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Cloud OS Network could break lock-in fear

Published in Cloud + MS Infrastructure

Microsoft has brought together a global network of CSPs all offering the same basic services, which means getting lock-in to a CSP and possibly taken down with it if it dies could be a thing of the past

Published in Cloud + MS Infrastructure

Already looking like one of 2014’s hot topics, the DevOps approach to developing cloud services is becoming a primary service development approach, though a dearth of suitably skilled developers has opened the way for Rackspace to offer it to customers as part of its Fanatical Support service

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Oracle plans to integrate OpenStack capabilities into Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux, Oracle VM, Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, Oracle’s ZS3 Series, Axiom Storage Systems and StorageTek Tape Systems, Oracle Compute Cloud Service and Oracle Storage Cloud Service.

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting Data Analytics Platform Software

Akamai Technologies has made a number of high level strategic appointments to its EMEA management team to support its fast-growing business in the region under the leadership of Mark Vargo, the company’s Senior Vice President and General Manager, EMEA.

Published in Cloud + MS Infrastructure Management Storage + Servers

ServiceNow has announced new applications that allow organisations to further consolidate disparate IT tools and make it easier to automate and manage IT services across the global enterprise. Each of the new applications is built on the extensible ServiceNow platform and therefore leverages the common data model shared by the entire ServiceNow application portfolio.

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Sunset+Vine, a leading global supplier of sports broadcast programming, has agreed to protect its data offsite using Securstore’s Cloud Backup solution. With over 30 years broadcasting history and as the production partner for BT Sport’s live Barclays Premier League Football, Aviva Premiership Rugby and the host broadcaster for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, it had to ensure its data remained safe, secure and compliant with UK data protection laws.