FedRAMP seal of approval clears Amazon for more government work
AWS is the first major cloud provider to get its FedRAMP certification which should make it easier for government agencies to put more workloads on Amazon’s cloud. Read more »
The week in cloud: Google and Microsoft spar while IBM and SAP play hot hands
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Google and Microsoft slapfest continues; IBM pushes Watson for third-party apps; SAP bets big on HANA for ERP. Read more »
As Amazon, Google, Microsoft beat each others brains in, who wins? The user
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It may not be pleasant for the competitors, but cloud competition is nothing but good for cloud consumers — whether they’re startups or Fortune 100 companies. Read more »
So Google Compute Engine is out, your move Amazon
Now that GCE is available to all — complete with by-the-minute charges and a new NoSQL database service, we eagerly await Amazon’s response. Make no mistake, there will be one. Read more »
Amazon cloud watcher Newvem now watches Azure too
With Amazon beefing up its own AWS monitoring tools, it makes sense for companies like Newvem to take on other clouds. That’s just what Newvem is doing. Read more »
Google I/O: Arming for the battle of the public cloud stars
Whether or not Google officially rolls out its GCE public cloud to all takers this week, GCE will take on AWS and Windows Azure for market- and mind-share going forward. Read more »
Laggard Rackspace growth sparks concern: is there enough cloud biz to go around?
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There are lots of potential cloud workloads out there but there are also about a zillion clouds. Is there really enough paid work to support them all? Read more »
MadeiraCloud nets $1.5M to paint a pretty picture of your Amazon cloud
Startup says its visualization tool is an easier way to see all AWS resources associated with a given application and will use its new money to advertise that feature. Read more »
From Amazon’s cloud guy: 6 hiring tips for startups
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Amazon Web Services’ Andy Jassy knows a little something about staffing an internal startup; he shared lessons learned with entrepreneurs Wednesday morning. Read more »
SAP to world: We’re a cloud company, no really!
To the surprise of very few, SAP plans to put make its HANA analytical database available as a cloud service. Read more »
How an old-school telco gear maker got the cloud religion. Can it convert the carriers?
Metaswitch is bringing the cloud model to telcos by open sourcing it’s new IMS core software that runs on commodity hardware. IT’s a good first step for the telcos but they must go further. Read more »
Dell snaps up Enstratius to build cloud momentum
With Enstratius, Dell gets enterprise-class cloud management capabilities, says Enstratius CTO George Reese. Read more »
Clustrix nets $16.5M to push its database outside the box
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NewSQL company will use its new cash to make its proprietary database more easily available to developers via their cloud infrastructure of choice, says CEO Robin Purohit. Read more »
API-crazy Amazon adds a new tool to boost support for enterprise AWS customers
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Amazon says its new API will help businesses on support contracts automate how their support calls are set up and handled. Read more »
Xeround pulls the plug on cloud database service
Company tells users of its cloud-based MySQL database service to move their instances by May 8 or else. (May 15 for paying customers.) Read more »
Amazon offers cloud certifications; more proof that AWS is all grown up
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Amazon is following the lead of its IT elders by rolling out technology certifications for developers, solution architects and admins. Read more »
Say what? Microsoft Azure’s a $1 billion business?
