Tag: cloud

  • Dell Server Business Gets Boost from Cloud

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Cloud computing, virtualization and workload migrations are helping to boost Dell’s server business, as the company continues its transition to a solutions provider, according to Dell executive Forrest Norrod. In a recent interview with eWEEK, Forrest Norrod, vice president and general manager of Dell’s Server Platforms business, said that even though the company is rapidly… Read more

  • IBM Launches Cloud Specialty, Midmarket Analytics Software at PartnerWorld

    Jennifer Lawinski

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    For solution providers looking to tap into the lucrative cloud computing and business analytics technology practices, IBM is offering a helping hand. The company announced two new programs for solution providers to help them build their businesses in cloud computing and business analytics at its IBM PartnerWorld 2011 conference in Orlando, Fla. To help partners… Read more

  • Oracle Introduces Cloud File System for Private Clouds

    Nathan Eddy

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    To help organizations deploy their applications, databases and storage in the cloud, Oracle has introduced the Cloud File System, giving businesses a platform that extends cloud characteristics to their storage by enabling more effective storage pooling through a network-accessible elastic storage cloud. The Cloud File System is available now and is priced at $5,000 per… Read more

  • Cloud Dominates IT Priority List for 2011

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    Cloud remains the top priority for IT this year, according to new research released by Unisys. And, it’s not just public cloud space that’s holding the attention of IT professionals looking to reduce costs and ease management—the survey points to a desire for adoption of private clouds as well.   Unisys conducted the poll on… Read more

  • Microsoft Executive: Tablet Concerns are Overdone

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    (Reuters) – Concerns that roaring demand for tablets and smartphones like Apple’s iPad and iPhone will leave Microsoft in the dust are simply overdone, Microsoft International’s president told Reuters. "Devices are going to go and come," Jean-Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft International, told Reuters at the World Economic Forum, adding that the company was making… Read more

  • Verizon Acquires Managed Infrastructure and Cloud Provider TerreMark Worldwide

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    Verizon has made no secret of its intentions to rely on cloud delivery to boost revenue tied to technology solutions. Yesterday, the telecommunications giant tendered a sweet $1.4 billion offer to Terremark Worldwide, a managed IT infrastructure and cloud service provider, with the aim to strengthen and "accelerate" its current cloud strategy. The deal, which… Read more