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Week of 07 May 2012 Cloud-in-a-box technology can turn VARs into cloud providers (07 May 2012)
Cloud-in-a-box technology is becoming more appealing to managed service providers looking to offer cloud services to their customers.
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Week of 30 Apr 2012 Achieving cloud compliance: Customer, not cloud provider, responsible (30 Apr 2012)
Customers, not cloud providers, are responsible for ensuring cloud compliance with their data. Cloud providers must offer transparency of their infrastructure to customers.
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Week of 16 Apr 2012 DreamHost selects Nicira for software-defined network deployment (19 Apr 2012)
Cloud provider DreamHost will roll out a software-defined network on the Nicira Network Virtualization Platform, boosting security, isolation and flexibility for customers.
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Week of 09 Apr 2012 CloudStack vs. OpenStack: Competitors or allies? (12 Apr 2012)
Hype surrounding CloudStack vs. OpenStack raises question of difference between products as Citrix hands off CloudStack to Apache Foundation for greater neutrality.
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Week of 02 Apr 2012 As Desktop as a Service grows, Citrix gives boost to DaaS providers (06 Apr 2012)
Despite issues with Microsoft's licensing policy, the Desktop as a Service market is poised for growth. Citrix eases providers' foray into DaaS with its Cloud Provider Pack.
Object storage: A middle-ground option for cloud storage services (05 Apr 2012)
Object storage is an option for providers seeking to offer cloud storage services. Three organizations are now leveraging Caringo's object storage platform for cloud storage.
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Week of 26 Mar 2012 As they explain cloud computing, providers try to duck a war of words (29 Mar 2012)
The lack of standard definitions to explain cloud computing leads to more than Twitter flame wars. Everybody loses when inconsistent language confuses customers.
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Week of 19 Mar 2012 U.S. cloud adoption fueled by cost savings and flexibility (22 Mar 2012)
Cloud adoption in the U.S. is driven by a hunger for cost savings and flexibility, according to a recent survey by the Cloud Industry Forum.
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Week of 12 Mar 2012 Cloud providers defy Microsoft licensing to compete with OnLive (SearchVirtualDesktop.com | 14 Mar 2012)
OnLive's free Windows app for iPad is still available, despite Microsoft's licensing rules. Now, DaaS providers fight back.
Interconnection services can bolster cloud connectivity (15 Mar 2012)
Cloud providers can now offer interconnection services to customers via the new interconnection services suite from Telx.
Higher education SaaS provider relies on F5 Big-IP for app delivery (SearchEnterpriseWAN.com | 16 Mar 2012)
Hobsons uses F5 Big-IP application delivery controllers to accelerate apps to users for reliable Web experiences.
Service providers trade Cisco UCS for commodity gear (SearchDataCenter.com | 13 Mar 2012)
Cisco UCS is selling like hotcakes in enterprise data centers, but some cloud and hosting providers say it’s too inflexible – and expensive – for them.
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Week of 05 Mar 2012 Five-day private cloud deployment promises low stress, high quality (SearchNetworkingChannel.com | 09 Mar 2012)
Canonical’s Ubuntu Cloud Jumpstart program promises a five-day production-quality, private cloud deployment with an opportunity for partners to resell.
AT&T: Cloud must be glued to the network to win hybrid cloud customers (07 Mar 2012)
You could compete on price, but why race to the bottom? Like many cloud providers, AT&T is trying to differentiate. The secret weapon in the AT&T cloud: the network.
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Week of 27 Feb 2012 Embrane eases virtualized network services for cloud providers (01 Mar 2012)
Heleos, a virtualized Layer 4-7 network services platform offering from startup vendor Embrane improves cloud scalability for cloud providers and their customers.
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Week of 20 Feb 2012 Building a cloud ecosystem: Providers enlist MSPs to join their empires (23 Feb 2012)
Wholesalers and software vendors are building cloud ecosystems with smaller cloud providers and MSPs that are hungry for customers but starved for resources.
Nicira network virtualization architecture: The VMware of networking? (SearchNetworking.com | 21 Feb 2012)
In this Q&A, Nicira Networks' Martin Casado and Alan S. Cohen explain why their network virtualization architecture may be the VMware of networking.
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Week of 13 Feb 2012 Providers must offer cloud performance testing for customer apps (16 Feb 2012)
Cloud providers must offer cloud performance testing and cloud load testing for customers’ applications to demonstrate scalability and manage expectations.
Cisco UCS partners see growing cloud opportunities (SearchITChannel.com | 14 Feb 2012)
Cisco’s Unified Computing System has helped some integrators become cloud providers. Now it drives more virtualization business for other Cisco UCS partners.
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Week of 06 Feb 2012 Brocade improves cloud scalability, scripting functionality for ADCs (09 Feb 2012)
By adding Perl-based OpenScript to its application delivery controller, ServerIron ADX, Brocade offers service providers greater cloud scalability and customization options.