IBM is expanding its Cloud Consulting Services portfolio with customizable options and a number of fast-start industry solutions delivered as a service for cloud-based applications. IBM said this new strategy...
F5 Networks confirmed that its BIG-IP product suite is providing network traffic and security management services for the new Verizon Cloud. Specifically, Verizon embedded F5’s suite of application services into...
Microsoft launched a Windows Azure Region in Brazil. Brazilian customers will experience reduced latency for Windows Azure cloud services. They will also have the ability to keep all of their...
Google announced general availability status for cloud computing services running on its data center infrastructure. Google Compute Engine offers virtual machines with 24/7 support, 99.95% monthly SLA, and pricing/performance/scalability that...
Deutsche Telekom's T-Systems will operate all cloud solutions on a single Dynamic Cloud Platform (DCP), which it plans to launch shortly. The unified platform, which will begin operations in Munich,...
The CloudEthernet Forum (CEF) has identified five key priorities to drive its work: Virtualization – VMWare, Citrix and Microsoft are all working to extend their platforms to encompass network virtualization,...
Internap Network Services announced the beta availability of the next generation of its public cloud. Internap's AgileCLOUD will fully expose both virtualized and bare-metal compute instances over a native OpenStack...
Salesforce.com's annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco has attracted over 135,000 registrants (online and in-person), making it the largest cloud and software industry event so far. This compares to about...
Dimension Data, which is a division of NTT, launched a set of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that includes hosting and application management services for independent software vendors (ISVs). In a SaaS...
Salesforce.com and HP announced a strategic partnership in cloud computing. The companies will create a new "Salesforce Superpod" -- a dedicated instance in the Salesforce multi-tenant cloud, running on HP's...
At the AWS re:Invent! show in Las Vegas, Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels announced the I2 instances are optimized for high performance random I/O. AWS said the greater performance is achieved using...
IBM announced plans to make it Watson technology available as a development platform in the cloud. The idea is to enable software application developer to build a new generation of...
Sprint launched a Cloud Optimizer service that leverages caching technology to optimize bandwidth and performance for Microsoft Office 365 and Sharepoint applications. The service lets users enjoy the collaboration functionality...
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