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SolidFire shares half of its name with that of solid state drives, understandable given its occupation, and it seems that it is going to start pushing harder on the cloud storage market segment.
SolidFire has been looking for investors to add their support to its business.
What the company does is create and marke... |
1 November 2011
09:57 GMT |
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With all the web-based activity and advancements lately, sending files to and from devices is easier every day, but people still want ways to make the process easy and automatic, like allowed by the Dropbox.
It so happens that the free Dropbox service is no longer the only Dropbox service people may opt for.
Now, ... |
31 October 2011
06:07 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Private Cloud Community Evaluation Program is just a few days from start, with the debut planned for November 1, 2011, but customers can still sign-up. All they need to do is head over to this page on Microsoft Connect.
The Redmond company’s considerable Cloud investments continue to grow at... |
28 October 2011
08:07 GMT |
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At first it was a cloud OS, a bare-bones operating system that would enable you to access the web and run web applications and not much else. Then it became a cloud app platform, enabling you to run a unified cloud desktop and a set of apps no matter where you logged in from.
Now, Jolicloud is becoming a cloud servi... |
28 October 2011
07:17 GMT |
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In a move to make its Cloud platform even more appealing to customers worldwide, Microsoft announced that it’s reducing the price of Windows Azure Storage.
At the same time, the software giant introduced a discount system designed to cut costs for high-volume customers.
The new pricing strategy for Windows ... |
28 October 2011
04:29 GMT |
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By 2015, more embedded devices will ship worldwide than the combined shipments of phones, PCs and servers, according to Microsoft, citing data from IDC. The explosive growth of the Intelligent Systems market will be driven by the decreasing costs of microprocessors. With prices dropping and their power increasing, CP... |
27 October 2011
10:59 GMT |
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Just a day after codename “Social Analytics” made its debut, the new Microsoft Cloud service hosted under SQL Azure Labs, the software giant took down the data related to Windows 8. While still in experimental stage, the Microsoft Codename “Social Analytics” Lab enabled early adopters to explo... |
27 October 2011
04:40 GMT |
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Hitachi decided this was an opportune moment for its cloud tactics to be laid out on the table, so it provided an extensive press release to this effect.
What Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., will provide for companies are Hitachi Cloud Services and Cloud Solution ... |
25 October 2011
21:01 GMT |
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People may have been wondering what cloud storage can offer to gamers and they are finally getting an answer from Razer, whose Synapse 2 software is entering closed beta phase.
Right now, even though cloud storage is gaining ground on the enterprise market, the consumer segment isn't proving to be as big an op... |
21 October 2011
02:43 GMT |
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Apple has had some early issues with iCloud, the new web-based suite of services offered as a free component of OS X Lion and iOS 5. The problems appear to be resolved now, with the iCloud status page saying “all services are online” now.Earlier today, Apple acknowledged that “Calendar invitations s... |
14 October 2011
09:52 GMT |
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After early adopters have had the possibility of testing a preview of the Windows Azure Autoscaling Block, dubbed WASABi, they can now download and take out for a spin the Beta development milestone of the resource.
Microsoft is offering the Windows Azure Autoscaling Block as a part of the Windows Azure Integratio... |
14 October 2011
06:32 GMT |
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iCloud is not only compatible with iOS and Mac OS, but also Windows, the most wide-spread desktop operating system on the planet.To use iCloud, Windows PC owners need to download a certain “iCloud Control Panel for Windows” which delivers support for Photo Stream, Contacts and Calendars.Microsoft Outlook ... |
13 October 2011
09:07 GMT |
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Early adopters will be able to get a taste of Microsoft codename “Data Explorer” in the coming months, according to the software giant, which promises that a testing release will be made available by the end of 2011.
Attendees of the PASS Summit 2011 have already been able to watch a demonstration dur... |
13 October 2011
07:56 GMT |
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In another episode of IT industry team-ups, Cisco and Citrix have joined forces, hoping to help the world transition from the PC era to the cloud, as the press release puts it.
For those who don't know, Cisco is a high-profile, worldwide provider of networking solutions, while Citrix specializes in virtual c... |
12 October 2011
09:25 GMT |
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Apple has launched iCloud to the public with iOS 5 and OS X 10.7.2 nowhere in sight. With the exception of those who got an iPhone 4S early, pretty much every Apple customer has their hands tied.As the screenshot above shows, Apple requires that customers first set up iCloud on their iOS device or Mac.The service req... |
12 October 2011
05:17 GMT |
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Canonical has announced that Ubuntu 11.10, a.k.a Oneiric Ocelot, will be their first distribution to support the ARM architecture. The biggest change since Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) seems to be support for the ARM architecture, a move that will make sure that the next Ubuntu will gain some market share in the tabl... |
11 October 2011
10:16 GMT |
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Storage solutions are all well and good but, in the end, they are nothing if the data center they are part of doesn't have good enough connectivity technologies, an area that Emulex went out of its way to push forward.
