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Google Leverages Container Expertise On Its Cloud
Google may not be the first of the major public cloud operators to support Docker containers, but it aims to provide the best support for the popular container format. ...Full Article
Private Clone S3 Object Storage On A Massive Scale
In the hyperscale world, snippets of data pile up like mountains and a traditional file system that allows data to be updated is not only inappropriate, but too slow ...Full Article
Forecasts Call For Cloud Burst Through 2018
The inexorable shift to the cloud is beginning to take on the features of a storm front, according to the latest survey of the cloud services market. Indeed, industry ...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
Benefit From Microsoft’s Open Compute Hyperscale Designs
All large companies, whether they are hyperscale datacenter operators or cloud providers or they are enterprises supporting a diverse mix of workloads, wrestle with the polar opposites of creating ...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
Private Azure Clouds Come To Dell Hardware
Signaling its shift to a "converged infrastructure" model, Microsoft announced a series of moves this week designed to flesh out its Azure cloud offering, including a preconfigured cloud appliance ...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
Intel Datacenter Biz Profits From Hyperscale, HPC Build Outs
In most cases, saying the datacenter is hot is a bad thing, but not so when talking about the financial results of chip maker Intel. The company just reported ...Full Article