IBM and EMC Considering Purchase of Cloud Provider SoftLayer
IBM and EMC are considering acquiring Dallas, Tx.-based managed hosting and cloud computing provider SoftLayer, according to a Hot Harware article. The deal is being handled by Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse and could be worth up to $2 billion. (Click Here, to read about Oracle buying a cloud provider last week.) According to Reuters, SoftLayer [...]
AT&T-IBM Team Developing Mobile API Mgmt Tools; Carlton Hill; Phil Buckellew Comment
February 22, 2013 1 Comment
AT&T and IBM are expanding their partnership in a move aimed at providing software developers with new tools for mobile application development, Information Week reports. Under the partnership, AT&T will include IBM’s MobileFirst Solutions to the AT&T API Platform, which features IBM Worklight Adapters. Carlton Hill, AT&T vice president of developer services, said the company [...]
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AT&T Receives GSA Approval to Provide Agencies Cloud Storage Services; Thomas Harvey Comments
October 25, 2012 No CommentAT&T‘s government solutions business has received authorization from the General Services Administration to offer cloud computing-based storage services to federal agencies, the company announced Thursday. The company will provide its Synaptic Storage-as-a-Service system through the agency’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service blanket purchase agreement. “With its ‘Cloud First’ policy, the Obama administration signaled its strong support for the cloud [...]
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AT&T Offering Language Translation To Agencies, Healthcare Orgs; Chris Hill Comments
June 19, 2012 No CommentAT&T is making a live language interpretation service available to federal agencies and healthcare providers, the company announced Monday. The company partnered with Language Live Services for the On Demand Interpreter service, which has professionally-trained interpreters available in more than 170 languages. Users will speak to one another through the interpreters, who are available at [...]
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AT&T has made a push in cloud technology with the unveiling of it’s platform as a service application software. PaaS serves as a self sustainable cloud based service tool to help businesses customize, develop and launch their own cloud apps to assist with business related tasks. AT&T believes PaaS will be extremely useful to companies due [...]
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Cloud Channel Summit Adds IBM Keynote Speaker, to Explore Cloud, Channel Market
November 2, 2011 No CommentIBM’s Manger of Cloud Computing Partners, Amy Anderson has been added to the list of Cloud Channel Summit’s keynote speakers. Anderson is to present on the opportunities for channel vendors to build their own cloud solutions. The summit will feature executives from Google Enterprise, Dell Boomi and Salesforce.com. The conference, taking place on Nov. 7 at the Computer [...]
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AT&T’s new Messaging Toolkit is a portfolio of mobile marketing solutions that can be accessed from an easy-to-use cloud-based web portal. The Messaging Toolkit allows customers to develop, execute and customize marketing campaigns using a combination of interactive messaging platforms, including text and picture mail, e-mail, voice broadcasting and Twitter feed compatibility among others. “We [...]
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In light of recent cyber attacks against government agencies and affiliations, the Department of Homeland Security released a statement warning organizations to keep alert for potential cyber attacks from hacktivist groups Anonymous and LulzSec. The bulletin, which was released by DHS’ National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, aims to provide accurate situational awareness for federal organizations’ [...]
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According to a recent poll, more than half of Americans believe the United States should authorize cyber attacks against other countries when necessary. 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair questioned 1,045 Americans for their August poll and found not only was the majority aware of the current extent of cyber warfare, but it also supported the [...]
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