#Amazon #Web Services outage highlights Cloud risks
This week, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Storage System (S3) suffered a major outage. The outage lasted throughout most of Tuesday, Feb. 28. While the S3 system is a back-end system, the system is...
View ArticleTypo Set in Motion Chain of Events That Shut Down AWS S3 Cloud
NEWS ANALYSIS: The causes of the massive Amazon Web Services outages that knocked as many as 150,000 websites offline went way beyond a typo in a server command. You hear about accident investigations...
View ArticleDell EMC enhances Cloud Service Provider partner program track
Dell EMC announces a new focus on the varied service provider industry that includes communications service providers, cable multiple system operators, hosting/co-location providers, public cloud...
View ArticleHow to Choose the Best Cloud #Hosting Service Provider
Cloud computing offers a great deal of benefits to businesses. They allow enterprises to develop their applications, test them and put them to use faster with lower capital expenditure, less...
View Article#IBM launches pay-as-you-go quantum computing cloud service
IBM has unveiled a new service called IBM Q that it is billing as the world's first quantum computing service in the cloud, which is offered on a pay-as-you-go cost basis. However, it won't outperform...
View ArticleNordcloud Listed in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure...
The leading European Managed Services Provider, Nordcloud, enters into the elite group of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure Managed Service Providers. The leading European...
View ArticleIntroducing Opulent Cloud, Formerly bpsNode, Provider of Managed Cloud...
BALTIMORE, March 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- With a focus on providing exceptional customer service for companies leveraging cloud infrastructure services, bpsNode today announced a new name and brand:...
View ArticleScality adds HALO cloud-based monitoring services to RING
Scality has added cloud-based monitoring services to its RING object storage that perform predictive analytics to improve uptime. The Scality HALO Cloud Monitor, launched this week, is available for...
View ArticleAnalysis: Rethinking cloud architecture after the outage of #Amazon #Web...
Thanks to innovation from companies such as Amazon with AWS, Microsoft with Azure, and Google with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), organizations of all sizes are today increasingly more agile and...
View Article#IBM adds new API to quantum computing cloud service
IBM announced today that it was updating its Quantum Experience cloud with a new API that it hopes will increase the abilities of researchers and other interested parties to build more sophisticated...
View Article(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Azure AD Pass-through Authentication
When combined with Single Sign on (public preview), users also need not type their password to log in to Azure AD or other cloud services, providing these customers with a truly integrated experience...
View ArticleState of the Cloud 2017 (Part 2)
Adopting SaaS-based security services. The list of SaaS-based security services are covered in my other blog. A cloud strategy includes careful planning regarding workloads, data, applications, and the...
View ArticleDisruption in #Amazon's cloud service ripples through internet
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web users experienced widespread glitches on Tuesday, from news sites to government services, after Amazon.com Inc's popular cloud service that hosts their data suffered a...
View ArticleCloud ready? If not, rather consider a Managed Service approach
With so much hype around its attractive benefits for business, organisations might be feeling the pressure to move to the cloud. While such a bold step might appear lucrative, it's important to...
View ArticleWorkday Versus Shopify, 2 Cloud Platform Companies Compared
Cloud platforms open the possibility for significant economies ... Subscription revenue grew 39.5% year over year, to $365.2M. Professional services revenue increased 16.1%, to $71.5M. With clients...
View Article#Amazon #Web Services cloud migration service 2nd Watch raises $19M
2nd Watch, which helps large organizations such as Crate & Barrel, Condé Nast, Coca-Cola North America and Lenovo build and deploy applications on top of Amazon Web Services, today announced $19...
View ArticleHow to choose cloud service provider
There’s a plethora of different cloud service providers out there. They range from traditional integrators offering backup services on top of their managed offerings to Information as a Service (IaaS)...
View Article#Microsoft says #Google’s cloud reliability #Claim vs. Azure and #Amazon #Web...
A comment today by Google’s top cloud executive, taking a subtle jab at Amazon Web Services, isn’t sitting well with Microsoft for a different reason. With last week’s Amazon Web Services outage still...
View Article#Google Cloud Platform stakes its #Claim on higher-level services
SAN FRANCISCO – Google has staked its claim in the cloud market on higher-level services and next-generation workloads, and the strategy resonates with IT pros here. After a day of emphasis on...
View ArticleTop 5 cloud computing predictions for 2017
Despite the recent enthusiasm for Cloud services, a fair percentage of local firms have delayed their Cloud migration journeys – as they wring the final drops of sweat from their legacy infrastructure....
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