Category Archives: Google

Windows Azure IaaS Takes Aim At Amazon Web Services Via Price, Functionality And Service

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

This was the week where Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service. More than a simple declaration of production-grade availability, Microsoft’s announcement about its IaaS platform delivered the strongest possible elaboration of its intent to … Continue reading →

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Egypt Court Bans YouTube For 30 Days

Posted on February 10, 2013 by

A Cairo court ordered the Egyptian government to block access to YouTube for 30 days because it provided access to “Innocence of Muslims,” a 14 minute movie trailer that led to protests last summer that resulted in over 50 deaths … Continue reading →

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Can Google’s Compute Engine Dethrone Amazon Web Services?

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

In June 2012, Google introduced its IaaS offering, Google Compute Engine (GCE). GCE allows users to deploy Linux Virtual Machines on the same infrastructure that powers Google’s world-class data centers and IT infrastructure. GCE complements Google’s related cloud offerings such … Continue reading →

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Google Launches Google Compute Engine (GCE) IaaS Offering To Compete With Amazon Web Services

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

On Thursday, Google announced the availability of the Google Compute Engine (GCE), an Infrastructure as a Service offering that allows users to provision Linux Virtual Machines from the same technical infrastructure that powers Google’s fleet of servers. GCE was created … Continue reading →

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Cloud Sherpas and GlobalOne Merge To Form More Powerful Cloud Service Provider

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

Google Enterprise 2011 Partner of the Year Cloud Sherpas has merged with Salesforce.com Platinum Consulting Partner GlobalOne to form a combined entity under the Cloud Sherpas name. Cloud Sherpas helps enterprises migrate to cloud-based Google applications such as Gmail, Google … Continue reading →

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Puppet Labs Secures $8.5 Million in Series C Funding With New Investors Cisco, Google Ventures and VMware

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Puppet Labs announced the closure of a Series C funding round valued at $8.5 million. As a result of the funding raise, new investors Cisco, Google Ventures and VMware join existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, True Ventures, and … Continue reading →

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Google Warns Users In Iran To Change Gmail Passwords

Posted on September 10, 2011 by

Google warned Iranian users to change their Gmail passwords and take other precautionary measures to ensure the integrity of their Google products after the security systems of DigiNotar, a company that provides SSL certificates, was hacked. DigiNotar, a Dutch subsidiary … Continue reading →

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Google’s Blogger tight lipped about reasons for outage as service is restored

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

Google’s Blogger service experienced a major outage on Thursday May 12 that continued until service was finally restored on Friday, May 13 at 1030 AM PDT. Users were unable to log-in to the dashboard that enables bloggers to publish and … Continue reading →

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