Microsoft continues to fill in the check boxes for its Azure cloud. Example: Azure DocumentDB, Microsoft’s take on NoSQL databases a la…
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Microsoft faces specter of shelfware in the cloud era
The notion that pay-as-you-go cloud computing will eliminate shelfware — paid-for but unused computing resources — has always been suspect. Last year I wrote…
Read MoreNew Relic drafts former Oracle exec to lead biz dev
New Relic has named John Gray, a former long-time channel exec for Oracle, as its new SVP of business development. Gray, who…
Read MoreSooooo, what’s new with HP’s cloud strategy?
Look! Hewlett-Packard is doing something with Eucalyptus after all, at least according to a new web page touting HP Helion Eucalyptus, the “Open.…
Read MoreKubernetes comes to OpenStack this time thanks to Mirantis
For businesses wanting to run the Kubernetes cluster management framework for containers on OpenStack clouds, Google and Mirantis have teamed up to make that happen more…
Read MoreMicrosoft embraces Python, Linux in new big data tools
Continuing its quest to make Microsoft Azure comfy for the non-Windows world, Microsoft just launched a preview of its Hadoop-based cloud tool (HDInsight) that runs…
Read MoreHooray! Amazon will start breaking out AWS numbers
For cloud watchers, the real news out of Amazon’s fourth-quarter earnings call is that the company will finally break out Amazon Web Services…
Read MoreDatadog fetches $31M to beef up sales and engineering
Datadog, which promises to let companies see how well (or badly) their various cloud deployments are performing, now has $31 million in fresh Series…
Read MoreMicrosoft’s big task: Replicating Windows-Office success in cloud
Microsoft turned in pretty good second quarter results on Monday, but its stock still took a hit after hours and into Tuesday. At…
Read MoreIn AWS cloud contracts (as in life), read before signing
Lawyers say never to sign (or click on) anything without reading it first, but that rule typically goes out the window when…
Read MoreAWS boosted cloud reliability in 2014, new stats show
Amazon Web Services is not an organization that rests on its laurels. New stats compiled by CloudEndure show that AWS, the public cloud market leader,…
Read MoreLooks like Microsoft is outsourcing a part of its cloud
CDN expert Dan Rayburn reported Monday that Microsoft is deep-sixing its home-grown content delivery network capabilities and is instead turning to Verizon EdgeCast to deliver…
Read MoreBig, new AWS C4 instances are here — for real
Amazon Web Services pre-announced big, new C4 compute instances in November at AWS Re:invent, apparently re-announced them on January 2 in a disappearing…
Read MoreCloud upgrades no big deal if deployment is done right
When Verizon said it might shutter its new Verizon Cloud for 48 hours this weekend for a major upgrade, users were shocked. Some…
Read MoreMicrosoft unveils Azure Key Vault and big strong servers
Microsoft caused a bit of a stir in October when it announced plans for big cloud servers with up to 32 cores, 450…
Read MoreAmazon Web Services tops list of most reliable public clouds
Google and Microsoft now host public clouds meant to give Amazon Web Services a run for its money, but they still have…
Read MoreAfter rough year for Amazon stock, will AWS feel the pain?
People who watch Amazon Web Services tend to be cloud oriented and don’t necessarily pay a ton of attention to the Amazon Inc.…
Read MoreYup, 2014 was a big year in cloud
2014 was the year in which both Microsoft and Google got serious about their public cloud options and taking on Amazon Web…
Read MoreWhere is enterprise infrastructure headed in 2015?
The enterprise industry is another year older … and hopefully somewhat wiser. Here’s what enterprise watchers should expect to see in 2015.…
Read MoreMo’ money, mo’ data, mo’ cloud on the Structure Show
If you want an informed opinion on the state of the cloud and the relative merits of the players, Sebastian Stadil’s…
Read MoreMicrosoft Azure afflicted again
Microsoft Azure is having troubles again, the company acknowledged Tuesday night. According to a status update, Azure's Traffic Manager was experiencing "a multi-region partial performance degradation."…
Read MoreCloud computing makes for some strange bedfellows
OpenStack backer Rackspace jumps on Azure bandwagon, Microsoft ally Apprenda embraces Amazon Web Serivces. What's going on here? The week in cloud.…
Read More5 things to look for at AWS Re:Invent 2014
Last week it was Google's turn to strut its cloud stuff; this week it's all about Amazon Web Services at AWS Re:Invent in Las Vegas.…
Read MoreJust how big is Amazon Web Services’ lead? It depends on whom you ask
Amazon Web Services, which debuted in 2006, has a huge lead in public cloud. But it's unclear how long that lead will last, as Microsoft and Google gear up their IaaS efforts.…
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