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12 hot application container startups

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VMware gets help to build and deploy cloud apps more easily

Dropbox for Business to get mobile management boost

Applications are on the way from partners including AirWatch and MobileIron

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How Amazon’s DynamoDB helped reinvent databases

Amazon’s DynamoDB shook up the database market as one of the first cloud-based NoSQL products in the market, all hosted in AWS’s cloud.

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Can I have multiple Dropbox accounts on the same computer?

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12 Evernote hacks and apps for power users

Evernote is all about productivity. These 12 Evernote hacks and apps can help you save time, find files faster, track travel, transcribe voice notes to text and much more.

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Experts divided on security implications of DOJ's deal with Box

Security experts are divided about last week's decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to use Box for cloud-based document storage and collaboration. Putting potentially sensitive data into the cloud poses security and integration...

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Cloud computing more about agile development than cost

Experts tout the importance of bringing together business, financial and tech teams when considering a move to the cloud.

IDG Answers

How to get free storage on Dropbox by referring new customers?

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Ferguson police incident forces technology into the forefront for body-worn cameras

While the benefits of body-worn cameras for law enforcement have been well-known for years, cloud storage and security needed to evolve to handle all the footage.

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What are containers and why do you need them?

What can containers do for you? Here are 10 frequently asked questions about application container technology, in general, and Docker, in particular.

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Gartner shows two-horse race in IaaS cloud: AWS and Microsoft Azure

Gartner research released its public IaaS cloud magic quadrant.

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How to view iCloud files on iPhone without using Safari?

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Status check on OpenStack: The open source cloud has arrived

The open source cloud computing project OpenStack has hit its stride, backed by vendors like IBM, Rackspace, HP and Cisco it has emerged as the open source alternative to Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google and VMware.

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5 ways to future-proof your cloud computing deals

It pays to future-proof cloud contracts, making sure the deal you sign today is aligned with evolving business needs. Here are five terms SaaS buyers should insist on when making new deals.

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Disrupt - Cloudwear

Interview with Evan Tann, CEO of Cloudwear, at Techcrunch Disrupt.

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For containers, security is problem #1

It may take a disaster or two for the lessons of needing to do security right sink in. Only then will containers be ready for prime time.

Facebook's software smarts put cold storage on a power diet

The company's new backup storage centers get by with less energy

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Google launches a service for storing big data

Google finally opens up its speedy BigTable technology for third-party use

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How Real Madrid scores fan engagement in the cloud

Using the Microsoft Cloud platform, Real Madrid -- the world's largest sports franchise -- is undergoing a digital transformation to help further engagement with the soccer club's 450 million fans worldwide.

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Do you need a container-specific Linux distribution?

It's not enough to use containers, vendors argue that you need a specialized Linux distribution to back it.

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Microsoft looks to empower IT in the cloud

At its first Ignite conference in Chicago today, the Microsoft unveiled Azure Stack, a collection of the company's hyper-scale public cloud technologies that it uses for its own data centers.

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Google: Cloud on verge of major transformation

The pace of innovation in the cloud is speeding. Think of what the smartphone looked like before the iPhone. That’s how primitive today’s cloud is going to look five years from now, Google’s infrastructure chief says.

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