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SolarWinds Acquires Cloud Monitoring Company Librato for $40 Million

As cloud adoption continues to increase to a predicted $127-$200 billion market in 2018, service providers are looking for a strategic edge. SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) believes the acquisition of the cloud monitoring company Librato will give them an advantage. On Thursday, SolarWinds acquired San Francisco-based Librato for $40 million. Librato… Continue reading →

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IBM Launches Cloud-Based Technology to Protect Against Identity Theft

IBM launched a cloud-based program that allows authentication without information sharing. Identity Mixer was added to the BlueMix developer platform this week. Continue reading →

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Enterprises See Hybrid Cloud, SDN and IoT as the Future of IT: Survey

As cloud adoption continues to rise, enterprises with hybrid clouds rose to 20 percent (up from 15 percent last year), and a third of enterprises said the Internet of Things IoT is the single biggest phenomenon to drive future cloud adoption, followed by hyperscale and Software Defined Networking, according to an annual survey released by Canonical. Continue reading →

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FCC Redefines Broadband in Bid to Encourage Faster Internet Speeds

The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) defines broadband as 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload speed, as of a vote Thursday. The move to change the definition has several implications, including requiring ISPs to provide those speeds for services advertised as “broadband.” Continue reading →

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Amazon Web Services Launches Business Email Service to Take on Cloud Competitors

Public cloud giant Amazon Web Services launched its response to Office 365 and Google Apps for Work on Wednesday. Amazon WorkMail is a business email and calendaring service hosted in the AWS cloud that starts at $4 per email inbox. Continue reading →

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