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infosecurity-magazine.com | February 11, 2020

Forrester Research recently announced it’s annual predictions for the year. Among visions of new treasures from the cloud-native development ecosystem and high-performance computing were two predictions that resonated with me; soaring growth for the public cloud market (to a staggering $299.4 billion) and a call for better security when it comes to cloud management. While I see both having a big part to play in 2020, I couldn’t help but notice their respective security blindsp...

Rackspace, AWS | August 18, 2020

Shares of Rackspace climbed as much as 19% at one point this morning amid reports that Amazon is in talks for a potential investment in the cloud infrastructure and services company. Amazon would acquire a minority stake in Rackspace under the possible deal, which may still require one to two months to negotiate, reported Reuters in its story breaking the news. Bloomberg News confirmed the report, noting that Amazon and Rackspace are both partners and competitors as longtime playe...

cloudcomputing-news.net | January 14, 2020

Google Cloud has announced it is expanding its retail acceleration program (RAP) among other initiatives designed to scale up retailers’ cloud projects.The moves were announced at NRF 2020, the biggest event in the retail space, with Google doubling down on its message to accelerate retailers’ digital growth and customer experience – pinned together with its data expertise.Alongside RAP, which is Google’s overarching term for services which help retailers optimise their w...

nytimes.com | February 28, 2020

The computer engine rooms that power the digital economy have become surprisingly energy efficient.A new study of data centers globally found that while their computing output jumped sixfold from 2010 to 2018, their energy consumption rose only 6 percent. The scientists’ findings suggest concerns that the rise of mammoth data centers would generate a surge in electricity demand and pollution have been greatly overstated.The major force behind the improving efficiency is the shift to cloud ...