CIF research reveals cloud contract blind spot, says APM Group

Just one in five cloud users concerned about contractual liability for SLAs.  

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Rackspace launches Big Data Solution and Managed Support for ApacheTM Hadoop®

Rackspace® Hosting is announcing the availability of the Hortonworks Data Platform powered by Apache Hadoop in both the managed hosting environment and the Rackspace public cloud. Customers can choose the right environment to host their Big Data solutions, and take advantage of a hybrid cloud approach to achieve the best overall application performance. Rackspace is also offering managed services around the Big Data solution to ease the operational burden for customers.

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Skyscape Cloud Services announces price reductions and service level improvements

The assured cloud services provider announces plans to reduce costs by nearly 60 percent.

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Cloud Computing provides competitive advantage

IBM has announced that organizations gaining competitive advantage through high cloud adoption are reporting almost double the revenue growth and nearly 2.5 times higher gross profit growth than peer companies that are more cautious about cloud computing, from a recent survey conducted with more than 800 business decision makers and users worldwide.

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Heavy Clouds need optimising for ISV growth

The shift away from on premise towards cloud computing continues unabated. Yet while the business reasons for handing over this non-core activity to a third party add up, is the financial model really as compelling as promised? In reality, with upwards of 80% of UK hosted providers still using outdated technology to deliver their so-called cloud deployments, the business case is being supported by plummeting communications costs – not the smart use of innovative, cloud optimised...

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Advania Data Centers, Interxion and IP-Only have decided to build new data centers in Stockholm...
Building services contractors are increasingly taking the lead on data centre projects, according...
Data centres facing longer lead time for sufficient grid capacity.
Vertiv to deploy a 150 MW renewable energy-fuelled and grid-interactive data centre to support the...
Italian data centre company continues efforts to close the IT skills gap with the further...
Demand for data centres in every market is surging, with opinion spilt 50:50 in the sector as to...
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Australian fish farm undergoes IT upgrade by investing in edge infrastructure

Australian fism farming company Tassal looked at harnessing IT to make its business of growing salmon more sustainable and cost-effective. It invested in an integrated IT solution powered by Vertiv and Dell EMC for its business in Tasmania.

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