Hewlett-Packard had announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Army to provide the Department of Defense and other federal agencies with enterprise cloud computing services under the Army Private Cloud contract (APC2). With the Department of Defense facing new technical, security and budget challenges, the new contract will help the Army utilize industry capabilities...
Dell announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, to significantly extend its desktop virtualization offerings. The addition of Wyse will expand Dell’s desktop virtualization capabilities and provide new solutions and services opportunities for the full range of Dell’s enterprise offerings. “The combination of Wyse and Dell provides us with tremendous growth opportunities for our core desktop virtualization business, helps us expand into new and fast-growing...
Thinking of using Windows Server 8 to fulfil your hosting requirements? Well, have a push, get ready to use Azure, if you intended to. Microsoft Online Backup Service is a new feature in Windows Server 8 that aims to provide a low cost choice to deliver business backup benefits to Windows Server customers. With no upfront infrastructure costs (other than an adequate internet connection), customers can now get ‘peace of mind’ that their business is protected against disasters. Microsoft calls the product the ‘Microsoft Online Backup...
Google Drive, the long-rumored search giant cloud storage service, may be appears to be launching next week, reports GigaOm. Cited “well placed” sources told the publication that Drive is on the urge of launch and will make its debut very soon; it will be released to consumers in April first week. Google Drive allows users to stores pictures, documents and videos...
Taiwanese mobile maker HTC in its latest move has purchased a 20 percent stake in a Sunnyvale Ca. group’s SyncTV, which offers an online video platform for content providers. The investment is a part of a broad technology partnership between HTC and Intertrust Technologies Corporation, of which SyncTV is a subsidiary. The company develops for a range of devices...
Back in 2010 HTC launched HTCSense.com as part of suite of services that allowed users to sync their contacts and call history, locate their phones remotely, and backup their data to the cloud. Now HTC is going to shut down the service by April 30th, giving users a month to retrieve their personal information. HTC in a post on the website notes that the change is...
DigitTimes is reporting that Acer will launch its PCs equipped with Acer cloud storage, its personal cloud computing service in North America and Greater China next month in April. AcerCloud is Acer’s cloud computing service for sharing pictures, documents, music and video among all Acer devices. For the other markets, according to the company it will be out in...
Planning for something new and here it is: Lenovo has launched its new Cloud Storage service, SugarSync’s service rebranding in actual term where it will provide all Lenovo PC, tablet and phone users with free 5GB of storage space over the cloud. Lenovo Cloud Storage can sync data between your PC and mobile devices. Other features available include version history,...
Microsoft faced disruption in its cloud computing service Azure two weeks ago, even I feel that many of us even forgot that what had happened, but the software giant is still seems talking about it discussing the things how – when – and in what way it all happened. Some Recap: On February 29th – the leap year day – Microsoft’s cloud service Microsoft Azure suffered a serious outage worldwide, leaving many customers unable to access core parts of the service for more than 12 hours. Azure is used by many companies to host and...
Zorawar Singh, senior vice president and general manager of HP’s cloud services department, told The New York Times that HP is “not just building a cloud for infrastructure.” Hewlett-Packard or just HP is said to be planning of its own cloud service in the market as eyeing over the fact that Amazon’s cut in the cloud market share will give its own version of the cloud technology a good start. The company wants to include “business-focused” features on a platform and even want to file it with more third-party apps and services. HP...
