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Is Microsoft's Office 365 facing disruption? Potentially in the SMB market
WPS Office isn’t the only small product to ever take on Microsoft Office 365, but it is unique in how similar it looks and acts like Office 365.
By Justine Brown • May 30, 2017 -
Rackspace gets a new CEO, makes first acquisition since 2013
With TriCore, Rackspace will be able to help companies manage mission-critical enterprise applications like ERP solutions from Oracle and SAP.
By Justine Brown • May 26, 2017 -
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TrendlineHybrid cloud
IT decision makers turn to hybrid cloud in search of security, flexibility and scale within enterprise infrastructure.
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Bucking industry metrics, AWS is finding cloud talent in older workers
While the median age of developers in the tech industry is 27, the median age of an AWS engineer is between 40 and 45 years old, a Redmonk analyst reports.
By Justine Brown • May 26, 2017 -
IBM may be approaching its biggest battle yet — reinvention
Now five years into its plan to reinvent itself, IBM’s competition is tougher than ever.
By Justine Brown • May 25, 2017 -
Software, security biggest enterprise 'as a Service' demands
More than 80% of technology decision makers say their organizations invested in cloud services in 2016, according to a new Insight report.
By Justine Brown • May 23, 2017 -
Aporeto has a plan to build security directly into the cloud
By building security directly into the cloud, Aporeto hopes to reassure more companies that moving to the cloud is secure and cost effective.
By Justine Brown • May 19, 2017 -
Console debuts cloud-to-cloud connection service
The new interconnection platform can help companies move workloads from one cloud provider to another.
By Justine Brown • May 19, 2017 -
Microsoft continues global expansion with data centers in Africa
Johannesburg and Cape Town provide entree into a promising market where Microsoft could generate significant revenue, especially if it beats AWS there.
By Justine Brown • May 19, 2017 -
Bombardier hires IBM to launch digital transformation efforts
IBM will take charge of Bombardier's worldwide IT infrastructure and operations and help the company transition to IBM Cloud.
By Justine Brown • May 18, 2017 -
Study: Use of SaaS sees 33% increase in enterprise
More than 70% of organizations surveyed predict nearly all of their apps will be SaaS by 2020.
By Justine Brown • May 18, 2017 -
Google's new service will help enterprises collect data from IoT devices
The new service could help cities and businesses more quickly realize the value of IoT technology.
By Justine Brown • May 17, 2017 -
Report: Majority of enterprise IT spending dedicated to on-premise solutions
Cloud is growing, but traditional on-premise data centers are still the cornerstone of enterprise IT.
By Justine Brown • May 17, 2017 -
AWS maintains cloud lead, but rivals are growing faster
Microsoft and Google are using new features and lower costs to narrow the gap.
By Justine Brown • May 17, 2017 -
IBM and Nutanix to provide next generation data center infrastructure technology
The move fits in with IBM's strategy to rule the cognitive computing/AI space. But competitors do not intend to let that happen without a fight.
By Justine Brown • May 16, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Why 'as a Service' is becoming status quo in the enterprise
The acceleration of the model speaks volumes about how companies are looking to technology to streamline processes and make businesses more efficient.
By Justine Brown • May 15, 2017 -
How Microsoft's new cloud migration service takes a swing at Oracle
Oracle has dominated the database arena for years, but recently its hold on the market has slipped. A lot of its decline has to do with vendor lock-in.
By Justine Brown • May 11, 2017 -
Canonical founder: Changing support for OpenStack a 'sign of a healthy, maturing project'
Changes with OpenStack are a sign the effort is solidifying, eliminating services that were not going to last long term, according to Mark Shuttleworth.
By Justine Brown • May 10, 2017 -
Snowden: Handing data over to cloud providers comes at a cost
Public clouds can leave businesses vulnerable to spying by government or other entities, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warns.
By Justine Brown • May 10, 2017 -
Oracle looks to cash in on data cloud
The company plans to sell access to its database of about 5 billion consumers and 15 million data points to help create a more immersive ad experience.
By Justine Brown • May 9, 2017 -
Google emphasizes functionality, advanced services as edge in the cloud wars
Google Cloud's president of customers says the company intends to beat cloud rivals with better features rather than cheaper prices.
By Justine Brown • May 8, 2017 -
Deep Dive
OpenStack pushes for traction as the cloud market continues 'maturing and consolidating'
The waning support from major vendors has some wondering if this is the end of OpenStack as we know it. Despite the headline-grabbing news, OpenStack still has many believers.
By Justine Brown • May 8, 2017 -
Gartner: Half of companies won't be ready for GDPR by next year
The European General Data Protection Regulation is set to go into effect next May, but the research firm says many companies won't be in full compliance by then.
By Justine Brown • May 5, 2017 -
Rackspace CEO resigns 6 months after company went private
Taylor Rhodes will become CEO at a "smaller private company," but declined to provide further details.
By Justine Brown • May 4, 2017 -
Atlassian shifts to AWS for new software deployment
The move allows the company to offer services in more cloud deployment regions, reducing latency and allowing for more failover options.
By Justine Brown • May 3, 2017 -
Companies rave about the cloud, but majority of workloads remain on-prem
Businesses still leverage on-premise data centers for a large amount of work, such as large scale transaction processing on mission-critical applications.
By Justine Brown • May 2, 2017
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