Clouds and Carriers

by Kevin Vachon, COO of the MEF Increased enterprise agility and a dramatic boost to user productivity are promised by the latest wave of dynamic CE services now coming to...

Amazon Web Services introduced annual subscription plans for the 26 categories of infrastructure, developer tools, and business applications currently offered in the AWS Marketplace. The annual subscription, which offers a...

Box announced two new integrations with Microsoft Office 365 and removed storage limits for all customers of its Business plan. “The competition for business customers will no longer be about...

One year after acquiring Softlayer for $2 billion, IBM reported continued gains in its cloud leadership positions in terms of new enterprise customers and the launch of differentiated services. IBM...

Whirlpool is transitioning from an on-premise hosting environment to a globally integrated cloud model that combines IBM's Softlayer infrastructure with AT&T Netbond private network access. Whirlpool chose to deploy a...

Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems division has been appointed as primary reseller for Salesforce.com's CRM Platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In addition, T-Systems will serve as data center provider for salesforce.com’s...

Microsoft has acquired InMage, a start-up providing cloud-based business continuity solutions.  Financial terms were not disclosed. InMage, which is based in San Jose, California, develops software for backup and disaster...

Microsoft continues to report growing momentum for Azure -- more than 8,000 customers and partners are joining Azure every week. Next week, Microsoft is hosting its Worldwide Partner Conference in...

Microsoft, which recently announced support for Docker containers on Azure Virtual Machines, and has just announced plans to collaborate with Google and Docker to bring support for both Kubernetes and...

Amazon Web Services introduced a fully managed, secure document storage and sharing service for the enterprise. Amazon Zocalo is a cloud storage service that lets users selectively share it with...

Avere Systems, a start-up based in Pittsburgh, PA, raised an additional $20 million in venture financing for its enterprise storage solutions for the hybrid cloud. Avere has developed a flexible,...

Amazon announced the 12th location where AWS Direct Connect is now available -- the Global Switch SY6 data center in Sydney, Australia.  This is the second Direct Connect location.  It...

Metaswitch Networks announced Project Calico -  an open source solution for virtual networking in hyper-scale, cloud data centers. Unlike networking alternatives such as VXLAN, GRE and SDN-controlled flows, Project Calico...