Profile of Charles Babcock

Editor at Large, Cloud

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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.

Articles by Charles Babcock
posted in April 2013

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Cloud Survey Has Warning For Amazon

4/29/2013
RightScale's State of the Cloud survey finds Amazon the public cloud leader -- but IT is looking to Rackspace, Google and Microsoft for added testing and experiments.
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VMware Adds Interoperability With Ubuntu OpenStack Cloud

4/18/2013
The next Ubuntu release, coming soon, will include VMware plug-ins for the Quantum networking platform in OpenStack.
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Intel Buys Mashery For API Management Expansion

4/17/2013
Mashery manages APIs for Aetna, Best Buy and The New York Times.
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Cloudscaling Updates OpenStack, Supports Amazon APIs

4/17/2013
Aggressive OpenStack vendor partners with Juniper for virtual networking, declares Amazon "de facto standard."
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Red Hat Enters OpenStack Rodeo

4/16/2013
Red Hat Distribution OpenStack (RDO) comes in free and commercially-supported versions for private cloud builders.
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Microsoft Azure Public Cloud Matches Amazon Prices

4/15/2013
Previously a developer's platform, Microsoft Azure will now compete directly with Amazon Web Services, match it on IaaS pricing.
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Rackspace Launches Global OpenStack Expansion

4/15/2013
IaaS provider will enlist partners to add Rackspace data center locations around the world, strengthen competitiveness with the likes of CenturyLink Savvis, Verizon Terremark.
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HP Brings Mobile Cloud Services To Enterprise

4/12/2013
HP's cloud services will add a set of mobile device services that includes file sharing capabilities to challenge Dropbox.
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Microsoft Adds Cloud Chargeback To Windows Server

4/11/2013
Microsoft adds third-party Cloud Cruiser billing system for on-premises and Windows Azure operations, encouraging use of hybrid cloud.
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CA Technologies Sues AppDynamics: 3 Patents Key

4/11/2013
CA lawsuit involves app performance technology acquired when it bought Wily Technology.
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ScienceLogic Tools Watch VMware, Amazon Cloud Workloads

4/10/2013
ScienceLogic's release 7.3 of its EM7 system helps manage hybrid cloud environments, including on-premises and public cloud workloads.
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Piston Ships OpenStack On A Stick 2.0

4/9/2013
Piston releases 2.0 version of Enterprise OpenStack, a pre-configured cloud OS loaded on a memory device, ready for building private clouds. Will enterprises go that route?
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Netflix's 5 Secrets For Maximizing Amazon Cloud Value

4/8/2013
Netflix chief cloud architect Adrian Cockcroft shares five money-saving maneuvers for big Amazon Web Services users.
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5 Ways To Avoid Costly Cloud Surprises

4/5/2013
How can you avoid cost overruns with infrastructure as a service (IaaS) from Amazon and other cloud services? Cloud usage assessment vendors Cloudability and Cloudyn share tips.
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OpenStack Grizzly Has SDN Teeth

4/5/2013
OpenStack forges ahead into software-defined networking, giving the open source project a chance to match or surpass proprietary rivals in a key area.
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HP Cloud Evangelist: We're All About OpenStack

4/5/2013
Margaret Dawson, an outspoken veteran of startups who has become HP's cloud guru, plays up OpenStack over Amazon's potential for HP customers.
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Cloud's Next Era Near, Cisco Says

4/4/2013
Systems of engagement will steal the spotlight from systems of record, and Internet-connected machines will change business analytics forever, Cloud Connect keynote speakers say.
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When Big Data Needs Bare Metal, SoftLayer Fits

4/4/2013
SoftLayer touts bare metal cloud service for big data analytics, offers MongoDB with the push of a button.
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MuleSoft API Efforts Win Salesforce Backing

4/3/2013
MuleSoft gets $37 million in new funding from backers including Salesforce.com; touts repository of 13,000 public APIs.
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Apigee Reveals Cross-Carrier Mobile API Platform

4/1/2013
Apigee API Exchange sets up a neutral playing field for mobile apps to function -- and split revenue -- across carriers.
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