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by Nancy Gohring

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Newvem joins competitors, offers free tier

Posted Feb 19, 2013 - 03:54 pm

Newvem is offering some free data about customer AWS usage in hopes of breaking into the small and medium size business market
Cloud Computing, cloud computing, Newvem
StackMob goes after enterprise customers with new marketplace

Posted Feb 19, 2013 - 02:00 pm

StackMob is among a handful of backend-as-a-service providers hoping to appeal to enterprises
Cloud Computing, backend as a service, cloud computing
Rackspace hopes OpenStack opens doors to enterprise

Posted Feb 13, 2013 - 07:30 pm

During its fourth quarter earnings call, Rackspace execs revealed just how much new territory they are tackling with the shift to OpenStack
Cloud Computing, cloud computing, Rackspace
New call for AWS spinoff

Posted Feb 11, 2013 - 06:00 pm

Oppenheimer analyst Tim Horan said that an Amazon Web Services spin off is "inevitable due to its channel conflicts."
Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services, cloud computing
Cloudyn tackles out-of-control AWS cloud storage spending

Posted Feb 06, 2013 - 10:00 am

Cloudyn is offering some new features aimed at giving customers better insight into their AWS storage usage so that they can cut costs.
Cloud Computing, AWS, Cloudyn
Piston CEO: loads of companies are switching from public to private clouds

Posted Feb 04, 2013 - 04:44 pm

Piston's CEO said that companies are leaving public cloud services because they aren't that cost effective and the customer service stinks.
Cloud Computing, OpenStack, private cloud
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, cloud computing, Rackspace
IBM, Oracle talk up enterprise cloud offerings

Posted Jan 31, 2013 - 12:58 pm

IBM and Oracle talked up their services this week. Combined with other enterprise services in the works, from the likes of Dell, and those already available, from companies like HP, 2013 is shaping up to be an important year for enterprise cloud.
Cloud Computing, cloud, infrastructure as a service
Is your cloud provider snooping?

Posted Jan 24, 2013 - 04:35 pm

I was skeptical after reading a recent article so I talked to a lawyer and he agrees: it's unlikely your service provider is examining your usage for competitive advantage
Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services, cloud computing
Cloudyn points out AWS billing surprise

Posted Jan 22, 2013 - 08:23 pm

AWS bills for a certain type of reserved instance in advance, which can make it challenging for customers to track spending spikes
Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services, cloud computing

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