by cloudtweaks on August 29, 2010
in Amazon, Cloud Computing, Computing, Contributors, Guest Writers, IT, Our Interviews, Partnerships, Reviews, Technology, Tutorials
CloudTweaks Update In the coming weeks CloudTweaks will be going through some continued developments to offer our readers a more international perspective. We’ve added some new contributors to our team. Malick and AWS expert from Chennai, India, will be adding a 3 Part Series called: “Practically Speaking about Amazon Web Services” starting on Monday. Nimantha from Sri Lanka, is a very gifted technical writer and will be a very important part of this team. Some of his work can be found at: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-cloudcomputing/ Vallabh is an assistant editor for an online technology newspaper. He will be covering Cloud Computing Events
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HP’s Bid Valued at Approximately $2 Billion FREMONT, CA–(Marketwire – August 27, 2010) – 3PAR® (NYSE: PAR), the leading global provider of utility storage, today announced its board of directors has determined that the unsolicited proposal by Hewlett-Packard Company to acquire all of 3PAR’s outstanding common stock at $30 per share constitutes a “superior proposal” (as that term is defined in 3PAR’s previously announced merger agreement with Dell). The 3PAR board of directors notified Dell of its intention to terminate the merger agreement with Dell, immediately following the expiration of the three business day period contemplated by, and the satisfaction
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by cloudtweaks on August 27, 2010
in Browser, Cloud Computing, Education, Host, How to, Images, Rackspace, Tutorials, Web Hosting, Wordpress
How to Setup WordPress blog on Rackspace: Rackspace is a cloud based web hosting application. You can host your blogs on Rackspace using WordPress, the most used and popular CMS blogging application tool on the market. Some Easy Steps to Follow You need to follow these steps to upload your blog files into the Rackspace cloud: 1. Open the Rackspace web application and Click on Hosting under Control Panel. 2. Choose web sites from the list of test sites, in case you haven’t created any test sites, you better create one before starting WordPress setup. 3. It will show the
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by cloudtweaks on August 27, 2010
in Cloud Computing, Invest, IT, News, Partnerships, Press Release, Stocks, Storage, Technology, Venture Capital
Revised Transaction Valued at Approximately $1.8 Billion FREMONT, CA–(Marketwire – August 27, 2010) – 3PAR® (NYSE: PAR), the leading global provider of utility storage, today announced it has accepted a matching offer to be acquired by Dell for a price of $27 per share, or approximately $1.8 billion, net of 3PAR’s cash. Accordingly, 3PAR and Dell have signed a second amendment to their previously announced merger agreement reflecting the new offer price, and maintaining the termination fee unchanged at $72 million, which is payable in the event that 3PAR receives and accepts another unsolicited acquisition proposal that its board determines
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by cloudtweaks on August 27, 2010
in Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Google Cloud, Host, News, Partnerships, Press Release, Security, Storage, Technology
By Associated Press SEATTLE — Hewlett-Packard Co. has again raised its bid for 3Par Inc. above an offer from rival Dell Inc., suggesting that the little-known data-storage maker could be worth more with one of the PC companies’ marketing muscle behind it. The latest offer from HP for $27 per share in cash, or about $1.69 billion, is nearly three times what 3Par had been trading at before Dell made the first bid last week. Earlier on Thursday, Dell said 3Par had accepted its second offer of $24.30 per share in cash, or $1.52 billion. Dell made its first offer,
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Cloud Computing Job Trends Worldwide Cloud Computing Employment Growth in the US Many people fear that because of cloud computing, people will lose jobs in particular those involved in IT. Yes, there will be jobs lost but people need to realize that cloud computing will open up an influx of new ones. These same IT people better learn to adapt as sitting on the sidelines waiting for the world to go back to traditional IT models will do them no good. Companies will adopt cloud computing and so shall IT professionals. Cloud Computing Trends in The UK Cloud Computing jobs
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by cloudtweaks on August 26, 2010
in Business, Cloud Computing, Host, Invest, IT, Press Release, Security, Stocks, Storage, Technology, Venture Capital
(Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N) said on Thursday it would acquire Stratavia, a private company that makes software to manage databases and has applications in cloud computing. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. HP said in a statement that Stratavia will make HP’s Software and Solutions portfolio stronger with its software that helps support the infrastructure of “cloud computer environments.” Stratavia, based in Denver, also helps in database automation, which makes it easier for companies to maintain servers. Aaron Rakers, a Stifel Nicolaus & Co analyst, said Stratavia’s database warehousing software can be applied to cloud computing, and
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SaaS Applications Nowadays software-as-a service (SaaS) is the most promising development in marketing and business world. Despite the increasing popularity and market share of SaaS, traditional in-house software vendors still seem to be resisting this concept. However, as time moves on and individuals grasp a better understanding of Cloud Services the number of firms are adopting. Almost all types of business applications such as: CRM, Inventor, Accounting, Marketing and Project Management to name a few are now SaaS based. Reasons behind the success of SaaS: Vendor’s Responsibility SaaS providers are responsible for managing and maintaining both the software and hardware
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