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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.

How to build a better cloud: do like the big commercial players

Posted Aug 21, 2013 - 02:12 pm

Forrester recommends ways that enterprises can build their clouds like the service providers in order to boost efficiencies.
cloud computing, Forrester
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
451 Research survey: Microsoft tops 'exciting' cloud vendor list

Posted Sep 04, 2013 - 06:00 am

A new 451 Research survey showed Microsoft beat out VMware, Amazon and others as the cloud vendor that IT pros are most excited about.
cloud, Microsoft
OpenStack project TripleO speeds deployment, may threaten some third party tools

Posted Jul 23, 2013 - 02:32 pm

TripleO, which aims to ease OpenStack deployments, is now an official OpenStack project. It's uncertain how it will co-exist with current tools from Puppet Labs and Opscode.
OpenStack, TripleO
IBM hedges bets, will keep CloudStack offerings from SoftLayer

Posted Jun 04, 2013 - 01:13 pm

IBM plans to acquire SoftLayer and hang on to its CloudStack offerings
CloudStack, IBM
Sure, Amazon should be worried about private clouds, but it can't continue to ignore IaaS competitors

Posted Nov 28, 2012 - 05:38 pm

During the opening keynote for Amazon Web Services inaugural developer conference, Andy Jassy, senior vice president for AWS, spent a surprising amount of time addressing the enterprise market.
Amazon Web Services, cloud computing
How many is too many public OpenStack cloud services?

Posted Mar 07, 2013 - 10:00 am

There's enough competition on the horizon that I predict soon enough we'll be wondering if there's too much competition
cloud, OpenStack
It’s the network, stupid

Posted Mar 28, 2013 - 09:00 am

Cloud service providers that also own the network will have a distinct advantage over competitors
cloud computing, Terremark
Dell's public cloud -- initially scheduled to launch this year -- will run on OpenStack

Posted Dec 13, 2012 - 06:28 pm

Dell snuck a bit of news into a wide ranging press release this week and perhaps according to plan it has largely been ignored.
cloud computing, OpenStack
Government shutdown could impact bottom line for cloud providers

Posted Oct 02, 2013 - 10:56 am

Many cloud providers have touted their abilities to serve federal agencies. But federal contracts might not seem like such a good deal during the shutdown.
cloud, government

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AMD pushes forward with new video cards and a few surprises

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Keep your old Facebook posts out of search with this one settings change

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BRIC Nations Plan Their own "Independent Internet"

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