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Failure Cascading Through the Cloud
Recently two major cloud computing services, Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud and Sony’s PlayStation Network, have suffered extended outages. Though the circumstances of each were different, details that the companies have released about their causes show how delicate complex cloud systems can be.
Xerox Intros eConcierge Cloud Solution to Help VARs Boost Revenue on Print Supplies
Xerox is helping VARs capture post-sale revenue with eConcierge powered by Xerox—a new cloud-based solution that makes it easier for customers to order supplies directly from their reseller partner.
Currently more than 90 percent of desktop and multifunction printer (MFP) customers who purchase their products from a VAR buy supplies on a transactional basis, according to Xerox. eConcierge powered by Xerox gives resellers a multi-branded e-commerce platform to sell supplies without having to continually check in with the customer or keep supplies inventory on site.
Private investors pile into data centres
Private investment firm Matterhorn Capital is spending £250m to build two new data centres in the south-east of England.
Matterhorn Capital Data Centres, part of Matterhorn Capital, is spending the money in Bury Green, Hertfordshire and Chesham, Buckinghamshire.
The Chesham site has on-site power – which Matterhorn claims makes it unique in the UK. The site at Bury Green is still negotiating with power suppliers.
Together the two data centres will offer 180,000 square feet of space.
Microsoft drafts .NET chief to lead Azure cloud war
.NET fan favorite Scott Guthrie has been elevated in a Microsoft reorg intended to "sharpen its focus" and win greater support among developers for the company’s push into the cloud.
VMware suffers second outage while repairing first
VMware’s attempt to recover from an outage in its brand-new cloud computing service inadvertently caused a second outage the next day, the company said.
VMware’s new Cloud Foundry service – which is still in beta – suffered downtime over the course of two days last week, not long after the more highly publicised outage that hit Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud.