Gartner highlights the Top 10 Cloud myths

Cloud computing is uniquely susceptible to the perils of myths due to the nature, confusion and hype surrounding it, according to Gartner, Inc. These myths slow things down, impede innovation and induce fear, thus distracting from real progress, innovation and outcomes.

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Colt partners with Microsoft to provide Dedicated Cloud Access for Microsoft Azure services

Colt Technology Services has announced a partnership with Microsoft to provide Dedicated Cloud Access for Microsoft Azure services. Using Microsoft’s ExpressRoute architecture, this new service will enable Colt’s existing customers to access the latest Azure services via private network connections such as Ethernet or IP-VPN. Colt will also offer the service as a new product line for prospective customers looking to leverage the benefits of Azure services through a private network.

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 Bandwidth and network speeds exploding with Hyperscale deployments

Emulex Corporation has announced the results of a study of 1,623 European and US IT professionals, in which respondents provided insight into their enterprise data centre networking environments. The study, conducted in October 2014, found that 57 percent (%) of respondents have adopted hyperscale networking environments that require massive scalability in network resources. (tweet this) Of those respondents, more than half (51%) named increasing bandwidth as a major challenge in moving to...

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LeaseWeb selects Equinix for Silicon Valley data centre

LeaseWeb, one of the world’s largest hosting brands with more than 60,000 physical servers under management, is expanding its data center footprint to the United States West Coast. Its subsidiary, LeaseWeb USA Inc., will occupy a business suite inside Equinix Inc.’s (Nasdaq: EQIX) SV3 Silicon Valley facility in San Jose, Calif. to house its data center operations.

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