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 September 2011

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Terremark Cloud Services Pass DOD Security Test

9/30/2011
After a stringent review, two Terremark infrastructure-as-a-service data centers deemed secure enough for Defense Department operations.
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Data Center Chains In Cloud Promise Easier Moves

9/29/2011
Transferring applications and data from one data center to another will soon become a service, not a monumental chore.
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Big Data Gets A Closer Look From Riak

9/27/2011
Database system adds fine-grained queries of relational systems to NoSQL approach.
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Piston Puts Enterprise Cloud On A Memory Stick

9/26/2011
Startup's USB "cloud key" with OpenStack and PentOS plugs into the switch at the top of a server rack, automates configuration.
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OpenStack Adds Private Cloud-Building Features

9/22/2011
Diablo upgrade of cloud open source project adds a service monitoring dashboard, like Amazon's CloudWatch, as well as Active Directory user authentication.
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Run Your Data Center From An iPhone

9/21/2011
Startup Tellago Studios lets IT managers control servers from iPhones, Androids, or Windows Phones, through a cloud link.
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Open Source Virtualization: No Reason To Celebrate

9/20/2011
Six months after the Open Virtualization Alliance launched, Linux-based KVM hasn’t gained on VMware, Microsoft, or Citrix.
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Cloud Plays Disruptive Role in Financial Services

9/16/2011
As some Wall Street firms prepare to license NYSE trading systems in the cloud to outsiders for short use periods, a privileged club opens.
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Savvis Goes Around The World In 50 Data Centers

9/16/2011
Like rival Amazon, Savvis adds locations as it preps for a future full of global, competing chains of data centers.
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Meet VoltDB: Relational Database With NoSQL Speed

9/14/2011
Version 2.0 of the brainchild of database guru Michael Stonebraker debuts. Scales across 300 cores and processes 1.6 million transactions per second.
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How To Achieve 100% Virtualization

9/13/2011
Several implementers have moved far beyond initial goals and are now shooting for a completely virtualized data center; Westcon says it's there.
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IW500: 7 Lessons For Developing Real Metrics

9/13/2011
Paul DePodesta helped build the Oakland Athletics baseball team into contenders by developing new metrics that better determined a player's true value. His advice can help business managers.
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IW500: 6 Lessons Learned From FedEx's Private Cloud

9/12/2011
CIO Rob Carter describes how FedEx plunged ahead on its journey to private cloud computing, relying on observations from partners and industry leaders.
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Hotmail Crash Blamed On System Update Error

9/12/2011
Microsoft explains why its email service disappeared from the Internet's Domain Name System.
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Hotmail Disruption Sparks User Protests

9/9/2011
Protests alert Microsoft to Hotmail problem Thursday night; users from around the world chime in until service restored.
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Eli Lilly Uses Web To Broaden Drug Research Reach

9/7/2011
The pharmaceutical company uses technology to bring new openness -- and efficiency -- to lifesaving research. One in a series of profiles of InformationWeek 500 innovators.
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PACCAR Revs IT Innovation Amid A Brutal Recession

9/7/2011
Heavy truck maker, the No. 1 company in our 2011 InformationWeek 500 ranking, makes its mark with in-vehicle electronics.
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ScienceLogic Brings Triage Approach To Virtualization Management

9/2/2011
Algorithmic intelligence sifts through hundreds of daily alerts to pinpoint the issues that really matter in the virtualized enterprise data center.
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VMware Should Worry More About Red Hat

9/1/2011
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0, just over the horizon, poses a larger threat than Microsoft, long-term.
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