Monthly Archives: September 2014

Paid Prioritization Tops User Concerns as FCC Closes Net Neutrality Feedback Period

The open comment period of the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) Open Internet discussion ended on Monday with 3.7 million comments and replies submitted, according to an FCC blog post. Continue reading

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Rackspace Defeats Patent Troll to Nullify Screen Rotation Patent

Rackspace has defeated patent troll Rotatable Technologies in court, removing a patent from the screen rotation technology common to smartphones and other displays, according to a Rackspace blog post. Other companies sued under the same now invalidated patent include Apple, Netflix, Electronic Arts, and others. Continue reading

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OpenStack Silicon Valley 2014: Video Interview with Jonathan Bryce

Last week at the 2014 OpenStack Silicon Valley conference, the WHIR spoke to Jonathan Bryce, Executive Director of the OpenStack Foundation. Continue reading

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How to Prevent AWS, Azure or Google from Eating your Lunch? Work with Them

Many service providers feel like the big guys (Amazon, Google and Microsoft) are a threat. The question is what can you do about it? Do you work with them or compete against them, possibly using a federated approach?? Continue reading

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Ericsson Buys Majority Stake in Ex-VMware CTO’s Startup Apcera

Ericsson has acquired a majority stake in Apcera, a startup formed by former VMware CTO Derek Collison, which also unveiled its policy driven enterprise application platform called Continuum today. Continue reading

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