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Whose Idea Was This? Amazon's Investment in Acquia
Amazon threw a big chunk of change at Acquia yesterday. Perhaps it wants to stake its claim in the startup that provides commercial services around the open-source Drupal content management system before it goes public, which could happen as soon as later this year or in 2015.
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The Enterprise of the Future: Not as Cloudy as You Think?
The enterprise is “all in” on the (public) cloud, right? That’s certainly what all the hype leads us to believe. After all, hardly a week goes by without Amazon, Google or Microsoft dropping their prices as they race to the bottom in the cloud wars.
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AWS Message is Clear: Get Your Head Into Cloud for Agility
The attendance at last week's AWS Summit 2014 held in New York City may be an indication that the tide is finally turning. The event drew a record attendance and claimed to have more than 10,000 registrations.
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Amazon Wants In on the Enterprise Sync and Share Action Too
Just yesterday we wrote that the file storage, synching and sharing market may be as big as one trillion dollars. When Amazon found out about it, they went and built their own EFSS offering.
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Microsoft, Google Yield to Pressure to Improve Phone Security
Microsoft and Google will incorporate a kill switch into the next version of Windows-based and Android smartphones. The feature, which is already featured on Apple's iPhone 5, allows users to remotely wipe all data and information on the device in the event of theft.
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Amazon's New Fire Phone Targets Apple
Amazon, the company that wants to sell you everything, today introduced a phone that should make that much easier. The Fire phone is the first smartphone from the Seattle-based retailer. But before you say ho-hum, it's not just the latest sparkly gadget.
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Brick-and-Mortar 'Cloud Store' isn't What it Seems #AmazonEvent
It could be a coincidence, but then again, maybe not. Either way, it seems all but certain that Amazon will finally unveil its very own smartphone later today at a launch event in Seattle.
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What 2 Companies Rate Best in Customer Service?
Financial services company USSA and uber-retailer Amazon took the top spots in the customer service ratings released by The Temkin Group, a detailed survey that evaluated 233 companies.
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These Cloud Computing Vendors are Edging Up on AWS
Sure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the golden child of cloud computing, but Microsoft Azure isn't too far behind. And according to Gartner’s recently released Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (Iaas), it's starting to nip into AWS’s market.
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IBM's Offers: Customizable Cloud Apps for Business
IBM has upped the stakes in the cloud space with its announcement of a new set of cloud packages that will put it ahead of more traditional cloud offerings from competitors like Amazon and Microsoft.
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Google Ups Its Cloud Game With Stackdriver Buy
In the latest twist in the ongoing battle for dominance in the cloud space, Google just announced it has bought Stackdriver, a cloud app monitoring service. According to a statement from Google, Stackdriver’s technology will be pushed onto the Google Cloud platform.
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Google, Amazon Cut Cloud Prices Again
The battle for cloud supremacy intensified again. At its Cloud Platform Live event Tuesday, Google slashed the prices for its cloud services lower than Amazon and Microsoft. Amazon responded with similar cuts. No news from Microsoft yet, but one thing is clear. The big winners are cloud users.
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Amazon Joins Trend of Desktops in the Cloud
Amazon today announced a new cloud-based desktop service that may suit companies where more workers are using their own devices to connect to the enterprise. Amazon WorkSpaces allows end-users to access their documents or applications remotely from Amazon Web Services (AWS) by both computers and mobile devices, including iOS, Android
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Google Hits Microsoft Again By Slashing Storage Prices
As we noted yesterday, Google upped the game in the ongoing battle for dominance in the productivity suite space by offering new add-ons as well as cash to users who switch to Google Drive. Now Google is slashing the price of storage on Google Drive.
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