Clouds and Carriers

VMware Horizon Air customers will now be able to take advantage of cloud-hosted desktop and application services via the IBM Cloud. The announcement reinforces IBM Cloud being a strategic cloud...

CenturyLink has acquired ElasticBox, a start-up offering a multi-cloud application management service. Financial terms were not disclosed. ElasticBox, which has offices in San Francisco and Madrid, enables enterprise IT organizations...

Loggly, a start-up based in San Francisco, raised $11.5 million in funding for its cloud-based, enterprise-class log management service. Loggly's cloud-based log management solution crunches through huge volumes of log...

Microsoft agreed to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in cash, giving it the world’s largest social network for professional contacts. LinkedIn highlights: 19 percent growth year over year (YOY) to...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise rolled out a set of major updates to its cloud portfolio, including: HPE Helion Cloud Suite, a new software suite enabling customers to deliver and manage their...

Embotics, a start-up based in Ottawa, raised $12.1 million for its multi-cloud management software for public and private cloud environments. The Embotics vCommander integrates into private, public or hybrid infrastructure...

SolarWinds release a major update to its flagship Network Performance Monitor (NPM) tool that now gives network administrators the hybrid IT visual insights and analysis needed for visibility into the...

Aliyun, the largest cloud operator in China, and China’s leading OpenStack service provider, 99Cloud, agreed to collaborate on hybrid cloud solutions for business customers. 99Cloud will leverage its expertise in...

Enterprises are looking for a secure way to connect to the cloud that they have visibility and control over. Mary Stanhope, Vice President of Marketing at Global Capacity, says a...

Salesforce has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred public cloud infrastructure provider. Under the deal, Salesforce will expand its use of AWS to core services—including Sales Cloud, Service...

CloudBolt, a start-up based in Campbell, California, has added cloud bursting capabilities to its cloud management platform. CloudBolt said its tech-agnostic approach to cloud bursting and cloud management enables IT...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise will spin-off its Enterprise Services business and merge the unit with CSC, creating a pure-play, global IT services company with annual revenues of approximately $26 billion, more...

Enterprises have absolute aspirations to move from their on-premise infrastructure to the hyperscale cloud. Patrick Shutt, CEO of Unitas Global, speaks about building secure connections to the cloud for enterprises....