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The Pirate Bay Spreads Infrastructure Across 21 VMs to Prevent Downtime

Two years after switching its entire infrastructure to the cloud, The Pirate Bay now uses 21 virtual machines hosted at different providers to run its website, according to a report by TorrentFreak on Sunday. Continue reading

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More than 75 Percent of Content in Major Cyberlockers Infringe on Copyrights: NetNames

At least 78 percent of the material in the 30 most popular streaming and downloading lockers violates copyright, according to a study by UK online brand management company NetNames. Continue reading

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Amid US Bank Hack Cleanup, Banks Plan to Significantly Increase IT Spending: Report

Two-thirds of banks plan to increase their IT spending this year, the most since 2008, according to a report released Wednesday by Swiss banking software company Temenos. Continue reading

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Tier.Net Technologies Acquires Canadian Hosting Startup StablePages

Web hosting company Tier.Net Technologies announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Canadian hosting startup StablePages. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Continue reading

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Cisco Buys OpenStack Private Cloud Provider Metacloud

Cisco has agreed to buy Pasadena, California-based Metacloud, a private OpenStack cloud provider, adding yet another facet to the Cisco cloud strategy. Metacloud employees will join Cisco’s Cloud Infrastructure and Managed Services organization. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of fiscal year 2015. Continue reading

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