In The Know: Top 5 Must-Read Cloud Stories, April 27

Talkin’ Cloud at the end of each day pulls out five must-read cloud computing stories from the news cycle for its readers to review in the morning. Today’s column features IBM (IBM), Ericsson (ERIC) and Amazon.com (AMZN).

Some of these stories have been gathered from Talkin’ Cloud’s article database, while others have been collected from elsewhere. If we missed something, feel free to leave a comment below. We might just add it into the mix.

Here’s today’s list of must-read cloud computing stories.

IBM Is Top Choice For Enterprise Cloud Users, 451 Research Finds. The VAR Guy Executive Editor Charlene O’Hanlon this week interviewed Penton Technology Market Analyst Ryan Morris to learn more about the vendor’s role at Channel Directions Live, a new event developed for partners looking to address the changing business dynamics of the IT channel head on.

5 Must-Read Telecom Stories, April 24. Each week Talkin’ Cloud compiles a list of must-read telecommunications stories for readers who are looking to stay on top of what’s going on in the fast-moving telecom industry.

4 Cloud Computing Funding Stories You Might Have Missed, April 24. Each week Talkin’ Cloud compiles a list of cloud computing financing stories for readers who might have missed the news earlier in the week. This week’s column features funding news from Freshdesk, DNAnexus, CareCloud and Keru Cloud.

Amazon.com Breaks Out AWS Cloud Revenues for First Time in Q1 Report. Amazon’s quarterly earnings announcement yesterday featured something cloud computing watchers have been awaiting for quite a while. The company broke out its cloud computing Amazon Web Services (AWS) revenues for the first time for the quarter ending March 31, as well as breakouts by quarter for all of 2014 and an annual AWS breakout for 2013. Here are the details.

VMware vCloud Air Now Available as Managed Service. VMware (VMW) vCloud Air is now available to customers as a managed service through vCloud Air Network service providers, said Geoff Waters, vice president of VMware’s Service Provider Channel. The announcement marks the first time service providers can leverage vCloud Air as their core infrastructure when delivering managed services to customers, according to the announcement. MSP partners are ideal resellers for vCloud Air because of their expertise in delivering systems management and support to end users, the company noted.

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