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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

TechCrunch LA

This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. in Los Angeles.

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We’re Beginning to Realize the Cloud’s Full Potential at the Edge

Xconomy

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the first “public cloud” offering third-party data storage and compute services, launched in March 2006, and by 2012, there were multiple credible competitors. The hype was strong.

Web 101
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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. Today’s Normalization.

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What’s Causing The IT Talent Shortage?

Tech Zulu Event

Even back in 2012, Ben Rooney of the Wall Street Journal wrote on the small number of workers within the field of big data. In fact, women account for only 25 percent of IT professionals at major tech companies like Google and Apple. I wish I could offer a glimmer of hope, but unfortunately, many are already feeling these effects.

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Dude, Akanda Is Tying The Cloud Together Like A Rug

InfoChachkie

In 2012 the company rolled out Inktank, an innovative open source storage solution based on Ceph’s distributed file system, which was subsequently sold to Red Hat for $175 million. Although a startup, Akanda is battle-tested, having recently been spun out of DreamHost after proving its scalability in a real-world operating environment.

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TenHands HD Video Collaboration I Founders Interview

Tech Zulu Event

TenHands was Incorporated on January 11, 2011 and launched its first alpha service in November of 2011, private beta in April 2011 and open beta in July 2012. Our client software is a true browser plug-in (no Flash) that’s based on Google’s WebRTC open source project. When was it launched? Platform of the Future.