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  Symform has a cloud without a data center

  Symform co-founder and President Praerit Garg says there's something wrong with the way data is being stored in public clouds today, namely that public cloud providers rely on data centers, which are expensive and have inherent security risks.

  By Brandon Butler | 19 April, 2012 00:24

  Tags: cloud computing, IaaS, internet, OpenStack, rackspace, symform, The Cloud

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  Rackspace puts OpenStack to production work

  In what will be one of the first large scale OpenStack commercial deployments, hosting company Rackspace is moving its server and other hosting services to the OpenStack API (application programming interface).

  By Joab Jackson | 17 April, 2012 00:20

  Tags: cloud computing, Infrastructure services, internet, rackspace

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  Rackspace launches new OpenStack-based cloud portfolio

  Rackspace has unveiled an "early access" limited-availability edition of its updated public cloud environment, built on the open source cloud platform OpenStack. Dubbed simply Rackspace Cloud, its features include cloud servers, databases, block storage, networks, and monitoring, as well as a new control panel.

  By Ted Samson | 16 April, 2012 20:11

  Tags: Cisco Systems, cloud computing, dell, hewlett-packard, IaaS, IBM, internet, mysql, OpenStack, rackspace

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  New platform helps port COBOL apps to Amazon, Rackspace and other clouds

  A new development platform announced Thursday by startup Heirloom Computing will allow companies to move legacy applications written in the venerable, but still-viable, COBOL language, which often run on mainframes, to a variety of cloud computing services.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 13 April, 2012 04:39

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, application development, applications, cloud computing, Heirloom Computing, internet, Internet-based applications and services, rackspace, search engines, software

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  OpenStack unlocks IaaS

  Infrastructure-as-a-service is gaining traction in the enterprise with customers lauding the flexibility that it delivers. However, there is still that nagging concern about vendor lock-in.

  By Christine Burns | 09 April, 2012 14:30

  Tags: cloud computing, ecs, enterprise cloud services, internet, Microsoft, NASA, OpenStack, rackspace

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  OpenStack development finds big growing pains

  It's been an interesting past few weeks for OpenStack.

  By Brandon Butler | 06 April, 2012 08:32

  Tags: amazon, Amazon Web Services, Apache Software Foundation, Citrix, cloud computing, eucalyptus, Gartner, internet, NASA, open cloud, OpenStack, rackspace, software

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  Report: IBM, Red Hat to join OpenStack

  IBM and Red Hat could soon be joining the ranks of OpenStack supporters, giving the open source Cloud project a big boost.

  By Brandon Butler | 06 April, 2012 08:32

  Tags: Apache Software Foundation, cloud computing, dell, engine yard, equinix, IBM, Intel, internet, NASA, netapp, OpenStack, rackspace, Red Hat, software

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  OpenStack Essex release is most stable yet, supporters say

  The latest version of the cloud operating system OpenStack, known as Essex, will be released on Thursday, and supporters say that its stability should encourage larger deployments.

  By Nancy Gohring | 04 April, 2012 23:01

  Tags: cloud computing, Infrastructure services, internet, open source, OpenStack, Piston Cloud, rackspace, RightScale, software

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  StorSimple extends portfolio of cloud-connected storage appliances

  StorSimple has introduced four cloud-connected storage appliances that offer better performance and more local capacity, the company said on Tuesday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 04 April, 2012 03:02

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, cloud computing, Google, hewlett-packard, Infrastructure services, internet, Microsoft, network-attached storage, rackspace, storage, Storage servers, StorSimple

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  Amazon comes out on top in cloud data transfer speed test

  If your enterprise finds itself needing to transfer a lot of data in the cloud, beware: depending on where the data's being moved to, it can take a long time.

  By Brandon Butler | 22 March, 2012 04:40

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, AWS, cloud computing, internet, Microsoft, microsoft azure, rackspace, Rackspace cloud

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  Egnyte looks to tap enterprise hybrid cloud market

  There are two main types of cloud synchronization services available today, according to Terri McClure, a market analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group: consumer-focused ones, such as DropBox, and enterprise-focused ones such as Amazon Web Services and Rackspace. Egnyte, a hybrid cloud provider, is looking to bridge the advantages of each with a new offering it released today.

  By Brandon Butler | 21 March, 2012 03:40

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, cloud computing, Egnyte, Enterprise Strategy, file sharing, hybrid cloud, internet, rackspace, SugarSync

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  Piston Cloud has made the tough private cloud decisions for you

  Joshua McKenty, co-founder and chief executive officer of Piston Cloud, what he calls The Enterprise OpenStack Company, was in on the ground floor of OpenStack's creation, working as he was on the Anso Labs team at NASA to build a compute cloud on top of open source platform Eucalyptus. The team eventually gave up on that and wrote Nova, which NASA uses today to power its Nebula Cloud environment, and Nova was ultimately contributed to the OpenStack project, which it formed with Rackspace. McKenty left NASA after Anso was acquired by Rackspace in 2010, and formed Piston Cloud in 2011 with co-founders Gretchen Curtis (also of NASA) and Christopher MacGown of Rackspace. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with McKenty for a deep dive on why OpenStack matters and where Piston Cloud fits in.

  By John Dix | 15 March, 2012 11:10

  Tags: Blades, blade servers, cloud computing, community cloud, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Ethernet Switch, fcoe, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, freemium, hardware systems, internet, Josua McKenty, LAN & WAN, NASA, open source, OpenStack, Piston Cloud, Piston Enterprise OS, private cloud, public cloud, rackspace, server, servers, software, Virtualization

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  Sony division drops AWS, goes OpenStack

  The division of Sony that suffered a cyberattack last year, which led to a major PlayStation network outage and sensitive customer data being compromised, has dropped Amazon Web Services for at least a portion of its cloud hosting and computing in favor of an OpenStack platform hosted by Rackspace.

  By Brandon Butler | 09 March, 2012 21:31

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, AWS, cloud computing, internet, LulzSec, OpenStack, rackspace, sony, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Sony outage

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  Amazon Web Services enacts 'significant' price cut

  Amazon Web Services has cut its prices for the 19th time in six years in a bid to fend off competition from the likes of Microsoft Azure and Rackspace.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 07 March, 2012 01:44

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, cloud computing, development platforms, Infrastructure services, internet, Microsoft, rackspace, software

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  Cloud computing in 2012: An InfoWorld special report

  InfoWorld gives you the full scoop on the state of the cloud in 2012, including key trends in the cloud's technology and its job opportunities, as well as what you have to know about the cloud before developing for it.

  By InfoWorld staff | 25 February, 2012 02:05

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, application development, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Development Environments, freemium, hardware systems, Information Technology Careers, internet, IT jobs, rackspace, software, system management, systems management, web development, web services