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 July 2012

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Apple Vs. Samsung: Opening Day In $2.5 Billion Case

7/31/2012
Samsung fears shadow of Steve Jobs will influence jurors in the heart of Apple country. Judge Koh says no and go; jury selection tries to move case forward.
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Xerox Promotes Cloud Services For SMBs

7/30/2012
Xerox Cloud applies enterprise services know-how to give small and midsize businesses what they need, says Xerox's Rob Schilperoort.
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VMware's System Management Push: CA, BMC, HP Push Back

7/27/2012
Traditional systems management vendors lock horns with VMware as it trespasses into their space. In some cases, they remain the better option, say users.
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Microsoft Investigates Azure Outage In Europe

7/26/2012
Azure compute service disappears for 2.5 hours in West Europe region; cloud experts downplay possible Olympics connection.
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Walgreens' Prescription For Photo Profits: Public API

7/25/2012
Walgreens expects to expand use of its chain-wide photo printing service 20% through third-party mobile app developers. An open API will pave the way.
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VMware Revenue Grows 22%, But Profits Decline

7/24/2012
VMware's ability to sustain high growth rates appears to be tapering off as annual revenues approach $5 billion.
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Amazon High I/O Option Tackles Tough Cloud Workloads

7/20/2012
High I/O Instance virtual server relies on solid-state memory for the kind of high throughput needed by online game suppliers, medical researchers, and intensive database users.
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Dell Outlines Big Software Ambitions

7/19/2012
Dell software chief John Swainson explains how Quest Software acquisition is key to Dell's big plans for security, systems management, and business intelligence software.
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Maritz's VMware Legacy Defies Doubters

7/19/2012
Maritz's competitive style led VMware to dominance in virtualization. You can bet that his new role as EMC chief strategy officer won't be a ceremonial one.
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VMware, EMC Shakeup Hints At Data Center's Future

7/18/2012
VMware CEO Maritz moves up to EMC chief strategist role and Gelsinger becomes VMware CEO, as virtualization changes how data centers are run. Take a look at EMC's larger vision.
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Allan Snavely, Lawrence Livermore Lab CTO, Dies Unexpectedly

7/16/2012
The 49-year-old high-performance computing expert was noted for co-designing the Gordon supercomputer, collaborative research, and bicycling prowess.
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Profitbricks: Our IaaS Scales Better Than Amazon's

7/16/2012
Startup seeks to compete with Amazon through cloud infrastructure services that scale vertically, can be graphically designed, and rack charges by the minute.
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Salesforce Outage Follows Data Center Power Glitch

7/11/2012
A Silicon Valley data center used by Salesforce.com customers suffered a power outage as the provider attempted to upgrade electrical equipment.
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Microsoft White Labels Azure In Windows Server 2012

7/11/2012
Windows Server 2012, due in September, will allow Microsoft partners to create mini-Azure infrastructure services, so Windows users will have lots of public cloud choices.
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VMware Adds Oracle Database Support To vFabric

7/10/2012
VMware says IT managers can use Data Director 2.0 to backup, patch or clone the database like any other virtual machine.
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Cloudability Sheds Light On Cloud Spending

7/9/2012
Cloudability's subscription online service adds more detail for teams keeping an eye on cloud costs, including identification of project teams and business group costs within an aggregated, company-wide cloud billing report.
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Joyent's Cloud Competes With Google, Amazon

7/6/2012
Joyent's unique infrastructure design doesn't follow the path of Google or Amazon, includes built-in security and large data pipes for big business use.
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Amazon Cloud Outage Causes Customer To Leave

7/5/2012
Online dating site Whatsyourprice.com dumps EC2 following June outages, but other customers say they can architect against failure in the Amazon infrastructure.
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Why Dell Bought Quest Software

7/2/2012
Dell acquired Quest Software because no hardware vendor is surviving on the sales of hardware alone--the demand is for integrated systems.
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VMware Buys DynamicOps, Accelerates Software-Defined Data Center

7/2/2012
DynamicOps, a pioneer in multi-hypervisor management, brings VMware's IT-as-a-service strategy a giant leap forward.
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Amazon Outage Hits Netflix, Heroku, Pinterest, Instagram

7/2/2012
Amazon Web Services data center loses power because of violent electrical storms, knocking out many website customers.
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Google Compute Engine Leverages Third Party Support

7/2/2012
RightScale, MapR, and Puppet Labs bring key features, a larger ecosystem to Google's new infrastructure-as-a-service.
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