Amazon Web Services has expanded its identity federation capabilities to support web identity federation. AWS said this enables developers to create cloud-backed mobile apps that use public identity providers such...
Colt Technology Services announced "the largest cloud footprint in Europe" via its data centers in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland. Colt is using a standardised orchestration layer...
A new CloudEthernet Forum has been established to address the specific issues of scaling and applying suitable Ethernet services to meet the stringent demands of delivering cloud services. The CloudEthernet...
Cloudscaling, a start-up based in San Francisco, raised $10 million in Series B funding for its OpenStack-powered cloud infrastructure system. The new funding round included Trinity Ventures and two new...
On May 21, VMware executives Pat Gelsinger and Bill Fathers will unveil a new cloud service that will seamlessly extend your data center to the cloud. http://www.vmware.com/now.html?scr=WWW_vCHS_US_HPHero_PatGelsinger In March 2013,...
Fujitsu announced a full suite of private, public and hybrid cloud services at this week's Tokyo International Forum. The FUJITSU Cloud Initiative includes 10 new services (two IaaS, four PaaS,...
Level 3 Communications is introducing a Carrier Cloud Voice solution for CLECs, wireless carriers, cable multiple system operators (MSOs) and telcos. The service, which is offered in partnership with Alianza,...
Project Clearwater, an open-source IMS core initiative for the cloud, launched its website and opened its doors to software developers and systems integrators. Metaswitch Networks contributed the initial codebase for...
Fujitsu outlined an Intelligent Networking and Computing Architecture based on the principles of software defined networking (SDN) that aims to provide optimized control over three unique ICT domains: data centers,...
Huawei introduced its CE12816 CloudEngine (CE) switch for the data center core, boasting the largest capacity in the industry at 64 Tbps. The new switch uses Huawei's next-generation VRP8 software...
Riverbed introduced the ability for cloud providers to deliver application delivery controller-as-a-service (ADCaaS) via its Stingray Services Controller. The idea is to enable an "ADC per application" deployment model instead...
Juniper Networks introduced its JunosV Contrail Contrail Controller for software-defined networks (SDN). The JunosV Contrail, which is currently in trials with service provider and enterprise customers, virtualizes the network to...
Sprint launched a CloudCompute infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solution that integrates CSC’s virtualized, utility-based cloud computing solution with its Sprint Global MPLS network. Sprint said its "cloud-aware" Global MPLS network is congestion-free,...
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