Carrier Theories Meets Harsh Reality Of Competing With Amazon

Telecom carriers have been desperate to get into the cloud computing game as a way to maximize the value of their networks. But until they…

Section: Cloud Author: Matt Asay Publish date: June 6, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Amazon: "Infrastructure Is Not A Differentiator (Except For Us)"

Amazon claims that no one need build and manage a data center, given that it already does this far more efficiently at lower cost. But as…

Section: Cloud Author: Matt Asay Publish date: April 22, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Trying to pick a winner in the cloud market? It would help if we could actually coherently define a cloud market at all.

Section: Cloud Author: Matt Asay Publish date: April 15, 2013 Interaction count: 0

The promise of cloud computing lies not only in its technology but in its pricing and packaging structure. So why isn't Amazon more…

Section: Cloud Author: Robert Rizika Publish date: April 5, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Microsoft's longstanding strategy of embrace and extend has no place on Azure, which seems to be all about embracing all of the…

Section: Cloud Author: Matt Asay Publish date: March 20, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Amazon has a crushing lead in the cloud computing race, but serious competitors like OpenStack, Microsoft and Google threaten to give it a…

Section: Cloud Author: Matt Asay Publish date: March 19, 2013 Interaction count: 0

In an increasingly cloudy enterprise, it's hard to see how legacy server vendors can win, either by ignoring or embracing the cloud.

Section: Cloud Author: Matt Asay Publish date: March 5, 2013 Interaction count: 0

In a rare admission of both weakness and avarice, VMware's executive team tried to rally its partner troops by castigating the Amazon…

Section: Enterprise Author: Matt Asay Publish date: March 1, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Microsoft is now waging another platform war - the battle for the cloud. But this time it's the underdog.

Section: Cloud Author: Daniel Lopez Publish date: March 1, 2013 Interaction count: 0

Amazon is doubling its AWS salesforce to pitch CXOs on what enterprise developers already know: The cloud is where innovation happens.

Section: Cloud Author: Matt Asay Publish date: February 22, 2013 Interaction count: 0