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by Nancy Gohring

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Nancy Gohring is a freelance journalist who has been covering tech, including cloud computing and the mobile industry, for more than a decade.

IBM envisions new breed of enterprise cloud apps

Posted Sep 05, 2013 - 09:00 am

IBM says that enterprises will follow the consumer market in developing apps that take full advantage of the capabilities of the cloud
cloud, IBM
New OpenStack initiative could address interoperability questions

Posted Apr 10, 2013 - 04:00 pm

There is some debate over which OpenStack clouds are truly interoperable, but a new project could help clear up differences
cloud computing, OpenStack
OpenStack’s Hong Kong summit could be effort to keep China from going rogue

Posted Jul 11, 2013 - 09:00 am

By reaching out to its growing base of supporters in China, OpenStack could keep China from splintering from the main trunk
China, OpenStack
PayPal dodges VMware question -- again -- but sheds light on OpenStack implementation

Posted Apr 18, 2013 - 02:17 pm

The company didn't clarify recent reports suggesting that it will dump VMware, but it did share some insight into its new OpenStack cloud
OpenStack, paypal
Rackspace changes course, won't support third-party OpenStack distributions as part of private cloud offering

Posted Feb 01, 2013 - 12:30 pm

Last year Rackspace said it would support OpenStack distributions from other providers as part of its private cloud offering. Now it says times have changed and it'll stick with its own OpenStack distribution instead.
cloud computing, Rackspace
See how well cloud apps are working for your peers

Posted Nov 26, 2012 - 07:19 pm

Ever wish you could find out if your application is running in the cloud as efficiently as those your peers are running?
A new feature added today by Boundary -- which neglected to mention it in a press release announcing other new capabilities -- could let you do just that.
Amazon Web Services, Boundary
SkyTap invites users to dip a toe into big data

Posted Jan 16, 2013 - 10:00 am

Customers can try out a 50-node Cloudera Hadoop cluster for free
big data, cloud computing
Some AWS partnerships -- like with Oracle and Microsoft -- are just about to get awkward

Posted Nov 20, 2012 - 08:26 pm

A look at some of the presentations scheduled for Amazon's first AWS conference next week made me think about shifting alliances and how Amazon might now just be starting to worry about new competition on the horizon.
AWS, cloud
VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service: Don’t call it an Amazon killer

Posted May 21, 2013 - 02:41 pm

VMware announced it will launch a public cloud service later this year
cloud computing, VMware
'Analysis paralysis' slowing down cloud adoption

Posted Jun 20, 2013 - 01:29 pm

Executives say that there's a bit of confusion and information overload that's slowing down cloud adoption right now
cloud computing, Rackspace

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