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Jun. 18, 2013
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Big Data Tops Government IT Priorities, Spending Remains Flat in 2013

While much talk around information technology (IT) is around organizations and businesses in the private sector, the public sector, specifically governments, typically lags behind, so which areas of IT are government IT decision makers focusing their efforts?...More
Jun. 18, 2013
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Barracuda Backup 5.2 Features Cloud LiveBoot for VMware

Barracuda Networks is enabling customers to boot VMware images they have replicated to the cloud by pulling data directly from deduplicated storage as needed. The new VMware-based feature is included in the latest version of Barracuda Backup....More
Jun. 18, 2013
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Okta Launches Partner Programs for Cloud Identity Management Service

Cloud-based identity and access management platform provider Okta is ready to take its cloud services to the market through the channel. The company has launched two channel partner programs that will be the foundation for its channel ecosystem....More
Jun. 17, 2013
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Microsoft: SMB Views on Cloud Privacy, Security Vary Widely

Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) that use cloud computing say they've seen increased levels of privacy, security and reliability, according to a new survey commissioned by Microsoft (MSFT), one of the companies identified as participating in the government survelliance NSA PRISM program....More
Jun. 17, 2013
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Rackspace Pushes Hybrid Cloud, Collaboration and Innovation for Future IT

Cloud services provider (CSP) and OpenStack proponent Rackspace (RAX) offered its vision of the next generation IT department at last week's 12th International Cloud Expo in NYC, pushing collaboration, innovation, and hybrid cloud to attendees....More
Jun. 17, 2013
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Datapipe Partners with Verne Global: Green HPC Cloud Availability in Iceland

Managed services and infrastructure solutions provider Datapipe has recently partnered with Verne Global to offer customers its Stratosphere high performance computing (HPC) cloud platform delivered from Verne Global’s data center campus in Iceland....More
Jun. 17, 2013
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Cisco Cloud Reseller Program Enables Partner-to-Partner Transactions

Cisco Systems is looking to enable more partner-to-partner connections with its recently announced Cloud Reseller Program....More
Jun. 17, 2013
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CenturyLink AppFog Acquisition Adds PaaS to Savvis Cloud

CenturyLink is looking to get into the PaaS game. The company has completed the acquisition of AppFog, which provides a PaaS specificially tailored to software developers. CenturyLink will add the new PaaS offering to its Savvis Cloud product catalog, which already includes the Savvis IaaS offering....More
Jun. 14, 2013
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Top 100 Cloud Services Providers (CSPs) 2013: AWS, Rackspace & More

Who are the world's top 100 cloud services providers (CSP)s? Where will Amazon Web Services, Rackspace, Microsoft Cloud and others rank? Get the answers -- soon -- from our exclusive Talkin' Cloud 100 list....More
Jun. 14, 2013
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NSA PRISM: Do Cloud Providers, Customers Fear Big Brother?

Google, Microsoft, Facebook and others recently confirmed that they've participated in an National Security Agency (NSA) program called PRISM that collects information about how customers use services. How has this disclosure affected companies that are in the business of providing cloud computing services?...More
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