Microsoft says it’s sold a billion dollars worth of cloud services. But as is usually the case, the value of cloud sales depends on what your definition of cloud is. Read more »
More fun facts about AWS usage, this time from Cloudyn
Companies like Cloudyn want to make Amazon Web Services less of a mystery to its users, but they have lots of competition — including from Amazon itself. Read more »
Eucalyptus supports Netflix tools to prove its Amazon cloud compatibility
Eucalyptus wants to be the most compatible of AWS-compatible private clouds and says its support of Netflix OSS tools proves it is just that. Read more »
The week in cloud: the argument for lots of clouds; mobility rules; catching up with Dell
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RightScale research says one cloud won’t fit all; mobile development landgrab continues with Facebook-Parse deal; Michael Dell talks up cloud opportunity. Read more »
Joyent says Chef support will make cloud workloads mobile
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The cloud provider is banking that its new full integration of Opscde Chef, which is also supported by Amazon Web Services, will make it easier for AWS customers to move to Joyent Cloud. Read more »
Verizon grows by another 720,000 subscribers, continues shift toward LTE
Verizon’s generated some impressive activation numbers in the normally slow first quarter: 5.9 million LTE devices; 7.2 million smartphones; and 4 million new iPhones, half of which were the LTE-capable iPhone 5. Read more »
New iPhone 5 gives T-Mobile’s MVNOs a network boost, but still no LTE
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Solavei will sell the device for steep price of $700, but unlocked versions of the new iPhone 5 will work with its SIM cards. Solavei resells T-Mo’s service, giving access to its nationwide HSPA+ network, but not LTE. Read more »
Cloud adoption: It’s not about the price, stupid
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Remember when the decision to go to Amazon Web Services was all about saving dough? Smart consumers now know that’s not the real reason to move workloads to the cloud. Read more »
Upstart Server Density sets sights on RightScale with new cloud management goodies
Scrappy London startup Server Density is adding AWS and Rackspace provisioning capabilities to its existing monitoring service, says co-founder and CEO David Mytton. Read more »
The week in cloud: Google and Amazon cut prices (again); OpenStack Grizzly debuts
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Amazon keeps cutting prices of its base level services, but software vendors still say when it comes to deployment in many cases, AWS is still not the most cost-efficient option. Read more »
Google cracks open access to its compute cloud — a little bit
Getting into Google Compute Engine isn’t impossible, but it isn’t super easy either. You sign up and wait. Now Google is opening the door to new users willing to pay for support. Read more »
Setting the record straight: Own an AT&T iPhone 5? It will work on T-Mobile’s LTE network
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There’s a lot of confusing noise out there about whether you can bring an unlocked iPhone 5 over to T-Mo’s network and get it to work properly. Here’s the low-down on what the GSM iPhone 5 can and can’t do. Read more »
Tiny nTelos will join the 4G club, launching LTE in the Virginias this year
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nTelos was one of the first small carriers to land the iPhone, and now its adding to its prestige by launching a new LTE network. Not bad for a little rural carrier. Read more »
T-Mobile’s new LTE network is fast, but it’s going to get a lot faster
T-Mobile’s new 4G service will keep pace with its competitors’ initially, but as the company fine tunes its deployment, its speeds will increase. Eventually T-Mo will field a network capable of supporting a theoretical 150 Mbps connection. Read more »
Verizon will start building LTE network No. 2 this year
Verizon is pretty much done with its first LTE network, so now, according to its CTO, it’s ready to start on its second, using the new AWS airwaves its acquired from the cable companies. Read more »
Rackspace: Hey Amazon, we can cut prices too
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Rackspace, perhaps deviating from its “fanatical support mantra” is cutting prices on its CDN services and rolling out a new tiered price structure for other services Read more »
What to do when Amazon decides to jump into your business
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Nothing strikes fear in a business like having the world’s largest e-tailer and cloud provider decide to take you on. But, according to Chris Potter, of Screenlight, you can not only push back — you can succeed, if you follow a couple of rules. Read more »
OpenNebula offers to speed up community feature development for cash
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The ‘Fund a Feature’ program aims to let corporate users accelerate the development of specific features while still feeding the result back to the open-source project’s community. Read more »
Netflix to developers: More monkeys to come
If you like Chaos Monkey or any of its Simian Army pals, Netflix has some more stuff for you to check out. Here’s a sneak peek. Read more »
Cloudyn says it exposes hidden Amazon storage costs and you’d be surprised how big they are
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Do you know how much Amazon storage you’re using? Do you really? Cloudyn says it can tell you the real data and recommend ways to cut costs. Read more »
Amazon makes it cheaper to move your stuff between regions
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If you thought Amazon Web Services would stop churning out new features and cutting prices on older ones, you have another think coming. Read more »
Fail whale surfaces again: Twitter goes down
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Oh no! Information addicts were distressed to find Twitter down again for the better part of an hour Thursday morning. Read more »
AT&T buys Verizon’s spare 4G spectrum so it can soup up its LTE networks
The 39 licenses will cost AT&T $1.9 billion, but it will finally be able to deploy full-capacity networks in key markets like Chicago and Los Angeles. Verizon’s wheeling is dealing in 700 MHz is now over. Read more »
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The fourth quarter of 2012 in cloud
The last quarter of 2012 saw the rise of cloud-based databases, the cloud awakening of software giants such as HP, and many cloud outages that have left question marks. Enterprises found more IT dollars, and they will focus on the cloud for much of that spending. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
