Articles in Cloud
LeaseWeb expands into German-speaking Region
Acquisition of Frankfurt-based Web Hoster netdirekt by Dutch hosting provider brings LeaseWeb closer to German, Austrian and Swiss market and customers 13th December 2010 – LeaseWeb, one of Europe’s largest quality hosting providers, has today announced the acquisition of Frankfurt-based netdirekt. The Dutch hosting provider’s goal is to offer its solutions and services directly across the German-speaking markets and to become ... Read More
Webinar Series: Build Your Own Cloud with VMware vCloud Director
UK VMware hosting experts StratoGen today announced a series of free Webinar sessions where attendees will be amongst the first to preview VMware vCloud Director in a Public Cloud environment. vCloud Director enables organisations to build their own virtual datacentre using the infrastructure of the StratoGen VMware hosting platform. Customers can easily deploy the processor, RAM and SAN storage for their applications using a simple web ... Read More
PacificHost Sees 23% Increase in Server Density by Utilizing CloudLinux OS
Elk Grove, CA, – PacificHost, LLC a cPanel based web hosting company announced earlier today that the company has had a 23% increase in server density on their shared servers by introducing CloudLinux OS. The added stability features from CloudLinux have helped them achieve their goals to offer a secure and reliable hosting service to their customers. Barely a month after PacificHost’s crucial decision to shift platform and utilize ... Read More
Cisco to Acquire LineSider
Cisco announced its intent to acquire privately held LineSider Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of network management software that helps customers build the network services necessary to securely create and deploy cloud computing infrastructure. Based in Danvers, Mass., LineSider will enhance Cisco’s ability to rapidly provision network services. “Cloud computing represents a significant opportunity for Cisco customers to ... Read More
Hybrid Web Cluster New Cloud Web Hosting Platform
Hybrid Logic Ltd, a United Kingdom-based company today announced the commencement of the first round of beta testing of their PaaS (platform-as-a-service) software product, Hybrid Web Cluster in partnership with CloudSigma AG of Zurich, Switzerland. Hybrid Web Cluster is a cloud web hosting platform designed to run over any number of real physical servers, cloud server instances or a combination of the two. Due to recent advances in file ... Read More
Steve Slepcevic – Better Preparation helps to Fight against Disaster
A disaster is any occurrence of unwanted or undesirable activity causing widespread destruction and distress. So, as it causes a huge destruction we need to recover from the disasters. There were emergencies, disasters and undesirable conditions that make the disaster recovery industry in existence. Now there are many disaster recovery policies or companies. According to scientists who study global warming, these are just a few of the ... Read More
Colocation America Upgrades Their Los Angeles Data Center in the Telecom Center
Los Angeles, California, November 10, 2010- Colocation America, a leading colocation provider, has recently completed a large scale upgrade to their Telecom Center data center, one of 5 in Los Angeles, in response to the increase in consumer demand. Their updated space boasts an impressive infrastructure which includes redundant power generators, UPS, superior cooling systems, multiple layers of firewall and physical security and power ... Read More
Pharma firms Cloud hosting with netexperts and iomart
Pharmaceutical companies looking to reduce IT costs without sacrificing regulatory compliance, transfer speed, data integrity and IP security should consider cloud computing as the next step in their technology strategy, according to iomart Hosting. iomart Hosting, which operates five UK data centres, and life science IT support specialists netexperts have joined forces to offer high-performance compliant hosted computing to ... Read More
Handbook of Cloud Computing Published
LexisNexis Risk Solutions® announced the publication of Handbook of Cloud Computing (Springer: 2010), a collection of essays featuring contributions from world experts in the field of cloud computing from academia, research laboratories and private industry. The book was edited by Armando Escalante, CTO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, and Dr. Borko Furht, professor and chairman of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at ... Read More
Dell Services and Symantec to Deliver Cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Solutions
Dell Services and Symantec announced an expanded strategic partnership under which Dell Services will utilize Symantec’s e-mail security platform as the security engine for its Email Management Services (EMS) portfolio of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions. The partnership will utilize Symantec Hosted Services’ state-of-the-art, cloud-based security services to bring new e-mail security features and improved functionality to ... Read More
