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Azure’s identity crisis and other cloud computing sound bites
Microsoft Azure wants to be called Loretta. No, that’s not true. Or is it? Find out that answer and other news overheard in the cloud this past week.News | Fri May 11 15:34:59 EDT 2012
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Is PaaS just another four-letter word in cloud computing?
PaaS is a quick fix for companies looking to deploy new apps, but established firms with legacy apps may consider it a dirty word.News | Thu May 10 14:09:16 EDT 2012
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VMware Cloud Foundry on OpenStack puts kibosh on vendor lock-in
OpenStack developer Piston Cloud Computing plans to integrate the Infrastructure as a Service platform with VMware's PaaS to eliminate lock-in.News | Thu May 03 08:58:26 EDT 2012
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Big data buzz gets louder with Apache Hadoop and Hive
Apache Hive gives SQL-savvy developers the power to add up complex queries against big data in Windows Azure blobs.Tip
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Examining the state of PaaS in the year of ‘big data’
Either more vendors are offering ‘big data’ capabilities or they have creative marketing teams. Which PaaS provider’s big data cloud is the real deal?Tip
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A complete guide to Windows Azure and the cloud
Looking to move to Windows Azure or just wondering what it's all about? This guide has something for cloud architects, developers and IT pros.Guide
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Azure updates may leave Windows shops wanting more
Analyst firm highlights key developments in Windows Azure and points out where the service still has holes.News | Fri Oct 28 08:10:07 EDT 2011
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Oracle Public Cloud: The good and bad
Oracle has decided cloud-based services do have some merit after all. But its latest offerings are missing key elements of true cloud computing services.Column | Fri Oct 07 14:23:34 EDT 2011
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Engine Yard CEO discusses future of PaaS
Enterprises are making the leap to Platform as a Service for application development, and some are confident that all applications will eventually be developed on PaaS.Video
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VMware Cloud Foundry vs. vFabric: the picture grows clearer
VMware released Micro Cloud Foundry and shed light on how it ties up with vFabric. Think developer in a coffee shop vs. an enterprise development team.Column | Wed Aug 24 16:09:50 EDT 2011
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Big data buzz gets louder with Apache Hadoop and Hive
Apache Hive gives SQL-savvy developers the power to add up complex queries against big data in Windows Azure blobs.Tip
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Azure outage may have cost Microsoft some public cloud customers
Microsoft's Windows Azure outage wasn't as bad as it could have been, but the company's post mortem should have come out quicker, Azure customers say.News | Fri Mar 16 08:48:20 EDT 2012
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Microsoft Azure prices drop following Amazon, Google cloud rate cuts
Three major cloud vendors slashed rates in one week, claiming the cuts were coincidental. Others say this signals a downward pricing trend.News | Tue Mar 13 11:39:38 EDT 2012
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Leap year 2012 outage hits Microsoft Windows Azure
A leap year date glitch caused a 12-hour outage to Microsoft customers' ability to manage Windows Azure services. Does anyone remember Y2K?News | Wed Feb 29 15:51:18 EST 2012
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Amazon Web Services adds workflow support for cloud applications
AWS’s new Simple Workflow Service makes life easier for cloud app developers, but Microsoft got there first with a similar feature for Azure.News | Fri Feb 24 11:14:27 EST 2012
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Windows Azure Fabric Controller (FC)
The Azure Fabric Controller (FC) is the part of the Windows Azure platform that monitors and manages virtual and physical servers and coordinates resources for software applications.Definition
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What makes a good cloud provider?
Fair costs and SLAs were once enough to discern top cloud providers. In today’s packed cloud market, vendors must bring more to the table.Tip
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Amazon Web Services adds workflow support for cloud applications
AWS’s new Simple Workflow Service makes life easier for cloud app developers, but Microsoft got there first with a similar feature for Azure.News | Fri Feb 24 11:14:27 EST 2012
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What's stalling your enterprise's private cloud adoption?
Enterprises often overestimate their cloud knowledge, and that’s causing many private clouds to stall before they even get off the ground.Tip
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Selecting the right virtual machine for your private cloud
So you’re ready to get into private cloud? Pace yourself. Choosing to cloud-enable the wrong VM could negatively affect performance.Tip
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NIST goes into detail on cloud's future, areas for improvement
In its 200-page behemoth of a report on cloud adoption, NIST lists interoperability, security and portability as areas needing improvement.Column | Fri Nov 04 08:37:13 EDT 2011
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What are cloud databases all about?
Razi Sharir, CEO of Xeround, a cloud database company, explains what these services do, who is using them and what's coming from Xeround in the near future.Video
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Post-PC era VMware banks on cloud computing, mobile
VMware is watching end users closely and aligning its latest projects on mobile devices and cloud computing.Tip
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Cloud computing breathes life into test and development
Test and dev departments often draw the short straw when it comes to hardware and resources. In some cases, performing test and dev in the cloud makes more sense than keeping it internal.Tip
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Enterprises usher in mobile cloud computing
As mobile cloud computing infiltrates the enterprise, IT managers and developers still grapple with security and policy issues.Tip
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Community cloud pushes Harvard out of the data center
Harvard's community cloud project will move the university into a new world of consuming IT resources as a utility.News | Tue Sep 20 13:18:17 EDT 2011
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Choosing a cloud API in a non-standardized world
IT pros waiting for a standard cloud API shouldn’t hold their breath. With no standard API on the horizon, what’s a cloud developer to do?Tip
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Amazon, Microsoft introduce search as a cloud service
Amazon CloudSearch and Microsoft Bing vie to nail down search as an important category of service for cloud application developers.News | Tue Apr 17 11:06:14 EDT 2012
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Amazon taps Eucalyptus to integrate public and private clouds
AWS customers can easily move workloads between their data centers and Amazon’s public cloud services, thanks to a deal with Eucalyptus this week.News | Fri Mar 23 09:19:26 EDT 2012
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Using OpenStack as the building block for a do-it-yourself cloud
While building a private cloud on open source software may not be for all companies, OpenStack has features that make it worth it to develop in-house.Tip
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Microsoft cloud service lets citizen developers crunch big data
Microsoft’s "Data Explorer" cloud service puts coding power into the hands citizen developers. It remains to be seen how deep into big data users get.Tip
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Microsoft tests Social Analytics experimental cloud
Microsoft is testing its Social Analytics experimental cloud to mine social media activity. Think big data meets business intelligence in the cloud.Tip
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Why trust Apple in the cloud?
Apple's recent cloud services problems say a lot about the challenges of real-time services in the cloud. Namely, think twice about who you trust to store data and applications.News | Tue Oct 18 06:15:44 EDT 2011
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''Development with the Force.com Platform'' provides quick view into key PaaS
Salesforce.com's Force.com was an early platform as a service. Central is Apex, a general language with some DSL-like traits. In an interview, author Jason Ouellette explains.Books
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Connecting cloud data sources with the OData API
The Open Data Protocol could be the key to linking on-premises enterprise data and cloud sources.Tip
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Should enterprise IT fear Apple iCloud?
Is there anything to fear from Apple's new iCloud storage service? Enterprises with mobile apps and sensitive data might want to educate themselves on exactly what Apple's offering.News | Wed Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011
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