Colocation provider Equinix (EQIX) has announced a key step towards the stated goal of providing customers with more connections: a strategic relationship with Microsoft (MSFT) that will enable customers in Equinix data centers to connect directly...
Pivotal makes its first acquisition with Xtreme Labs, Avaya acquires ITNavigator, and Intel builds on its software portfolio by buying Sensory Networks.
At its annual Worldwide Users' Conference in Las Vegas this week machine data analytics company Splunk advanced its portfolio of products, with a new version of its enterprise edition, a Splunk cloud service, and a free service
Cloud software stacks and software-defined networking (SDN) are two approaches to making networks easier to manage and configure. At Data Center World, Lori MacVittie of F5 Networks sought to separate the hype from the reality for these important...
The position of cloud engineer continues to evolve. There are new demands, new solutions and a lot more job openings. Just how many? Over the next two to three years, more than 7 million new cloud positions will open up world wide. Find out what...
The acquisition of SoftLayer by IBM was one of the most noteworthy deals of the last year. SoftLayer CEO Lance Crosby provides an update on life as an IBMer. "“IBM is hyperfocused on cloud,” says Crosby.
New developments in hardware and software can rearchitect enterprise data centers for a service-oriented world, according to Intel's Shannon Poulin, who gave the keynote at Data Center World in Orlando.
On Oct. 15, cloud storage provider Nirvanix will shut its doors, having run dry of funding. That leaves two weeks in which all the many petabytes of data stored on the Nirvanix cloud must find a new home.
How do IT professionals seamlessly interweave applications, services and cloud computing? This is where the power of the modern API comes in. Bill Kleyman takes a look at how APIs are impacting various aspects of the data center.