Amazon, at its first developer conference Re:Invent, announced plans for significant price reductions. Amazon Web Services Senior VP Andy Jassy said the cloud supplier will cut storage prices 24% to 27% on Dec. 1.
Five ways the Surface RT beats the iPad
I’ve had a month to play with the Microsoft Surface with Windows RT tablet. Microsoft faces a serious challenge to compete against devices like the Apple iPad, Google Nexus 10, Kindle Fire HD 8.9, and other full-size tablets. But, Microsoft deserves some kudos for engineering a very solid, capable device to show off the Windows RT platform.
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Earthquakes and the Limits of Predictive Analysis
Criminal charges for Italian scientists who failed to foresee a deadly earthquake are an extreme example of the limitations of predictive analysis.
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RingCentral’s new SMS feature keeps your number private
What do you do when you call a co-worker but they’re not at their desk to answer the phone? You might send a text message to their mobile phone to try and reach them, but people using their own mobile devices may be reluctant to share their personal mobile number for business purposes. RingCentral may have a solution for that.
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The Case for UC Interoperability
A lack of interoperability among unified communications platforms isn’t suited to today’s business needs, particularly because partners, suppliers and resellers need to collaborate and communicate more closely than ever. It’s time for the UC industry to step up.
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Data Centers: Get ‘Em Hotter and Wetter
Data centers can run hotter and with more humidity than traditionally thought, according to a recent report from The Green Grid. This will reduce energy consumption and cut operating costs, but long-held myths might stand in the way.
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Microsoft’s New Data Center: The Straight Poop
Microsoft’s planned Data Plant is a zero-carbon data center that may prove to be the blueprint for information facilities that run outside the power grid. Its environmentally friendly status comes from an unusual power source: human waste.
Microsoft is investing $ 5.5 million on research and development in the pilot project at the Dry Creek Water Reclamation Facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The data center will use biogas from an adjacent wastewater treatment plant as its power supply.
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OpenStack: An Overview
OpenStack is a continuously evolving initiative to enable the deployment of cloud computing services using open source software. We’ll examine the most recent release of the platform, called Folsom, which added two new modules for networking and block storage.
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Disaster Recovery Lessons You Might Have Missed
Hurricane Sandy had a lot to teach technology professionals about disaster recovery and business continuity. It certainly reinforced the basics—back up your data, test your DR systems—but there are other lessons to learn. Here’s five.
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Why We Need Network Abstraction
Highly virtualized data centers are exposing cracks in traditional network constructs such as VLANs. New approaches that abstract the physical network, including network overlays, are key to providing flexibility and scale.
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