Rackspace launches private cloud with Red Hat OpenStack help

Picture credit: "Rackspace Afterparty TechStars Boulder 2011", by"Andrew Hyde", used under CC BY / Modified from original Cloud provider Rackspace has announced the launch of a new private cloud service…

Continue reading
Why Verizon shutting down part of its public cloud is “no surprise”

Verizon is to shut down part of its public cloud service, according to an email sent to customers, with an analyst arguing the telco’s pushback comes as “no surprise”. In…

Continue reading
The Marriage Between Conversion Optimization & SEO

As SEOs, our job is to increase the amount of qualified traffic to clients’ brands with the intention of having end users buy something, fill out a form, download a…

Continue reading
Google Offers Cheaper Version of Cloud Services to Run Low Priority Jobs

Some departments in your company do not need cloud computing resources to carry high-performance tasks, right? Because Google has just formatted a service plan for such demands. Google launchedPreemptible Virtual…

Continue reading
How performance requirements can prove a stumbling block for cloud transformation

(c)iStock.com/sndr As businesses look to cloud for faster, more flexible growth, they confront significant challenges from a legacy application base that has varying levels of cloud suitability. Some applications have…

Continue reading
The top five in-demand cloud skills for 2016

Now acting as the technological cornerstone for businesses across the globe, the growth of cloud computing continues at a phenomenal rate – and as a result, the employer demand for…

Continue reading
Oracle Triggers an Avalanche of 24 Cloud Services to Compete with Amazon

The Cloud represents a market where Oracle wants to win. The 24 services launched by the database leader include all the tools companies need to conduct their operations in the…

Continue reading
Cloud Billing Management Tools Go Mainstream

Cloud billing management tools and APIs from Google, Rackspace, CloudAbility and other companies appear to be going mainstream. But are there benefits for channel partners? How can cloud services brokerages,…

Continue reading
Cost, flexibility driving UK public sector to cloud

A recent survey of over 600 UK decision makers suggests over three quarters (85 per cent) of UK public sector employees are using some form of public cloud services. The…

Continue reading