7 Cloud Must-Reads Of The Week, June 5
Every Friday Talkin' Cloud rounds up the top cloud computing stories of the week for our online community of channel partners. Did we forget to include one of your favorite articles from the week? Send an email to Talkin' Cloud Executive Editor CJ Arlotta at cj.arlotta [at] penton.com to let him know. If he doesn't get back to you right away, bother him some more — and more.
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7 Cloud Must-Reads of the Week, June 5
Every Friday Talkin' Cloud rounds up the top cloud computing stories of the week for our online community of channel partners. Did we forget to include one of your favorite articles from the week? Send an email to Talkin' Cloud Executive Editor CJ Arlotta at cj.arlotta [at] penton.com to let him know. If he doesn't get back to you right away, bother him some more — and more.
Stories that didn't make this week's cut:
10 Biggest Cloud Acquisitions Of 2015 So Far
Which cloud computing companies have made notable acquisitions this year? Here's a closer look at the 10 biggest acquisition stories of 2015 so far.
Avaya Acquires Esna Technologies
Avaya has plans to accelerate the adoption of communications-enabled applications for both enterprises and mid-market companies, thanks in part to a recent acquisition. The contact center and unified communications (UC) company last week acquired Esna Technologies, a Canadian communications and collaboration solutions provider. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, and Avaya said the transaction includes the acquisition of Esna's intellectual property, assets, employees and customers.
Cisco Acquires Piston Cloud Computing
Moving to make it simpler to deploy OpenStack on both private and public cloud, Cisco (CSCO) this week announced it is acquiring Piston Cloud Computing. Faiyaz Shahpurwala, senior vice president for the Cisco Cloud Infrastructure and Managed Services Group, says the primary driver of the acquisition is a desire to wrap higher level cloud automation tools around the set of IT automation tools for physical IT infrastructure that Cisco gained when it acquired Metacloud last year.
HP Discover 2015: HP Extends Cloud Framework Reach
At the HP Discover 2015 conference this week HP extended CloudSystem platform by providing tighter integration with the Helion platform-as-a-service (PaaS) based on open source Cloud Foundry software, while at the same time incorporating support for a private cloud platform that is compatible with the application programming interfaces (APIs) used by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that HP gained when it acquired Eucalyptus in 2014.
Using The Apple Watch To Sell The Cloud
Now that most folks have a reasonably solid understanding of what the Apple Watch is any interesting new phenomenon is starting to occur in terms of how cloud services are being marketed directly to line of business (LOB) executives.
From Microsoft Cortana To The Cloud
Most people think of Microsoft Cortana today simply as the Microsoft personal digital assistant alternative to the more widely used Apple Siri technology. But at that the Lenovo TechWorld 2015 conference late last week Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella made it clear that the company's Cortana ambitions extend far beyond the realm of the personal digital assistant.
Intel Buys Altera To Expand Data Center, IoT Offerings
Intel (INTC) this week announced it's buying Altera (ALTR), a San Jose, CA-based fabless $13.4 billion maker of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), in an all-cash deal of $16.7 billion.
Intel Buys Altera To Expand Data Center, IoT Offerings
Intel (INTC) this week announced it's buying Altera (ALTR), a San Jose, CA-based fabless $13.4 billion maker of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), in an all-cash deal of $16.7 billion.
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