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Hypervisor vs. Container Since virtualization is becoming increasingly prevalent in the home users, an auspicious introductory article to this domain becomes more necessary than ever. What is virtualization exactly? In simple terms, virtualization is a method that allows the running of one or more “computers” on a single hardware platform, or even easier, two different operating systems on a single PC. For example, a PC can run both a Windows and a Linux OS, or a Windows 98 installation as well as an XP one. A more complex explanation...

Microsoft today at its BUILD 2013 Conference has detailed the big numbers for its Azure service. The company says that it powers 299 million Skype users, 50 million Office Web Apps users,1 billion notifications from Bing users and stores 8.5 trillion objects. Further, the tech giant says that Azure has 18 data centers and more than 100 colocation installations. Other numbers shared that SkyDrive having 250 million users and Xbox Live is nearing 50 million subscribers. Photo Credit: Flickr/Betsy Weber ...

After deal with Microsoft yesterday, Oracle today announced that it has signed a comprehensive nine-year partnership with Salesforce.com encompassing all three cloud computing tiers i.e. Applications, Platform and Infrastructure. The deal goes like this Oracle plans to integrate Salesforce.com with Oracle’s Fusion HCM and Financial Cloud while Salesforce.com plans to standardize on the Oracle Linux operating system, Exadata engineered systems, the Oracle Database, and Java Middleware Platform. “Larry and I both agree that salesforce.com...

Oracle and Microsoft today announced that the duo has signed a partnership which let Oracle customers to run their software in Windows Azure while for Java, its coming soon. This private partnership will cover both the private and public cloud, offering multiple options. Moreover both the companies also agreed on to work together to “add property licensed and fully supported Java into Windows Azure.” “We look forward to working with Oracle to help our customers realize this partnership’s immediate, and future, benefits,” the...

Google has announced that now you can store and access your files anywhere on the web, your computer, your phone or on the go in total of 18 more languages via Google Drive. The languages that has bought through includes Afrikaans, Amharic, Basque, Chinese (Hong Kong), Estonian, French (Canada), Galician, Icelandic, Khmer, Lao, Malaysian, Nepali, Persian, Sinhalese, Spanish (Latin America), Swahili, Urdu, Zulu. Not only this, but you also got a freedom to switch back and forth as often as you link while also many of these languages are...

Just like Amazon, Google today announced that it will now allow US cloud storage users to send data by snail mail for manual uploading although the price the search giant will charge is same – $80 per HDD – as that of Amazon. Google says that the service is meant for those companies that need to upload data “in the hundreds of terabytes and beyond.” To use this offline disk import service, write your data to HDDs and then snail mail it to a Google import center. For security reasons, the data on the HDDs must be encrypted...

Adobe today announced that it has released a major updates for its flagship products under Creative Cloud. The company also unveiled that it has launched the desktop app. The company via its blog post shared that hundreds of new features have been released in newer versions of the apps, including Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, Adobe Muse CC, Dreamweaver CC, Edge Animate CC, Adobe Premiere Pro CC, After Effects CC, and more. A new Creative Cloud app for desktop also being unveiled, which allows you to keep your entire creative...

With giving an extra edge for security for its Windows Azure, Microsoft has announced a multi-factor verification named Active Authentication vide mobile app, phone call or SMS for its Windows Azure. The add-on security level means now it will allow enterprises to secure employee, partner and customer access to cloud applications with multi-factor authentication. The service offers the following: Rapid Set Up: Simply add the service to your Windows Azure AD tenant and turn it on for your users. Or, add the service to your custom applications...

Lenovo today announced that its consumer cloud service dubbed as Lenovo Reach is opens in beta version while the official launch coming “later this year.” The service will allow users to securely access their cloud-based files and applications from any device via a single login ID. The company says starting from June 22 in North America, a limited numbers of users are avail this opportunity to preview Lenovo Reach although customers who are interested in a preview can sign up beginning from today. General customer availability is...

It’s a big acquisition day today as first Salesforce acquired ExactTarget, and now The Wall Street Journal is reporting that IBM is reportedly acquired SoftLayer. Although the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed but as per the Journal citing person familiar with the deal, the acquisition is worth around $2 billion. “As businesses add public cloud capabilities to their on-premise IT systems, they need enterprise-grade reliability, security and management. To address this opportunity, IBM has built a portfolio of high-value...