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Results tagged "AWS"

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Amazon, Microsoft Partner Up for Cloud Management

May 16, 2013 03:59 PM
New software lets Microsoft System Center users manage both AWS and Windows Azure cloud services from a single console.

Cloud Prices Drop, But Do Customers Save?

April 11, 2013 03:21 PM
Cloud price wars sound like a good thing, but customers of IaaS have to be vigilant to ensure that real savings actually materialize.

Pivotal Is About Big Data, Not Fighting Amazon

April 08, 2013 02:53 PM
EMC Pivotal's focus on big data may mean little competitive overlap with Amazon Web Services and other cloud providers, say analysts.

F5 Tackles BYOD with MDM Products and Services

February 22, 2013 02:53 PM
News roundup: F5 announces MDM software and SaaS service; Citrix leverages Zenprise acquisition to launch XenMobile; GroundWork Monitor watches hybrid cloud environments.

7 Modeling Tools To Help Assess Cloud ROI

January 08, 2013 09:38 PM
Cloud services promise faster deployment and more flexibility, but if you want your CFO to back your cloud gambit, show her a solid financial analysis–preferably one with a good ROI. Here are 7 tools that can help.

Silver Peak, F5 Put Virtual Appliances in Amazon Cloud

December 04, 2012 07:10 AM
Many networking vendors offer virtualized appliances that can run in a hypervisor. Now more vendors moving those appliances into public clouds.

Amazon Cloud Costs Scrutinized By Startup

October 17, 2012 10:56 AM
New analytics player Newvem applies a rules engine to Amazon cloud pricing to help AWS customers find savings.

Google Compute Engine Is No Threat to Amazon, Microsoft, RackSpace

June 29, 2012 09:33 AM
With limited configurations, virtual machine and operating system support, the beta version of Compute Engine isn't likely to steal users from Amazon and other IaaS leaders.

Networking In The Cloud

March 22, 2012 09:30 AM
In discussing network design with my clients, I talk about how routers, firewalls and other network gear can be interconnected to provide a scalable and redundant IP network. These foundations of network design apply to networks composed of tangible components or the virtualized infrastructure that extends corporate data centers to the cloud. I find that the networking aspects of cloud computing are frequently overlooked or addressed as an afterthought.

Red Hat Rebrands, Reconfigures Virtual Storage Appliance For Amazon AWS

February 08, 2012 09:00 AM
Less than four months after its acquisition by Red Hat, Gluster, now known as the Red Hat storage unit, is announcing new storage products. The Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance for Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced this week, is essentially a rebranding of the Gluster product, or what the company refers to as "baselined." This means that it now uses the Red Hat Linux open-source operating system rather than the CentOS operating system it had used previously, and it has also been retested and re-certified. In addition, it now supports a new file system option, the Extensible File System (XFS).

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