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• Vivek Kundra Joins Salesforce.com

  January 17th, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Vivek Kundra has a new platform for his "cloud first" message. Kundra, who served as the first Chief Information Officer for the U.S. government, has joined Salesforce.com (CRM) as executive vice president of emerging markets. Read More

• Roundup: Oracle, Dell, Cloupia, NetApp, SGI

  January 13th, 2012 : John Rath

  Oracle launches Big Data Appliance and Netra Sparc T4 Servers, Dell delivers new storage solutions, Cloupia supports NetAp FlexPod, SGI reaches $90 million in ICE X orders in eight weeks. Read More

• Peak 10 Helps Tim Tebow Scale His Web Sites

  January 13th, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Tim Tebow's knack for engineering last-minute comebacks has made the Broncos' rookie quarterback an Internet sensation - one who needs sturdy IT infrastructure. Tebow recently turned to data center provider Peak 10, which is hosting TimTebow.com on a cloud platform optimized for high-traffic web sites. Read More

• Mobile Cloud Computing Will Soar in 2012

  January 12th, 2012 : Olafur Ingthorsson

  Cloud experts predict that mobile cloud computing will become increasingly important in 2012. Given the numbers of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices shipped every day, more and more users are relying on the cloud as the main driver for satisfying their computing needs. Read More

• Roundup: CiRBA, IO, Savvis, ViaWest

  January 11th, 2012 : Colleen Miller

  CiRBA updates control console for cloud infrastructure, Matrix Medical selects IO Anywhere modules, SendGrid and Standing Cloud team on email service, Savvis partners with Compuware, ViaWest receives SSAE 16 report. Read More

• Amazon Cloud Connecting to More Data Centers

  January 10th, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Amazon Web Services has expanded its AWS Direct Connect service, which allows customers in select data centers around the globe to establish a private network connection to the Amazon cloud, adding new sites operated by CoreSite, TelecityGroup and Equinix. Read More

• The Growing Importance of ITaaS

  January 10th, 2012 : Michael Potts

  With the advances of virtualization and cloud computing, IT is now changing focus, moving away from cost optimization and focusing on improving business processes and transforming their operating models and infrastructure into environments previously seen in cloud computing providers. Read More

• Thought Leaders Examine Cloud Computing, Part I

  January 5th, 2012 : Colleen Miller

  Data Center Knowledge's Industry Perspectives section contained thought-provoking articles on many dimensions of cloud computing this year. We've packaged all the cloud articles for your reference, and we invite submissions for 2012. Read More

• Price Spikes Impact Amazon Spot Cloud Market

  December 28th, 2011 : Rich Miller

  Bidding for unused capacity on Amazon's EC2 cloud computing platform has become more competitive, causing periodic price spikes in the spot market Amazon has created. Read More

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