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Digital Government
HP might separate webOS from TouchPad, other hardware
After giving the TouchPad a quick hook, Hewlett-Packard could be planning to split its webOS business into harware and software divisions, according to published e-mails.
Infrastructure
Crash takes down Microsoft's cloud-based Exchange service
An outage affected the Exchange messaging service, which went down for several hours June 22 across North America.
Infrastructure
Microsoft BPOS outages cause customers to question Exchange
Microsoft's cloud-based Business Productivity Online Suite network underwent multiple outages last week, according to complaints from customers.
Digital Government
With Skype acquisition, Microsoft bets big on online communications
Microsoft announced today that it will acquire Skype for $8.5 billion – marking the largest acquisition in the company's history.
Infrastructure
Red Hat expands its cloud formation
Company's new services include OpenShift platform, CloudForms infrastructure.
Infrastructure
Amazon gets cloud services back online
After a three-day outage, Amazon Web Services has restored service for a majority of its customers.
Infrastructure
Microsoft releases public beta of Office 365 cloud suite
Enterprise edition among the versions available for testing.
Infrastructure
Dell to sink $1B into its cloud push
Dell said April 7 that it plans to spend $1 billion in cloud technology over its next fiscal year.
Infrastructure
Is IT spending on the rise or not?
In one recent survey, data center managers said their budgets will not be increasing for 2011, while a second study points to rising overall IT spending budgets.
Infrastructure
HP to launch public cloud service
Underscoring that cloud computing will be integral to its strategy moving forward, Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to launch a public cloud service, company CEO Leo Apotheker said this week at the company's annual analyst meeting.
Infrastructure
Amazon adds templates for cloud app deployment
To ease the development and deployment of apps to the cloud, Amazon Web Services has launched its CloudFormation.
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Infrastructure
VMware debuts connector for hybrid clouds
In a move key to bridging public and private clouds based on its virtual machines, VMware this week said it will release software that ties internal vSphere VMs to service providers' cloud platforms.
Infrastructure
HP soars into the cloud with launch of private portfolio
Hewlett-Packard Co. launches portfolio of private cloud services, hardware and software and announces plans to jump into public cloud hosting.
Infrastructure
Amazon adds e-mail host to its cloud résumé
The company has launched Simple E-mail Service, which it describes as a highly scalable bulk and transactional e-mail distribution offering for businesses that send thousands or even millions of messages at once.
Infrastructure
Elastic Beanstalk makes app deployment a walk in the cloud
Amazon Web Services this week took a significant step forward in making it easier for developers to deploy its apps to the company's widely used cloud services.
Infrastructure
New HP, Microsoft solutions make good on cloud pact
One year after announcing a $250 million, three-year pact to deliver next-generation data center technology, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Microsoft have unveiled five appliances that offer Exchange and SQL Server in turnkey configurations.
Infrastructure
Rackspace expands with Managed Cloud service
Rackspace Hosting is looking to make cloud computing appealing to a broader set of customers that might not have the resources or acumen to manage systems and apps in the cloud.
Infrastructure
F5 software to expand cloud storage
F5 Networks is readying software that will let enterprises extend their storage networks to public and private clouds.
Infrastructure
So-called 'first' cloud database targets next-gen enterprise apps
Billing it as the first database for the cloud, Salesforce.com announced Database.com, targeted at next-generation enterprise apps.
Infrastructure