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European, U.S. firms trailing Asian companies on new IT spending

A research study commissioned by AT&T  and carried out by international business school INSEAD found that Asian companies are spending their IT budgets more aggressively on new technologies than their European and U.S. counterparts, according to a report in the  Financial Times .

How Ethernet enables cloud connectivity

Enterprise IT managers cite cloud computing as among their most important initiatives this year. Nearly two-thirds of them have already begun transitioning their business-critical applications to the cloud. Where does Carrier Ethernet fit in this equation?

Knology extends data center services to business customers

Knology Business Services, a regional cable operator that was acquired by WOW! in July, unveiled a set of data security center services for its business customers on Wednesday.

Telstra targets cloud opportunities with four new data centers

Telstra on Monday added more power to its growing cloud computing business, with plans to open four new data centers in Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and the Australian Capital.

Unified communications breathes new business revenue life into rural telcos

For many smaller independent ILECs, which have spent much of their 100-plus year lives selling nothing more than traditional POTS, unified communications for businesses is becoming a new revenue savior. As the PSTN declines, UC could mean the difference between survival or extinction.

Time Warner Cable ups its cloud ante with $82M Charlotte data center

Time Warner Cable on Friday opened up its National Data Center East on its Charlotte, N.C. campus, targeting residential services and cloud services for business clients.

AT&T to offer cloud-based storage to federal government agencies

AT&T on Thursday was granted an Authority to Operate for its Synaptic Storage as a Service (SSaaS) from the General Services Administration, allowing it to offer cloud storage services to federal agencies.

What are the biggest threats to cloud services?

On the heels of TMCNet's landmark ITEXPO held earlier this month, FierceEnterpriseCommunications examines three major threats to the growth of cloud computing and services in a new report.

Cbeyond serves up a new managed data center service

Cbeyond, a growing competitive telco serving the small to medium sized business (SMB) market, on Monday launched its new TotalCloud Data Center managed service.

Infonetics: Cloud-based security will jump to $18M market by 2016

While businesses are still getting their heads around how to best leverage cloud services, a new Infonetics report released this week indicates that cloud-based security will be a big driver, rising 83 percent by 2016.