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As Part of Probe, NY State Attorney General Invites Public to Test Internet Speed
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Broadband Internet service providers in New York are about to be put to the test, as State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman invited the public this week to test their speed and submit the results to his office. Read More...
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Akamai Report: Average Connection Speed Rises 14 Percent in Q3 2015
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Global Internet performance continues to improve, with average connection speed up 14 percent in the third quarter, according to new research from Akamai....
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Joomla Issues Patch for Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Joomla has patched a zero-day vulnerability affecting all versions from 1.5 to 3.4.5 and is urging site administrators to update to version 3.4.6 immediately. Read More...
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Cloud Provider Faction Secures $6 Million Funding Round
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Cloud infrastructure provider Faction has capped a year of growth by securing $6 million in debt and equity capital this month to continue to grow its product portfolio and meet the demands of its expanding customer base. ...
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DIY Website Builder Moonfruit Takes Customer Sites Offline After DDoS Attack
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
DIY website building platform Moonfruit took customer websites offline on Monday to make infrastructure changes, four days after the company had been hit by a DDoS attack....
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Canadian Web Hosting Acquires eSecureData
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Canadian Web Hosting announced on Monday it has acquired Canadian data center and hosting provider eSecureData. Financial terms were not disclosed. Read More...
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Cloudyn Raises $11M to Expand Private Cloud Monitoring Chops
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
For every dollar large enterprises spend on public cloud services, they will spend $11 on private cloud, Cloudyn CEO Sharon Wagner, said....
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How Microsoft Plans to Win in Enterprise Hybrid Cloud
Monday, December 14, 2015
While Microsoft is behind Amazon in public cloud, it has no need to play catch-up inside the enterprise data center. That combined with the second-largest public cloud business puts it in a good position to dominate in hybrid cloud, which is touted...
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VMware Drops Plans to Launch Joint Cloud Venture with EMC
Monday, December 14, 2015
VMware said on Monday that it will no longer be part of a cloud services joint venture called Virtustream with EMC which was expected to launch in Q1 2016. ...
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The WHIR: Cloud Talks, Episode 20 with Dustin Kirkland
Monday, December 14, 2015
In Episode 20 of The WHIR: Cloud Talks, Editor in Chief Nicole Henderson talks to Canonical's Dustin Kirkland, Ubuntu Cloud Solutions Product Manager and Strategist, about OpenStack and why major cloud vendors should support it. ...