Amazon addresses cloud computing power issues
After power outages on Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing service resulted in a loss of service for some users on May 4 and May 8, Amazon has announced that it is working on a change in its power...
View ArticleAmazon EC2 cloud service experiences power outage… again
Earlier this week, Amazon’s EC2 cloud service experienced yet another power outage. This time, a car crashed into a local utility pole and knocked out the power. The generator transfer switch failed. A...
View ArticleWhite House to save $750,000 with cloud computing
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has announced a change to the White House’s Recovery.gov website that will save the government some $750,000 USD. What did it do, cut half the site’s staff and lease out excess...
View Article5 Reasons NOT to Rely on Web-based Email
Although the corporate move to cloud computing has been measured and cautious, many average computer users have made the move without even realizing it. Users of Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, and other...
View ArticleAmazon Cloud uses Fedex to ship data
The Amazon Cloud storage service has found a new way to solve the problem of slow upload times that could take weeks for some users uploading terabytes of data. It has taken a more traditional...
View ArticleGlobal data center study: 2010-2013
While the data center industry is looking at exponential growth in the next three years, it’s also faced with a few problems in the explosion of industry need for storage space and data processing...
View ArticleAMD toots its cloud computing horn
In a company blog post published Monday, AMD discusses the growth of cloud computing and explains how its products meet the new needs of the technology. Besides tooting its horn about its processors,...
View ArticleRed Hat Introduces Hybrid Cloud Platform
The largest and most successful commercial Linux distributor has announced the release of the first Linux hybrid cloud platform that integrates with many industry cloud services. Until now, the only...
View ArticleOracle CEO hates on cloud computing
If you’ve never been a fan of the cloud computing hype that has been bandied about the web lately, check out this video of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison bashing the technology. As far as Ellison is...
View ArticleMicrosoft, Dell, HP, Fujitsu Team Up to Sell Cloud Servers
Microsoft has formed an alliance with Dell, HP, and Fujitsu to sell pre-configured Microsoft Azure-powered cloud servers. By pre-configured, they mean that the servers should be ready to go without...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....