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MSPs, SaaS Providers Get a Handle on Cloud Computing Costs With Uptime Software
IT systems management vendor Uptime Software has introduced a new tool designed to help businesses get a handle on the real cost of cloud computing. Uptime Software’s cloud-based tool is designed to provide accurate real-time cost information about cloud computing. The tool was designed with SaaS providers and MSPs in mind to help them price…
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25 Facts About Rackspace
25 Facts About Rackspace Rackspace was founded in 1998 by Richard Yoo, Dirk Elmendorf and Patrick Condon when they found that the customers of an earlier ISP they founded actually needed most assistance in figuring out how to host their applications. No Title Since then, Rackspace has grown into a massive operation, bringing in $230…
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Public Cloud Unified Communications Adoption Slow: Survey
Among organizations not currently using a public-cloud-based unified communications service, only 10 percent plan to deploy such a service within the next year, according to the findings of a new survey. Respondents to the survey cited concerns over loss of customization, uptime and security. However, among those organizations that cannot or would not deploy public…
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Google Apps Partners Team Up for Security Bundle
Google Apps partners CloudLock, Backupify and LTech have collaborated to release the Secure Cloud Bundle, a collection of products to enhance data security, backup and IT administration for organizations that use Google Apps. By buying the bundle rather than the products separately, customers can save more than 60 percent on the price. The bundle is…
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Review: Samsung Series 5 Chromebook
I’ve been playing with a loaner version of the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook for a week and the 3.3-pound notebook based on Google’s Chrome operating system is everything I expected it to be. That is, a more polished version of the Chrome OS version running on the Cr-48 experimental computer I tested last December packed…
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NetApp Beefs Up Cloud Storage Management
Network storage provider NetApp on June 14 upgraded its OnCommand storage management software, which now includes the capability to automate and analyze shared storage infrastructures. NetApp, like its archrival EMC, comes at cloud management from what it considers the center of the data center universe: storage. Conversely, Cisco Systems comes at cloud-type systems from a…
