Profile of Charles Babcock

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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 2012

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DH2i Takes On SQL Server Consolidation Challenge

9/28/2012
Startup led by former HP PolyServe staff uses virtualization-like techniques to stack up SQL Server instances on a single host, cutting core-based license costs.
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HP Offers 'Test The Cloud' Packages

9/26/2012
Hewlett Packard provides low-priced testbed and client engineer to help newcomers launch cloud workloads.
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N.Y. Times Data Center Indictment Misses Big Picture

9/24/2012
A New York Times examination of increasing data center use and its environmental impact focuses on aging enterprise data centers. A more important issue: How much environmental benefit can we reap from today's modern cloud data centers?
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How Columbia Sportswear Will Survive Next Tsunami: Cloud

9/24/2012
International sportswear provider pursues hybrid cloud disaster recovery plan, to avoid another data center shutdown as happened in the 2011 Japan tsunami.
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Salesforce.com Seeks Foothold Throughout The Enterprise

9/20/2012
Identity, mobile, and social networking capabilities are key to Salesforce's plan to move beyond sales and marketing, deep into enterprise operations.
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Joyent Tools Cut Data Center Power Consumption

9/19/2012
IaaS provider says it can help to reduce power used in older data centers by 25% by using big data analytics.
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Salesforce.com's Heroku Expands To Host Java Development

9/18/2012
Salesforce.com's independent cloud unit, Heroku, seeks to link core CRM and enterprise Java applications. Until now, they've been worlds apart.
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OpenStack Poised For Cloud Leadership

9/18/2012
OpenStack Foundation establishes board, development groups; organizes itself as self-sustaining non-profit.
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VMware Pricing A Win For Service Providers

9/17/2012
VMware lifted its vRAM pricing scheme for enterprise users, but left usage-based plan in place for thousands of cloud service providers. And that's a good thing, say customers.
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Microsoft Azure Tops Cloud Developer Platform Survey

9/14/2012
Microsoft Azure bests VMware in Evans Data survey of cloud developers, but Google and Amazon aren't far behind.
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Ford Puts Pedal To Metal On In-Car Electronics

9/12/2012
Ford CTO Paul Mascarenas tells InformationWeek 500 audience how the car of the future will be as much a software product as assembled hardware.
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Allstate, Quintiles Succeed With New IT Rulebook

9/11/2012
Leaders tell InformationWeek 500 attendees how crowdsourcing, data mining, and hack-a-thons have boosted IT's value to the business.
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Android Designers Seek Distance From Apple Smartphones

9/6/2012
Samsung's $1.05 billion patent infringement loss against Apple sends Android designers back to their drawing boards. Is there a safe, smart, and marketable smartphone design that's very different?
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Apple Beats Competition With Design--And Design Patents

9/5/2012
Apple has invested more in design patents than many other tech companies since it launched the iPhone in 2007. Is that good news for consumers?
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Zynga Takes Cloud And Customer Service In New Directions

9/5/2012
Zynga, the No. 3 company in the InformationWeek 500, puts IT and customer service side by side.
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Microsoft Vs. VMware: Who'll Be Private Cloud King?

9/5/2012
Microsoft unveils Windows Server 2012 just days after VMware's vCloud Suite launch. The archrivals use some similar language but take very different approaches to private cloud.
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