An analyst spends a day asking questions and getting  answers.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Everyone, including suppliers, wants a part of OpenStack. But are their motives pure?
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
 - 10/02/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft did it just one week ago, and Amazon Web Services  may be coming soon.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CEO Satya Nadella announces the project, pegging the market  at $2 trillion.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Starting on Thursday evening, Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) will be rebooting select Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances across all regions and availability zones.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Telecom giant Verizon on Tuesday announced it is extending its Secure Cloud Interconnect (SCI) service to include Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS).
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cloudnexa has partnered with Trend Micro Inc., Sumo Logic and AppDynamics to launch a consolidated cloud management suite for Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS).
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It's designed to let companies immediately provision their own networking resources through a self-service portal using software-defined networking techniques.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    James Brown tries out OpenStack Express, and is impressed.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The containerization technology picked up $40 million,  nearly doubling its previous funding total.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - 09/16/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Riverbed Technology, which specializes in solutions that improve application and network performance, made several announcements recently aimed at storage, backup and recovery services for Amazon Web Services (AWS).
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The deal may signal a big shift in HP's cloud strategy
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - 09/12/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Top Microsoft cloud executive Scott Guthrie on Wednesday reiterated his company's commitment to match the Amazon Web Services (AWS) price cut for price cut. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware's Robin Matlock, Pat Gelsinger, Bill Fathers and Carl Eschenbach took the stage to urge IT to be "brave" when it comes to hybrid cloud adoption.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An expert weighs in on how to decide that you need more bandwidth.
                    
			            - By Greg  Shields, Don  Jones
 - 08/04/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A SolarWinds survey finds a radically different IT landscape than what existed a few short years ago, and much has to do with virtualization and cloud computing. 
                    
			            - By Lawrence  Garvin
 - 08/01/2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Two brand-new surveys show similar attitudes about the future adoption of SDN technology in the datacenter.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Formerly known as PHD Virtual Backup, it's the product of the Unitrend acquisition of PHD last year.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A study also found that most IT pros remain concerned about security and privacy of data backed up in the cloud.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For one health care organization, fast provisioning  of development environments translates to a serious competitive advantage.
                    
			            - By Christa  Ayer
 - 07/29/2014