Monthly Archives: May 2014

Microsoft Cloud-Focused Partners Beat Peers in Revenue and Growth: Study

Microsoft cloud-oriented partners outperform their peers in revenue, gross profit, customer acquisition, and growth, a new study commissioned by Microsoft and conducted by IDC finds. Continue reading

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Google Acquires Cloud Monitoring Startup Stackdriver to Improve Developer Experience

Google announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Boston-based cloud monitoring startup Stackdriver to help improve its cloud computing services for developers. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Continue reading

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John McAfee Takes on Internet Privacy with New App and a Call to Action

This week, McAfee unveiled Chadder (a take on “Chatter”), a free secure messaging app that encrypts messages so that they are only decipherable to intended recipients, and not the servers and other intermediaries. McAfee describes it as “the most secure messaging app on the planet.” Continue reading

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Eucalyptus Updates AWS-Compatible Cloud Management Platform

Eucalyptus has released a new version of its open source cloud management platform. The new release aims to improve scalability and control over cloud configuration and deployment. Continue reading

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Dropbox Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Access of User Files

A Dropbox vulnerability which allowed unauthorized access of stored files has been addressed by the cloud storage company. Dropbox also acknowledged a second issue which has led to the exposure of user documents. The latter issue is not a vulnerability according to Dropbox, but rather a user error. Continue reading

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