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Employers’ Social Media Policies Come Under Regulatory Scrutiny

Employers’ Social Media Policies Come Under Regulatory Scrutiny | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
Federal regulators are ordering employers to scale back policies that limit what workers can say online.
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Why IT Is Struggling To Build Private Clouds

Why IT Is Struggling To Build Private Clouds | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
Think private clouds offer all the flexibility and none of the risk? IT is missing out if it doesn’t prepare for public cloud use.
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Excellent article by Charles Babcock on the challenges facing IT, certainly worth a read.

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Ubuntu 13.04 delivers cloud computing enhancements

Ubuntu 13.04 delivers cloud computing enhancements | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
Canonical's Linux now comes with compute, storage and networking updates for OpenStack cloud deployments
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Linux in the form of Ubuntu is an important player to have in this industry.

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Rackspace to service providers: We can take care of that OpenStack cloud for you

Rackspace to service providers: We can take care of that OpenStack cloud for you | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
Rackspace looks to boost OpenStack uptake by building and managing cloud infrastructure for service providers
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"It's not just a ‘Rackspace wants more revenue' thing - we want to extend the network effect of this, ...." ---- Which translates into more revenue!

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Welcome to the Mind-Bending World of Cloud-on-Cloud Computing | Wired.com

Welcome to the Mind-Bending World of Cloud-on-Cloud Computing | Wired.com | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
John Engates is the chief technology officer at Rackspace, and even he had trouble wrapping his mind around the way the company runs its most important of technologies. Rackspace, you see, runs its cloud software on top of its cloud software.
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Beware of Fake Cloud Computing | Innovation Insights | Wired.com

Beware of Fake Cloud Computing | Innovation Insights | Wired.com | Cloud Central | Scoop.it

Photo: taberandrew/Flickr You'd think that by now, since we started talking about the term cloud computing back in 2008, we'd all know what its characteristics are and how it’s consumed and delivered.

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Cloudy Skies Ahead: 3 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2013 - Forbes

Cloudy Skies Ahead: 3 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2013 - Forbes | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
Last week, I discussed IT predictions that would not come true in 2013. Admittedly, it’s easier to poke holes in somebody else’s predictions than come up with your own. So, to be fair, here are three technology predictions of my own.
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What we'll see in 2013 in cloud computing

What we'll see in 2013 in cloud computing | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
Next year, "the cloud" will finally be ready for enterprise workloads and big companies will finally start moving them there. Data centers will stop being enclosed by walls and those are just two of GigaOM's 5 big cloud predictions.
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Rackspace CTO: Services & OpenStack - Not Price - Key To Winning Cloud Computing

Rackspace CTO: Services & OpenStack - Not Price - Key To Winning Cloud Computing | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
While cloud computing giants Amazon, Google and Microsoft scramble to cut prices to lure customers to their cloud-computing infrastructures, their smaller rival Rackspace Hosting is heading in the opposite direction.
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OpenStack: Folsom. An Overview - Network Computing

OpenStack: Folsom. An Overview - Network Computing | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
The latest release of OpenStack, which goes by the code name Folsom, adds two additional modules into the mix: Quantum and Cinder.
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What on earth is OpenStack?

What on earth is OpenStack? | Cloud Central | Scoop.it

It was back in 2010 when Rackspace, the company famous for hosting lots of websites, got together with NASA, the agency famous for pretending to send astronauts to the moon.

The whole project kicked off after a single blog post by a NASA contractor. The post read: "Launched NOVA - Apache-Licensed Cloud Computing, in Python. It's live, it's buggy, it's beta. Check it out."

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OpenStack Fights Cloud Lock-In Worries -- InformationWeek

OpenStack Fights Cloud Lock-In Worries -- InformationWeek | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
Jonathan Bryce, new OpenStack Foundation executive director, explains how the cloud project takes a democratic approach to win support for its open source work.
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Customers wait and see as cloud wars rage

Customers wait and see as cloud wars rage | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
With the standards battles and never-ending hype, many organizations see no need to enter the fray.

