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Fast Startup Via Cloud May Be in Microsoft's OS Future

A U.S. patent application filed this month by Microsoft updates an earlier holding concerning streaming data for faster computer startups.

Amazon Provides Explanation for Cloud Outage in Dublin Last Week

In a detailed post-mortem, which included an apology, Amazon Web Services is giving reasons for last week's massive cloud outage that hit its Dublin data center.

HP Considers Spinning Off PC Business, Buys Cloud Giant Autonomy

Hewlett-Packard made several major announcements on Thursday, foremost that it is considering the spinoff or sale of its PC division.

Microsoft Office 365, SkyDrive and CRM Online Hit by Outage

Many of Microsoft's cloud service offerings, including Office 365, CRM Online and SkyDrive, have experienced major outages today.

Survey: More Developers Are Moving to the Cloud

Despite persistent concerns about security, developers increasingly prefer cloud-based development tooling, according to a survey by Evans Data Corp.

Amazon Rolls Out Government-Only Cloud Services

Amazon Web Services announced on Tuesday its new GovCloud service, which is geared solely at U.S. federal departments seeking a secure cloud solution that meets specific regulatory and compliance requirements.

Xsigo's Server Fabric Switch Provides One-Click Cloud Connectivity

Xsigo Systems lays claim to first fully virtualized infrastructure for cloud-optimized data centers.

F5 Looks To Improve Cloud Services with Crescendo Network's Technology

F5 Networks has bought the intellectual property of Israel-based Crescendo Networks and will be hiring some of its engineering team.

Using the New vSphere 5 Licensing Advisor

Before you update that older vSphere, gain some insight into your licensing requirements for vSphere 5 with this nifty tool.

VMTurbo Supports Microsoft Hyper-V

Virtualization management suite broadens scope of platform support by including Microsoft's hypervisor in the mix.

Citrix Acquires RingCube

In a move that strengthens its XenDesktop product against VMware View, Citrix announced its acquisition of the company that carved out market share with its vDesk solution set.

NetWrix Improves SharePoint, Virtualized Environment Auditing

Version 2 of its NetWrix Change Reporter also adds real-time and snapshot reporting capabilities.

Red Hat's OpenShift PaaS Gets Java EE 6 Support

The OpenShift Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment from Red Hat now supports Java Enterprise Edition 6 (Java EE 6), the company announced on Wednesday. The support is the result of an integration with the open source JBoss Application Server 7 (AS7).

CumuLogic PaaS Software Hits Beta

CumuLogic, a Java Platform as a Service (PaaS) startup founded by two former Sun Microsystems employees, has released the public beta of its flagship product of the same name.

Amazon, Microsoft Cloud Datacenters Go Dark After Lightning Strikes

Lightning strikes in Dublin, Ireland on Sunday resulted in brief outages at separate cloud datacenters run by Amazon and Microsoft.

VMware Raises vSphere 5 vRAM Entitlements

VMware listened to the growing din around its vSphere 5 vRAM entitlements, and announced an increase of vRAM limits in a blog Wednesday.

Hyper-V Continues To Support Red Hat Linux 6.0

Microsoft has continued interoperability support for Red Hat Linux operating systems running on its Hyper-V hypervisor.

Google Closes Another Major Public-Sector Cloud Deal

Just over a month after the state of Wyoming wrapped up its wholesale move to Google's cloud, the company has finalized the migration of another public-sector client: the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

Capgemini, Microsoft Ramp Up Windows Azure Collaboration

In a move to extend their partnership on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform, Capgemini and Microsoft are planning to address the cloud computing needs of businesses in 22 countries using Azure.

Advances in Encryption Technology To Bolster Public Cloud Security

A cloud-focused panel last week hosted by the Brookings Institution examined how developments in encryption technology could strengthen identity and access rights in public clouds.

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