15 Years of Cloud Outages: A Stroll Through the InformationWeek Archives
Information Week
AUGUST 5, 2022
Do you remember the Great Amazon Outage of Easter 2011?
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Information Week
AUGUST 5, 2022
Do you remember the Great Amazon Outage of Easter 2011?
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 23, 2013
Cloud Computing » Storage. Overview: When to Use Cloud Computing to Replicate. Overview: When to Use Cloud Computing to Replicate. In deploying a cloud computing model, organizations have many options. With flexible “pay-as-you-grow” models, cloud computing can evolve with the needs of your business.
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Network World
JANUARY 6, 2023
From 2007 to 2011, Gillis was vice president and general manager of Cisco’s then-called Security Technology Group, which focused on developing network, content and identity management products. After that, Gillis founded cloud computing firm Bracket Computing, which was acquired by VMware in May 2018.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 15, 2013
Are You Up in the Air with Cloud Computing Benefits? Are You Up in the Air with Cloud Computing Benefits? Cloud computing is used in many different ways these days, but not everyone is completely on board the cloud train quite yet. Public cloud computing is not for the sole use of a single company. ALAN McMAHON.
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 17, 2025
Celonis was launched in 2011. The startup, which ranked 13th on the Forbes Cloud 100 list in August 2024 with a valuation of $13 billion , closely integrated its process mining software with the SAP universe. The strategy would incorporate business process analysis, design, and improvement, as well as process change management.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 17, 2013
Managing What Matters In the Cloud: The Apps. Managing What Matters In the Cloud: The Apps. Paul Speciale is Chief Marketing Officer at Appcara , which is a provider of a model-based cloud application platform. Cloud Management. Cloud Application Management. Industry Perspectives. PAUL SPECIALE.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 22, 2013
CDNs » Cloud Computing. Cedexis Now Tracks Performance for 50 Clouds. Cedexis Now Tracks Performance for 50 Clouds. Internet performance and control company Cedexis announced an extension to its Radar community services with the addition of many new clouds, and the availability of Radar reports as an app for Windows 8.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 25, 2013
Savvis Announces Availability of Rebuilt Cloud Data Center. Savvis Announces Availability of Rebuilt Cloud Data Center. Savvis , the cloud hosting unit of CenturyLink, announced global availability of an infrastructure as a service offering called Cloud Data Center. By: Jason Verge July 25th, 2013.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 16, 2013
Cloud Computing. Rackspace: AWS is Clouding the Picture on Dedicated Servers. Rackspace: AWS is Clouding the Picture on Dedicated Servers. He emphasized that Rackspace doesn’t aspire to be the cheapest cloud player, building its business on its “Fanatical Support,” which is a major differentiator for the San Antonio firm.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 10, 2013
Video: A Cloud Conversation with Interxion. Video: A Cloud Conversation with Interxion. In this video recorded at GigaOm Structure 2013, Jelle Frank van der Zwet, cloud marketing manager at carrier-neutral colocation provider Interxion , speaks about cloud migration in Europe and Interxion’s footprint in Europe.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 11, 2013
Cloud Computing. SolidFire Gains Traction for SSD-Powered Cloud Storage. SolidFire Gains Traction for SSD-Powered Cloud Storage. Colt has the largest enterprise-class cloud footprint in Europe, with 20 European data centers in 10 countries. RELATED POSTS: Panzura Sees Gains for its Global Cloud Storage Platform.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 26, 2013
Hybrid Cloud Means Slower Sales Growth for Equinix. Hybrid Cloud Means Slower Sales Growth for Equinix. Colocation facilities like this Equinix data center are key components of many hybrid cloud infrastructures. But customers are taking their time in analyzing the best way to deploy hybrid clouds, Equinix said this week.
Data Center Knowledge
AUGUST 6, 2013
Dimension Data introduces a three-tier cloud backup solution, targeting current in-house users looking to move to cloud. Dimension Data acquired OpSource in 2011, which became part of its new Cloud Solutions Business Unit. Washington DC area'
Fountainhead
AUGUST 9, 2011
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Tuesday, August 9, 2011. Cloud Is Not The End - Its The Means. Cloud computing, at its core, is an operational transformation - mostly focused on infrastructure. EMC-IT on the Cloud Journey. Labels: Cloud Computing , EMC , ITaaS.
