Capgemini has launched an on-demand analytics platform via Amazon Web Services (AWS) to give companies a cost-effective way to handle their Big Data.
Nginx Web server goes commercial with new release
Nginx is releasing a commercial edition of its namesake open source Web server software, called Nginx Plus, which it will market as a software alternative to application delivery controllers (ADCs).
Amazon revamps push notification service as cloud providers target mobile developers
This week Amazon Web Services made it easier for mobile developers to send push notifications at massive scale to all types of end points.
Amazon improves performance of CloudFormation management platform
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added new features to the company’s management platform CloudFormation that aim to improve performance and …
Why Amazon and others don't specifically report cloud revenues
Recent news that the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating how IBM reports its cloud computing revenues begs the question: Why are …
Apple looks to pick off engineers from Amazon, OpenStack to build out iCloud
Apple is on the hunt for cloud infrastructure engineers familiar with building large-scale deployments like those at Amazon Web Services and OpenStack companies, according to a job posting.
Amazon slashes prices up to 80% to lure public cloud-weary enterprises
Amazon Web Services Wednesday dropped the price of its dedicated instances, which are virtual machines allocated to individual customers and that do not run on shared hardware.
Web suffered 9000 service outages in last five months
Seeing a “404 error” or the Twitter “Fail Whale” can really kill a good online buzz. Those kinds of service …
Amazon looks to move security appliances to the cloud, says CISO
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking to expand its security offerings with hosted intrusion protection appliances and more extensive encryption …
Amazon Cloud Drive takes aim at Dropbox, Google with sync feature
Amazon is making a serious play for Dropbox and Google Drive users with a new file-syncing feature in its Cloud Drive …
Amazon makes it easier to track costs, usage in its cloud
Somewhat undercutting a budding ecosystem of vendors that provide similar services, Amazon Web Services today announced increased features for customers to track …
Amazon introduces data warehouse service
Adding to an already considerable set of cloud IT offerings, Amazon has introduced a hosted data warehouse service called Redshift, …
Amazon records first net loss in nine years
Amazon.com made a net loss in the third quarter, its first loss in nine years, even as revenue increased by …
Dell expands private cloud services
Dell has said it will offer dedicated servers in its data centres and off-premises application and storage services for companies …
Rackspace OpenStack will target Amazon customers
Rackspace has announced that it will launch its open source infrastructure-as-a-service platform, OpenStack, in mid-August in the UK, where it …
Amazon opens up about its cloud security practices, joins CSA registry
Amazon Web Services has submitted an entry to the Cloud Security Alliance’s Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR), a move that sheds some light …
Amazon cloud hit by real clouds, also knocking out Instagram, Pinterest
Digital cloud services aren’t immune to the impact of real clouds, and that meant some bad news this weekend for …
Amazon pitches MySQL in the cloud for $19 a month
Amazon Web Services has introduced a micro version of its cloud-based database service RDS running MySQL and priced from US$19 …
Amazon moves to make it easier to cut cost of cloud-based batch jobs
Amazon Web Services has integrated configuration templates and auto-scaling features with its Spot Instances offering in an effort to make …
SAP offers mobile device management on Amazon's cloud
SAP’s Afaria mobile device management tool is now available on Amazon Web Services’ cloud, offered as a way to make …