By Paul Wafula (from the Daily Nation.) “Safaricom has entered the data storage business as it seeks to diversify its product portfolio from the voice market that has witnessed decline in revenues following a price war in the telecoms industry started last year. The firm on Tuesday launched the business line branded as SafaricomCloud...
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By Anton Shilov (from XBit Laboratories.) “Applied Micro Circuits Corp. on Friday introduces X-Gene, the world’s first 64-bit ARM architecture compliant processor for next-generation cloud computing, wireless infrastructure, enterprise networking, storage and security applications. X-Gene multi-core processors based on high-performance ARMv8 compliant cores operating at up to 3.0GHz will offer compelling performance at a...
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From the VAR Guy. “Red Hat is launching deeper into the cloud with Virtustream, a partnership designed to push Red Hat into the cloud in a cost-effective way. If getting Red Hat on-demand sounds like your cup of tea, The VAR Guy is pouring. Read on. First, a refresher on Virtustream. Via Virtustream’s xStream...
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By Neil Hill (from Experian QAS.) “Cloud computing adoption in Australia is surging ahead of the rest of the Asia Pacific region, according to new research. A study by VMware, reported by ITWire, found that 67 per cent of Australian businesses have cloud initiatives in place, a rise of seven percentage points compared to...
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From Market Watch. “HP today announced new services and solutions based on HP Converged Infrastructure that empower service providers and enterprises to rapidly deliver cloud services while leveraging existing investments, minimizing risk and lowering costs. Organizations are under increasing pressure to deliver IT resources on demand to gain agility, increase competitive advantage and meet customer...
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By Nicole Henderson (from Web Host Industry Review.) “Web hosting provider Contegix announced on Monday that it has launched a new cloud computing platform called MiraCloud. This move follows Contegix’s recent expansion of its cloud services unit. According to the press release, MiraCloud is a tiered cloud hosting model that includes convenience class, business...
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By Joe McKendrick (from Forbes.) “Who doesn’t want innovation these days? It’s the new mantra of organizations large and small as they attempt to navigate and get the upper hand in today’s hyper-competitive and unforgiving global economy. But innovation is not cheap. It can be extremely risky, since a relatively small percentage of...
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By Laura O’Brien (from Silicon Republic.) “How can cloud computing make life easier for businesses? LAURA O’BRIEN looks at ways it could transform our work culture. Cloud computing can offer brand new methods of working, if we take the opportunities it gives us. With the ability to connect to data and software from work...
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By Kevin Gale (from South Florida Business Journal.) “Citrix Systems has plunged further into cloud computing by acquiring ShareFile, a provider of cloud-based data storage, sharing and collaboration service. Cloud computing, which allows remote access to data, is one of the hottest sectors in technology. Apple has just launched its iCloud service, which allows...
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By Alison Diana (from Channel Insider.) “IT distributor Synnex is getting into the cloud computing space with CloudSolv, a portal designed to simplify and streamline IT solution providers’ efforts to create, build and grow their cloud businesses. Synnex wants to help solution providers take their businesses to new heights, spurred in part by the...
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