📅 - Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently acquired the cloud development startup Cloud9, the company announced on Thursday. Details of the acquisition terms have yet to be disclosed.
Fortune recently reported that Cloud9 has created an integrated development environment, offering a full Ubuntu workspace in the cloud complete with a code editor. The platform enables developers to build and test websites and supports more than 40 languages.
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📅 - Free Migration to Hostaway Azure Managed Cloud Services On the Table - Hostaway Services is providing free migration to with specialists WSM International to the Hostaway Azure managed cloud services. The company is known as one of the largest hosting provides in the world and offers many cloud services including both hybrid and managed hosting. They also offer dedicated server options and IaaS options.
Hostaway is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, while WSM is headquartered in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. The two have partnered to make the migration easy for new customers and allow for the moving of the IT infrastructure of any company wanting to use the Hostaway Azure managed cloud services.
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📅 - HostingCon to Feature a Track About Boardroom Challenges Becoming Service Provider Opportunities - Challenges faced by boardrooms and lawmakers are now opportunities for service providers. This will be covered by the Issues and Trends track at the HostingCon Global 2016 event coming up in New Orleans. The issues and trends track will also include subjects, such as exclusive industry research and spending trends.
Phil Koblence will speak and make a case for using the specific requirements to determine the necessary hybrid mix for enterprise clients. Former WHIR editor Liam Eagle will also speak as a part of this track.
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📅 - Pokemon Go is a Battery Killer, Not Data Drain, CNET Finds in Study - CNET staff members Rebecca Feenor and Sean Hollister ran a small, unofficial study on the effect Pokemon Go has on smartphone battery and data usage. The results were interesting to say the least.
Pokemon Go has already earned quite a reputation – some love it, some hate it, some are bitter about their incompatible phone software (!) – and it's even gaining attention from politicians that are concerned about the app's liberal privacy policy and use of user information.
Anyone who plays the game knows that it's a serious drain on your smartphone battery, and many are concerned about the amount of data it uses in the process. CNET staff members' unofficial study sought to find the answer to
📅 - IBM Strengthens Secure Clouds with Blockchain Networks - IBM is testing cloud blockchain networks that use dedicated infrastructure for each company that uses the service. This results in a much more secure cloud environment for companies adopting the technology.
Blockchains are data structures that make it possible to share and create a digital list of transactions using cryptography. Once a block of data is imprinted or recorded into the chain, it's very difficult to remove or change it. This provides additional security against hackers and accidental data breaches.
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📅 - Moscow Data Center Opened by Datapipe - Datapipe, a managed services provider, has recently announced the opening of a data center in Moscow. This is the first data center for the company in Russia. They also have a presence in the United Kingdom and the United States.
With ecommerce growing in Russia, it makes sense to open a data center in the country. The country had 30 million online shoppers in 2015 with 148 million online orders. This was up 10% from the year before and is expected to keep ...
📅 - COO of LeaseWeb USA Promoted to CEO - LeaseWeb USA is making a move to help with the vision and growth of the company. They have recently promoted Lex Boost from chief operating office to chief executive officer of the company. Boost replaces outgoing CEO William Schrader, who led the company to grow nearly 10 times over.
Boost was actually a LeaseWeb customer before working with them. He also founded Mobile Broadcast Company in 1997 in the Netherlands. He joined the company in 2014 and now he will take over as the ...