Monthly Archives: November 2014

Web Hosting Sales and Promos – Black Friday Edition

It’s that time of year again! Black Friday shoppers have already hit the ground running, filling up their carts with the best deals on electronics, clothing and even web hosting. In the week ending November 27, 2014, there is up to 70 percent off dedicated servers, as well as many discounts on hosting. Continue reading

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Microsoft Hits ‘Publish’ Too Soon on Acompli Email App Buy Announcement

In a mistakenly published blog post, Microsoft corporate vice president Rajesh Jha announced that the company was to acquire the Acompli mobile email application. Continue reading

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Report: More Firms Use SaaS for Mission Critical Apps

Software-as-a-Service applications are increasingly being used for mission critical purposes, according to a recent report by Gartner. Cost considerations continue to be a driving factor, but many senior business leaders view agility as a primary reason for moving to SaaS. Continue reading

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Amazon CloudFront DNS Service Suffers Pre-Thanksgiving Outage

Amazon’s CloudFront DNS service is back to normal on Friday after an outage earlier this week caused major loading issues for companies using the service to speed up web pages and delivery. Continue reading

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New Infographics Provide Interesting Perspectives on Amazon Cloud Workloads

I was sent a few infographics over the past few days regarding Amazon Web Services that provide some insight into how organizations are using AWS, as well as how it compares with other IT infrastructure options. Continue reading

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