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CA, Microsoft Partner on New Cloud Platform
CA Technologies and Microsoft, which have been partners on various products for two decades, revealed May 10 they have signed an agreement to partner on a new cloud platform. Starting in the second half of 2011, CA’s ARCserve SAAS (software-as-a-service) data protection offering will use Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud platform as its home base. The…
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Cloud Security the Client’s Responsiblity, Service Providers Say
The biggest complaint in the wake of recent data breaches, whether it’s Sony or Epsilon, has centered on the lack of security controls in place to protect customer data. A recent Ponemon Institute report found that cloud providers don’t think that’s their job. A shocking 73 percent of U.S. service providers and 75 percent of…
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Business Confidence in IT Spending Grows: Report
Overall confidence in economic growth is beginning to translate into anticipated spending in the IT marketplace, according to the latest CDW IT Monitor. The report found IT decision-makers are confident in continued investment in hardware and software with an upward trend among medium and large businesses over the last six months. The company’s research found…
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Google I/O: A VAR’s Eye View
Wondering what to expect from Google I/O this week (besides the rumored demo of a Samsung Chrome Netbook)? Google Apps channel partners can expect to hear from the tech giant’s channel chief Jeff Ragusa about some of the more innovative ways Google Apps reseller partners have created solutions that work to enhance customer productivity. Ragusa…
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Did Amazon Outage Kill the Cloud?
A partial outage of Amazon’s cloud-based hosting services in April prompted some high-tech pundits to make dire predictions. They called the outage a major setback with consequences for years to come. It’s as if Amazon had all but extinguished the cloud. Was the failure damaging? Yes, but to the point of significantly slowing what is…