Stories by Brandon Butler

Gartner: Top 10 cloud storage providers

According to a Gartner survey, about 19% of organizations are using the cloud for production computing, while 20% are using public cloud storage services.

By Brandon Butler | 03 January, 2013 15:15

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, AT&T Amazon cloud, network storage, IBM, cloud storage vendors, hardware systems, Data Center, cloud computing, internet, cloud storage, HP, Gartner cloud, Gartner, Google, Microsoft, Cloud, OpenStack, Amazon Web Services

Gartner: Cloud storage viable option, but proceed carefully

Storing information in the public cloud from a growing market of vendors is a viable alternative to on-premise, traditional storage options for some use cases, research firm Gartner says.

By Brandon Butler | 03 January, 2013 15:15

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, network storage, Cloud, cloud storage vendors, hardware systems, Data Center, cloud computing, internet, cloud storage, Gartner

Technologies to watch 2013: OpenStack cloud backers hope 2013 is the year of user adoption

In the cloud computing market, there are a handful of major vendors. Most agree Amazon Web Services is a market leader on the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) side, but Microsoft, Google and younger companies like Joyent are looking to dethrone AWS. And then there's OpenStack, which is for almost everyone else.

By Brandon Butler | 02 January, 2013 12:04

Tags: outlook 2013, IBM, cloud computing, Joyent, internet, OpenStack, rackspace, HP, Amazon Cloud, Dell, Google, Microsoft, Cloud, cisco

GitHub growth points to open source's enterprise acceptance

Every day 10,000 new users sign up for GitHub, an online repository for open source projects that already has 2.8 million members.

By Brandon Butler | 21 December, 2012 17:05

Tags: open source, Linux, applications, smartphones, Android, software, Red Hat, operating systems, OpenStack, GitHub, consumer electronics

Cloud Sherpas funding, acquisition points to hot SaaS market

Atlanta-based consultancy Cloud Sherpas today announced $40 million in new funding and the acquisition of another consulting firm in California named Cloud Trigger.

By Brandon Butler | 20 December, 2012 22:06

Tags: SaaS, Google Cloud, cloud migration, Cloud Sherpas, Software as a service, cloud computing, Capita, internet, cloud management, SalesForce.com apps, Google, Cloud

Facebook messaging changes could let paid advertisements into users' inboxes

Facebook today announced a trial that could let paid advertisers directly message users' in-boxes, which have traditionally been held for messages from friends.

By Brandon Butler | 20 December, 2012 21:14

Tags: unified communications, Internet-based applications and services, applications, Networking, Facebook messaging, collaboration, social media, internet, youtube, Facebook, security, Web 2.0, software, facebook privacy

VMware patches 'critical' vulnerability

VMware has issued a patch for its VMware View product that fixes a security vulnerability that could allow an unauthorized user to access system files.

By Brandon Butler | 20 December, 2012 16:10

Tags: VMware security, VMware patch, security, VMware View, VMware

10 of the most useful cloud databases

Big data is becoming a big deal and cloud providers want to be the place where enterprises databases live.

By Brandon Butler | 19 December, 2012 11:39

Tags: Google database, DBaaS, SAP database, big data, cloud computing, internet, Rackspace database, SAP HANA, IDC, Google, Microsoft, WD, Cloud, big data cloud, OpenStack, cloud databases, rackspace, Amazon database

Amazon allows users to spread workloads more broadly now

Amazon Web Services today announced a new feature that allows users to replicate block storage volumes across regions of the world, which will make it easier for systems to stay up in case of a cloud outage.

By Brandon Butler | 18 December, 2012 18:00

Tags: Amazon Web Services, cloud HA, cloud computing, internet, OpenStack, cloud outages, rackspace, Amazon outages, Amazon Cloud, Google, Microsoft, WD, Cloud

16 of the most useful cloud management tools

One of the biggest concerns users have with public cloud resources is not knowing how much they will cost, given the pay-as-you-go model.

By Brandon Butler | 17 December, 2012 20:01

Tags: cloud cost management, Amazon Web Services, cloud usage, VMware cloud, IBM cloud, cloud computing, internet, OpenStack, rackspace, Amazon Cloud, Google, Microsoft, WD, Cloud, HP cloud

Facebook vs. Fastbook: Developers offended by Zuckerberg knock on HTML5 make clone app

A team of mobile app developers offended by Facebook czar Mark Zuckerberg dissing HTML5 have created a Facebook app that they say works better than native versions because of the HTML5 coding.

By Brandon Butler | 17 December, 2012 18:56

Tags: Sencha, unified communications, Facebook app, internet, Android Facebook, iOS Facebook, Zuckerberg HMTL5, Facebook, native apps, html5, consumer electronics, Web 2.0, smartphones, software, iOS native apps, collaboration, social media, mobile apps, Internet-based applications and services, applications, Networking, wireless

Amazon makes it easier to track costs, usage in its cloud

Somewhat undercutting a budding ecosystem of vendors that provide similar services, Amazon Web Services today announced increased features for customers to track their usage of AWS public cloud resources.

By Brandon Butler | 14 December, 2012 17:04

Tags: Amazon Web Services, cloud billing, cloud computing, internet, OpenStack, rackspace, Amazon Cloud, Google, Microsoft, WD, Cloud, cloud costs

Rackspace follows Amazon in beefing up its database tools

Following major announcements from Amazon Web Services in recent weeks around data warehousing and management, Rackspace today announced new capabilities for database hosting and management.

By Brandon Butler | 13 December, 2012 18:01

Tags: NoSQL database, infrastructure management, cloud database, Network management, internet, cloud computing, MapR, Rackspace cloud, Amazon Cloud, NoSQL, management, Rackspace database, Google, Microsoft, WD, Cloud, OpenStack, rackspace, Amazon Web Services, Amazon database, Networking

Avaya looks to next generation video conferencing

Following up on its purchase earlier this year of video optimisation company, Radvision, Avaya has announced enhancements to its Aura and Flare unified communications (UC) platforms that could signal the company's move into next generation videoconferencing for the enterprise.

By Brandon Butler | 12 December, 2012 15:56

Tags: unified communications, SVC routing, Networking, Radvision, Avaya Aura, videoconferencing, Avaya Flare, scala, Avaya

EMC joins OpenStack, likens it to Linux development

Looking to stay up to date on the latest trends in the cloud computing world, EMC today became an official sponsor of OpenStack.

By Brandon Butler | 12 December, 2012 15:56

Tags: Microsoft, Cloud, cloud computing, internet, OpenStack, emc, VMware, HP, EMC OpenStack, Gartner, OpenStack vendors

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