Tag Archives: Cloud

Symantec has acquired single sign-on technology company PassswordBank to expand Symantec’s authentication services portfolio, ZDNet reported Thursday. Rachel King writes that Symantec spokesperson Ellen Hayes has confirmed the acquisition of the Barcelona-based company but did not outline terms of the deal. Hayes told ZDNet Symantec intends to “use PasswordBank’s expertise …

Dell has unveiled an update to its desktop and application virtualization software portfolio with new features designed to help customers deploy and configure cloud servers. Version 6 of Wyse WSM aims to help users deliver operating system images on-demand to virtual or physical machines, Dell said Tuesday. Jeff McNaught, executive …

IBM Corp. has finalized its acquisition of privately held SoftLayer Technologies Inc. for an undisclosed amount as part of corporate efforts to expand its services to customers and partners. The Dallas, Texas-based computing company and IBM SmartCloud will form a new cloud service division under James Comfort as general manager, IBM …

Vion Corp. has developed new cloud storage and data security products as part of corporate efforts to expand its portfolio and meet the growing demands of customers. The new archiving products are based on network-attached storage technology from Crossroads Systems and on Hitachi Data Systems’ content platform that works to …

HP Enterprise Services has agreed to establish a cloud infrastructure for federal systems in Spain under a $67 million 10-year contract with the Catalonia local government. The project is intended to allow all federal departments of the autonomous community to share information through a managed network and speed up computing processes …

Oracle has partnered with Microsoft for an undisclosed value to help customers run software on Windows platforms, aiming to extend cloud computing services for clients. The partnership intends to help Oracle customers deploy Java, Oracle Database and Oracle WebLogic Server in Windows Server Hyper-V and in Windows Azure with support …

Microsoft’s cloud platforms for life sciences organizations have achieved the qualifications set by the Food and Drug Administration to help customers validate Microsoft’s offerings. Windows Azure and Microsoft Office 365 passed the third-party system documentation review against GxP requirements for production and testing practices, Microsoft said Monday. Quality management services provider …

Red Hat has partnered with Google to help the search giant run its Google App cloud computing services in a private cloud infrastructure by using of open source software. CapeDwarf, a Red Hat/JBoss-based application, will work to run Google App services in different cloud platforms, Google software engineer Ludovic Champenois …

EMC has agreed to buy Israel-based startup storage provider ScaleIO as the company seeks to grow its footpring cloud computing infrastructure market, Tech Crunch reported Wednesday. Rip Emson and Alex Williams write that an initial report from GeekTime suggested the deal is in its final stages and would close for a …

CenturyLink Inc. has acquired platform-as-a-service provider AppFog Inc. for an undisclosed amount as part of corporate efforts by the Monroe, LA.-based company to improve cloud offerings. AppFog adds its public cloud PaaS capabilities to CenturyLink’s Savvis cloud suite and expands its scope to include Savvis’ direct online channel, CenturyLink said …

Red Hat is partnering with Mirantis to offer customers a set of tools that aim to deploy and integrate services for the OpenStack open source cloud platform. Red Hat OpenStack offers infrastructure-as-a-service offerings and is designed to integrate with Linux-based operating systems, the company said Wednesday. The companies will modify …

Unisys has launched a new product that aims to help Amazon Web Services users securely migrate their data to a cloud computing environment. The Unisys Stealth Solution aims to protect communication between end users and AWS and prevent unwarranted access to virtual processes by creating authorized groups within the cloud, …

Lockheed Martin has been designated an approved provider of community cloud computing services to federal, state and local agencies from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board, which approves cloud products and services on a governmentwide level. The board comprises of chief information officers from the General Services Administration and the departments …

IBM has agreed to buy SoftLayer Technologies for an undisclosed amount in a move aimed to bolster its cloud computing portfolio and help customers migrate to virtualized environments. IBM expects to close the deal in the third quarter of its 2013 fiscal year and integrate SoftLayer into its SmartCloud business, …

Carahsoft Technology has signed an agreement to offer cloud-based networking products from Arista Networks on a General Services Administration schedule contract. Carahsoft will serve as a master government aggregator for Arista’s products and sell them to public sector agencies, Carahsoft said Tuesday. Michael Shrader, Carahsoft vice president of innovative and …