Profile of Charles Babcock

Editor at Large, Cloud Member Since: 11/15/2013
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Charles Babcock is an editor-at-large for InformationWeek and author of Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution, a McGraw-Hill book. He is the former editor-in-chief of Digital News, former software editor of Computerworld and former technology editor of Interactive Week. He is a graduate of Syracuse University where he obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism. He joined the publication in 2003.

Docker Container System Works With All Linuxes

11/27/2013
New release of open-source Docker software container system eliminates need for AnotherUnion Filesystem to move apps from one flavor of Linux to another.
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HP, Cisco, Microsoft Ranked Top Private Cloud Vendors

11/26/2013
See who else made Forrester's list of top private cloud software suppliers.
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Amazon Web Services Handles More Business Critical Apps

11/26/2013
Survey at Amazon's Re:Invent event shows that many AWS users are moving from test and development to business critical apps.
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Photobucket Pictures Its Future On OpenStack

11/22/2013
Cisco's version of an OpenStack private cloud helps Photobucket ease implementation and management of networking issues.
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CenturyLink Buys Tier 3 To Accelerate Cloud Roadmap

11/20/2013
Tier 3 founder Jared Wray, named CenturyLink Cloud CTO, will help modernize CenturyLink's cloud services with more automation and self-service features.
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Kaiser Shifts To Preventive Care In Mobile Apps

11/20/2013
Kaiser executives highlight potential for interactive, preventive care through a new generation of mobile apps -- but how to get patients to opt in?
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Windows Azure Gaining 1,000 Customers Per Day

11/20/2013
IaaS for Azure and inclusion of cloud use in enterprise agreements has helped Microsoft's cloud services gain momentum, says general manager Mike Neil.
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Genomics Startup Counts On Amazon Cloud

11/20/2013
Courtagen taps AWS to handle the terabytes of data produced in analyzing individuals' genes to pinpoint disease-causing abnormalities and best treatments.
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Nasuni: Versioning File System For Cloud

11/19/2013
Nasuni's UniFS uses stream of snapshots to create a versioned file system in the enterprise and in the cloud.
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Amazon's CIA Win Hurt More Than IBM's Pride

11/19/2013
By winning a $600 million CIA contract, Amazon Web Services has positioned itself as equal to IBM in building secure systems and superior in large-scale, elastic systems.
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NASA, Amazon Launch Earth Data Repository

11/18/2013
NASA has uploaded terabytes of earth-science satellite data to Amazon Web Services, with more to come, to aid researchers and developers.
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Pivotal Launches Cloud App Development Platform

11/18/2013
Pivotal One Platform, based on VMware's open source Cloud Foundry, comes with four application services on top.
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Amazon Adds PostgreSQL, Big C3 Servers

11/15/2013
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels announces PostgreSQL database service, new instance types, and the use of solid state disks to speed I/Os.
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70% Of Enterprise Infrastructure Offsite By 2018: Study

11/15/2013
In five years, outsourced cloud services will dominate as companies abandon the on-premises model, says the telecommunications company CenturyLink.
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Microsoft Pins Azure Slowdown On Cloud Software Fault

11/15/2013
Microsoft Azure GM Mike Neil explains the Oct. 29-30 slowdown and the reason behind the widespread failure.
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How PayPal Got Its Swagger Back

11/15/2013
PayPal CTO explains how the move to OpenStack and a more agile development process put the mojo back in PayPal's product line.
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Pivotal Launches Cloud App Development Platform

11/13/2013
Pivotal One Platform, based on VMware's open source Cloud Foundry, comes with four application services on top.
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NASA, Amazon Launch Earth Data Repository

11/12/2013
NASA has uploaded terabytes of earth-science satellite data to Amazon Web Services, with more to come to aid researchers and developers.
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Amazon Again Beats IBM For CIA Cloud Contract

11/8/2013
IBM maneuvering over 10-year, $600 million CIA contract doomed its protest, in eyes of court.
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Rackspace Adds SSDs To Cloud Servers

11/7/2013
Rackspace adds solid state disks, more RAM and faster processors to boost performance of its standard cloud server offering.
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Amazon Cuts Some M3 Compute Instances 10%

11/5/2013
Amazon Web Services price cut affects M3 extra-large and double-extra-large virtual servers, which are core offerings popular with database users.
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CSC Gains Cloud Management Capabilities With ServiceMesh

11/4/2013
In buying ServiceMesh, CSC gets a set of tools and deployment platform for bridging enterprise data centers and its IaaS.
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VMware, Mirantis Put OpenStack On vSphere

11/4/2013
Mirantis' Boris Renski, who opposed VMware's seat at the OpenStack table, announces partnership to build OpenStack private clouds on vSphere virtualized servers.
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