In The Know: Top 5 Must-Read Cloud Stories, April 23
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 Dell, Intermedia and CenturyLink (CTL).
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.
Channel Directions Live: A Working Meeting Without Vendor Pitches. The VAR Guy Executive Editor Charlene O’Hanlon sat down with Penton Technology Market Analyst Ryan Morris to discuss Channel Directions Live, a new event developed for partners looking to address the changing business dynamics of the IT channel head on.
Connecting With Minority Teens To Close The IT Diversity Gap. Last year, many high profile IT companies made efforts to become more transparent about diversity within their ranks. The findings were unfortunately predictable: the technology sector has a diversity problem. Thankfully, the IT industry has an opportunity to address existing gender, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities among staff.
Top 10 SaaS Solutions Used By CSPs. Which software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions are Talkin’ Cloud 100 honorees using? Here’s a closer look at the 10 SaaS solutions that were most frequently leveraged by last year’s Talkin’ Cloud 100 companies.
CenturyLink Acquires DBaaS Provider Orchestrate. CenturyLink has added database-as-a-service (DBaaS) provider Orchestrate to its portfolio. Orchestrate’s service initially became deployable via CenturyLink Cloud last month. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and Orchestrate co-founders Antony Falco and Ian Plosker and Vice President of Engineering Dave Smith will join CenturyLink as part of the agreement.
IBM Q1 2015 Revenue Drop Extends Three-year Losing Streak, Cloud Sales Spike to $7.7 Billion. IBM (IBM) recorded its 12th consecutive quarter of declining sales in Q1 2015, posting a 12 percent drop in revenue to $19.6 billion and a 5 percent drop in net income to $2.33 billion. Per share profit climbed to $2.35 from $2.29 a year ago amid fewer outstanding shares in the period and including net losses from the vendor’s discontinued Microelectronics operation.
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