Emulex did not hold back at all when it created the new Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) spoken of... |
10 October 2011
10:22 GMT |
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Microsoft’s Cloud bazaar, that streamlines the selling of Windows Azure applications and services, as well as additional offerings, is now available to more customers than even before.
The Windows Azure Marketplace has expanded to no less than 26 countries around the world, according to the Redmond company.... |
7 October 2011
05:58 GMT |
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Adobe had some big announcements at its yearly MAX technology conference. The biggest though was the move to the cloud. Adobe is embracing the cloud completely and will integrate its new platform, creatively titled Adobe Creative Cloud, with many of its products, including its Creative Suite.
Creative Cloud is a m... |
4 October 2011
05:31 GMT |
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At their annual MAX conference, Kevin Lynch, Adobe's CTO announced the acquisition of Typekit, a true innovator in the world of web typography, and the most successful service in delivering web fonts to sites across the web.If now everybody looks and expects to see non-standard web fonts in live websites, this w... |
4 October 2011
03:19 GMT |
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Cloud computing has proven to be too strong a pull for Advanced Micro Devices to ignore, the processing and video product maker having decided to set up a base of operations in China.
Cloud computing consists of providing consumers and enterprise/business users with web-based storage, centralized.
This would ... |
30 September 2011
09:59 GMT |
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Microsoft has updated the tools that enable Visual Studio 2010 developers to build projects targeting Windows Azure.
Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 1.5 (September 2011) are now available for download from the software giant, free of charge, just as has always been the case. Of course, with ... |
30 September 2011
06:32 GMT |
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Customers using the Cloud flavor of Office will be able to notice improvements in terms of performance and reliability, according to Jenni French, sr product manager, Office Web Apps. In the latest update to Office Web Apps, Microsoft has focused in increasing the speed of the service, but also on improving stabilit... |
30 September 2011
05:41 GMT |
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Microsoft has refreshed a collection of training content for its Cloud platform, offering customers a new release of the Windows Azure Platform Training Kit for download.
The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit September 2011 Update is available through the company’s Download Center, free of charge, just a... |
29 September 2011
06:18 GMT |
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Moving to the cloud is happening more and more to existing corporate infrastructures, and one of the latest to start on this road is ROLF, calling on the help of HP.
ROLF Group, a Russian importer and retailer of cars, decided it was time to upgrade its technological infrastructure, so it asked HP for help.
Th... |
27 September 2011
08:49 GMT |
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Cloud storage is getting more and more popular nowadays, and SDSC decided to establish one that, rather than aiming for wide support, is actually intended for just one branch of the IT industry, albeit a fairly large one.
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) just announced that it had established a new cloud... |
26 September 2011
08:58 GMT |
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Facebook is a great platform for developers, they can write their apps using web technologies, or a coding language of their choice, and have it up and running on the site in no time.
The only snag in the process is the hosting, developers need to run their own apps on a server somewhere. For a developer just star... |
16 September 2011
06:41 GMT |
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The latest in the saga of analysts' estimates with the 2010-2015 time frame is one that involves the cloud computing segment and wireless service providers in equal measure. Even though some parts of the IT industry aren't doing very well, like the DRAM sector, others are set to grow substantially over th... |
13 September 2011
10:29 GMT |
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Amazon is running a very interesting promotion aimed at mobile app developers, promoting its Android Appstore and its Amazon Web Services at the same time. The deal is simple, submit an app to the App Store and you get $50 worth of credit to use with the company's cloud services.The credit is good for a number o... |
8 September 2011
11:41 GMT |
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Solid state drives may not be overly popular on the enterprise front, but inventions like IDT's newest PCI Express switch definitely help with their reputation, what with the higher speed and larger capacity potential and everything else.IDT issued a press release, not long ago, in which it announces its newest... |
8 September 2011
08:12 GMT |
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Microsoft has introduced new pages to the Windows Azure site designed to help customers better find technical resources. The Windows Azure website is just one example of how the Redmond company integrates deeply training, guidance, technical content, etc. into the web portals set up for its products. In this partic... |
8 September 2011
07:41 GMT |
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Microsoft IT is sharing the best practices and experiences associated with leveraging the company’s own technologies with the world via a Showcase website on TechNet.
IT professionals that want to get insight into how the software giant plans for, deploys, and manages its own enterprise solutions need to c... |
7 September 2011
08:56 GMT |
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The next release of Windows Intune is right on track to hit general availability on October 17, 2011, Microsoft confirmed officially.
