Synergy reports hyperscale growth soars in Q1
At the end of last year, Synergy Research reported that hyperscale data centers were growing like gangbusters with 390 online as we closed out 2017. Today, the company released a new report indicating there are no signs that these large...
Cloud 5: Microsoft all in on cloud, more Pentagon cloud deal controversy
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Serverless computing is coming to a cloud near you
Over time, we have watched the levels of computing abstraction filter down to a mind-boggling degree. The virtual machine was the first step on the path, allowing us to take a single server and divide it into multiple machines, providing...
Cloud 5: Getting ready for serverless and Intel’s booming cloud biz
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Cloud 5: SAP pushes deeper in cloud, AWS cloud revenue keeps going up
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AWS decides the blockchain is worth a shot after all
When AWS CEO Andy Jassy told reporters at the re:invent conference last December that he had little interest in blockchain technologies, there was no reason to doubt him. Still, he left a small opening that suggested they might be in...
Cloud 5: Why edge computing matters, plenty of cloud growth says Gartner
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DoD won’t budge on winner-take-all cloud contract stance
In March, the Department of Defense set in motion a high-stakes, winner-take-all battle for its cloud contract. Reports suggest that the agreement could last a decade and be worth close to $10 billion dollars. Here’s the thing though, the cloud...
Cloud 5: Microsoft battles Slack, Amazon against the world
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IBM introduces skinny mainframe for cloud age
The mainframe has been a mainstay of enterprise computing for decades, and IBM has dominated the category, but what place does it have in the age of the cloud? Surprisingly, the oldest bit of computing technology continues to live a...
