9 Cloud Trends For 2015
12/29/2014In 2015, expect to see the cloud mature as a platform for hybrid operations, with cloud data centers achieving new efficiencies through containers.
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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.
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posted in December 2014
posted in December 2014
In 2015, expect to see the cloud mature as a platform for hybrid operations, with cloud data centers achieving new efficiencies through containers.
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Docker, CoreOS Push Containers To Center Stage
12/29/2014Containers aren't just good for developers. They're good for cloud workloads, if their supporters can get the security right.
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Boxever Implements DevOps, Continuous Delivery On Amazon
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Microsoft Azure Outage Blamed On Bad Code
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MyWebGrocer Taps Power Of API
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IBM Brags Of 49 Cloud Data Centers
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Atlantic.Net Cloud Stretches To The Pacific
12/16/2014Small, low-cost IaaS provider opens its first West Coast cloud facility.
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DigitalOcean Displays 'Meteroic' Rise As Web Host
12/15/2014Netcraft survey on world's largest web hosts shows DigitalOcean has risen to No. 3 from 568th place two years ago.
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Amazon Expands OpsWorks For On-Premises Server Management
12/12/2014AWS embraces hybrid cloud by extending OpsWorks server management to systems assigned to run in customers' data centers.
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Developers See ROI For Continuous Delivery Via Cloud
12/10/2014Developers find the pay-off for DevOps and continuous delivery comes with cloud, Evans Data survey says.
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Ubuntu Wants To Run Containers, Too
12/9/2014Snappy, a lean Linux Ubuntu optimized for container operation, promises stronger security for Linux containers.
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Amazon Says Expansion Worth Price
12/8/2014After a Moody's credit rating downgrade, Amazon will pay a higher rate to borrow than well-funded competitors, such as Apple, Microsoft, and Google, but says business expansion will pay.
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Docker Founder Must Right His Ship
12/5/2014After some controversy this week, Docker needs to show it has the maturity needed to manage an open source project.
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Rocket Vs. Docker Will Come Down To DevOps
12/4/2014Whether CoreOS's Rocket successfully challenges Docker's lead in cloud containers will come down to which gets DevOps right.
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Amazon Streamlines Reserved Instance Pricing, Options
12/3/2014Faced with frequent complaints about complexity, Amazon stripped down the number of Reserved Instance types and simplified its billing.
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Rocket Challenges Docker On Cloud Containers
12/3/2014Linux company CoreOS launches an alternative to Docker as a lean building block for future cloud environments.
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Holiday Shoppers Got Better Mobile Response Times
12/2/2014Major retailers minimized wait times for mobile users over the Black Friday/Cyber Monday shopping weekend. Exceptions included Best Buy and Staples.
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Sika Meshes Salesforce Customer Data With ERP Apps
12/1/2014Sika Group turns to Jitterbit to make Salesforce.com software-as-a-service function with SAP enterprise applications.
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