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Microsoft to cut its low-end Windows Azure cloud pricing

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Microsoft to cut its low-end Windows Azure cloud pricing
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | August 16, 2011, 6:00am PDT Summary: Starting October 1, Microsoft is making adjustments to its Windows Azure pricing and terminology in the hopes of attracting developers building and running smaller apps on its cloud platform. ...
Amazon Offers Explanations, Apologies For Dual Cloud Outages
CRN
By Andrew R Hickey, CRN Amazon Web Services (AWS) has detailed the causes behind a pair ofcloud outages this month -- one in Dublin, Ireland, and one in the US -- that knocked Amazon cloudservices offline. According to Amazon's postmortem of the ...
Thought Equity Motion Scores $25 Million For Cloud-Based Video Platform
Washington Post
The company delivers video archive management and “smart content” metadata tools as a cloudservice, as well as rights development expertise. Through its Web platform and global sales force, the company licenses a wide range of sports, news, ...
Nimbula launches Director V1.5 as a "cloud operating system"
ZDNet (blog)
By Dan Kusnetzky | August 16, 2011, 3:30am PDT Summary: Nimbula announced Nimbula Director V1.5 and with it the claim that they were offering “the First Cloud Operating System Able to Run Geographically Distributed Clouds.” The company goes on to claim ...
Everyone becoming a cloud provider: financial services
ZDNet (blog)
By Joe McKendrick | August 16, 2011, 8:29am PDT Equifax — known for its credit monitoring services, but also a provider of data quality and integration services — recently said it reached the half million user mark for its cloud-based identity and ...
RIM emits 100-BlackBerry cloud for small biz
Register
By Paul Kunert • Get more from this author Research In Motion (RIM) is releasing a cloud service for small firms to manage up to 100 BlackBerry smartphones and secure biz data stored locally on the device. The BlackBerry Management Centre is built for ...
CUSTOMER SUCCESS: Harris Corporation's Trusted Enterprise Cloud Sets New ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Its Trusted Enterprise Cloud is a world-class cloud system that has been engineered from the ground up to deliver the highest levels of availability, security and operational excellence and is the only cloud service with Harris' patented trust ...
Convenience Store Chain Chooses IBM to Collaborate in the Cloud
PR Newswire (press release)
16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Russell's Convenience is transforming its business with cloud collaboration technology from IBM. As a result of adoptingcloud computing, the company plans to better integrate and share data ...
Kindle Cloud Reader Takes Web Apps to New Heights
MacNewsWorld
Kindle Cloud Reader, an app from Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), is available for free on the Web. It's been a really long time since I've used a Web app on iOS. Before the App Store was launched, that used to be the only way to use anything resembling ...
EMC eyes cloud, big data convergence
ZDNet Asia
By Kevin Kwang , ZDNet Asia on August 16, 2011 (5 hours ago) Storage giant recognizes big data analytics possibly bigger than cloud as disruptive force and views integration of both as "enormous opportunity" for customers and EMC, notes company exec. ...
Liz Claiborne Inc. Renews Contract With GT Nexus for Cloud Supply Chain ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Delivered as a cloud service, the platform gives Liz Claiborne the capability to tightly monitor and control inventory flows between suppliers, logistics providers, distribution centers and customers. "GT Nexus has been a key part of our global supply ...
Nexio and esnatech bring integrated voice and cloud solutions to Québec-based ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Esna Technologies (esnatech), a global leader in cloud-based unified communications, and Nexio, the first North American, bilingual Google™ Apps authorized reseller, today announced a partnership to help enterprises within the province of Québec ...
Cloud-based Value-added Services
Sacramento Bee
Cloud-based Value-Added Services provides a look into the market forces, consumer demand, business models, and strategies that are shaping this growing area." Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Sacramento Bee. ...
4 Critical Questions About The Cloud
InformationWeek
Four questions that executives at insurance companies and other businesses should be asking about the value and security of the cloud computing model. By Nathan Golia, Insurance & Technology Despite the ever-increasing buzz about cloud computing and ...
The Unique Challenges of Cloud Data Security
B-EYE-Network
by John Bair Recently the news media have covered security breaches at a number of high profile corporate networks, web services and public cloud services. In some of the events, sensitive government and customer data has been exposed by organized ...
Network News: Xsigo, Level 3, Cisco
Data Center Knowledge
Xsigo Systems announced the Xsigo Server Fabric, a fully virtualized infrastructure for cloud-optimized data centers. The new fabric enables one-click network connections from virtual machines to any data center resource – including servers, networks, ...
Cloud computing Payback
InfoWorld
Today, organizations of all sizes are investigating cloud computing and the benefits it can bring to their company. Given the numerous claims of savings and productivity improvements, it can become difficult to understand exactly how these benefits ...
B2B Technologies Assists Zoo Atlanta with Cloud-Based Microsoft Exchange
PR Newswire (press release)
16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoo Atlanta has selected B2B Technologies, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and provider of IT consulting services, to manage the transition of its on-premise email system to Exchange Online, Microsoft's new cloud email and ...
Cloud Provider F5 Networks Buys Application Delivery Network Firm Crescendo
Web Host Industry Review
F5 Networks provides virtualization such as desktop, file and infrastructure solutions,cloud computing such as infrastructure and storage, and on-demand IT solutions for enterprises and service providers. Using an open architectural framework, ...
Energy app comes to home security via cloud
CNET (blog)
The deal shows how home automation systems can be expanded through cloud-based smart-grid services. Vivint's home security console uses a cellular signal to control and monitor devices in the home. Vivint earlier this year rebranded itself (it was ...
Cloud Service Is a Portent for Enterprise Desktops
Internet Evolution
Called "The Future of Federal Work," the event was intended to show off Microsoft's Office 365cloud-based collaboration and productivity platform in the context of how federal agencies will use it. But the event also offered a look at how Microsoft ...
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