Launched worldwide earlier this year, Windows Intune packs an impressive collection of PC management and security services tailored to Windows machines, with Windows 7 Enterprise ... |
7 September 2011
05:27 GMT |
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A new project built on top of Microsoft’s Cloud platform can put users right on the runway next to a Boeing Next-Generation 737. Close enough to “touch” the aircraft. The “Boeing 737 Explained” Cloud experience running on Windows Azure was built by Microsoft and Wire Stone, a Microsoft ... |
6 September 2011
10:59 GMT |
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Customers looking to demo a private Cloud leveraging Microsoft technologies, or just needing to put together a test environment before deciding to acquire the Redmond company’s solutions, can drastically reduce cost by taking advantage of free trial releases from the software giant.
They’ll still nee... |
6 September 2011
10:30 GMT |
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Microsoft has added yet another item on the list of resources that it shares through the Windows Workflow Foundation site on CodePlex, namely a taste of the Activity Pack for Windows Azure.
Workflow Foundation Activity Pack for Windows Azure is currently available as a pre-release Build, with the software giant ... |
2 September 2011
07:23 GMT |
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A free online Microsoft tool, made available to streamline Exchange deployments, has grown with the addition of migration scenarios involving Office 365.
Essentially, customers visiting the official Exchange Server Deployment Assistant website now have the option of leveraging no less than three scenarios: On-Pr... |
30 August 2011
08:40 GMT |
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Version 1.0 of the Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games has been released to manufacturing with the RTM bits now available for download via CodePlex. I first told you about the Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games in the second half of July 2011, at which point the resource had yet to be finalized. But on Augus... |
27 August 2011
01:45 GMT |
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Microsoft is giving away two Xbox 360 4GB Kinect console bundles to just as many winners of a Cloud contest it’s hosting at the end of this month. The Microsoft Path to the Private Cloud Contest will debut next week, on August 30, 2011, and will last only for another extra day, namely August 31. Customers will... |
26 August 2011
06:35 GMT |
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The newly-launched Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform website is designed to be an one-stop destination for customers building private Cloud using the company’s server technologies. However, in addition to a range of resources on private Clouds, the new site also offers information, guidance and products nece... |
26 August 2011
05:52 GMT |
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Customers looking to build private Clouds can access some insight from Microsoft. The “How Microsoft IT Developed a Private Cloud Infrastructure” Technical Case Study was published earlier this month on TechNet and is available free of charge.
Using technologies such as Hyper-V, private cloud virtual... |
22 August 2011
07:14 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to offer customers the option to try out Windows Azure free of charge before committing to the Cloud platform, but as of this week, the Introductory Special was upgraded to offer no less than 750 Small Compute hours.Those already familiar with the Windows Azure Introductory Special know that the ... |
19 August 2011
11:21 GMT |
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A small German startup, 6Wunderkinder, has just smashed Foursquare's record, 396 days to reach one million users. Through their Wunderlist app, the company managed this feat in only 275 days, even before its one year anniversary.Comparing it to other notable web services, we see that Twitter reached the same num... |
17 August 2011
07:46 GMT |
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System Center Monitoring Pack for Windows Azure Applications has been released to manufacturing and is now available for download from Microsoft. I first told you about the solution designed to provide monitoring capabilities for Windows Azure applications back in October 2010 when the software giant offered the Rel... |
17 August 2011
04:54 GMT |
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As Microsoft is preparing to kick-start the migration process of existing BPOS customers to Office 365, the company made available guidance and a list of answers to questions about the transition. Both resources are available for download free of charge from the Redmond company, which also created the Microsoft Offi... |
8 August 2011
10:43 GMT |
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While working on its new CPUs and marketing existing ones, Intel seems to be enjoying something of a respite, one that it, apparently, decided to fill with new research projects and investments.There are many things that large companies like Intel occupy themselves with, and this extends to more than just making the... |
4 August 2011
07:52 GMT |
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Business customers looking to migrate Java and COBOL applications to Windows Azure can now leverage one of four new middleware products from Fujitsu designed for Microsoft’s Cloud platform.
Developers must already know by now that they can take advantage of a range of programming languages when working wit... |
30 July 2011
05:43 GMT |
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If you ever wanted a sneak peek at the infrastructure powering the plethora of Microsoft services, then here is your chance to take a tour of a few of the company’s datacenters. Microsoft’s Cloud (all its web-based applications and services) resides in server farms spread across the world. Technologies f... |
27 July 2011
06:41 GMT |
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Customers using Windows Azure AppFabric are now able to leverage a range of enhancements recently introduced by Microsoft.Both the Windows Azure AppFabric Management Portal and the Access Control service have been kicked up a notch, the software giant revealed. No less than three updates to ACS 2.0 namespaces are b... |
26 July 2011
06:27 GMT |
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Microsoft has updated the Windows Azure Marketplace, simplifying the publishing process for customers looking to take advantage of the company’s “one-stop shop for premium data and applications.”The latest update introduced to the Windows Azure Marketplace focuses on providing comprehensive guidanc... |
26 July 2011
05:45 GMT |
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