Security Remains A Drag On Cloud Adoption
Despite surging cloud usage rates, security concerns remain the leading barrier to wider adoption of cloud computing as IT decision makers cope with a shortage of reliable safeguards to ...Full Article
Net Performance A Growing Concern In Cloud Deployments
As enterprise cloud deployments continue to rise, so too do concerns about network performance, concludes an enterprise cloud study by the largest of network providers, Verizon. In its annual ...Full Article
Let’s Go (To the Cloud) Mets!
Big-time professional sports are increasingly turning to networking and analytics technologies as they seek to enhance the "fan experience." New, publicly financed sports palaces now come with networking features ...Full Article
Platform Cloud As Tech Incubator
The OpenShift cloud application and development platform is being extended to technology startups with an eye toward eliminating some of the "infrastructure pain points" faced by harried new companies. ...Full Article
Microsoft Fattens Up Azure Compute To Compete
Microsoft's entry this week into the converged cloud infrastructure market was accompanied by the roll out of a new series of virtual machines for the Azure cloud. In laying ...Full Article
Database Hotshots Build Warehouse From Scratch For The Cloud
It may seem that the last thing the world needs is another database or data store, but a new stealthy startup founded by a team of database and analytics ...Full Article
AWS DynamoDB Adds JSON Support, Flex Scaling
Amazon Web Services is expanding its DynamoDB database service with document support along with flexible scaling of larger items. It is also expanding the amount of database capacity available ...Full Article
Cloud Price War Resumes With Google Cuts
Another week, another round of cloud computing price cuts. The latest comes from Google, which announced today across-the-board 10 percent reductions in all Google Compute Engine instance types. The ...Full Article
Ellison: Oracle’s Cloud Is Bigger Than You Think
The main topic of conversation at the OpenWorld conference held by Oracle in San Francisco this week is the cloud. While Oracle co-founder and now executive chairman and CTO ...Full Article
Cisco Fleshes Out $1B Intercloud Strategy
Cisco Systems is investing $1 billion to help partners and customers speed adoption of its Intercloud Fabric technology. The investment is part of an expansion of the OpenStack-based interconnection ...Full Article
