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Amazon Web Services was the most reliable of the major cloud infrastructure operators in 2014, according to new year-end data from provider comparison service CloudHarmony, but it trailed many small regional and specialty rivals in base uptime, and lagged Google in the …
Cisco continues security push with services acquisition
Continuing its campaign to become a major player in enterprise security, Cisco Systems Inc. has swooped up security consultancy Neohapsis Inc. Security has emerged as a major focus point for the company over the past two years. Cisco jump-started its efforts in July …
Self-healing networks ease support burden on North Sea oil rigs
Remote locations are the bane of networking professionals, and the North Sea brings new meanings to the word “remote.” For Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd., which is one of the largest independent crude oil and natural gas producers in the world, maintaining connectivity to …
What you missed in Cloud: OpenStack rivals set aside differences
It was another productive week for the cloud as Symantec Corp. overcame its differences with the biggest backers of OpenStack to join the OpenStack Foundation as the much-buzzed-about project’s 16th gold sponsor. Symantec had already made numerous important contributions to the platform, particularly …
What you missed in Big Data: Oracle takes consumer analytics to the next level
Not even the holidays can stop the analytics train. Last week saw Oracle kick its expansion strategy into high gear with the purchase of Datalogix Inc., a leading provider of consumer spending information that tracks more than $2 trillion in buying activity across some …
HP exec tells why many users are still stuck in low gear with OpenStack | #HPDiscover
Hundreds of organizations have implemented OpenStack in their environments over the last few years, but that doesn’t mean OpenStack is mature. In fact, most projects are still stuck in the pilot stage, creating a massive consulting opportunity that HP is eager to seize, …
Cloud and analytics are forcing data center transformation | #HPDiscover
Plenty of attention has been given to the ways in which cloud computing and analytics are changing the way organizations do business, but the changes being wrought by these technologies on underlying infrastructure are no less significant. Alain Andreoli, the head of …
Huddle caps year of explosive growth with $51 million in funding
Cloud-based collaboration provider Huddle Inc. has raised $51 million in funding from new and existing investors to extend its revenue momentum into the coming year. The firm saw a surge of demand for its namesake platform in the last year that sent …
Report: Global co-location industry soared past $25 billion in 2014
The global market for co-location services rocketed past the $25 billion mark in 2014, according to a new study of 1,086 data center operators around the world by 451 Research. The growth underscores the broader trend of organizations outsourcing more of their infrastructure …
Virtualization pain will yield flexibility gains for ambitious telcos | #HPDiscover
Network functions virtualization (NFV) is usually discussed in the context of standards and vendor consortia, but according to Saar Gillai of HP, the slow-rolling push to help carriers modernize their infrastructure heralds a much broader shift that could revolutionize the telecommunications industry. The …