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Inside Microsoft’s cloud model for productivity apps 18 March 2010 at 5:00 am by admin

Enterprises of all shapes and sizes are catching on to the value in moving email and other productivity apps to the cloud where they can be delivered and managed by vendors like Microsoft, Google, or Cisco.

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+ Fujitsu aims new Xeon-based server at cloud computing providers By admin 17 March 2010 at 6:26 am and have No Comments

Fujitsu is rolling out a new server designed specially for cloud computing providers. The Primergy CX1000, based on Intel’s Xeon 5600 series processors , is designed to be power-efficient and save space, said Richard McCormack, senior vice president of Fujitsu America’s server and solutions business.

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+ Appistry launches ‘big data’ computational storage system By admin 15 March 2010 at 3:01 pm and have No Comments

It’s never been easy to access — much less analyze — the vast amount of data available to, for example, determine changes in customer behavior or sentiment, optimize routing of telephone switches based on call patterns, or analyze financial portfolio pricing or risk.

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+ Rackspace hires to align with MySQL offshoot By admin 09 March 2010 at 5:51 pm and have No Comments

number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts, developer Jay Pipes wrote in a blog post Monday.

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+ Amazon out to prove Web Services has enterprise chops By admin 02 March 2010 at 1:39 pm and have No Comments

There is still a misconception that Amazon Web Services exists to sell the company’s excess server capacity, but that is not the case, CTO Werner Vogels said during a keynote at Cebit. “There is a myth out there that when Christmas comes, suddenly, all of the foundations under your building will be gone … that is obviously not the case,” said Vogels, referring to Amazon’s high-volume sales during the holidays.

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+ Cloud computing startup creates secure tunnel between data center and Amazon cloud By admin 02 March 2010 at 7:35 am and have No Comments

A startup that moves VMware-based applications to the Amazon cloud and creates a secure tunnel between a customer’s data center and the cloud service is launching a public beta trial Monday.

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+ Cloud vs. in-house: Deciding where to run that data center app By admin 01 March 2010 at 12:13 pm and have No Comments

One of the biggest decisions IT managers have to make is how and where to run data center applications. Fortunately, there are multiple choices that lower costs and increase business agility, including server virtualization , internal clouds, public clouds, and external private clouds

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+ CA continues cloud computing buying spree By admin 25 February 2010 at 6:35 am and have No Comments

CA Wednesday announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire for an undisclosed sum a company called 3Tera , a move that industry watchers say will equip the management software maker with tools to offer customers a smoother transition to private and public cloud computing .

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+ Microsoft says cloud revenue will come in a couple years By admin 23 February 2010 at 6:56 pm and have No Comments

Microsoft plans to invest heavily in its cloud platform but expects to see little revenue for two to three years, Bob Muglia, the president of the server and tools business, said Tuesday.

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+ Iron Mountain buys archiving vendor Mimosa By admin 22 February 2010 at 10:25 am and have No Comments

Information management giant Iron Mountain said Monday it has acquired content archiving vendor Mimosa Systems for $112 million. Mimosa’s on-premises NearPoint platform is known for its ability to archive Microsoft Exchange e-mail, SharePoint data, and unstructured files.

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