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 8, 2024
Even as its cloud journey reaches cruising altitude, Cathay Pacific Group IT is not slowing down. Instead, the publicly held operator of Cathay Pacific Airlines and HK Express is shifting from migration to optimization mode in an effort to wrest additional benefits from its all-in cloud transformation.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 18, 2013
Cloud Computing » Government. Department of Veterans Affairs Cancels $36 Million Cloud Contract. Department of Veterans Affairs Cancels $36 Million Cloud Contract. Remember that “Cloud First” mandate? Is the government starting to question the cloud? By: Jason Verge July 18th, 2013. RELATED POSTS: U.S.
Network World
APRIL 4, 2025
If you had the good fortune to have bought 100 shares at the $21 offering price that day and sat on the investment for 25 years, it would have mushroomed into 28,800 shares over the course of nine stock splits and be worth about three quarters of a million dollars today (Editors note: Again, that was as of 2011). Thats the good news.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 15, 2013
Cloud Computing. Animal Logic Contemplates Cloud Options for VFX Rendering. Animal Logic Contemplates Cloud Options for VFX Rendering. To accomplish rendering on movies and keep pace with rapidly growing compute demands, the company has had to constantly evaluate on-premise equipment upgrades or cloud opportunities.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 12, 2013
Cloud Computing » IBM. IBM Acquires CSL to Advance the Cloud on System z. IBM Acquires CSL to Advance the Cloud on System z. With the acquisition of CSL International, IBM expands its cloud virtualization capabilities, making it even easier for clients to take advantage of Linux on System z.”
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Founded in 2011, Lintasarta Cloudeka is a division of Lintasarta, Indonesia’s leading provider of information and communications technology. Throughout the country Lintasarta Cloudeka is known as the cloud provider from and for Indonesia,” says Ginandjar. “We
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 23, 2013
Cloud Computing » Latisys. Fishbowl Finds the Right Fit for Hybrid Cloud With Latisys. Fishbowl Finds the Right Fit for Hybrid Cloud With Latisys. “Hybrid” has replaced “cloud” as the hot buzzword, and from a customer perspective, there’s even more confusion around exactly what it means. .
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 15, 2013
Microsoft now has more than 1 million servers in its data centers, according to CEO Steve Ballmer, who confirmed the number during his keynote address during last week’s Worldwide Partner Conference in which he handicapped the size of the server platforms for the world’s leading cloud computing providers. Cloud Computing.
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 17, 2024
According to the indictment, Jain’s firm provided fraudulent certification documents during contract negotiations in 2011, claiming that their Beltsville, Maryland, data center met Tier 4 standards, which require 99.995% uptime and advanced resilience features.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 10, 2013
At WPC 2013, Microsoft Points Partners to the Cloud. At WPC 2013, Microsoft Points Partners to the Cloud. With 3,265 software piracy cases settled around the world in the past year Microsoft gladly embraces the cloud computing advantages that it can benefit its partners. PEER 1 Partners on Cloud On-Ramp for ISVs.
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 19, 2013
Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Many organizations are leveraging larger, more comprehensive storage arrays and the cloud that help them distribute their environment. December 2011 (126). November 2011 (142). October 2011 (147).
Fountainhead
DECEMBER 19, 2011
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Monday, December 19, 2011. and Cloud + Big Data Today. That is why Cloud is such a critical enabler. Cloud Computing. (55). ▼ 2011. (22). and Cloud + Big Data Today. Cloud Computing. Cloud Musings.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 22, 2013
Facebook’s server farms used 678 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity in 2012, up from 509 million kWh in 2011, the company said. In Forest City, which came online at the end of 2011, power usage increased from just 6 million kWh in 2011 to 98 million kWh in 2012. Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 25, 2013
“We feel that SolidFire is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the rapid growth in both public and private cloud computing markets,” said Jay Chong, Senior Director at Samsung Ventures. And their strong customer traction puts them in the right position as the cloud computing market matures.”. Cloud Computing. Networking.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 16, 2013
Cloud Computing. CloudVelocity today released its One Hybrid Cloud software for migrating applications to Amazon Web Services. The company seeks to provide seamless movement of apps between cloud platforms and data centers, as shown in this diagram. CloudVelocity Announces $13M Funding, New Tools for AWS. Image: CloudVelocity).
