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Author Archives: George Leopold
George Leopold
George Leopold has written about science and technology for more than 30 years, focusing on electronics and aerospace technology. He previously served as executive editor of Electronic Engineering Times. Leopold is the author of "Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom" (Purdue University Press, 2016).Microsoft Pressuring AWS In The Clouds
May 30th, 2014 Comments Off on Microsoft Pressuring AWS In The Clouds
A closely watched assessment of the cloud computing industry again ranks Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the leading cloud infrastructure-as-a-service provider (IaaS), but notes that rival Microsoft is slowly gaining ground as it fleshes out its cloud offerings. Market ...
GoGrid Joins Equinix Cloud Exchange
May 30th, 2014 Comments Off on GoGrid Joins Equinix Cloud Exchange
Datacenter and interconnection specialist Equinix said it has attracted a new member to the Equinix Cloud Exchange: GoGrid, a cloud and open data services infrastructure provider. GoGrid joins other cloud services providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and TW ...
HP Aims Helion Private Cloud At Uncle Sam
May 28th, 2014 Comments Off on HP Aims Helion Private Cloud At Uncle Sam
Cloud vendors continue to shift their attention to the government sector as federal agencies move to deploy cloud-based networks. The latest example comes from HP Enterprise Services, which announced a secure private cloud offering this week it says is ...
Data Drives Enterprise Software Market Up 5.5 Percent
May 28th, 2014 Comments Off on Data Drives Enterprise Software Market Up 5.5 Percent
Growing demand for application software along with big data and analytics drove a recovering enterprise software market in 2013. Software sales also benefitted from an economic recovery in Europe and strengthening in the United States. Meanwhile, Microsoft remained the ...
Oracle Gains U.S. FedRAMP Cloud Approval
May 23rd, 2014 Comments Off on Oracle Gains U.S. FedRAMP Cloud Approval
Oracle's managed cloud services have received the U.S. government's seal of approval. The software giant said this week it has been approved under a federal IT program to deliver a new type of secure managed cloud service to government ...
Facebook Datacenters Fuel Oregon’s Economy
May 22nd, 2014 Comments Off on Facebook Datacenters Fuel Oregon’s Economy
Facebook is taking a familiar tack among technology companies: It wants to move beyond the public perception that it is only a social media company to be seen as a job creator and engine of U.S. economic growth. In ...
HP Orchestrates Datacenters With OpenStack, Chef
May 21st, 2014 Comments Off on HP Orchestrates Datacenters With OpenStack, Chef
An "orchestrated datacenter" rolled out by Hewlett-Packard aims to accelerate the design and deployment of applications, infrastructure and cloud-based services, the company said. The adoption of cloud computing and mobility is accelerating the life cycle of applications while forcing ...
IBM, Fujifilm Researchers Boost Tape Capacity By 62X
May 21st, 2014 Comments Off on IBM, Fujifilm Researchers Boost Tape Capacity By 62X
IBM researchers are claiming a new density record for tape storage technology based on joint research with manufacturer Fujifilm focused on barium ferrite (BaFe) tape particle technology. The IBM advance follows a similar high-density storage announcement from Sony. IBM ...
VMware Log Insight Breaks Operational Data Log Jam
May 21st, 2014 Comments Off on VMware Log Insight Breaks Operational Data Log Jam
VMware has launched the latest version of its cloud management tool that incorporates machine learning to speed analysis of log data to break the growing log jam of unstructured data. The company said vCenter Log Insight 2.0 targets physical, ...
NIH Preps $20 Billion IT, Cloud Contract
May 13th, 2014 Comments Off on NIH Preps $20 Billion IT, Cloud Contract
The National Institutes of Health is launching a massive IT acquisition program that will include commodity cloud and managed services. NIH released a request for proposals for its $20 billion Chief Information Officer-Commodity Solutions contract. The 10-year program is ...