Tag: cloud

  • Dell Boomi Expands Enterprise Cloud Platform

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Dell’s new cloud integration division, Boomi, has introduced several new features to its enterprise platform, which helps companies move to cloud computing while not disturbing the production use of their existing IT. AtomSphere Spring 11, launched April 26 as the latest incarnation of Dell Boomi’s cloud integration strategy, features new capabilities for middleware connectivity, large-scale… Read more

  • How Is Cloud Computing Changing the Supply Chain?

    Channel Insider Staff

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    By Sam Liu Imagine a world without grid-based electrical service such as those provided by large utility companies. What would that look like? You’d have an ecosystem of companies that manufacture generators, distributors who stock an inventory in various regional locations, and a community of resellers and service providers who would offer electrical service to… Read more

  • Cloud Computing Era Could Mean MSP Extinction

    John Hazard

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    “Managed Service Providers will be obsolete in the next five to ten years.” Those blunt words come from Saeer Butts, a senior software architect at one of those MSPs, Zaphyr Technologies, in Parsippany, N.J. The cloud will put MSPs out of business, Butts said. As customers move more of their infrastructure to hosted environments, monitoring… Read more

  • Amazon Apologizes, Explains Cloud Outage

    Jessica Davis

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    A week after Amazon Web Services suffered an outage of its Elastic Compute Cloud aka EC2, Amazon finally came forward with an explanation of what happened, an apology to the many companies that were affected, and information about what Amazon plans to do to prevent such events in the future. The apology and explanation included… Read more

  • SugarSync Launches Android AutoSync Backup

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Online file backup provider SugarSync on April 25 launched a rebuilt application for Android devices that features SugarSync’s primary market differentiator, AutoSync. AutoSync synchronizes files and folders between any combination of Macs, Windows PCs, iOS and Android smartphones, and iPads—with all files backed up to the SugarSync cloud. All data is then instantly available from… Read more

  • Apple Shines, Google Slows, Microsoft Edges RIM in Battle for Mobile Developers: Report

    Nathan Eddy

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    Appcelerator, developers of a mobile cloud platform for developing native mobile, desktop, and tablet applications using Web technologies, and IT analyst firm IDC announced results from a joint survey of more than 2,700 Appcelerator developers around the world. The survey reveals that developer momentum is shifting back toward Apple as fragmentation and tepid interest in… Read more