Clouds and Carriers

Overture unveiled its Ensemble Open Service Architecture aimed at transforming the metro edge with software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization technology. Overture, which supplies Carrier Ethernet solutions for the...

Amazon Web Services is cutting the price of its DynamoDB, a fully managed NoSQL database service.  The price of indexed data storage has decreased by up to 75% in all...

Pertino, a start-up based in Los Gatos, California,  raised $20 million in Series B funding for its cloud networking service. Recently, Pertino launched a limited release of a cloud-based "network...

Rackspace Hosting announced new features for its free and open source Rackspace Private Cloud Software, which powered by OpenStack, including  a single interface for deploying, configuring and operating clouds at...

Microsoft has acquired MetricsHub, a Seattle-based start-up specializing in Active Cloud Monitoring, for an undisclosed sum. MetricsHub developed technology for automating cloud performance management.  The solution works with Windows Azure....

Anaplan, a start-up offering cloud-based modeling and planning solutions for finance and operations, closed $30 million in new venture financing. Using cloud resources, the San Francisco-based company helps corporate customers...

IBM announced a commitment to base all of its cloud services and software on an open cloud architecture. IBM said this commitment would help ensure that "innovation in cloud computing...

Despite the global economic situation, T-Systems increased its overall revenues and external business during Q4 2012. The growth is attributed to an expanding number of cloud contracts. In the 2012...

IBM is endorsing the virtualization of network infrastructure to extend the benefits of a cloud delivery model to communications networks. Under its "Smarter Communications" initiative, IBM is working with business...

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Ericsson is highlighting its vision for how software defined networking (SDN) vision will transfer Service Provider infrastructure. Ericsson said its Service Provider SDN vision...

Building on its carrier SDN announcement in January, Juniper Networks outlined the next steps it will take to bring the power and efficiency of virtualization to mobile packet cores. Juniper's...

IT organizations are seeking to transform their traditional colocation environments with “cloudy colo” capabilities that deliver hybridization with cloud services as well as cloud-like visibility and control, according to a...

Ericsson outlined its plans for the distribution and orchestration of cloud capabilities horizontally across the network. Essentially, the Ericsson Cloud System will leverage an open, distributed platform based on OpenStack...