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VMware 4Q14 results include data points on vCloud Air progress

January 28, 2015
Philbert Shih

VMware reported its 4Q14 results and provided data points and insight into the progress of the vClou...

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Lance Crosby, founder and CEO of SoftLayer, to leave IBM

January 28, 2015
Philbert Shih

Lance Crosby, founder and CEO of SoftLayer, has left the company after a decade-long run. ...

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Amazon enhances extensions for Microsoft System Center; going after footprint

January 27, 2015
Philbert Shih

Last year, Amazon introduced an extension for Microsoft System Center users that allows them to vie...

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ReadySpace rolls out WordPress hosting service; freemium for growth, data

January 27, 2015
Philbert Shih

ReadySpace in Singapore introduced a new WordPress hosting service under the spin-off brand Applicac...

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M&A, technology, capabilities, DCs and earnings

January 26, 2015
Philbert Shih

The past week was dominated by M&A activity just a week after Zayo acquired Latisys in a $675m ...

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Amazon rolls out auto recovery for EC2 instances

January 23, 2015
Philbert Shih

Amazon Web Services introduced a new feature: auto recovery for EC2 instances. ...

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Datapipe acquires GoGrid; looks similar to LT deal (update2)

January 23, 2015
Philbert Shih

We had a chance to jump on the conference call and ask management a few questions about the acquisit...

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Amazon acquires Annapurna Labs; chip technology to drive data centre efficiency

January 22, 2015
Philbert Shih

Media reports have confirmed that Amazon has acquired a stealthy Israeli-based startup that builds n...

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Datapipe acquires GoGrid; looks similar to LT deal (update)

January 21, 2015
Philbert Shih

Datapipe has acquired San Francisco-based hosting and cloud infrastructure provider GoGrid. ...

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Equinix buys Nimbo; on-ramp, migration knock over barriers, seed ecosystem

January 21, 2015
Philbert Shih

Equinix acquired Nimbo, a New York-based professional IT services firm. ...

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Datapipe acquires GoGrid; looks like similar rationale, positioning to LT deal

January 20, 2015
Philbert Shih

Datapipe has acquired San Francisco-based hosting and cloud infrastructure provider GoGrid. ...

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Google to retail domains; alarm bells unwarranted, bigger fish to fry (update)

January 19, 2015
Philbert Shih

Google exited private testing and launched its retail domain service to customers in the US. ...

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