In The Know: Top 5 Must-Read Cloud Stories, March 11
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 Microsoft (MSFT), Hewlett-Packard (HP) and nGenx.
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.
Microsoft Files Lawsuit Against Kyocera Over Android Patents. Microsoft has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Kyocera (KYO), alleging that Kyocera’s Duraforce, Hydro and Brigadier phones violate seven Microsoft patents. Microsoft’s complaint alleged that some of the features of Kyocera’s phones infringe patents it holds in several areas, including power management for enhanced battery life, “self-aware” devices that respond to changes in the user’s surroundings and text messaging.
The Rise Of Semi-Autonomous Cloud Computing. Despite best of intentions as a practical matter, vendors for one reason or another wind up supporting proprietary technologies despite any previous avowals to the contrary. For partners of HP that may turn out to be a very good thing.
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TC 100 Profile: nGenx Pushes the Envelope With Technology. What does it take to be a cloud workspace market leader in today’s industry? NGenx, a cloud-based application delivery services company that ranked 76 on last year’s Talkin’ Cloud 100 list of the top 100 cloud services providers (CSPs), has been successful in this space because its team believes it has been “working in the cloud since before there was a cloud.”
Trends In The Data Center White Paper. Every business evolves, with some proceeding more slowly and others changing at lightning speed. In the past decade, information technology, and data centers, in particular, could be included in the latter group. As an enterprise data center or service provider, how do you keep up with the trends? Data Center Knowledge has been on the data center industry beat for many years now. They’ve seen and reported on many changes, developments and innovations.
Ingram Micro Partner Summit: Want Success in Cloud? Educate Your Customers. Solution providers who are finding success selling cloud services are those who actively educating their customers on the benefits of the cloud and “getting out in front of it,” said Paul Bay, president of Ingram Micro (IM) North America.
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