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AWS Leads Public Cloud Price Reductions in 2013: RightScale Report

Amazon Web Services is a leader in public cloud in a lot of ways, one of them being cloud pricing. According to a report by RightScale released on Monday, AWS set the standard in 2013 in terms of frequency and size of cloud price reductions. Continue reading

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Hackers Find Cloud Account Credentials on GitHub Leading to 72-Hour Cryptocurrency Mining Spree

A recent hijacking of an Amazon Web Services account from information found on project hosting service GitHub has illustrated that online criminals are scraping the source code of open projects for cloud login credentials. Continue reading

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Impact of MongoHQ Security Breach Spans Several Services

November 5, 2013 — A data breach of database hosting service MongoHQ gave attackers access to customer account information last week, causing a number of issues for a handful of its customers. Keep on reading: Impact of MongoHQ Security Breach Spans Several Services Continue reading

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AWS Officially Wins $600M Cloud Computing Contract with CIA as IBM Withdraws Appeal

October 30, 2013 — A contract worth roughly $600 million to provide cloud services to the CIA is now securely in the hands of Amazon Web Services after competitor IBM has withdrawn from a series of challenges to the bidding procedure. Keep on reading: AWS Officially Wins $600M Cloud Computing Contract with CIA as IBM Withdraws Appeal Continue reading

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IBM Uses Akamai Solution for Cloud Security Service

October 24, 2013 — To better fend off DDoS attacks on online businesses, IBM has a new cloud security solution that integrates Akamai’s cloud-based web security solution, KONA Site Defender with IBM’s Cloud Security Services portfolio. Keep on reading: IBM Uses Akamai Solution for Cloud Security Service Continue reading

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