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Microsoft Announces Azure Cloud Updates and Partnerships Aimed at Handling High-Performance Workloads

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Hosting

This week, Microsoft has added several enhancements to its cloud offerings including a new Azure Marketplace, “G-series” Azure virtual machines and premium storage, a pre-built “cloud-in-a-box” solution called Cloud Platform System, as well as partnerships with Big Data software provider Cloudera Inc. and Linux distribution CoreOS. Continue reading →

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Mirantis Gains $100M in the Largest Series-B Investment Round in Open-Source Software History

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Hosting

Mirantis, which specializes in OpenStack cloud software, has been given $100 million in a Series-B funding round, which will be used to double its engineering investments as well as to accelerate expansion in Europe and Asia-Pacific, hire support engineers, and grow its partner ecosystem. Continue reading →

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RightSignature Acquisition Gives Customers Digital Signature Option with Citrix ShareFile

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Hosting

Citrix ShareFile provides an electronic service to digitize and store documents. The company announced yesterday that it acquired cloud-based electronic signature company RightSignature to extend it’s ShareFile product line to include e-signature. This acquisition will allow for more options for its customers in industries that are more signature dependency such… Continue reading →

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Chinese Government iCloud Cyberattack Could Further Erode Confidence in Cloud Providers

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Hosting

Censorship watch dog GREATFIRE.org reported on Monday that the Chinese government launched a cyberattack against iCloud as the new iPhones officially launch in China. The attack is a nationwide man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. The organization previously reported on government hacks against Google and Yahoo which allowed the government to see what… Continue reading →

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Druva Provides Cloud-First Backup Solution That Combines Dedup and AWS Storage

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Hosting

Druva, a company known for protecting data from the data center to mobile devices, has released a public cloud backup and long-term storage solution known as “Phoenix” which relies on patented deduplication technology and Amazon’s cloud service to deliver high-performance backup, archiving and long-term retention in a single package. Continue reading →

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