GigaomCenturyLink said to be in the hunt for Rackspace
A report Sunday said CenturyLink is looking to buy Rackspace to beef up its cloud computing story. No one’s talking, but this isn’t the worst idea in the world. Read more »
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A report Sunday said CenturyLink is looking to buy Rackspace to beef up its cloud computing story. No one’s talking, but this isn’t the worst idea in the world. Read more »
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On our Structure Show podcast, CenturyLink’s VP of cloud explains why he thinks the company be the first telco to really make a dent in the cloud computing market by leveraging… Read more »