Top 30 AWS cloud services
Amazon Web Services consultancy 2nd Watch this week released the findings of an analysis of 100,000 public cloud instances to determine the 30 most popular services being used
Stories by Brandon Butler
The future of auto safety is seat belts, airbags and network technology
Technology is being developed that would create a world of connected cars communicating with one another to help reduce the 5.6 million car accidents on U.S. roads each year. But just how to enable vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication is still up for debate.
BMW’s vision for a world of connected cars
The conversion of the Internet of Things with the automotive industry will create world of cars that integrate with a connected home, drive themselves and are at your beck and call. This is the future, as outlined by BMW.
Where does IBM fit in the cloud market?
Recently released reports from two investment research firms call into question just exactly where IBM fits in the cloud computing market. Deutsche Bank says IBM has “no chance” of catching AWS; UBS calls IBM one of the “Big 4” in cloud
Cloud: Just what the doctor ordered
This week we've seen signs that two of the most security sensitive industries - health care and financial services - are warming to the idea of using cloud services.
Chicago bank finds public cloud ready for prime time
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago – which has $70 billion in assets – has undergone a two-year migration of its IT workloads into Amazon’s cloud, discounting the notion that the public IaaS is not ready for financial service customers.
Pivotal raises $253M led by Ford, Microsoft
Pivotal, the platform as a service company spun out from VMware and EMC three years ago, today announced plans to close a series C financing round worth $253 million led by Ford, Microsoft and its existing investors GE and its two parent companies.
iPaaS: What this cloud technology is and why it’s important
iPaaS connects many clouds together and could be a $1 billion market soon.
Microsoft, Google sweeten cloud freebies
Microsoft and Google each this week increased incentives for joining their cloud platforms, highlighting the aggressive nature of this battle for market share. Microsoft will offer free Azure support while is Google expanding its program to give away Apps for customers of other vendors.
OpenStack users talk benefits, challenges of open source clouds
Users of OpenStack express no regrets about using the open source IaaS software, but say there are significant challenges that must be overcome to manage a successful deployment.
OpenStack cloud’s “killer use case”: Telcos and NFV
At the OpenStack Summit in Austin, one emerging use case for the open source cloud computing platform involves telecommunications providers like AT&T and Verizon using OpenStack to deliver virtualized network features to customers.
OpenStack by the numbers: Who’s using open source clouds and for what?
The latest bi-annual survey data of OpenStack users shows the continued march of the open source cloud software into mainstream of enterprises, but also reveals the project’s continued challenges related to ease of deployment and management.
OpenStack’s director: Why open source cloud should be the core of your data center
OpenStack has cemented itself as the dominant open source IaaS platform. But at the same time, more proprietary offerings from vendors like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and VMware reign in the market. OpenStack Foundation Director Jonathan Bryce makes the case of why open source cloud should be the foundation of your data center.
Nine new Cloud features Amazon announced, and one it didn’t
Amazon Web Services held a Summit today in Chicago and announced nifty new tools for its Cloud, but one rumoured product that could have Amazon’s Cloud partners worried remained under wraps.
How a giant like GE found home in the Cloud
During the past few years, leaders at General Electric have been aggressively migrating the 123-year-old company to the Cloud. But it hasn’t been easy. GE’s CTO for IT explains what roadblocks the industrial giant encountered, and what he’s doing now to ensure other companies who follow suit have a smoother journey.