Monthly Archives: June 2014

Google Domains: The Winner and the Losers

Google announced on Monday that it is officially getting into the domain registration market business. For several hosting sector firms this caused an immediate financial fall-out. Most are probably unwarranted; let’s survey the playing field and potential setbacks. Continue reading

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Singaporean Startup Unified Inbox Revamps Cloud Product in Wake of Snowden Revelations

Following the one-year anniversary of the Snowden revelations, Singapore-based cloud collaboration startup Unified Inbox revealed that it had to shift its strategy and enhance its backend infrastructure in order to launch in a post-Snowden world. According to a report by ZDNet, increased concerns around privacy and security caused the company… Continue reading

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World Cup 2014 Generates 32 Terabytes of Data in 10 Days

The 2014 FIFA World Cup has generated 32 terabytes of “official” data in its first ten days, according to official network provider Oi. The event has passed the previous World Cup, and is on pace to surpass the Sochi Winter Olympics, which generated 34 terabytes of transmitted data in 17 days. Continue reading

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Instagram Migrates from Amazon’s Cloud into Facebook Data Centers

Just as there are many reasons to move applications from internal data centers into the cloud, there are many reasons to move the other way. The recent migration ofInstagram’s entire backend stack from Amazon Web Services’ public cloud into Facebook’s data centers was a good example of the latter. Continue reading

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Supreme Court Ruling Opposes Aereo’s Streaming Service, But Leaves Many Issues Around Cloud Services Unsettled

The Supreme Court has ruled that streaming-TV startup Aereo, which records over-the-air TV shows and streams them to users, is illegal because it performs copyrighted works without paying the rights holders. But the court’s ruling hasn’t made any specific recommendations regarding the operation of cloud hosted services like iCloud and Dropbox. Continue reading

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