Rackspace appoints Rick Jackson as Chief Marketing Officer

Rackspace® Hosting says that IT industry veteran Rick Jackson has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Jackson will lead Rackspace’s global marketing strategy and execution as the company works to strengthen its leadership position around hybrid cloud.

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Asigra extends Cloud-to-Cloud backup support for Google Apps

Asigra Inc. has announced cloud-to-cloud backup support for Google Apps. With this new capability, Asigra now supports multiple Tier One cloud applications and platforms, including Salesforce, IBM SmartCloud, Google Apps and others. Now included in Asigra Cloud Backup™ version 12.2, this new functionality ensures data recovery while ending the requirement for multiple application/platform centric backup solutions to protect physical, virtual, cloud and mobile computing platforms.

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Cutting Cloud application response time

FireHost, the secure cloud hosting company, has been hosting UK-based Zeta Compliance Technologies’ enterprise software as a service (SaaS) applications in FireHost’s secure cloud infrastructure since January 2013. Zeta Compliance Technologies, which is part of the Zeta Compliance Group PLC, chose FireHost for the superior speed and availability of its secure cloud infrastructure, and since migrating to FireHost, has seen a 750 percent improvement in application response time* when...

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CloudSigma participating in Deutsche Cloud Marketplace

CloudSigma is participating alongside other cloud computing leaders, such as Host Europe and Equinix, as a member of the Early Adopter program in the first-ever, vendor-neutral marketplace platform for IaaS cloud computing products. The Early Adopter program is spearheaded by Deutsche Börse, one of the world’s leading financial exchange organizations, and the cloud marketplace will be developed and operated by Deutsche Börse Cloud Exchange AG, founded in May 2013.

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Swyx Service Provider Forum 2013 - Roundtable focuses on Cloud

Above the clouds, Swyx service providers from across Europe met last week for a roundtable in the Panorama Hall in Dortmund’s Harenberg City Center. The aim of the international forum that included participants from the UK, Sweden, Iceland, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands was to help the onward development of the cloud-based Unified Communications solution SwyxWare Data Center Edition, by sharing the current experiences and future needs of the different providers and country markets.

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Security considerations for private Cloud

Cybersecurity today can feel complex, especially if you are moving to or managing cloud security. But it doesn’t have to be. Hear from Rackspace Principal Architect, Luke Huckaba, as he explains some of the major concerns around Private Cloud and Security, and how Rackspace is helping to solve these issues both internally and for customers.

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