Clouds and Carriers

Microsoft officially released Windows Server 2012, a major upgrade featuring significant advancements in virtualization, storage, networking and automation. In combination with Windows Azure and System Center, Microsoft is positioning Windows...

Riverbed is continuing to advance its work in cloud optimization. In May 2012, Riverbed and VMware joined forces to improve performance and flexibility for moving workloads between clouds by integrating...

Riverbed Technology, in partnership with Vmware, is developing a performance management solution for software-defined networks (SDN) and the ability to provision wide area network (WAN) optimization for virtual data centers...

Hibernia Atlantic is now supporting Amazon Web Services' Direct Connect, which enables customers to establish private connectivity utilizing Hibernia’s network between AWS and his/her network presence. Hibernia said AWS Direct...

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Fujitsu Laboratories of America has set up a  Big Data Working Group to address the security and privacy issues magnified today by the velocity, volume,...

T-Systems is an early partner for VMware vCloud Data Center Services, which is being integrated into the T-Systems' Dynamic cloud portfolio. The carrier is the first to offer this capability...

A new Cloud Advisory Council has been established to support the roll-out of next-generation cloud architecture. The Cloud Advisory Council brings together original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), strategic technology suppliers, independent...

Shenick Network Systems introduced a cloud-based test system that scales to four terabits of real, stateful service and application traffic while providing the ability to pinpoint issues right down to...

CloudPhysics, a start-up based in San Mateo, California, has raised $2.5 million in Series A funding for its a data center analytics service. CloudPhysics, which was founded by former VMware...

Amazon Web Services introduced a new "Glacier" archival service priced at $0.01 per GB per month. Unlike Amazon's S3 cloud storage service, which is optimized for rapid access, Glacier is...

Enterprises continue to be enthusiastic about cloud computing services and report high levels of satisfaction with the effectiveness of their cloud investments in enabling flexibility and improved scalability but network...

Colt Technology Services has acquired ThinkGrid, a start-up offering tools for enabling cloud services with turnkey management, for an undisclosed sum. ThinkGrid's three key component offering consists of a state...

Rackspace announced the availability of Cloud Databases and Cloud Servers powered by OpenStack. Customers can now select from private, public or hybrid offerings and have the flexibility to deploy their...