Don't like your cloud provider's block storage options? Well, you're in luck because it's likely that Google or Amazon (or Microsoft?) will have a deal for you.…
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The pros, the disrupters, and the brands that use them
Where is the future of cloud infrastructure going? Gigaom's annual Structure conference explores the answer to this question and more about the cloud market this June 18 and 19 in San Francisco.…
Read MoreVerizon’s new double-capacity “XLTE” network now covers 250 cities
Now that it has a name, Verizon has started revealing more details about its new LTE network in the AWS band. It covers half of Verizon's current 4G footprint and 35 percent of its LTE devices.…
Read MoreAmazon has one of the dirtiest powered clouds around, says Greenpeace
While Google, Facebook, Apple and others made major strides for clean energy and Internet infrastructure, Amazon and AWS are lagging far behind.…
Read MoreFCC moves forward on plans for a new 4G auction using shared airwaves
As a Congressional deadline approaches, the FCC laid the groundwork for a new spectrum auction that would infuse new capacity into LTE networks. But there's a catch: Carriers would have to share with the government.…
Read MoreBad timing: Nasdaq reconsiders AWS-based FinQloud service
Amazon Web Services-based FinQloud, which stores and manages financial data, may be going back to the drawing board.…
Read MoreWhy Amazon built its data stream processing engine Kinesis
Here's the back story on Amazon's new data stream processing engine Kinesis.…
Read MoreAT&T closes its acquisition of Leap Wireless after getting FCC approval
AT&T had to make a few concessions to get the deal approved, but they were a small price to pay for the big spectrum haul Ma Bell will gain in key markets.…
Read MoreJumpstarter launches “next-gen hosting platform”, promising sub-second server spin-up
The Stockholm-based outfit wants to provide a more user-friendly alternative to traditional website hosting platforms and platform-as-a-service players like Heroku.…
Read MoreCloud computing and database 2014: The trend is your friend
Most enterprises have a good handle on cloud computing, at least conceptually, but most have just begun to work with this technology. In 2014, the learning curve will be steep, and a few failures are inevitable.…
Read MoreThe challenges facing AWS
Amazon Web Services pulled off a successful conference in Las Vegas last week, showcasing exciting new services and big, enterprise customer wins.…
Read MoreWith commercial release of Cloud Foundry, Pivotal aims for broad corporate PaaS adoption
The Pivotal CF PaaS, to be commercially available this week, aims to make PaaS a go-to option for companies wanting to run workloads in-house and across cloud infrastructures.…
Read MoreT-Mobile doubles its LTE speeds, capacity in at least 40 major cities
Eight months after bringing its first LTE tower online, T-Mobile has managed to amp up its 4G service with new spectrum. But it's biggest upgrade will come in 2014, when it plans to double capacity again.…
Read MoreAmazon cloud keeps growing but so do options; the week in cloud
Amazon Web Services continues to sell like hotcakes although it may or may not be the most price-efficient option; and this week's Structure Show.…
Read MoreOne iPad to connect them all: Apple crams 14 LTE bands into its new tablets
Apple has returned to its old habits of building a single device that can serve the entire world, but it's still managed to stick a lot of LTE bands in its new iPads, including T-Mobile's.…
Read MoreOpenStack: is it a PaaS killer? The week in cloud
As the latest release of the open-source cloud infrastructure debuted, controversy swirled anew. Will OpenStack kill third-party PaaSes or vice versa?…
Read MoreWatch out AT&T: Verizon’s new LTE network monster stirs in NYC
Verizon's double-wide LTE network has made its first appearance in New York -- spotted by a GigaOM reader. Clocking in at 80 Mbps, the network is already speedy, but it likely will be even faster when it officially launches.…
Read MoreAmazon loosens up more on Reserved Instance use
New from AWS: the ability to change the size of your EC2 Reserved Instances. That along with an earlier change that lets you move RIs between zones show Amazon getting more flexible.…
Read MoreBidding strategies? Arbitrage? AWS spot market is where computing and finance meet.
Using Amazon's Spot Instances well requires a mix of business and technology strategy that has fundamentally makes assessing your computing portfolio a lot like creating a balanced financial portfolio. Here's how to make it work.…
Read MoreVerizon takes on big game with new enterprise IaaS; The week in cloud
Verizon takes on the big guy -- Amazon Web Services -- with its new enterprise cloud. Also: PayPal puts Netflix Asgard tool on OpenStack.…
Read MoreBeware of Amazon’s “legacy” cloud, says HP’s cloud guru
You know something is screwy when the HP cloud chief calls out AWS for being old. (Here's the even weirder thing, he might have a point.)…
Read MoreGovernment shut down could further slow not-so-fast cloud adoption
If all of government slows to a crawl due to a lack of compromise, it's safe to bet cloud deployments will be dinged as well, observers say.…
Read MoreMicrosoft Windows Azure snags FedRAMP approval for government cloud work
Just in time for the government shut down! (Kidding). Microsoft gets FedRAMP certification which make it easier for Windows Azure to win more U.S. agency work.…
Read MoreHow to beat AWS: Be cheaper, personalized and free of the PATRIOT Act
There are many ways to win cloud customers away from Amazon Web Services, a panel of European cloud providers said at Structure:Europe, and none of them involve trying to be Amazon Web Services.…
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