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Research Group Finds Equinix, Savvis at Top of Colocation Market Survey; John Dinsdale Comments

Synergy Research Group has released a new report on market performance of colocation providers in the U.S., Fierce Telecom reported Friday. Sean Buckley writes Equinix and CenturyLink‘s Savvis subsidiary are among the dominant players U.S. colocation market through continued surges in colocation and managed service earnings. Equinix generated $517 million in recurring revenues for colocation, […] More

by Jay Clemens January 7, 2014, 9:29 am
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IBM, Technicolor Jointly Unveil Cloud Monitoring, Mgmt Service; Vince Pizzica Comments

IBM and Technicolor have partnered to introduce a cloud-based monitoring and management service for the consumer electronics market, IT Pro Portal reported Friday. Jamie Hinks writes the Virdata service is built for customers to manage Internet-connected objects and machine-to-machine services using device and application tools such as big data analytics stacks. Vince Pizzica, senior executive […] More

by Jay Clemens January 7, 2014, 9:25 am
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MarketsandMarket Issues Five-Year Govâ€™t Cloud Market Forecast

Research and consulting firm MarketsandMarkets has released a new report that analyzes and forecasts the trends for the government cloud market from 2013 to 2018. Information technology and software services providers will find business opportunities as governments shift spending on data center and cloud services, MarketsandMarkets said Thursday. Government agencies will continue to transition to […] More

by Jay Clemens January 3, 2014, 8:35 am
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University of North Carolina Report Analyzes Cloud Computing Risks

A report by University of North Carolina researchers for IBM‘s Center for the Business of Government examined the risks state and local governments face when transitioning to cloud platforms, GOVERNING reported Thursday. John Kamensky, a center senior fellow, writes that study authors Shannon Tufts and Meredith Weiss identified issues associated with cloud migration contracts based […] More

by Jay Clemens January 3, 2014, 5:20 am
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Verizon Terremark Predicts Businesses to Migrate Apps into Cloud Platforms; John Considine Comments

Verizonâ€™s Terremark subsidiary has predicted that companies will move enterprise applications into cloud environments in 2014, Light Reading reported Sunday. Carol Wilson writes employees will also continue to further use enterprise tools and personal mobile devices at work. John Considine, chief technology officer at Verizon Terremark, told the publication pay-as-you-go cloud services adoption is rising […] More

by Jay Clemens January 2, 2014, 11:57 am
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Amazon Web Services Launches Cloud Business in China; Andy Jassy Comments

Amazon Web Services has moved to introduce its cloud-based services in China in an effort to help address market demands, Xinhuanet reported Thursday. Meng Jing writes AWS will kick off its cloud-computing services in the country with a limited preview early in 2014. Andy Jassy, senior vice president of AWS, told a recent Beijing conference […] More

by Jay Clemens January 2, 2014, 10:52 am
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IBM Research Team Develops Method for Green Cloud Computing

A team of IBMÂ computer scientistsÂ and Trinity College Dublin researchers have developed a set of algorithms intended to reduce data centers’ environmental impact by routing cloud computing tasks, VentureBeat reported Monday. Jordan Novet writes the experiment came after IBM obtained a patent in October for a method to identify which facility receives networking requests based on […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 2, 2014, 10:39 am
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Juniper Networks Seeks to Automate HK Digital Cloud Service; Aruna Ravichandran Comments

Juniper Networks will provide a network overlay platform to Hong Kong-basedÂ Cyberport for a program designed to virtualize and automate public cloud networking for entrepreneurs in Asia. Cyberport selected Juniper’s Contrail software-defined architecture to deliver networking services and help startups build information and communications technology applications in the cloud, Juniper said Monday. Aruna Ravichandran, vice president […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 2, 2014, 10:10 am