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Storage Trends for 2018: Cloud Storage 2.0 Players Poised to Ascend

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In March 2006, Amazon launched Simple Storage Service (S3). Although few people paid much attention at the time, the announcement of S3 marked the beginning of a great migration of data from on-premises storage to the cloud. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

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In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. million in team costs to code, launch, manage, market & sell our software.

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DreamHost Readies Wider OpenStack Rollout

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Pricing on the cloud-based service has not been announced yet, but the release will further bolster the cloud offerings from DreamHost. DreamHost was named one of the "hottest products" by industry publication at the show, and apparently is getting set for general availability of the service this summer. READ MORE>>.

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RightScale Rolls Out Grid Computing Product

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Santa Barbara-based RightScale , the venture-backed developer of cloud computing management software backed by Benchmark Capital and Index Ventures, said yesterday that it has launched a new product specifically focused on grid processing. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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IDrive: We're The Biggest Cloud Service In LA You've Never Heard Of

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As part of that ramping of its efforts, the company said Friday that is expanding its hiring efforts in Los Angeles--with such positions as software development, marketing and business development, and other titles--as it looks to continue to grow out its staff. The company said it increased its staff by a third last year. READ MORE>>.

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Getting To The Next Level In Cloud Storage, With IDrive

socalTECH

Number two, is our pricing. We''re not using third party services such as Amazon S3, which just adds to your cost. We''re vertically integrated, from our servers to our software, so our product works in a much better fashion than third party storage services. Number three, is the ease of use.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? Fox bought MySpace for $580 million and then did a deal with Google worth more than the purchase price to serve up ads. MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did.