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Cloud Computing Could Cut Data Center Energy Costs
The efficiencies provided by cloud computing could reduce global data center energy costs by up to 38 percent by 2020, analysts say. According to a new report from Pike Research, the energy efficiency benefits of cloud computing are substantial, and growth in the market will have important implications for both energy consumption and greenhouse gas…
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Rackspace, Unisys Launch Private Cloud Services
Unisys and Rackspace rolled out private cloud offerings that combine cloud computing efficiencies, potential cost savings, and scalability, with the convenience and security of managed hosting services, at the Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas this week. The Unisys Hosted Secure Private Cloud offers customers a cloud infrastructure that is deployed and managed remotely.…
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Salesforce to Buy Cloud-Platform Firm Heroku
Salesforce said it would pay $212 million net of cash. It also plans to issue $27 million in stock to Heroku employees and pay $10 million in cash for unvested Heroku shares as part of the deal. Salesforce expects the deal to hurt fourth-quarter adjusted earnings by 2 cents a share and by 12-13 cents…
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Top Channel Friendly Cloud Backup and Recovery Service Providers
Top Channel Friendly Cloud Backup and Recovery Service Providers CloudBerry Lab Built on the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) platform, CloudBerry cloud-based backup and recovery services provides features like backup scheduling, data encryption, backup verification and the ability to back up to multiple Amazon S3 accounts. A managed backup service for resellers is in the…
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Imperva Spinoff Incapsula Unveils Cloud Data Security Strategy
Imperva, a provider of data security, unveiled a strategy designed to help cloud providers and small to medium-size businesses protect sensitive data against external and internal threats and comply with regulations such as PCI, SOX and HIPAA. Additionally, Imperva spinoff Incapsula will help Web hosters give SMBs Web application protection. For SMBs, Imperva spun off…
