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What if VMware (NYSE:VMW) and its Zimbra email business countered Microsoft (NYSE:MSFT) and Office 365 — plus Google Apps? At first that sounds far fetched. Zimbra is widely available from multiple cloud services providers (CSPs) and third-party hosting companies. But what if Zimbra was available in VMware’s new public cloud — called the vCloud Hybrid Service? Now that could be a game changer.
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Rumors are swirling that Intel Hybrid Cloud (a small business server that ran Linux or Windows) has been discontinued. If true, this is the latest setback for small business customers that want on-premises servers rather than emerging cloud computing alternatives.
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When the New Year’s Day sun rose in Europe and the United States, the reality of what had happened was hidden to almost all. Only a hundred or so targets had been struck, and the smoke from the ruins that remained was already dissipating. What people did immediately realize was that certain things that they were used to working now did not.
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Japanese internet service provider NTT Plala announced a TV set-top box (STB) that runs Linux or Android on an STMicroelectronics dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor. The Hikari TV Smart TV STB supports DLNA and OTT (over-the-top) services, can run HTML5 apps, and is optimized for NTT Plala’s Hikari TV cloud-based gaming service. The Smart TV STB [...]
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Japanese internet service provider NTT Plala announced a TV set-top box (STB) that runs Linux or Android on an STMicroelectronics dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor. The Hikari TV Smart TV STB supports DLNA and OTT (over-the-top) services, can run HTML5 apps, and is optimized for NTT Plala’s Hikari TV cloud-based gaming service.
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The largest pure cloud play service of all is based on Netflix’s open-source stack running on Amazon Web Services.
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While startups, developers, and small businesses flock to behemoth public clouds like Amazon Web Services and Google Compute Engine that give them a profoundly efficient bang for their buck, bigger enterprises largely stick to paying the high cost for private clouds. They are wary of potential availability and security issues that, rightfully, could hamper (or cripple) their business. The perceived risk-reward of saving money by turning IT operations over to a public cloud hasn’t yet permeated through to big businesses.
The European Commission (EC), the central governing body of the EU, has in the past several years pursued ICT policies that increasingly have been good for “openness” in the areas of standards, data, and software. Its recent announcements on cloud computing have continued this theme.
However, as with any broad strategy of this magnitude, there are parts of the strategy (many well-meaning) that could lead to trouble. Attention, engagement, and follow-up with the Commission are needed to assure a positive outcome.
VMware (NYSE: VMW) is taking some heat because the virtualization company’s forthcoming public cloud will not be based on OpenStack, the open source platform. Some critics worry VMware’s approach will lead to an expensive, closed platform. But let’s do a reality check, folks: Take a look at many of the major public clouds — Amazon, Google Compute Engine, Microsoft Windows Azure — and there’s nary a mention of OpenStack. Even Oracle now has built a $ 1 billion cloud business without thinking much about OpenStack. So what’s the message for partners?
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Digium’s new Switchvox Cloud platform offers Asterisk (the open source IP PBX) in an on-demand format. Backed by its unified communications capabilities, Switchvox Cloud could also be an alternative to Microsoft Office 365 and Lync Online. But is it?
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Future developer meetings to be held on Google+Ubuntu Linux maintainer Canonical has canceled its semiannual Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) conferences in favor of a new, more-frequent series of events to be conducted online only.…
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