Analyst Notes

Microsoft integrates Skype into Outlook; using UC as way to reinvigorate

August 20, 2013
Philbert Shih

Microsoft has integrated Skype voice and video capabilities into the Outlook.com email service. ...

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United Internet acquires Arsys; expanding hosting reach in Spain

August 19, 2013
Philbert Shih

Germany’s United Internet, parent company to 1&1, acquired a 100% stake in Spain’s A...

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Capita moves employees to Office 365; almost all of them

August 19, 2013
Philbert Shih

Capita, a UK-based outsourcing firm, will move a significant portion of its employee base to Microso...

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Earnings, growth patterns, Europe

August 19, 2013
Philbert Shih

Earnings season is in the final stretch. The likes of Rackspace and Web.com showed some bouncing bac...

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Web.com reports 2Q13 results; solid trends, hints at shifts

August 18, 2013
Philbert Shih

Web.com reported its 2Q13 results, which again showed top-line growth. Other metrics were steady but...

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Tier 3 builds more automation into cloud platform

August 16, 2013
Philbert Shih

Tier 3 added a number of self-serve features to its cloud infrastructure management platform. We ha...

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FORTRUST pushes into wholesale colocation market in Denver

August 16, 2013
Philbert Shih

FORTRUST entered the wholesale colocation market in Denver, Colorado. ...

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Burning Questions: Is virtualization a contributing factor to slowing growth?

August 15, 2013
Philbert Shih

The short answer: yes. We put forth the argument that part of the sector’s slowdown in growth coul...

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Dada Group in Italy swaps majority stakeholders

August 15, 2013
Philbert Shih

Orascom TMT Investments acquired a majority stake in Dada Group, a SMB-focused hoster based in Italy...

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Vantage adds wholesale capacity in Santa Clara for existing customer

August 15, 2013
Philbert Shih

Vantage Data Centers brought online additional wholesale colocation capacity for an undisclosed ente...

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CenturyLink-Savvis reports 2Q13 results; managed hosting growth, colo stable

August 14, 2013
Philbert Shih

CenturyLink reported its 2Q13 results, which include detailed break outs and commentary on the Savvi...

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IBM contract with Department of Interior heavy in hosting, cloud

August 14, 2013
Philbert Shih

IBM landed a large outsourced infrastructure services contract with the US Department of the Interio...

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