While rumors of its arrival have been getting stronger and stronger, Google Drive seems to be finally about to arrive and to be released next week probably on April 24/25 and will offer 5 GB of storage for free accounts. The launch date for next week is not yet confirmed, but details seem now well…
Cedexis launched today their unique CDN and Cloud performance reporting tool: “Which Cloud and/or CDN shall I chose for better delivery of my content and applications in a specific country?” It’s a question all IT decision-makers ask themselves. To start answering it, Cedexis proposes a new data visualization interface available on: http://www.cedexis.com/country-reports/ Every day Cedexis publishes…
Rackspace Hosting, one of the contenders in the fight to take on Amazon Web Services division and Citrix as the dominant public cloud provider and a co-founder of OpenStack, announced the launch of world’s first large scale next generation cloud based products powered by OpenStack technology. The new offerings feature enhanced cloud solutions such as…
IT departments are struggling to adapt to new economic realities and a rapidly changing technology environment that includes fundamental shifts in mobile, social, and cloud computing technologies. The lingering effects of the downturn marked by flat-to-negative IT budgets are forcing IT departments to reassess and more accurately measure the real business value delivered by both…
HP today announced the launch of the HP Converged Cloud, which promises to create, manage and secure hybrid cloud environments. The initiative is the part of HP’s operational change plans recently put by CEO Meg Whitman. Designed for the enterprise and termed as the first industry strategy and portfolio based cloud solution on a single…
In today’s increasingly instrumented and interconnected world, business leaders are seeking ways to leverage strategies that optimize growth, improve agility, driver higher-value customer relationships and lead to increased revenue. Many see cloud as the answer. In fact, a recent IBM Institute for Business Value study found that 90 percent of organizations expect to adopt or substantially deploy a cloud…
Cloud storage is one of the many ways that organizations are leveraging cloud services today. With public and private cloud storage available from a number of well-known providers such as Amazon, AT&T, Nirvanix, RackSpace, Google, HP and OpenStack, and cloud storage gateway technologies enabling instant integration of cloud storage into existing IT storage environments, businesses…
By Chris Brenton During its March patch cycle, Microsoft quietly fixed a remote code execution problem with the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). RDP is the service used for remote Windows system management, as well as remote desktop services. Identified as CVE-2012-0002, the exploit can permit an attacker to execute any command on the target system…
Over 500 executives, entrepreneurs, investors, and thought leaders across business and technology attended the Data 2.0 Summit this week in San Francisco with CloudTimes being a media sponsor at the show. With over 100 speakers from Microsoft, Google, HP, Salesforce, Data.com, Mozilla and LinkedIn, the Data 2.0 Summit explored topics around Big Data, Social Data, and Open…
Dell announced on Monday that it has reached a deal to acquire Wyse Technology, a privately held provider of cloud computing and desktop virtualization technologies, for an undisclosed amount. The deal is the latest in a string of moves by the computer maker to move beyond its hardware business into management and services offerings thus…