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Eucalyptus: We’ll Be More Open Than Other Open Clouds
February 12th, 2013 : Jason VergeCloud software specialist Eucalyptus sees pushing boundaries of open clouds as an opportunity. This philosophy is driving changes at the company, with a sharper focus on its "open" roots from its origins in academia. Eucalyptus has open sourced its courseware and training, making all those materials available for free. Read More
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Preventing a Botnet Attack on Your Data Center
February 12th, 2013 : Bill KleymanThe rise in Internet and cloud utilization has been directly proportional to the rise in WAN-based attacks. As more organizations utilize the power of the cloud, more attackers will search for targets to attack. Fueled by innovations like do-it-yourself botnet construction kits and rent-a-botnet business models, the growth of botnets has skyrocketed and botnet products and services are now brazenly advertised and sold on the Internet. Read More
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Graduating From the Cloud: Sociocast’s Move Reflects Emerging Trend
February 11th, 2013 : Jason VergeSociocast, a big data analytics company, started out purely on cloud, but found its growth and speed needs were better supported by a service provider. While cloud is used by small start-ups and ridiculously large companies alike, service providers remain a part of the infrastructure environment. Read More
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Density, Diverse Services Drive Growth at Latisys
February 7th, 2013 : Jason VergeAs a data center service provider, Latisys has been on a journey in which it has expanded across the country and up the value chain. In 2013, it has arrived as an end-to-end provider of IT outsourcing, complete with a national footprint and a portfolio of high-end customers. Read More
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New IBM PureSystems Tuned For Big Data and Clouds
February 6th, 2013 : John RathIBM has announced major advances to its PureSystem family of integrated systems, directly targeting a big data technology and services market that IDC says will reach $16.9 billion by 2015. Read More
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Massive New Data Center Will Bring Windows Azure to China
February 6th, 2013 : John RathChinese ISP 21Vianet has started construction of a new data center in Beijing that will house 5,000 cabinets. The facility will power Microsoft's premier commercial cloud services in China, including Windows Azure. Read More
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Samsung Invests in Cloudant, Prepping for ‘Internet of Things’
February 6th, 2013 : Jason VergeMobile device usage is growing, and so are the amount of apps and data associated with these devices. It's why Samsung Venture Investment Corporation has made a strategic investment in database-as-a-service provider Cloudant. Read More
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Ravello Raises $26M To Let Users Roam From Cloud to Cloud
February 5th, 2013 : Jason VergeRavello Systems' funding totals $26M, after a recent round of new investment. Its Cloud Application Hypervisor product moves organizations ability to use public cloud environments for application development and testing, allowing enterprises to take any application and run it in any cloud without any modifications. Read More
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Piston Cloud Gets $8 Million to Accelerate OpenStack Adoption
February 5th, 2013 : Colleen MillerPiston Cloud Computing secured $8 million in Series B funding from Cisco and other partners to fuel its product development in the OpenStack enterprise cloud marketplace. Read More
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Building A Cloud-Savvy Model for TCO and ROI
How Storage is Shaping The Cloud Data Center
Bringing Colo to the Customer: Modular Gets Local
Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center
