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Cloud Services Market to Hit $66 Billion by 2016
The global public cloud services market will more than triple in size over the next five years to reach revenue of $66 billion in 2016 and the market will see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29.4 percent from the $18 billion it will reach at the end of 2011, according to a forecast…
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Cloud Computing Needs Better Quality Assurance
Success in the cloud ultimately hinges on quality. The problem is that when you depend on the public Internet to deliver your services, quality is largely out of your control. What do I mean by quality? I’m talking about the combination of availability, performance and security that ultimately will inspire end users to embrace or…
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Capgemini, SAP Team on Managed Mobility Platform
SAP announced that it is teaming with long-time partner and consulting powerhouse Capgemini to roll out a new line of software as a service and platform as a service mobility solutions based on the Sybase Managed Mobility platform, many of which will support the overall push by SAP to support mobile access to its back-end…
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StillSecure, SoftLayer Partner on Cloud Security Monitoring Service
StillSecure, a managed network security solutions and certified compliance company, announced the availability of a cloud security solution called Cloud Security Monitoring Service. Targeted at cloud infrastructure users and providers, Cloud SMS is available free of charge to StillSecure customers through SoftLayer’s Technology Partners Marketplace portal. The first in a series of solutions to be…
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Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet at $199 Challenges iPad
NEW YORK CITY — Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) introduced its Kindle Fire tablet computer, a WiFi-only, 7-inch slate priced at $199.999 to drastically undercut the $499 base price of Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad. The Kindle Fire, which is based on Google’s (NASDAQ:GOG) Android operating system, will go on sale Nov. 15. The device is equipped with an IPS,…