Why Google is Amazon's strongest competitor

Why Google is freaking out Amazon | Cloud Computing - InfoWorld: "Taking innovative risks, such as building a cloud without the use of traditional virtualization, for example, means Google needs fewer resources and offers better performance. It can provide cloud services as a loss leader without killing the core business, and Google has a trusted brand. These all make Google the most serious AWS competitor. In a few years, Google could very well have an IaaS cloud offering that finally gives Amazon a run for its money. Given the maturation of this sector and the variability in buying patterns, Google could easily become the provider that finally does real battle with Amazon."

EMC accelerates transformation ToPrivate Cloud Computing for customers ...
Al-Bawaba
To help build a foundation for private cloud computing, EMC is also deepening its relationship with SAP and VMware by integrating their respective services capabilities and helping customers accelerate full-lifecycle transformation of SAP applications ...

TechTalk: Flickr offers 1 TB free cloud storage
Manoramaonline
In a major revamp, the famous photo sharing website Flickr has offered a massive 1 TB free cloud storage to its users to upload pictures and videos. The site has a fresh look now and allows single images up to 200 MB file size to be uploaded. But is it ...

Managing IT Without An IT Staff? 3 Keys To Choosing Cloud Services That Can ...
Business 2 Community
It's certainly not easy for a nontechnical employee to handle the technology needs of a growing business, but cloud services with excellent customer support can significantly lighten the load. We'd love to hear from any involuntary IT managers out there.

Retailers Turn Cloud Computing into Sales
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Cloud computing involves a new way of thinking about data. In a cloud, a single server can host many virtual servers, slashing hardware costs. The virtual servers can scale on-demand depending on the need for computer capacity. That's very useful for ...

Cloud Computing Bootcamp at Cloud Expo New York: Full Agenda
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Learn the secrets of other CXOs in your peer firms, how they are thinking about the cloud as a new competitive advantage, new financial level and a new technology choice. Learn also about the two biggest trends in the last 100 years of computing and ...

Huawei unveils its next generation data centre architecture DC to maximize ...
AME Info (press release)
Commenting ahead of the conference Davis Fu, said: "We see significant investment being made incloud computing and data centre services in the region. however, adoption is still at the very early stages. Companies here are eager to take the first step ...

Xbox One, Creative Cloud Backlash Show Limits of Cloud ...
The move to embrace the cloud. Generally speaking, the concept of the cloud can be separated into two parts: cloud storage, and cloud computing. Examples of ...
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