I posted yesterday on this topic, but the news keeps coming. EMC, the global enterprise storage giant, annouced today they had acquired Pi Corp, a relatively unknown startup, specializing in cloud technology and services. EMC has also formalized a new cloud division, and hired Microsoft veteran Paul Martiz to lead it.
That makes 2 of the [...]
Tags:cloud computing·emc·services·web
I’ve already written about cloud computing and some of the reasons why I think it is a game changer, forever altering how we look and utilize web hosting (for the better). It looks like Rackspace believes the same, as evidenced by their annoucement yesterday that Mosso, a Rackspace subsidiary, will now offer cloud computing [...]
Tags:amazon·cloud computing·ec2·mosso·rackspace·s3·Web Services
I’ve been closely following Amazon’s progress with AWS, Amazon Web Services, for some time now. Many of the services they offer, the Simple Storage Service in particular, have grown rapidly as a popular choice for many web startups and companies seeking a cheaper storage alternative to their own datacenters. In fact, some colleagues of mine [...]
