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• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  IT leaders: How the systems administrator role can stay relevant

  Cloud computing has put the squeeze on traditional system administrators. IT leaders from Google, Pivotal and Rackspace say those employees can remain relevant through expanded skills.

• July 18, 2017 18 Jul'17

  Google cloud data transfer appliance eases move to public cloud

  Google's cloud options look to lure more enterprises with a physical device that simplifies data transfer in-house to the Google Cloud Platform.

• June 30, 2017 30 Jun'17

  Microsoft's Cloudyn acquisition highlights challenges around cost

  Microsoft cloud optimization should improve with its acquisition of Cloudyn to support Azure, as enterprises struggle to manage their public cloud bills.

• June 30, 2017 30 Jun'17

  Google hybrid cloud strategy crystallizes with Nutanix deal

  Google's hybrid cloud strategy has started to take shape with a deal to move workloads between its public cloud and Nutanix hyper-converged infrastructure.

• June 08, 2017 08 Jun'17

  Cloud data warehouse holds big potential for enterprises

  Cloud data warehouses let enterprises dream big about emulating web-scale success, but their ambitions outpace reality, as they struggle to manage disparate environments.

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• June 02, 2017 02 Jun'17

  Google cloud VMs get more flexibility, Skylake processors

  Google cloud VMs are now more flexible with the addition of Intel Skylake processors for high-performance compute and memory expansions for its machines.

• May 26, 2017 26 May'17

  Public clouds woo SAP apps to win the heart of enterprise IT

  The three big public cloud companies, AWS, Microsoft and Google, continue to extend olive branches to SAP and maybe win the big customer spending that comes with ERP software.

• May 25, 2017 25 May'17

  Google IoT service checks box years after AWS, Azure

  Google's new IoT service plays catch up with AWS, Azure and others, but its analytics prowess could help close the gap in a nascent market.

• May 12, 2017 12 May'17

  Azure cloud database service joins chorus to serenade next-gen apps

  Microsoft upgraded its cloud database services this week with new migration capabilities, open source support and a globally scalable database for next-generation applications.

• May 11, 2017 11 May'17

  Healthcare's public cloud adoption highlights market's maturity

  The healthcare sector is the latest to show it's ready to embrace the public cloud amid greater familiarity and improved security from the major providers.

• May 04, 2017 04 May'17

  Multicloud hopefuls welcome Red Hat CloudForms, Ansible integration

  Users anticipate fewer multicloud management snags with Ansible natively integrated into the latest version of Red Hat's CloudForms management platform.

• April 28, 2017 28 Apr'17

  Azure IoT services look to simplify use of the emerging tech

  The Azure Time Series Insights fully managed service connects with other Azure IoT tools to analyze and store raw data and improve automation.

• April 17, 2017 17 Apr'17

  New Azure migration tools analyze which apps should move to the cloud

  Microsoft has sweetened the pot for potential cloud customers with new Azure migration tools and Windows Servers discounts.

• April 17, 2017 17 Apr'17

  Elasticsearch cloud partnership plays to Google's base

  Google's cloud partnership with Elastic brings the open source search engine and analytics tool to GCP, as Google tries to appeal to enterprises without ignoring its customer base.

• April 13, 2017 13 Apr'17

  IBM AIX users look forward to a cloudy future

  IT organizations that rely on AIX-based applications still whirring away may feel the cloud computing age is passing them by -- but help is on the way.