 

We often hear about companies that dove feet first into cloud computing. What we don't hear, though, is that these businesses are typically larger, more aggressive firms that put a value on trying new things to get strategic advantage -- and their example is meant to egg you on to following the same path.

 

These companies are distinctly in the minority. Although most enterprises have some storage-as-a-service providers and a SaaS or two, they still haven't created a cloud computing strategy, nor do they have major cloud computing deployments planned.

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Review: HP Cloud challenges Amazon and Google

Review: HP Cloud challenges Amazon and Google | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
HP's OpenStack-based IaaS cloud blends openness and portability with nice proprietary extras and welcome hand-holding...
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Cloud Interoperability and The Battle For The Open Cloud

Cloud Interoperability and The Battle For The Open Cloud | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
Cloud interoperability and portability seems to be a hot topic these days. This topic is one that I have a bit of experience with.
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Great article on the Open Source entities working on cloud

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Piston Cloud unveils enterprise OpenStack 2.0

Piston Cloud unveils enterprise OpenStack 2.0 | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
Company suggests this latest release is a real alternative to Amazon Web Services
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Nebula Builds a Cloud Computer for the Masses

Nebula Builds a Cloud Computer for the Masses | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
A startup with some big name investors has come out with a system that can turn any data center into a cutting edge cloud computer
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Nice to see smaller operations competing with the big boys.

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Cloud computing's big debt to NASA

Cloud computing's big debt to NASA | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
Cloud computing's big debt to NASA ( Internet ) IBM's decision this week to base its cloud services on OpenStack may help establish this open source platform as the standard in enterprises.
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Cloud computing's big debt to NASA ( Internet ) IBM's decision this week to base its cloud services on OpenStack may help establish this open source platform as the standard in enterprises.

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OpenStack vs CloudStack vs OpenNebula vs. Eucalyptus | Cloud Computing Management content from Talkin' Cloud

OpenStack vs CloudStack vs OpenNebula vs. Eucalyptus | Cloud Computing Management content from Talkin' Cloud | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
When it comes to open source cloud platforms, OpenStack has the largest and most active community but don't count out OpenNebula, Eucalyptus and CloudStack.
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How Cloud Computing May Change the Way You Do Business

How Cloud Computing May Change the Way You Do Business | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
In today's marketplace, accessibility is key. Business owners, large or small, need an attractive, visually appealing web presence that's always on and always engaging.
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Dell Declares OpenStack its Primary Cloud Platform | Cloud Computing Journal

Dell Declares OpenStack its Primary Cloud Platform | Cloud Computing Journal | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
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Cloud computing showdown: Amazon vs. Rackspace (OpenStack) vs. Microsoft vs. Google

Cloud computing showdown: Amazon vs. Rackspace (OpenStack) vs. Microsoft vs. Google | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
In the cloud, it's a question of who has the ability to scale to meet enterprise needs.

In its latest Magic Quadrant report, research firm Gartner lists 14 infrastructure as a service (IaaS) companies, but Network World looked at four of the biggest names to compare and contrast: Amazon Web Services, Rackspace (and OpenStack), Microsoft and Google.
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OpenStack - "Folsom" Update

Brian Gracely provides an overview of the OpenStack "Folsom" release, including new projects for Networking, Block Storage, and Dashboard.
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CloudStack: Filling Two Niches In Open-Source Enterprise Cloud Management

CloudStack: Filling Two Niches In Open-Source Enterprise Cloud Management | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
If you look at cloud computing, you might think, based on the hype, that enterprise-cloud management systems like OpenStack, OpenNebula or Eucalyptus have things wrapped up.
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Rackspace Cloud Competes With Amazon - Technology News - redOrbit

Rackspace Cloud Competes With Amazon - Technology News - redOrbit | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
Computer racks have long offered a bit of flexibility when it comes to the size options. Now open cloud vendor Rackspace is looking to provide the same sort of flexibility.
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VMware fills in cloud management gap with latest vCloud Suite

VMware fills in cloud management gap with latest vCloud Suite | Cloud Central | Scoop.it
Company extends multiplatform and multicloud management to better align with software-defined data center...
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