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  • Amazon reboot routine, experts say

    Amazon Web Services customers this week are worrying about a server reboot the provider is pushing out, but if users have architected their applications properly, they shouldn't be concerned, experts said.

  • Netflix opens door to leaving Amazon Web Services

    Netflix designed its cloud architecture so that it has the option to move to an Amazon Web Services competitor, but doesn't expect a real competitor to emerge for a few years, a Netflix executive said on Wednesday.

  • Vocus guns for US Cloud providers

    Fibre wholesaler Vocus (ASX:VOC) has moved to position itself as a key capacity provider for US companies selling Cloud services to Australian customers via South East Asia.

  • Amazon cloud management tool gets integrated status monitoring

    The Amazon Web Services (AWS) management tool will from now on tell users about upcoming scheduled operational activities that will affect the availability of its cloud, the company <a href="http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/11/ec2-instance-status-monitoring.html">said in blog post on Thursday.</a>

  • Software AG updates cloud road map

    Software AG's WebMethods middleware and ARIS process modeling tools are now certified for deployment on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud and VMware, the company announced Tuesday as part of an update on its overall cloud strategy.

  • Security roundup for Oct. 28: Cloud security holes; Facebook vulnerable?; China hackers lambasted

    In last week's news, Amazon Web Services vulnerabilities <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/102611-security-cloud-252406.html">were found and fixed</a>, but other cloud service providers are probably susceptible to similar problems <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/102611-researchers-demo-cloud-security-issue-252403.html">discovered by a German research team</a> at Ruhr University Bochum.

  • Hybrid Cloud streamlines global operations for REA Group

    Off the back of an 18-month IT transformation phase, Australian company REA Group sought to craft a new Cloud strategy to enable global consistency, increase productivity from its developers and deliver new capabilities often.

  • Nokia puts compression technology in mobile browser

    The latest additions to Nokia's phone portfolio, the C2-05 and the X2-05, come with a new browser that uses Nokia's own compression technology to deliver content faster, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday.

  • Amazon adds free encryption to storage service

    Using Amazon Web Services' new Server Side Encryption feature, enterprises will at no extra cost be able to encrypt data stored on the company's Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon said on Tuesday.

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