

  February 16th, 2010 : Linda Leung

  Cloud storage startup CloudLeverage says it offers enterprise-grade features at public cloud pricing. The company is funded by hosting and colocation provider Netriplex, and says its service will be cheaper than using Amazon's storage cloud. Read More

• HP Announces Cloud Design Service

  February 16th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  HP is expanding its cloud consulting portfolio with the HP Cloud Design Service, which will evaluate customers' existing infrastructure and requirements and create a custom cloud infrastructure design and implementation plan. Read More

• Which Cloud Platform and CDN Are Fastest?

  February 12th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Cloud computing market maker CloudHarmony this week published results of its "speed test" for leading cloud platforms and content delivery networks. Among cloud services, Voxel, Amazon EC2 and the IBM Developer Cloud fared the best. Read More

• Equinix: On-Ramp to the Cloud?

  February 12th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Equinix (EQIX) has seen a "meaningful increase in demand" from cloud computing providers looking to host their infrastructure. "We have a tremendous opportunity to connect the world's clouds through Equinix," said CEO Steve Smith. Read More

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