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.

Amazon CloudFront CDN: Goodbye 404 Messages

9/30/2013
Amazon's content delivery network CloudFront lets subscribers redirect visitors to desired content while avoiding dreaded 404 error messages.
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IBM's SDN Push Has Big Rivals

9/30/2013
IBM's SDN for Virtual Environments and IBM Programmable Network Controller puts it in competition with Cisco, VMware, Juniper and HP.
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Oracle On The Ground: Customers Speak

9/26/2013
Oracle OpenWorld attendees discuss the products they're implementing, from Fusion software to hardware appliances.
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The Truth About Oracle's Virtualized 12c Database

9/26/2013
Oracle says 12c, introduced at OpenWorld, is "virtualized" -- but you must look closely at what that actually means.
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Cloud Architecture: Get It Right The First Time

9/26/2013
Cloud expert David Linthicum, speaker at Interop 2013 New York, shares advice on why an IT manager should play cloud architecture detective.
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Microsoft And Oracle Say: Come To Azure Cloud

9/24/2013
Bygones are bygones, as former database rivals Microsoft and Oracle link arms to entice cloud customers to choose Azure over Amazon.
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Oracle Database Recovery Appliance Eases Backup Pain

9/24/2013
Oracle backup appliance uses periodic snapshots, instead of long replication windows, to make recovery of hundreds of databases easier.
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Oracle Upgrades HR Cloud Software To Battle Rivals

9/23/2013
Integrating human capital management and talent management into other business apps gives Oracle stronger footing against challengers SAP, Salesforce.com and Workday, says president Mark Hurd at Oracle OpenWorld.
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Nirvanix Shutdown: Small File Users May Fare Worst

9/19/2013
Nirvanix customers face a looming deadline to move data out of the cloud service. According to Nasuni's cloud data speed testing, moving small and medium files will be painful.
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Microsoft Challenges Amazon: Azure Gets VPN Ties

9/19/2013
Microsoft teams with AT&T's NetBond to give customers a private network-like linkage to the Azure cloud. This option takes aim at Amazon's Direct Connect.
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Nirvanix Shutdown: Some Customers Face Mission Impossible

9/18/2013
Cloud storage provider's pending shutdown gives customers 2 weeks to move data out -- and that's not enough time given bandwidth realities. One expert's advice: Panic now.
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Nirvanix Tells Cloud Storage Customers: Move Your Data

9/17/2013
Cloud storage pioneer Nirvanix, in danger of closing without further financing, warns customers to retrieve data.
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Cloudius Takes On Linux As Cloud OS

9/16/2013
Startup Cloudius launches OSv, an operating system designed for virtualized cloud operations. Its rivals: Windows and Linux.
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DevOps Improves Time To Market And Revenue: CA Survey

9/13/2013
One in six IT managers still isn't sure what 'DevOps' means, but DevOps adoption speeds new services and products to market by 20%, new survey sponsored by CA says.
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Cloudability Simplifies AWS Reserved Instance Decisions

9/13/2013
As Amazon adds flexibility to its Reserved Instance contracts, Cloudability launches tool to help customers make smarter choices.
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Amazon Web Services Hit By Slowdown

9/13/2013
AWS' HMSCloud encryption key storage service produced network errors in part of Zone B, causing system delays and failovers.
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Datapipe Buys Newvem, Gains Amazon Cloud Heat Maps

9/12/2013
Datapipe will use technology from Israeli startup Newvem to supply pricing optimization to its AWS users.
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Nebula, OpenStack Upstart, Chooses CEO With Sales Cred

9/12/2013
Nebula co-founder Chris Kemp, known for the cloud experience he gained as NASA's CIO, will step aside as CEO to make way for Gordon Stitt, who brings an enterprise sales track record.
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Microsoft Azure Grows More Open

9/12/2013
Microsoft technical fellow Mark Russinovich describes how the Azure cloud is expanding with open source, outside technologies.
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Amazon: Intel Is Inside Our Cloud

9/11/2013
Amazon reveals at Intel Developer Forum that Amazon Web Services services will carry "Intel Inside" moniker.
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IBM Lets SoftLayer Keep Its Hardware Edge

9/11/2013
SoftLayer CTO Duke Skarda isn't a follower when it comes to virtualized cloud services, says dedicated hardware will still play a role.
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Joyent Cloud Co-Founder Steps Down

9/10/2013
CTO Jason Hoffman, the medical doctor turned cloud builder, is leaving Joyent but won't say what he'll do next.
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Pivotal CEO Maritz Teases 'Linux For The Cloud'

9/10/2013
VMware spinoff's first product, Pivotal One, arriving later this year, will pose open source competition to Amazon Web Services and others, Maritz says.
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How Gap Connects Store And Online Channels

9/5/2013
For Gap, the No. 3 company in the IW 500 ranking, building the right number of Ship From Store operations is critical to profitability.
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Cloudscaling Allies with Juniper On SDN

9/5/2013
Juniper approach to SDN based on a central controller, acquired with Contrail acquisition last December.
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VMware User Group Eyes Bigger Role

9/5/2013
VMware User Group VMUG is becoming a leading force in the company's development strategy, particularly its virtualized networking and storage.
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Intel Takes On ARM With Atom C2000

9/4/2013
Next-generation Intel Atom C2000 processor is aimed at cloud functions, including micro-servers, switches and cold storage.
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Amazon Opens Command Line Interface To 23 Services

9/3/2013
CLI exits developer preview, offers a "single, unified interface" to interact with 23 AWS services.
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