Fountainhead
MARCH 18, 2013
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. A Tale of Two Cloud Strategies. These are the times of the "cloud era" where two technology leaders are struggling to dominate the IT infrastructure, private cloud, and public cloud markets. Monday, March 18, 2013.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 20, 2013
Ballmer: Microsoft has 1 Million Servers - Microsoft now has more than 1 million servers in its data centers, according to CEO Steve Ballmer, who confirmed the number during his keynote address during last week’s Worldwide Partner Conference in which he handicapped the size of the server platforms for the world’s leading cloud computing providers.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 28, 2013
Tips for Purchasing Cloud Computing Services. Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Many organizations are leveraging larger, more comprehensive storage arrays and the cloud that help them distribute their environment. December 2011 (126).
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 19, 2013
DreamWorks Animation utilized HP Enterprise Cloud Services to provide a robust, scalable, cloud-based infrastructure that offers the additional compute power needed to render the 10 CG films that are in production at any given time. DreamWorks Eyes Render Farm in the Cloud. Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 13, 2013
Teaming up with IBM is the latest step in a journey that has taken SoftLayer from a startup to a vital cog in the cloud ambitions of a global technology leader. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure – in many cases, the storage platform has become the heart of a cloud solution. Cloud Computing.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 16, 2013
Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Many organizations are leveraging larger, more comprehensive storage arrays and the cloud that help them distribute their environment. December 2011 (126). November 2011 (142). October 2011 (147).
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 24, 2013
Cloud Computing » IBM. Continuing to sharpen its focus on enterprise cloud computing, IBM is joining forces with Pivotal to support CloudFoundry, the versatile platform as a service (PaaS) framework that allows developers to build applications that can run on multiple clouds. IBM, Pivotal Team to Boost CloudFoundry.
CTOvision
JULY 25, 2015
Bracket Computing has developed the industry’s first Cloud Virtualization System, the Bracket Computing Cell. Today Computing Cells harness the public cloud for the enterprise, combining their scale, elasticity and efficiency with the security, performance and control of a dedicated hardware data center.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 10, 2013
Amazon » Cloud Computing. Amazon Web Services announced it is dropping the prices of dedicated instances on EC2 cloud computing by up to 80 percent. today, perhaps amidst concerns that the AWS price cuts might affect Rackspace’s cloud business. RELATED POSTS: Amazon Launches Marketplace for Cloud Capacity.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 19, 2013
Infrastructure as a Service and Cloud place more stress on your infrastructure. Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Many organizations are leveraging larger, more comprehensive storage arrays and the cloud that help them distribute their environment.
Fountainhead
MARCH 25, 2013
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. What Is Meant by a "Cloud-Ready" Application? Is calling an app "cloud-ready" just a form of cloud-washing? Cmon - arent all apps "ready for the cloud" (and for that matter, ANY cloud)? cloud these days. Thus, most cloud.
Data Center Knowledge
AUGUST 5, 2013
DigitalOcean launched not too long ago, in 2011. In a short timeframe, the company''s growth has sky-rocketed, prompting it to open up additional space with Telx, in the Google-owned 111 8th Avenue building in New York City. New York'
Fountainhead
AUGUST 26, 2012
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The Rise of the Cloud Service Bus. In my recent GigaOm guest blog , I posited that the advent of hosted cloud services (particularly PaaS and SaaS) will slowly morph the role of the CIO into that of an IT Supply Chain Manager. Fountainhead.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 22, 2013
Will Google Glass Boost Demand for Cloud Computing? Verizon Buys CloudSwitch to Boost Hybrid Clouds. In the past he’s covered all things Internet Infrastructure, including cloud (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), mass market hosting, managed hosting, enterprise IT spending trends and M&A. Cloud Computing. Featured Cloud Articles.
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