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Beyond Cloud Price Cuts: Why Services will be the Strongest Weapon in the Cloud War

Back in April, Google announced it was slashing its cloud storage prices by 68 percent, giving users a gig of data for around two and a half cents. Since then, a cloud price war has erupted, and has been compared to historical price wars like the gasoline industry in the 1960s. Continue reading

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Rackspace Sponsors Big Data Bootcamp to Meet Burgeoning Demand for Data Scientists

Cloud hosting provider Rackspace is among a group of big data companies sponsoring Science to Data Science, a five-week workshop in London that teaches PhD students skills needed to work in data science roles. Continue reading

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Report: Microsoft Buys 100 Acres of Iowa Land for Data Center

Microsoft has dished out about $6 million for a chunk of land in West Des Moines, Iowa, for its next data center build-out. Continue reading

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PlusServer Acquires MESH and Mainlab to Extend German Managed Hosting Services

German hosting provider PlusServer announced on Thursday that it has acquired MESH GmbH and Mainlab GmbH, allowing PlusServer to extend its leadership in the German managed hosting market. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Continue reading

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GreenGeeks Upgrades Servers to SSD Storage

“Carbon-negative”, cleantech host GreenGeeks upgraded all of its servers to SSDs, the company announced Tuesday. The upgrade applies to all existing customers and has been accompanied by “multiple tweaks and enhancements.” Continue reading

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