Dell adds Hyper-V option to OpenStack

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Yevgeniy Sverdlik
Announcement: Enables OpenStack workloads to run within Windows Server environments
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Dell announced it will enable Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V as a viable hypervisor choice for the OpenStack cloud platform. The option gives customers additional flexibility in run OpenStack workloads within their existing Windows Server environments in private-cloud environments.

 

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Amazon cloud gets US government seal of approval

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Yevgeniy Sverdlik
Announcement: Security standards satisfy FedRAMP requirements
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Amazon Web Services announced that its GovCloud region and all other US regions have received an Agency Authority to Operate (ATO) from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) requirements.

 

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VMware to provide hybrid cloud as a service

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Yevgeniy Sverdlik
Replicates in-house data center in public cloud
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VMware unveiled its public-cloud services Tuesday morning (US Pacific time) called vCloud Hybrid Service. The Palo Alto, California-based company is promising seamless integration between on-premise infrastructure and the public cloud without any changes to existing applications.

 

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IBM launches Watson customer service smart bot

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Computerworld IBM News
Yoking cognitive computing with customer service, IBM has launched a system that can reference large amounts of unstructured data to help companies better field customer phone calls.
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The whole enchilada: Integrated compute platforms steamroll across IT

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Computerworld IBM News
Vendors are rebuilding the mainframe with converged infrastructure, collapsed kit or integrated compute platforms -- whatever you want to call it. And customers are loving it.
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The whole enchilada: Integrated compute platforms steamroll across IT

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Computerworld Oracle News
Vendors are rebuilding the mainframe with converged infrastructure, collapsed kit or integrated compute platforms -- whatever you want to call it. And customers are loving it.
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Orange Business Services extends cloud reach on global scale

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Penny Jones
Bundles network and cloud together for easier and faster rollout of industrial solutions, anywhere in the world
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France-based communications and service provider Orange Business Services is capitalizing on its global telco network, extending its cloud infrastructure services from EMEA to the Asia Pacific and Americas to offer global cloud combined with network solutions.

Orange, part of France Telecom-Orange, already has 500 customers – many of which are multinational companies – using its Flexible Computing cloud offering, which is offered on a pay-as-you-use basis with a single contract for network and cloud use.

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Improving Claims Fraud Detection in Insurance

Posted on May 21, 2013 by kim-minor

Solutions for analyzing big data can play a critical role in addressing the increasing prevalence of claims fraud. Traditionally, fraud is estimated to account for approximately 10 percent of insurance company losses[1], and that percentage is rising. Insurance companies need ways to quickly identify potential fraudulent claims, enhance the efficiency of investigations and prosecutions, and facilitate rapid reporting and visualization to improve ongoing antifraud efforts.

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Microsoft plans two Australian data centers

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Penny Jones
Delivers on scale-out promise with new “major region” for Windows Azure cloud platform
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Microsoft is establishing a data center footprint down under, creating a “major region” for the delivery of its Windows Azure cloud platform with two sub regions on the country’s east coast.

Microsoft has already invested US$15bn in data centers worldwide and last month Microsoft general manager of data center services Christian Belady told FOCUS it planned to scale out its data center by ten times.

It now looks like Australia could be the first to see the effect of these massive expansion plans.

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How colocation data center companies address the financial services sector

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Ambrose McNevin
Capital Markets Technology Part II. Interview: Stewart Orrell, global MD of financial services at Equinix explains how he serves the market
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Colocation companies are targeting the financial services capital markets by employing sector experts with backgrounds in firms such as Goldman Sachs and NYSE. While colocation primarily remains a space, power and connectivity play only those who understand fragmentation, HFT, liquidity, venues, asset classes, emerging market exchanges and global regulation will succeed.
 

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