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.

CERN's Hadron Collider Research Fueled By OpenStack

6/30/2013
CERN works with Rackspace to upgrade cloud infrastructure to OpenStack Grizzly in time for reactivation of its Hadron Collider, being used to pursue Higgs Boson particle.
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Salesforce, Benioff Must Beware Oracle's Embrace

6/29/2013
This new relationship holds much promise for Oracle, not so much for Salesforce. It reminds me of Captain Ahab's relationship with the great whale.
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CloudSigma IaaS Avoids Amazon Approach

6/27/2013
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider sidesteps Amazon-style server packages, allows users to provision what they need.
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Defense Dept. Seeks $450 Million Cloud Builder

6/27/2013
$450 million in business up for grabs as DISA seeks provider for DOD cloud plans.
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HP Wins $67 Million Spain Government Cloud Contract

6/26/2013
HP will migrate Catalonia's compute infrastructure and applications into an HP Enterprise Cloud facility.
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Progress Launches PaaS For Mobile, On-Premises Apps

6/25/2013
Progress Software uses Rollbase acquisition to announce Pacific platform-as-a-service for cloud and mobile apps.
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Amazon Wins Best Cloud In CIA Bake-Off

6/25/2013
Despite a higher bid, Amazon gets CIA contract over IBM due to its deeper experience as a cloud services provider, says Amazon CTO Werner Vogel.
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Joyent Launches Manta Service For Cloud Computing, Storage

6/24/2013
Joyent Manta Storage Service keeps big data close to the compute resources needed to analyze it.
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6 Cloud, Big Data Startups To Watch

6/21/2013
Check out what the Structure 2013 LaunchPad winners can do with cloud, big data problems.
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Intel, AMD Debate Best Chip For Cloud

6/20/2013
AMD touts its newer, low-power ARM chips, while Intel contends x86 remains the go-to chipset for the cloud.
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Bluelock Makes Cloud Disaster Recovery Affordable

6/19/2013
Bluelock Recovery-as-a-Service allows midsized companies to avoid physical duplicates and store virtual machines at a distant location.
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VMware Fights Rival Amazon With 'Cloud Credits'

6/18/2013
VMware says pre-paying for hybrid cloud services gives customers more control over "rogue IT spend," hopes it will keep them in the VMware fold.
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Forrester Rates Public Cloud Choices For Developers

6/17/2013
Forrester examines IaaS and PaaS options for developers, as the line blurs between these two types of public clouds.
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What Savvis Cloud Services Gain From AppFog

6/14/2013
CenturyLink's cloud company, Savvis, broadens cloned app capabilities by acquiring automation platform AppFog.
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Red Hat Escalates Private Cloud Fight With VMware

6/13/2013
Red Hat combines its Enterprise Linux with OpenStack to push its own private cloud stack alternative to VMware, Microsoft platforms.
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CloudAware Uses Chatter In Amazon Cloud Management

6/13/2013
CloudAware finds Salesforce.com's Chatter social platform a boon to helping companies monitor compliance, performance in Amazon Web Services workloads.
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Amazon Cuts Prices On Relational Database Service

6/11/2013
Amazon's slashes prices 18%-28% on its popular cloud database service, which includes Oracle, MySQL and SQL Server.
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VMware Tackles Server Log Data Pain

6/10/2013
VMware has integrated server log file management into its overall operations product, bringing real-time analytics to server info.
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Microsoft: SMB Cloud Security Worries Easing

6/10/2013
Microsoft survey of 211 small businesses finds half use the cloud and after early experience, find it more reliable, secure.
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Datadog Retrieves Cloud Performance Data

6/7/2013
Datadog differs from competing cloud monitoring systems by aggregating, analyzing data from other tools and systems. HP is a customer.
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Data Centers Don't Need To Be Regulated Utilities

6/7/2013
The New York Times misses the big picture with its take on data centers as "wildcat" utilities that need government oversight. There is no data center monopoly in northern N.J.
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Compuware Dives Deep Into Remote Application Performance

6/4/2013
Compuware PureStack offers a 3-D view of software interactions as they cross systems to identify problems with individual components.
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Zynga, Cloud Pioneer, Must Fix Revenue Woes

6/4/2013
Zynga CEO Pincus reducing staff by more than 500 in bid to bring costs more in line with revenues; stock price drops again.
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Kaiser API Opens Healthcare Data To Mobile Apps

6/3/2013
Kaiser Permanente partners with Apigee to make information about its facilities available for mobile app developers.
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