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CA Names Cloud Specialist As New CEO

If you don’t know the name Michael Gregoire, don’t fret — not many do. But that hasn’t stopped enterprise software giant CA in picking him to head the company. Reason?… Read more »

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Week In Cloud (Dec 24 – Dec 28)

The last Week In Cloud feature of the year, and there is only one thing that has hogged up all the headlines this week: Amazon’s AWS outage on Christmas Eve… Read more »

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Clouds Predictions For 2013

Ah, predictions. As the saying goes, a prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future. But as the year draws to a close, (almost) everyone can be seen… Read more »

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Cubby is Coming Out of Beta, will Have Premium Plan with 1TB of Cloud Storage

When it comes to cloud storage, I recently wrote a comparison on some of the biggest and most popular storage solutions avaliable. With that in mind, there are many new players emerging… Read more »

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Cloud Storage: Which Provider is Right for You?

When it comes to cloud technology, one of the biggest uses has quickly become flat-out storage of files, music and other data. There are tons of different services available that… Read more »

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New SimCity Is The First Game With True Cloud Computing In Its DNA

The cloud has finally reached video games. Earlier this year, it was announced that the timeless classic city building series SimCity was set to get a reboot in 2013. The… Read more »

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Salesforce.com Integrates Its Cloud With Work.com

Salesforce.com has announced that the promised Work.com integration has hit pilot stage. The new social recognition and rewards application is set to be available for all customers of the company’s… Read more »

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Red Hat Buys Virtualization Firm ManageIQ

Red Hat announced last week that it will acquire ManageIQ for $104 million to improve the capabilities of its virtualization management console, Red Hat Virtualization 3.1. Both companies had already… Read more »

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AWS Server Outage Takes Down Netflix

It was the night before Christmas. Thousands of Netflix customers were settling in on Christmas Eve to watch a movie, when AWS went down. The service was, however, restored Christmas… Read more »

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Chatter, Analytics And Touch Are The Focus Of Next Salesforce.com Update

The next product update to Salesfocre.com is set to bring about a whole bucketful of new features for both its core CRM (customer relationship management) program, and Chatter, the company’s… Read more »

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Google And Amazon Prepare For War

If the search engine were named Troy, then this would have been a news headline for some newspaper dated 420 BC. But luckily this is the 21st century, and the… Read more »

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Cloud Computing To Open Up 7 Million Jobs By 2015

For those that work (or are looking to work) in the technology sector, here is a suggestion for your New Year Resolution: I will learn cloud computing. Cloud related skills… Read more »

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Week In Cloud (Dec 17 – Dec 21)

With the year about to end (and maybe even the world itself, there are still a few hours left), we have had a slow trickle of news. But what has… Read more »

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Oracle Buying Eloqua To Further Cloud Ambitions

The most-acquisitive software company in the world, Oracle is at it again. The company announced its purchase of Eloqua in a deal worth $810.8 million. The company provides software that… Read more »

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Detailed Billing Reports Come To AWS

It has been a while coming, but customers on the Amazon platform finally have a much better way to track their usage and costs in the cloud. Customers now have… Read more »

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Teambox Partners Up With Box To Offer A Cloud Storage Bundle

Talk about a match made in heaven. Teambox, the cloud-based collaboration software provider just announced a partnership with cloud storage and file sync giant Box to create a bundle offer… Read more »

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Cisco Ready To Sell Linksys

Cisco’s consumer endeavors are nearing a definite end. According to reports, the company has decided to sell Linksys, its home networking business, and increase its focus on the corporate sector…. Read more »

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Akamai Selects Founder As New CEO

CEO successions are never a dull affair. Akamai had been looking for one for close to 8 months, after Paul Sagan announced his desire to leave in April. The search… Read more »

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AapFog Cuts Price In Half In A Bid To Lure More Developers

It is not often you see such dramatic price drops in any market, let alone the cloud. But in a bid to lure in more developers to its platform, AppFog… Read more »

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Get Ready To Welcome Cubby, Another Dropbox Competitor

Gee, the numbers of players in the cloud storage market is showing no signs of slowing down. Most of you may already be familiar with LogMeIn, and its cloud and… Read more »