Clouds and Carriers

Amazon Web Services announced its 42nd price reduction since launching in 2008. The lower prices, which go into effective on April 1, apply to Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, the Amazon...

Amazon Web Services introduced a peering capability for its Virtual Provide Cloud (VPC) service, which lets users create a logically-isolated section of the AWS Cloud. The enhancement provides the ability...

Google rolled out new features and significantly lower and simpler pricing for its Cloud Platform. At at developer event in San Francisco, Urs Hölzle, Senior VP at Google, said the...

Cisco announced plans to build "the world’s largest global Intercloud" – a network of clouds – together with a set of partners.  The idea is to leverage a distributed network...

Dimension Data, which is the global ICT solutions provider owned by NTT, will begin offering a Cloud Private Network Connection (CPNC) add-on service for its enterprise-class public, private and managed...

Last week, Telstra announced its support for Cisco’s global cloud platform Specifically, Telstra said it will build a cloud infrastructure together with Cisco that provisions cloud and network services in...

Equinix introduced its "Performance Hub" concept — a new solution that combines elements of data centers, networking infrastructure and connectivity, and cloud computing access.  The gial is to improve application...

Infinera introduced a multi-layer automation solution that integrates the efficiency of its digital switching paradigm with the scale of optical switching to create the communication foundation of cloud-based services and...

Google claims its Infrastructure as a Service is now able to boot 1,000 VMs in seconds.  This provides the ability to activate very large workloads on Google's infrastructure with what...

Toshiba and NTT Communications announced a multifaceted alliance under which Toshiba's data-center and cloud-computing services will be provided to global customers by NTT Com's Enterprise Cloud, a self-manageable, full-layer virtual...

At Mobile World Congress, IBM kicked off a Watson Mobile Developer Challenge.  Over the next three months, the global challenge invites mobile developers and entrepreneurs to share their best ideas...

Level 3 Communications announced a strategic relationship with Microsoft to deliver private, direct network connections to Microsoft Windows Azure as part of the Level 3 Cloud Connect Solutions partner ecosystem....

IBM is launching an expanded set of resources to help its partner developers capture opportunities driven by the strategic areas of cloud computing, big data and analytics, mobile computing, social...