Monthly Archives: March 2015

WHD.global 2015 Wrapup and Photos

The annual World Hosting Days event at Europa Park in Rust, Germany brings together cloud and hosting service providers to network and engage with partners. The 2015 show was very well attended by service providers across Europe and the US. With the Snowden keynote via video, news of Open-Xchange mergers… Continue reading

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Telstra Customers Can Access Metadata for the Same Fee as Law Enforcement

Telstra will let customers pay to access their own metadata as part of its ongoing efforts to improve transparency about what information is tracked and provided to law enforcement agencies without warrants. Australia’s largest telecom, the company revealed the new policy in a blog post by Chief Risk Officer Kate Hughes. Continue reading

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Tech Companies Rally for Reform to Section 215 of USA Patriot Act

IT industry lobby group Reform Government Surveillance sent a letter to legislators this week, to urge legal limitations to electronic surveillance and metadata collection. The letter is undersigned by group member companies including Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook, as well as a range of privacy and rights advocates. Continue reading

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Open-Xchange CEO Talks Dovecot, PowerDNS Mergers at WHD.global 2015

On the heels of its merger with Finnish company Dovecot, Open-Xchange announced this week during the WHD.global 2015 conference that it has also completed a merger with PowerDNS. Continue reading

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PaaS Cloud Foundry Pushes Forward Hybrid Cloud Ambitions

Pivotal is providing new capabilities in its Platform-as-a-Service, Cloud Foundry, for enterprises wanting to extend their hybrid cloud environment to Amazon Web Services, and it is also now allowing customers to use its own managed public PaaS cloud at no additional cost. Continue reading

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