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.

Nebula One Debuts: OpenStack As Hardware

3/29/2013
Until now, OpenStack has appeared in the marketplace as a set of components in major Linux distributions. The Nebula One hardware appliance aims to simplify private cloud.
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Compare Cloud Service Prices With New Tool

3/28/2013
Cloud service prices change frequently. PlanForCloud, a free online tool, tracks those changes and calculates your potential deployment costs with six different providers.
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Amazon CloudHSM Aims To Ease Security Worries

3/26/2013
Amazon Web Services adds security appliance to keep encryption keys out of common infrastructure, help public cloud users comply with strict compliance regulations.
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EMC, VMware Prep Big Data Analytics Spinoff

3/26/2013
Pivotal unit, set to launch April 1, will integrate an unusual and powerful set of software components into a single big data platform.
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Public Cloud Concerns Remain Strong: Survey

3/25/2013
Users still prefer private, but worries about public cloud security and integration may be unwarranted, finds Everest Group in report to be presented at Cloud Connect.
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OpenStack Deployment Tool Goes Open Source

3/22/2013
Mirantis Fuel may prove a game changer by accelerating launch pace of OpenStack private clouds inside enterprises.
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Joyent Offers NoSQL Database As A Service

3/22/2013
Infrastructure provider Joyent teams up with Cloudant to provide a scalable, NoSQL database as a service.
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HP Shareholders Meeting Marked By Dissent

3/21/2013
Shareholders raise heated questions about HP board's Autonomy investigating committee; narrowly fail to oust controversial board members.
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IBM OpenStack Adoption Ushers In New Cloud Era

3/18/2013
IBM's embrace of OpenStack could hasten widespread adoption of an industry cloud standard.
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9 More Cloud Computing Pioneers

3/18/2013
These industry leaders helped propel cloud computing to the forefront of technology innovation.
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EMC, IBM Reportedly Pursue Cloud Supplier SoftLayer

3/15/2013
Dallas-based SoftLayer has become an acquisition target; its cloud technology could help EMC or IBM compete with Amazon Web Services.
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Will VMware Challenge Amazon Head On?

3/14/2013
VMware announces Hybrid Cloud Services unit. Does that mean VMware IaaS, competing directly with Amazon, or continued reliance on partners?
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Oracle To Buy OpenStack Fan Nimbula

3/13/2013
Nimbula, an early cloud orchestration software maker, may bridge gap between Oracle products and growing, public cloud.
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Equinix Opens $60 Million Seattle Data Center

3/12/2013
New facility enables Equinix to serve as cloud workload transfer point. Will AWS be a future customer?
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Amazon, Telcos Will Battle For Cloud Customers

3/12/2013
British Telecom, Verizon, NTT, CenturyLink shaping up to compete with Amazon on IaaS and PaaS, research firm Synergy says.
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Newvem's Amazon Cloud Heat Map Tool Shows Trouble

3/11/2013
Color-coded Utilization Heat Map visualizes AWS workloads that are near their peak capacity and those idling or underutilized.
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EBay Launches New Digital Service Efficiency Standard

3/11/2013
eBay's new dashboard-based DSE standard measures data center efficiency, allows IT managers to achieve cleaner operations.
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Will VMware Stay Public Cloud Course? Bluelock Bets Yes

3/7/2013
Bluelock opens VMware-compatible public cloud data center, as questions swirl on whether VMware will stay the course with vCloud or shift to OpenStack.
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Amazon Tool Helps Shape Your Cloud Workload

3/7/2013
Need expert advice for configuring your cloud workloads? AWS and other vendors are jockeying to provide the best information.
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Amazon Web Services Cuts Prices For Linux Users

3/5/2013
Amazon Web Services' price drops for certain long-term cloud contracts expands the cost gap between Linux and Windows on EC2.
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VMware Sells SlideRocket To ClearSlide

3/5/2013
Cloud presentation service was never quite a fit for the virtualization infrastructure market leader, VMware acknowledges.
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VMware CEO Causes Public Cloud Stir

3/4/2013
Pat Gelsinger asserts VMware ecosystem must capture customers before public cloud does. Will this be his Mitt Romney 47% moment?
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ServiceMesh Cloud Tools Get Cozier With DevOps

3/1/2013
ServiceMesh Agility 9.0 lets you release a cloud application into production, configure it in real time and manage it in Amazon, Rackspace, Cloud Foundry or Microsoft Azure environments.
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Apple's $1 Billion Samsung Patent Verdict Cut By Judge

3/1/2013
San Jose Judge Koh cites jury error, cuts decision against Samsung by $450 million and sets new trial date to determine damages.
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Silver Peak Cuts Amazon Cloud Data Movement Costs

3/1/2013
Virtual appliance compresses cloud data, eliminates duplicate copies to make moving data out of AWS faster, less expensive.
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